Steven "Stan!" Brown
Stan! Brown
Stan! Brown
Occupation
  • Writer
  • cartoonist
  • game designer
NationalityAmerican
GenreRole-playing games, fantasy

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 and attended Binghamton University.[1] Brown began publishing fiction, cartoons, and games professionally in 1982, usually under the pen name "Stan!."[1][2] He is the author of numerous short stories, novels, roleplaying products, comics and cartoons.[1] He has served as a graphic designer and line editor for West End Games; an editor and game designer for TSR, Inc.; and an author, senior game designer, and creative director for Wizards of the Coast, Inc.[1] He has also been the creative content manager at Upper Deck Entertainment.[1]

In 2007, R. Hyrum Savage formed a subsidiary of his OtherWorld Creations with Brown called Super Genius Games.[3] He has also worked as the creative content manager for Upper Deck Entertainment, and the creative vice president for The Game Mechanics, Inc.[2] Brown is the Creative Director for Super Genius Games. He co-founded The Game Mechanics with JD Wiker, Marc Schmalz, and Rich Redman.

Stan! has worked on a variety of role-playing titles, including Paranoia, Dragonlance, Marvel Super Heroes, Ravenloft, and Forgotten Realms, as well as being a principal designer for d20 Modern. He is also the author of two novels published by Wizards of the Coast.

Bibliography

Fiction

Game design

Articles

Cartoons and illustrations

Editing

Media mentions

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

Podcasts

Videos

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Stan Brown (Stan!)". Archived from the original on February 24, 2009.
  2. ^ a b Stan! (2007). "Circus Maximus". In Lowder, James (ed.). Hobby Games: The 100 Best. Green Ronin Publishing. pp. 55–57. ISBN 978-1-932442-96-0.
  3. ^ Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. p. 418. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
  4. ^ "Atomic Array: Gen Con 2010 Special Edition IV". Archived from the original on 2010-08-21. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
  5. ^ "Log In or Sign Up to View". Facebook.com. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Snows of an Early Winter (Atomic Array 037)". Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
  7. ^ "RPG Countdown (25 FEB 2009)". Archived from the original on 2009-03-07. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  8. ^ "Log In or Sign Up to View". Facebook.com. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  9. ^ "RPG Countdown (18 December 2009)". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
  10. ^ "YouTube". Youtube.com. Retrieved 4 January 2018.[dead YouTube link]
  11. ^ "YouTube". Youtube.com. Retrieved 4 January 2018.[dead YouTube link]
  12. ^ "YouTube". Youtube.com. Retrieved 4 January 2018.[dead YouTube link]

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