| Birth Name: | Donald J. Bingle |
| Birth Date: | c. 1954 |
| Occupation: | Writer, game designer |
| Nationality: | American |
| Alma Mater: | University of Chicago |
| Genre: | Role-playing games |
Donald J. Bingle (born) is a Chicago-area attorney and author originally from Naperville, Illinois.[1]
Bingle graduated from the University of Chicago. In the late 1980s he was the top-ranked player in the Role-Playing Network, and his wife, Linda, was ranked number two. He is best known as the top-ranked player in the RPGA for most of the 1990s. The Bingles began the company 54°40' Orphyte to publish role-playing books, including two adventures for Timemaster, and they also gave some support to the Timemaster line using RPGA tournaments.[2] As of the end of 2004, Bingle had played in 500 tournaments using 50 different game systems.
He has also produced a large body of writing, including contributions to the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (2nd Edition), and his novel Forced Conversion,[3] [4] [5] which was released in November 2004 and centers around a futuristic society with the ability to upload people's minds to virtual worlds.[6]
Bingle also authored a number of character-provided events for the RPGA, including "Don't Go There" with Saul Resiknoff, and "The Modern Pirate Game" with Tim White.