Christopher Perkins (game designer)

Christopher Perkins is a game designer and editor who has worked for Wizards of the Coast.

Career

Under the nom de plume "Christopher Zarathustra", Christopher Perkins got his start in 1988 as a teenager, writing the adventure "Wards of Witching Ways" for Dungeon magazine #11.[1] Perkins joined Wizards of the Coast in 1997 as the editor of Dungeon magazine.[2] He became the editor in chief of Wizards periodicals.[3] He later became the senior producer for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, leading the team of designers, developers, and editors who produce D&D RPG products.[2] Perkins was the story manager for D&D in 2007 before the release of the game's 4th edition.[4] Perkins was working on the Star Wars Saga Edition while D&D fourth edition was being developed, and ideas flowed freely back and forth between Perkins and the 4e team.[5] Perkins was on the SCRAMJET team, led by Richard Baker, and including James Wyatt, Matthew Sernett, Ed Stark, Michele Carter, and Stacy Longstreet; this team updated the setting and cosmology of D&D as the fourth edition was being developed.[5] He runs a D&D campaign set in his homegrown world of Iomandra.[2]

He is also a Dungeon Master for the Acquisitions Incorporated Dungeons & Dragons games at the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX).[6]

He wrote a blog, "The Dungeon Master Experience" on the Wizards of the Coast website, for over two years, where he shared tricks and advice about the challenge of 'Dungeon Mastering' a campaign; specifically through the lens of his homebrew world, 'Iomandra'.[7] However, in the penultimate posting of March 2013 Chris announced the following posting would be the last "at least for a while",[8] whereupon the blog became inert.

Perkins guest starred on Geek and Sundry's Dungeons & Dragons based show, Critical Role.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Baichtal, John (2008-03-05). "Chris Perkins Answers D&D 4E Questions | GeekDad | Wired.com". Archive.wired.com. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  2. 1 2 3 "Christopher Perkins D&D Creative Manager". Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140503074211/http://seattletimes.com/pacificnw/1210/cover.html. Archived from the original on May 3, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ Villoria, Gerald (September 10, 2007). "Dungeons & Dragons: The 4th Edition Interview". Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  5. 1 2 Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. p. 298. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
  6. ↑ "News - Acquisitions Inc". Penny Arcade. 2011-08-01. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  7. ↑ "Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Archive". Archive.wizards.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-12. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  8. ↑ Perkins, Chris (2013-03-14). "Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Article (Until the Next Encounter)". Archive.wizards.com. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  9. ↑ "Vox Machina heads up Gatshadow Mountain for their final confrontation with the Dragon Umbrasyl. With special guest star Chris Perkins!". Geek & Sundry. 2016-06-06. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
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