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Chris Steven Sims | |
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| Born | October 30, 1971 Virginia |
| Occupation | Game designer, editor |
| Nationality | United States |
Chris S. Sims (born 1971) is an American editor, writer and game designer. As a game designer, Sims has produced online and print works for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game published by Wizards of the Coast (WotC) and the Starfinder role-playing game by Paizo.
Personal life edit
Chris S. Sims was born in October 1971 in Virginia, United States.[1]
Career edit
Game design edit
Sims started out working for small d20 companies in 2003, and then worked as a freelance editor for Roleplaying Games R&D at Wizards of the Coast (WotC).[citation needed] WotC later hired him as the Duel Masters editor in 2005. From there, Sims became an associate editor in RPG R&D at WotC,[citation needed] working under the credit Wizards RPG Team with David Noonan and Robert J. Schwalb.[2] Sims also worked as an editor on Dragon and Dungeon magazines.[3] He also worked on the Duel Masters Trading Card Game, and Magic: The Gathering.[4]
He later became a writer and story designer,[5][6][7] and his design credits include
- Monster Manual 2,[8] co-written with Rob Heinsoo, a Wall Street Journal bestseller in 2009.[9][failed verification][10][unreliable source?]
- Secrets of Sarlona (2007), a supplement for the Eberron campaign setting
- Rules Compendium (2007)
- Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide for D&D 4E (2008)[11]
- Monster Manual for D&D 4E
- Martial Power[8]
- Adventurer's Vault[8]
- three D&D adventures:
- and other story projects.[13][14][15]
Sims is co-author of the Book of Templates.[16] He worked for WotC until 2015.[17]
Sims also produced material for Magic: The Gathering, State of Decay 2, and other gaming systems.[18][3]
In 2017 he was hired as a game and story designer at Paizo.[19] He designed and wrote the first adventure for the Starfinder franchise: The Diaspora Strain.[20]
Sims is a frequent guest at cons and events in the gaming community[21][22][23] and a regular contributor in gaming magazine 'Critical Hits'.[4]
Sims' work is subject of critical analysis in gaming research.[24][25][failed verification]
Consultant edit
Sims has worked as a language consultant for the film Glossary of Broken Dreams.[26][27]
Art edit
Sims has created a work of interactive fiction.[28][better source needed]
Sims was awarded an art residency at Museumsquartier in Vienna, Austria in autumn 2017.[18][failed verification] He created an interactive roleplaying performance for the Vienna Art Week.[29][unreliable source?]
The Free Lunch is the third magazine that Sims worked on as of 2020.[3]
Bibliography edit
- Rules Compendium (Dungeons & Dragons d20 3.5 Fantasy Roleplaying)
- Monster Manual 2: A 4th Edition D&D Core Rulebook (D&D Supplement)
- An Adventurer's Guide to Eberron (D&D Retrospective)
- Seekers of the Ashen Crown: A 4th Edition D&D Adventure for Eberron
- Demon Queen's Enclave: Adventure P2 for 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons (D&D Adventure)
- Book of Templates Deluxe Edition
References edit
- ^ "About". August 23, 2016.
- ^ "Wizards Rpg Team David Noonan Robert J Schwalb Chris Sims - AbeBooks". www.abebooks.com.
- ^ a b c "The Core Team". Monochrom Press. p. 137. Retrieved 2023-10-29 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b Sims, Chris (September 2010). "Monster Hunters of Athas". Dragon. No. 391. p. 11. Retrieved 2023-10-29 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Against the Slave Lords with R&D, Part 2" – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ Schmidt, Peter: Gaming Space: Creativity, Collaboration, Design: FU Berlin, 2012. p. 51ff.
- ^ "D&D Next With R&D: The Lich-Queen's Beloved Part 4" – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ a b c d e f Shea, Mike (2011-07-07). "Critical Hits Podcast #30: Chris Sims and Mike Shea on Encounter Design". Critical Hits. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
Tonight I have the opportunity to sit with Chris Sims [...] involved in the initial design of Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition, and is credited with many D&D products including the "Monster Manual 2", "Martial Powers", "The Adventurers's Vault", and three adventures: "The Seekers of the Ashen Crown", "Death's Reach", and "The Demon Queen's Enclave
- ^ (May 29, 2009). "Wall Street Journal Best-Sellers", Connecticut Post.
- ^ Development, PodBean. "Making Monsters Sizzle | The Tome Show". www.thetomeshow.com.
- ^ "Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide". biblio.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Demon Queen's Enclave". RPG Geek. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ D&D, "Scourge Sword Coast", 2014
- ^ "Dungeons & Dragons Archive". www.tsrarchive.com.
- ^ Coffey, Kevin (April 5, 2017). "Our spoiler-filled review of Tales From the Yawning Portal".
- ^ DMH (2005-10-08). "The Book of Templates: Deluxe Edition". RPGnet. Archived from the original on 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
- ^ "And then there were 8! On Chris Sims and Jennifer Clarke Wilkes' Layoffs..." EN World Tabletop RPG News & Reviews. January 31, 2015.
- ^ a b "Chris Sims". MuseumsQuartier Wien.
- ^ "Twitch". Twitch.
- ^ "paizo.com - Starfinder Adventure Path #10: The Diaspora Strain (Signal of Screams 1 of 3)". paizo.com.
- ^ "042 - Chris Sims". Don't Split the Podcast Network. October 16, 2017.
- ^ "D&D Extra Life 2015: Session 10, October 4 12am-4am" – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ "D&D Extra Life 2015: Session 6, October 3 8am-Noon" – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ Williams, D.: Understanding Tabletop Games. Montreal: Concordia, 2011. p. 32ff.
- ^ Sabin, Philip. Simulating War: Studying Conflict through Simulation Games By. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 289.
- ^ Kaestle, Thomas (April 25, 2018). "Der Film Glossary of Broken Dreams oder: Im Schlachthaus Zum Goldenen Kalb".
- ^ "monochrom: GLOSSARY OF BROKEN DREAMS". www.monochrom.at.
- ^ Triskele, interactive fiction by Chris Sims
- ^ Trummel, Cosima: Fantasy Games Deconstructed: University Vienna, 2018. p. 12.
External links edit
- Sims' publication portfolio on Amazon
- Sim's biography on RPG Geek
- "Chris Sims :: Pen & Paper RPG Database". Archived from the original on April 14, 2005.
- Interview with Chris Sims on ComicsAlliance
- DMS Guild list of Chris Sim's publications
- Playing Warforged (by Chris Sims), in: Dragon (Issue 364, June 2008)
- Mike Shea interviews Chris Sims on 'Critical Hits' about Encounter Design
- Chris S. Sims at IMDb