Charles M. Ryan is a
game designer
Game design is the art of applying design and aesthetics to create a game for entertainment or for educational, exercise, or experimental purposes. Increasingly, elements and principles of game design are also applied to other interactions, in ...
who has worked primarily on
role-playing games.
Career
Charles Ryan's company Chameleon Eclectic had been publishing games such as ''
Millennium's End'' (1992) and ''Psychosis'' (1994) in
Blacksburg, Virginia
Blacksburg is an incorporated town in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States, with a population of 44,826 at the 2020 census. Blacksburg, as well as the surrounding county, is dominated economically and demographically by the presence of ...
.
Ryan was later working at
Last Unicorn Games
Last Unicorn Games (LUG) was a game publisher owned by Christian Moore that was eventually purchased by Wizards of the Coast.
Last Unicorn developed the collectible card games ''Dune'' (1997) and '' Heresy: Kingdom Come'' (1995) as well as the 19 ...
when
Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast LLC (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games. It is currently a subsidia ...
purchased the company, and was the only employee to relocate to Seattle when
Bill Slavicsek
Bill Slavicsek is a game designer who served as the Director of Roleplaying Design and Development at Wizards of the Coast. He previously worked for West End Games and TSR, Inc., and designed products for ''Dungeons & Dragons'', '' Star Wars'', ...
opted to close down the Los Angeles office of Last Unicorn in December 2000.
In 2011,
Cubicle 7
Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd is an Irish games company that creates and publishes tabletop games. Best known for its ''Doctor Who'' and ''Lord of the Rings'' games, Cubicle 7 offers titles covering a range of licensed and self-developed properties ...
increased its staff by hiring experienced game designers like Ryan,
Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, Walt Ciechanowski, and Neil Ford.
His ''D&D'' editing and design work includes the 3.5 revisions of the ''
Player's Handbook
The ''Player's Handbook'' (spelled ''Players Handbook'' in first edition ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' (''AD&D'')) is a book of rules for the fantasy role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D''). It does not contain the complete set of ru ...
'', ''
Monster Manual
The ''Monster Manual'' (''MM'' is the primary bestiary sourcebook for monsters in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'' fantasy role-playing game, first published in 1977 by TSR. The ''Monster Manual'' was the first hardcover D&D book and includ ...
'', and ''
Dungeon Master's Guide
The ''Dungeon Master's Guide'' (''DMG'' or ''DM's Guide''; in some printings, the ''Dungeon Masters Guide'' or ''Dungeon Master Guide'') is a book of rules for the fantasy role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons''. The ''Dungeon Master's Guide'' c ...
'' (2003), the ''
Miniatures Handbook
The ''Miniatures Handbook'' is an official supplement for the Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Dungeons & Dragons v3.5, 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' roleplaying game.
Contents
The ''Miniatures Handbook'' is a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' s ...
'' (2003), the ''
Dragonlance Campaign Setting
''Dragonlance Campaign Setting'' is an accessory for the Dragonlance campaign setting, for the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game.
Contents
The ''Dragonlance Campaign Setting'' hardcover updated the Dragonlance ...
'' book (2003), ''
Draconomicon
The ''Draconomicon'' is the title for several optional sourcebooks for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game, providing supplementary game mechanics for dragons specifically. Different ''Draconomicon'' books have been issued for the 2nd, 3 ...
'' (2003), ''
Unearthed Arcana
''Unearthed Arcana'' (abbreviated UA) is the title shared by two hardback books published for different editions of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Both were designed as supplements to the core rulebooks, containing materia ...
'' (2004), and ''
Monster Manual III
''Monster Manual III'' is a manual published in September 2004 by Wizards of the Coast, for use with the '' Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. It is the first of the monster specific books published by Wizards of the Coast to be made for th ...
'' (2010).
References
External links
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Home page
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American game designers
Dungeons & Dragons game designers
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)