Mike Mearls

Michael Mearls is a writer and designer of fantasy role-playing games (RPGs) and related fiction.

He worked as a freelance writer and designer for various gaming publishers for several years before being hired in June 2005 as a designer by Wizards of the Coast. He was a Lead Developer for Dungeons & Dragons R&D^[1] working on the new 4th Edition. During the period from 2000-up until his hiring at WotC, he was one of the most prolific freelance writers in the gaming industry. Mearls is an alumnus of Dartmouth College.^[2] While at Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity, and suggested "Robot Zombies" as a solution to the campus dining services budget problem.^[3]

Notable credits

• Iron Heroes role playing game.
• "The Siege of Durgham's Folly," from Necromancer Games
• Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Player's Handbook II^[4]

Dragon Magazine

• Playtest: New Hybrid and Multiclass Options, Dragon magazine #400^{[Dragon 1]}
• http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/drdd/20070921

Notes

1. ^ Mike Mearls' blog - Wizards Community
2. ^ TheDartmouth.com | Graduation List as of June 5, 1997
3. ^ TheDartmouth.com | College Should Look Into Robot Workers, Cloning and Zombies
4. ^ Crawford, Jeremy; Mearls, Mike; Wyatt, James. "Contents". Player's Handbook 2. Wizards of the Coast. http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/dndacc/9780786950164. Retrieved 2011-10-05. 

Dragon Magazine

1. ^ Mearls, Mike. "Playtest: New Hybrid and Multiclass Options". Dragon Magazine #400. Wizards of the Coast. http://www.wizards.com/dnd/toc.aspx?x=dnd/4new/drtoc/400. Retrieved 5 October 2011. 

External links

• Mike Mearls in the Pen & Paper RPG Database
• Mike Mearls's home page

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