Jeffrey Ian "Jeff" Mackintosh (January 22, 1971 – September 24, 2016) was a game designer who worked primarily on

role-playing game A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within ...

Early life

Jeffrey Ian Mackintosh was born in 1971, the son of Ian and Dorothy Mackintosh.

Career

Jeff Mackintosh joined the ''

Big Eyes, Small Mouth ''Big Eyes, Small Mouth'' (''BESM'') is a tabletop role-playing game originally produced by Guardians of Order in 1997 that was designed to simulate the action of anime and manga. The title alludes to the common anime drawing style of character ...

'' team at Guardians of Order in late 1999, and did the full color layouts for the second edition (2000) of the core rules. Guardians' super-hero RPG, ''

Silver Age Sentinels ''Silver Age Sentinels'' is a superhero role-playing game (RPG) published in 2002 by Guardians of Order, creators of ''Big Eyes, Small Mouth'', an anime-themed RPG. History Guardians of Order moved into the d20 market beginning with their new ...

'' (2002), was written by

Mark C. MacKinnon Mark C. MacKinnon is a Canadian politician, entrepreneur, and designer of roleplaying games. MacKinnon is the founder of Guardians of Order (GoO), and has produced work in the ''anime'' genre. His initial release, ''Big Eyes, Small Mouth'', led ...

, Mackintosh and Jesse Scoble. Graphic designer

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took over work on the licensed ''BESM'' books from Mackintosh in 2002. Jeff Mackintosh died from glioblastoma multiforme on September 24, 2016.

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Home page

Jeff Mackintosh :: Pen & Paper RPG Databasearchive

Remembering Jeff Mackintosh
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