Garry Floyd Spiegle (August 12, 1945 in Fairfield, Alabama – June 25, 2018) was a

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who worked primarily on

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Career

After the original

Dragonlance ''Dragonlance'' is a shared universe created by Laura and Tracy Hickman, and expanded by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis under the direction of TSR, Inc. into a series of fantasy novels. The Hickmans conceived ''Dragonlance'' while driving in t ...

group began, the Dragonlance Series Design Team was later expanded to also include

Margaret Weis Margaret Edith Weis (; born March 16, 1948) is an American fantasy and science fiction author, of dozens of novels and short stories. At TSR, Inc., she teamed with Tracy Hickman to create the ''Dragonlance'' role-playing game (RPG) world. She is ...

Douglas Niles Douglas Niles (born December 1, 1954, in Brookfield, Wisconsin) is a fantasy author and game designer. Niles was one of the creators of the Dragonlance world and the author of the first three Forgotten Realms novels, the ''Star Frontiers'' space o ...

Bruce Nesmith Bruce Nesmith is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games. He was Creative Director at TSR, working on a variety of games including ''Dungeons & Dragons'', and is a senior game designer at Bethesda Game Studios, where he ha ...

Mike Breault Michael Breault (born May 28, 1958 in Central Falls, Rhode Island) is a game designer and editor, and an author of multiple products for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game from TSR. Early life and education Mike Breault was bor ...

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Laura Hickman Laura Curtis Hickman (born December 7, 1956, in Long Beach, California) is an American fantasy author, best known for her works in game design and fantasy novels cowritten with her husband, Tracy Hickman. She was one of the first women to write a ...

, Linda Bakk, Michael Dobson and Garry Spiegle. Between 1983 and 1984, approximately 200 people left TSR as a result of multiple rounds of layoffs; as a result Spiegle joined CEO John Rickets, as well as

Mark Acres Mark Richard Acres (born November 15, 1962) is an American former professional basketball player who spent most of his career in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a 6'11", power forward/center. Acres attended Oral Roberts Univ ...

, Andria Hayday, Gaye Goldsberry O'Keefe, Gali Sanchez, Carl Smith,

Stephen D. Sullivan Stephen D. Sullivan is an American author and artist. Career Sullivan taught a course in ''Dungeons & Dragons'' at MIT the first of its kind in the country. Sullivan worked for TSR as a writer and artist. Sullivan joined CEO John Rickets, Ma ...

, and Michael Williams in forming the game company Pacesetter on January 23, 1984. His ''D&D'' design work includes ''

Death's Ride ''Death's Ride'' () is a 1984 adventure module for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' roleplaying game. Its associated code is CM2. The module was designed by Garry Spiegle, with cover and interior art by Jeff Easley. Plot summary ''Death's Ride'' is an ...

'' (1984) and ''

The Kidnapping of Princess Arelina ''The Kidnapping of Princess Arelina'' is a fourteen-page accessory designed for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Contents Garry Spiegle wrote ''3-D Dragon Tiles Featuring The Kidnapping of Princess Arelina'' as a supplem ...

'' (1984). He was also involved in the design for the ''

Gamma World ''Gamma World'' is a science fantasy role-playing game, originally designed by James M. Ward and Gary Jaquet, and first published by TSR in 1978. It borrowed heavily from Ward's earlier game, ''Metamorphosis Alpha''. Setting ''Gamma World'' ...

'' module, ''

The Cleansing War of Garik Blackhand ''The Cleansing War of Garik Blackhand'' (also known by its catalogue number, ''GW3'') is an adventure published by TSR in 1983 for the second edition of the science fiction role-playing game ''Gamma World''. Plot summary In the post-apocalypt ...

'' (1983). Garry Spiegle died on June 25, 2018, of a heart attack at the age of 72.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Spiegle, Garry 1945 births 2018 deaths Dungeons & Dragons game designers People from Fairfield, Alabama Place of birth missing