Stan! (born Steven Brown) is an American author, cartoonist, and game designer. He is sometimes credited as Stan Brown.

Biography

Brown was born and grew up on

Long Island Long Island is a densely populated island in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, part of the New York metropolitan area. With over 8 million people, Long Island is the most populous island in the United Sta ...

and attended

Binghamton University The State University of New York at Binghamton (Binghamton University or SUNY Binghamton) is a public university, public research university with campuses in Binghamton, New York, Binghamton, Vestal, New York, Vestal, and Johnson City, New Yor ...

. Brown began publishing fiction, cartoons, and games professionally in 1982, usually under the pen name "Stan!." He is the author of numerous short stories, novels, roleplaying products, comics and cartoons. He has served as a graphic designer and line editor for

West End Games West End Games (WEG) was a company that made Board game, board, Role-playing game, role-playing, and wargaming, war games. It was founded by Daniel Scott Palter in 1974 in New York City, but later moved to Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Its product line ...

; an editor and game designer for

TSR, Inc. TSR, Inc. was an American game publishing company, best known as the original publisher of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D''). Its earliest incarnation, Tactical Studies Rules, was founded in October 1973 by Gary Gygax and Don Kaye. Gygax had been ...

; and an author, senior game designer, and creative director for

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 List of science fiction themes, science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for ga ...

, Inc. He has also been the creative content manager at

Upper Deck Entertainment The Upper Deck Company, LLC (colloquially as Upper Deck and Upper Deck Authenticated, Ltd. in the UK), founded in 1988, is a private company primarily known for producing trading cards. Its headquarters are in Carlsbad, California, United State ...

. In 2007, R. Hyrum Savage formed a subsidiary of his

OtherWorld Creations This is a list of companies that have produced tabletop role-playing games in English, listed in order of the year that the company published its first role-playing game-related product (game, supplement, or magazine). Also listed is the years the ...

with Brown called

Super Genius Games The ''Pathfinder Roleplaying Game'' is a fantasy role-playing game (RPG) that was published in 2009 by Paizo Publishing. The first edition extends and modifies the System Reference Document (SRD) based on the revised 3rd edition ''Dungeons ...

. He has also worked as the creative content manager for Upper Deck Entertainment, and the creative vice president for The Game Mechanics, Inc. Brown is the Creative Director for Super Genius Games. He co-founded The Game Mechanics with

JD Wiker J. D. Wiker is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games. Career JD Wiker originally comes from Indianapolis, where he began his love of games, starting with his family's collection of board games and the weekly game night. ...

, Marc Schmalz, and

Rich Redman Rich may refer to: Common uses * Rich, an entity possessing wealth * Rich, an intense flavor, color, sound, texture, or feeling **Rich (wine), a descriptor in wine tasting Places United States * Rich, Mississippi, an unincorporated communi ...

. Stan! has worked on a variety of

role-playing Role-playing or roleplaying is the changing of one's behaviour to assume a role, either unconsciously to fill a social role, or consciously to act out an adopted role. While the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' offers a definition of role-playing a ...

titles, including

Paranoia Paranoia is an instinct or thought process that is believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety or fear, often to the point of delusion and irrationality. Paranoid thinking typically includes persecutory beliefs, or beliefs of conspiracy concer ...

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 ...

, Marvel Super Heroes,

Ravenloft Ravenloft is a campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' roleplaying game. It is an alternate time-space existence known as a ''Demiplane, pocket dimension'' or demiplane, called the Demiplane of Dread, which consists of a collection of la ...

, and Forgotten Realms, as well as being a principal designer for

d20 Modern ''d20 Modern'' is a modern fantasy role-playing game system designed by Bill Slavicsek, Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, and Charles Ryan. The system's core rulebook was published by Wizards of the Coast on November 1, 2002; by 2006, ten additional supp ...

. He is also the author of two novels published by Wizards of the Coast.

