Richard Baker (game designer)

Richard Baker (full name L. Richard Baker III) is an American author and a game designer who has worked on many "Dungeons & Dragons" campaign settings.

Career

Rich originally lived on the Jersey shore, before graduating from Virginia Tech. He served as a deck officer on board the USS "Tortuga" and qualified as a Surface Warfare Officer before becoming a game designer. Since joining TSR in 1991, Rich has worked on most of TSR's product lines at one point or another. In 1995 he won an Origins Award for Best New Role-Playing Supplement, for the Birthright campaign setting.

Rich lived in New Jersey, Virginia, Rhode Island, Virginia again, Louisiana, Virginia a third time, and Wisconsin, but now lives in Auburn, Washington, with his wife Kim, two daughters, and cats. He's a fan of Golden Age SF and the Philadelphia Phillies.

Rich is at the forefront of Wizards of the Coast's current range of Forgotten Realms and core Third Edition D&D accessory books, and author of several novels set in and below Faerûn. He also answers questions about the Forgotten Realms at the Wizards website's forums - see the below external links.

He is also at the forefront of designing the series "Axis and Allies: War at Sea", a game of tactical World War II naval battles.

Bibliography

Forgotten Realms Accessory Books/Adventure Modules

* "Unapproachable East" (2003)
* "Player's Guide to Faerûn" (2004)

Creative Director of:

* "Magic of Faerûn" (2001)
* "Lords of Darkness" (2001)
* "Races of Faerûn" (2003)

Developer of:

* "Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting" (2001)
* "Lords of Darkness" (2001)
* "Races of Faerûn" (2003)
* "Unapproachable East" (2003)
* "Underdark" (2003)

Other Dungeons & Dragons Accessory Books/Adventure Modules

* "Spells & Magic"
* "Planescape Monstrous Compendium II (Planescape)" (1999)
* "Forge of Fury" (2000)
* "Complete Arcane"
* "Tome of Battle"

Novels

* "The Adventures"
** "The Shadow Stone" (1998)

* "Double Diamond Triangle Saga"
** "Easy Betrayals" (1998)

* "Star*Drive"
** "Zero Point" (1999)

* "Birthright"
**"The Falcon and the Wolf" (2000 online publication [http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/dx20020121x5] )

* "The Cities"
** "The City of Ravens" (2000)

* "(R.A. Salvatore's) War of the Spider Queen"
** "Condemnation" (2003)

* "The Last Mythal"
** "Forsaken House" (2004)
** "Farthest Reach" (2005)
** "Final Gate" (2006)

* "Blades of Moonsea"
** "The Swordmage" (2008)

Boardgames

* "Risk Godstorm" (2004)

External links

* [http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=27 Pen & Paper listing for Richard Baker]
* [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=books/fr/richbakerap2004 Wizards.com interview]
* [http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=44746 The old 'Ask Richard Baker' thread at wizards.com forums]
* [http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=129535 The old 'Ask the Core Rules and Supplement Authors' thread at wizards.com forums]
* [http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=282525&perpage=30&pagenumber=1 The new 'Ask the Core Rules and Supplement Authors' thread at wizards.com forums]
* [http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=906386 Rich Baker's Blog at wizards.com]