Jim Butler (game designer)
Jim Butler | |
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Jim Butler is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.
Career[]
Butler was the brand manager of the Alternity role-playing game for Wizards of the Coast.[1] He was part of the Alternity team with Bill Slavicsek, Rich Baker, Kim Mohan, , and rk post.[2] In 2000, Butler wrote an open letter announcing the cancellation of the Alternity and SAGA lines and explaining the reasons.[1]
His design work for D&D includes The Sword of the Dales (1995), The Secret of Spiderhaunt (1995), The Return of Randal Morn (1995), AD&D Dungeon Master Screen & Master Index (1995), Netheril: Empire of Magic (1996), and (1998).
References[]
- ^ a b Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. p. 285. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
- ^ Kenson, Stephen (September 1999). "ProFiles: Bill Slavicsek". Dragon. Renton, Washington: Wizards of the Coast (#263): 112.
External links[]
- "Jim Butler :: Pen & Paper RPG Database". Archived from the original on March 15, 2005. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
Categories:
- Dungeons & Dragons game designers
- Living people
- Role-playing game designers