Bibliography

Fiction

*Dragon Day (MSP 2005) *Dragons' Return—This Land is in Our Blood (MP 2005) *Children of the Rune—Skin Deep (MP 2004) *Brothers of the Monkey—Chapter Two (WotC website 2002) *Bertrem's Guide to the War of Souls, vol. 2—A Journey to Schallsea and The Insurrection That Never Was (WotC 2002) *The Crab (WotC 2001) *Bertrem's Guide to the Age of Mortals—"Regional Dietary Regimens", "Celebrations and Festivals", and *"Popular Games of the Fifth Age" (WotC 2000) *More Leaves From the Inn of the Last Home—“Slugs, Fungi, Molds, and Other Things I Hope To Never See Again” (WotC 2000) *The Odyssey of Gilthanas (TSR 1999) * *Realms of Mystery—Ekhar Lorent: Gnome Detective (TSR 1998) *Mysterious Cairo—The Sands of Change (WEG 1992)

Game design

*Modern Organizations: Crime & Punishment (TGM 2005) *Crossing the Line (WotC web site 2005) *Complete Adventurer (WotC 2005) *d20 Future (WotC 2004) *A Friendly Warning (WotC web site 2004) *Planar Handbook (WotC 2004) *Modern Magic print edition (GR 2004) *Crisis on Canyon Road (WotC web site 2004) *Modern Magic, volume 2 (TGM 2004) *The Ghost in the End Zone (RPGA 2004) *Resolutions (WotC web site 2004) *Modern Magic, volume 1 (TGM 2003) *The Dead of Winter (WotC web site 2003) *Criminal Intent: The Villain's Almanac (GoO 2003) *The Final Feast (WotC web site 2003) *Blood Sugar (WotC web site 2003) *Modern Player's Companion print edition (GR 2003) *The Petersen Counterstrike (WotC web site 2003) *Bad Moon Waning (WotC web site 2003) *A Funny Thing Happened At Carousel #5 (WotC web site 2003) *Modern Player's Companion, volume 2 (TGM 2003) *Stone Dead (WotC web site 2003) *Urban Arcana Campaign Setting (WotC 2003) *Modern Player's Companion, volume 1 (TGM 2003) *No Man's Land (WotC web site 2003) *d20 Modern RPG (WotC 2002) *

Bastion of Broken Souls ''Bastion of Broken Souls'' is an adventure module for the 3rd edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Plot summary In ''Bastion of Broken Souls'', the great wyrm Ashardalon accumulates power, while one of the heads of t ...

(WotC 2002) *

Book of Challenges ''Book of Challenges'' is a supplemental rulebook for the 3rd edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game that presents a number of ready-made dungeon encounters that a Dungeon Master can insert into a scenario. Contents The e ...

(WotC 2002) *Beginner Games—prototypes (WotC 2000) *Rise of the Titans (WotC 2000) *Pokémon Jr. Adventure Game (WotC 1999) *Children of the Night: The Created (TSR 1999) *The Odyssey of Gilthanas (TSR 1999) *Children of Solace (RPGA 1999) *

Dragonlance Classics ''Dragonlance Classics'' is a series of adventure modules for the ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Plot summary The ''Dragonlance Classics'' series reprints the original adventure modules from the 14 modules in the D ...

15th Anniversary Edition (TSR 1999) *Palanthas (TSR 1998) *Trail of the Tylor (RPGA 1998) *The Dragonlance Bestiary (TSR 1998) *Marvel Super Heroes Adventure Game (TSR 1998) *Citadel of Light (TSR 1998) *Pyramids of Brass (RPGA 1998) *Leviathan's Deep (RPGA 1998) *SAGA Fate Deck (TSR 1997) *Heroes of Sorcery (TSR 1997) *Children of the Night: Ghosts (TSR 1997) *Cryptic Campaigns (WEG 1996) *Fires of Marl (WEG 1996) *Shadow of a Black Sun (WEG 1995)

Articles

*The Essential Modern Spellbook (Green Ronin web site 2004) *The Odds Breaker (TGM web site 2004) *The Creation of the D&D Worlds (Dragon Magazine #315) *The Itinerant Bazaar (WotC web site) *Modern Talents (TGM web site) *Modern Classes (TGM web site) *Making Urban Arcana More Prestigious (WotC web site 2003) *Fharlanghn's Garden (WotC web site) *Compete Feats (TGM web site) *Urban Heroes (Dragon Magazine #305) *The Geography of Bertrem's Guide to the War of Souls, volume 2 (WotC web site 2002) *The D&D Player's Movie Marathon (Dragon Magazine #283) *Have You Seen My Youthful Innocence Around Here Somewhere? (Shred Magazine #4) *Be Kind To Be Cruel—Brewing A Truly Terrifying Campaign (Shred Magazine #3) *Extra! Extra! Read All About It!—Applying Tabloid Journalism to Your Campaign (Shred Magazine #2) *GMing RPGs Under A Time Limit (Shred Magazine #1) *How Do You Stop The Rhino From Charging? (Dungeon Magazine #71) *Hark, The Herald (Dragon Magazine Annual #2) *HOM-Sector For The HOL-I-DAY (Polyhedron #127) *Undead Again (Dragon Magazine #234)

