James Jacobs (game designer)

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James Jacobs
Born1972 (age 51–52) [1]
United States
OccupationGame designer
LanguageEnglish
Nationality American
CitizenshipUnited States
GenreFantasy, horror, occult
Years active1988–present

James Jacobs is an American designer and author of role-playing games and texts in the fantasy, horror and the occult genres.

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Career

Jacobs has been involved in the role-playing industry since the age of sixteen, when his adventure "Scepter of the Underworld" was published in Dungeon #12 in 1988. [2] [3] Jacobs grew up in Point Arena, California, and went to college at the University of California, Davis.[ citation needed ]

He moved to Seattle after graduating from college and worked his way into Wizards of the Coast's sales department.[ citation needed ] Jacobs has been the developer, lead designer, and sometimes cartographer on releases for Bastion Press, Green Ronin Publishing, Wizards of the Coast, and Paizo. [3] Jacobs has authored and co-authored several other products for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, including Dungeon Master's Guide II , Lords of Madness , Frostburn , and Red Hand of Doom . [4] [5] He also wrote Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss with fellow Paizo editor Erik Mona. [5] Jacobs and Erik Mona co-wrote Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk (2007), a 3rd edition D&D remake of Greyhawk Ruins (1990). [6]

Jacobs became the associate editor for Dungeon magazine, and later became the managing editor for the magazine. [3] In the 2000s, Jacobs served as the editor-in-chief of Dungeon magazine, published by Paizo Publishing.[ citation needed ] Jacobs described himself as "one of the chief architects" of the Dungeon Adventure Paths, in addition to doing some work on all of the other adventures published in the magazine. [3] Jacobs became the Editor-in-Chief for Dungeon magazine in June 2006. [7] Jacobs is the Creative Director for the Pathfinder Adventure Paths-focused monthly publication from Paizo. [3] He also wrote "Burnt Offerings", the adventure featured in Pathfinder: Rise of the Runelords #1 .

Among Jacobs' other writings is the "Demonomicon of Iggwilv" feature in Dragon magazine, and he has contributed a number of adventure stories for Dungeon. Jacobs has also created many notable Dungeons & Dragons creatures, with the ulitharid, draknor, and the kaorti among the most prominent.

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References

  1. ↑ "paizo.com - Off-Topic Discussions: >>Ask *James Jacobs* ALL your Questions Here!<<". Paizo.com. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "James Jacobs - PathfinderWiki". Pathfinderwiki.com. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Interview with James Jacobs". Archived from the original on 2015-01-20. in Kobold Quarterly #12
  4. ↑ Berlant, Joseph (September 2004). "Buyers guide", Chronicle 26 (9): 25–29.
  5. 1 2 "Pen & Paper listing for James Jacobs". Pen-paper.net. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  6. ↑ Appelcline, Shannon (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. p. 25. ISBN   978-1-907702-58-7.
  7. ↑ "paizo.com - Paizo / News / Archive / 2006". Paizo.com. Retrieved 3 January 2018.


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