28 years later, long-term Dungeons and Dragons Designer Chris Perkins revealed he has quit the company and retired from the Coast Wizard.
Perkins said Friday that he was leaving for a “perfect fairy tale ending…I can’t wait to enjoy D&D purely as a fan because I know the game is good.” His retirement comes after the 50th anniversary of TTRPG and recently released rulebooks, which he said was “doing rape.” Before that, he quit D&D Product Leader after the launch of the Dungeon Master Guide in October 2024. At the time, the Wizards deputies told Polygon that Perkins “nowhere” and that he was in the company for a new role.
Today I retire from the Wizards after 28 years. With the 50th anniversary of D&D, the revised rulebook has been conducted with Gangbusters, which is the perfect fairy tale ending for me. I can’t wait to enjoy D&D again and be purely a fan, knowing the game is good. See you in Feywild! pic.twitter.com/ywv4hlepg6
— Christopher Perkins (@chrisperkinsdnd) April 4, 2025
Chris Perkins entered the tabletop gaming industry in 1988 under the pseudonym “Christopher Zarathurstra” and he once wrote Dungeon Magazine #11’s “Witchcraft Way Ward” adventure. He officially joined the Wizards as editor in 1997 Dungeon, Later editor-in-chief of the Wizard Journal. Over the years, he has become a more outstanding person Dungeons and Dragons and famous for its fourth and fifth editions and Strad’s Curse Module. Perkins also passed D&D Games at popular enthusiast events like Pax and then take part in a Twitch show Dice, camera, action And the guest starring Key role.
Perkins reveals his retirement, Dungeons and Dragons The team thanked him for “decades of work by the wizard who has poured into the coast because D&D wouldn’t be what he is today without his many contributions. Although we were so sad to see him go to the competition, we welcome him every day in our competition. On D&D, Chris met the next generation of leaders on D&D who would work hard to get promoted as he enjoys his retirement.”
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