Jason Bulmahn is an American

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who has written or contributed to several works.

Career

Jason Bulmahn coordinated the world's largest organized play ''D&D'' campaign for the RPGA (

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), and then joined Paizo Publishing as the managing editor of '' Dragon'' in 2004. In 2007, Bulmahn took over as lead designer of Paizo Publishing, LLC. Within two months of

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's August 2007 announcement of ''D&D'' fourth edition, Bulmahn began working on a new edition of the d20 system that updated and cleaned up the rules, and that he referred to as "a small side project". When Paizo decided not to wait to see how Wizards of the Coast would allow third-party publishers to support this new edition, Paizo turned Bulmahn's side project into a complete RPG with their own set of d20 game system core rules; Paizo thus announced the ''

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'' on March 18, 2008. Bulmahn became the lead designer of the ''Pathfinder Roleplaying Game''. The Beta version of the ''Pathfinder RPG'' received the gold

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award for "best free product or web enhancement" in 2008. He has also written or contributed to ''

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'' books such as ''Carnival of Tears'', as well as '' Dragon'' and ''

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'' articles and books such as '' Secrets of Xen'drik'', ''

Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk ''Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk'' is an adventure book for the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. The adventure is set in the game's World of Greyhawk campaign setting, specifically in and around Castle ...

'', '' Dungeonscape'', and '' Elder Evils''. His RPG design credits include the ''

Core Rulebook'', ''Bestiary'', ''Ultimate Guides'', the ''Advanced Player's Guide'', the ''Beginner Box'', and 2013's ''Mythic Adventures''. His work has earned one Origins Award and numerous ENnie Awards, including Best Game and Product of the Year for that past three years in a row. He is the publisher of Minotaur Games, a company dedicated to creating products compatible with the ''Pathfinder Roleplaying Game'' as well as card and board games.

References

External links

''Codex of the Infinite Pains'', Jason Bulmahn's RPG blog

Minotaur Games website
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