Don Turnbull (other)
Don Turnbull may refer to: * Don Turnbull (game designer) (1937–2003), British journalist, editor, games designer *Don Turnbull (tennis) Donald Paterson Turnbull (28 May 1909 – 30 January 1994) was a professional tennis player from Australia. He won the men's doubles title at the Australian Championships twice, in 1936 and 1937. Turnbull represented Australia in three Davis Cup ...

Don Turnbull (game Designer)
Don Turnbull was a journalist, editor, games designer, and an accomplished piano and pinball player. He was particularly instrumental in introducing ''Dungeons & Dragons'' into the UK, both as the managing director of TSR UK Ltd and as the editor of the ''Fiend Folio''. Early career In his early career Turnbull was as a high-school teacher of mathematics in the north of England. However, he was an early and enthusiastic follower of wargaming, subsequently winning awards as a designer. A feature which assisted his work as a game developer was the use of correspondence to run board games. ''Albion'' magazine In July 1969 he published the first issue of ''Albion'' magazine, one of the first European zines, supporting correspondence play of the board game ''Diplomacy''. Although it only had a few subscribers, ''Albion'' was influential and ran to fifty issues. In 1974 it won the Charles S. Roberts Award for ''Best Amateur Wargaming Magazine''. It was an informal publication that ...
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