James Desborough (game designer)
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James Desborough | |
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Nationality | British |
Other names | Grim |
Occupation | Game designer, author, blogger |
James "Grim" Desborough is a British game designer, author and blogger who has worked primarily on role-playing games, as well as card games, board games and social computer games.
Career[]
James Desborough wrote The Munchkin's Guide to Powergaming in 2000/2001,[1] winning an Origins Award for that work along with his co-author Steve Mortimer.[2] Desborough was the co-author of CS1: Cannibal Sector One and for a short time he was the SLA Industries line editor.[3] Desborough is also the owner of Postmortem Studios.[3] Due to Desborough's connections with Angus Abranson, Postmortem Studios was one of Cubicle 7's early partnerships.[3] He later became creative director at Chronicle City, Abranson's new venture[4] but this partnership ended in July 2021.[5]
In 2017 he released a licensed role-playing game based on John Norman's fantasy series Gor, which also included art by Michael Manning.[6]
Desborough's work was included in Red Phone Box,[7] and in The Mammoth Book of Erotic Romance and Domination.[8] He also self-publishes.
His D&D design work includes Monster Manual V (2007) and City of Stormreach (2008).
Reception[]
Desborough has been quoted or used as a pundit on men's issues in various places, including The Stream on Al Jazeera.[9] Some of Desborough's work has been criticized for allegedly being "hateful, violent and misogynistic", leading critics to petition game companies to drop his work.[10][11]
References[]
- ^ The Munchkin's Guide to Powergaming: ISBN 1-55634-347-7
- ^ "Origins Awards 2000". Archived from the original on October 7, 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-07.
- ^ a b c Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. p. 430. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
- ^ "Chronicle City appoints "Grim" James Desborough". 13 February 2013.
- ^ ""Grim" James Desborough ends partnership with Chronicle city". 1 July 2021.
- ^ grimachu (2017-04-23). "#RPG – The Gor RPG is RELEASED!". Postmortem Studios. Retrieved 2017-04-27.
- ^ "Ghostwoods Books". Archived from the original on 2014-05-28. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
- ^ Jakubowski, Maxim (8 July 2014). The Mammoth Book of Erotic Romance and Domination. ISBN 978-0762452255.
- ^ raisa (2 June 2014). "Through men's eyes".
- ^ "Interview with RPG designer James Desborough". 24 June 2012.
- ^ "Chronicle City appoints "Grim" James Desborough". 13 February 2013.
External links[]
- Home page
- "James Desborough :: Pen & Paper RPG Database". Archived from the original on February 11, 2005.
- Dungeons & Dragons game designers
- Living people
- Role-playing game designers