Cartoons and illustrations

*Typos of Doom '06 (WotC web site) *Ptypos of Doom (Malhavoc Press web site) *Typos of Doom '05 (WotC web site) *Iyov's First Quest online D&D coloring album (WotC web site) *WotC Book Department 2004 Holiday Card (WotC web site) *2004 D&D Holiday Cards (WotC web site) *Pledge Drive Cartoons (KPLU radio station) *Cold Pizza host D&D caricatures (ESPN2) *Typos of Doom (WotC web site) *Humorous PC Portraits (WotC web site) *Monstrous Madness (AndyCollins.net) *WotC Book Department 2003 Holiday Card (WotC web site) *2003 D&D Holiday Cards (WotC web site) *2003 TGM Holiday Card (TGM web site) *Grub's First Adventure online D&D coloring album (WotC web site) *Gen Con Time Warp puzzle contest (Gen Con 2003) *Goblin Fey Hunter (TGM web site) *April Fool's Day Maps 2003—Dirt Cavern, Ice Maze, and The Underdark (WotC web site) *The Year of Solving Dangerously (Games Magazine April 2003) *WotC Book Department 2002 Holiday Card (WotC web site) *Lair of the Beholder online D&D coloring album (WotC web site) *2002 D&D Holiday Cards (WotC web site) *Gen Con Time Warp puzzle contest (Gen Con 2002) *Hick the RPG cover illustration (ID Adventures) *Table Talk comic strip (Campaign Magazine issue #s 4 – 12) *April Fool's Day Map 2002 (WotC web site) *Bolt & Quiver comic strip (Dungeon/Polyhedron Magazine issue #s 90 – 106) • *All's Fair in Love and Warcraft (Dragon Magazine Annual 2001) *WotC Book Department 2001 Holiday Card (WotC web site) *The D&D Player's Movie Marathon (Dragon Magazine #283) *Table Talk comic strip (Shred Magazine issue #s 1 – 7) *Dr. Symm comic strip (Shred Magazine issue #s 1 – 7) *Cover Illustrations (Shred Magazine issue #s 1 – 7) *The Reed Richards Guide to Everything (WotC 1999) *Marvel Super Heroes Adventure Game (WotC 1998) *HOM-Sector For The HOL-I-DAY (Polyhedron #127)

Editing

*d20 Modern Menace Manual (WotC 2003) *Dragon Dice: Dice Commander's Manual (TSR 1997) *

Requiem A Requiem or Requiem Mass, also known as Mass for the dead ( la, Missa pro defunctis) or Mass of the dead ( la, Missa defunctorum), is a Mass of the Catholic Church offered for the repose of the soul or souls of one or more deceased persons, ...

(TSR 1996) *

Death Ascendant ''Death Ascendant'' is an adventure for the 2nd edition of the '' Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Plot summary ''Death Ascendant'' takes place in the realm of Darkon, one of the less civilized areas of Ravenloft. The pla ...

(TSR 1996) *

Death Unchained ''Death Unchained'' is an adventure for the 2nd edition of the '' Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Plot summary ''Death Unchained'' is set in the merciless regime of Falkovnia. A horde of dark and sinister assassins pursue ...

(TSR 1996)

Media mentions

Stan! has appeared in the following newspaper and magazine articles, websites and podcasts.

Podcasts

* Atomic Array: Stan! appeared on these episodes: 037 (''Snows of an Early Winter''). * RPG Countdown: Stan! appeared on these episodes: 18 December 2009 (''The Genius Guide to the Shadow Assassin'').

Videos

* Meet Stan!: A 29-minute video of Stan! telling about his life growing up, going to school and getting into the gaming industry. * Secrets of TSR: Panel discussion from PaizoCon 2012. Stan! tells some great stories about his time working on Dungeons & Dragons. * Stan!, Gamerati: Stan! talks about his time living in Japan, starting the countries first English-language gaming guild, etc.

References

External links

Homepage for Stan!

Alliterates Bio for Stan!
*
Super Genius Games
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stan! 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American male writers 21st-century American novelists American fantasy writers American male novelists Binghamton University alumni Dungeons & Dragons game designers Game artists Living people Year of birth missing (living people)