List of role-playing game designers explained

This is a list of individuals who have designed one or more role-playing games, including live-action role-playing games but excluding role-playing video games (see List of video game industry people and its children for video game creators). Artists are listed separately on the annotated List of role-playing game artists. Publishing companies are listed under List of role-playing game publishers. Individual games are listed under List of tabletop role-playing games.

The design of role-playing games may include the creation of game systems, game settings and scenarios for roleplaying; game designers engage in one or more of these activities as they create, revise and develop roleplaying games. For each designer, this list includes a few representative games, game lines or publications that the designer in question has created or co-authored or where they are credited with a significant contribution.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Shannon Appelcline. Designers & Dragons: The '70s. Evil Hat Productions. 2014. 978-1-61317-075-5.
  2. Book: Shannon Appelcline. Designers & Dragons: The '90s. Evil Hat Productions. 2014. 978-1-61317-084-7.
  3. Book: Shannon Appelcline. Designers & Dragons: The '80s. Evil Hat Productions. 2014. 978-1-61317-081-6.
  4. Book: Shannon Appelcline. Designers & Dragons: The '00s. Evil Hat Productions. 2014. 978-1-61317-087-8.
  5. Kenson. Stephen. Steve Kenson. Profiles: Steven Schend. Dragon.
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    . 112. Wizards of the Coast. Renton, Washington. August 1999.