Jim Butler is a

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who has worked primarily on role-playing games.

Career

Butler was the brand manager of the ''

Alternity ''Alternity'' is a science fiction role-playing game (RPG) published by TSR in 1998. Following the acquisition of TSR by Wizards of the Coast, the game was discontinued in 2000 as part of a broader rationalisation of TSR's business holdings, bu ...

'' role-playing game for

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. He was part of the ''Alternity'' team with

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'', ...

, Rich Baker,

Kim Mohan Kim Rudolph Mohan (May 4, 1949 – December 12, 2022) was an American author, editor and game designer best known for works related to the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. Early life and education Kim Mohan was born in Chicago, Illinoi ...

, David Eckelberry, and rk post. In 2000, Butler announced the cancellation of the ''Alternity'' and '' SAGA'' lines in an open letter. His design work for ''D&D'' includes '' The Sword of the Dales'' (1995), '' The Secret of Spiderhaunt'' (1995), '' The Return of Randal Morn'' (1995), '' AD&D Dungeon Master Screen & Master Index'' (1995), '' Netheril: Empire of Magic'' (1996), and '' Cormanthyr: Empire of the Elves'' (1998).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Butler, Jim Dungeons & Dragons game designers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people)