Jesse Decker is an author, designer, and editor of

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material.

Biography

Decker began playing ''

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'' in 1983 during recess at his elementary school. During the summer of 1996, he began doing "temp work" for

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, before returning to finish college that fall. After finishing college, he returned to Wizards of the Coast, where he spent six months as a tournament judge at the company's first Game Center. Deciding "to forgo graduate school for a few years," Decker successfully applied for an editorial position at Wizards, becoming the editorial assistant for ''

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'' and ''

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'' magazines. In 1999, Decker became editor-in-chief of ''Dragon'', serving as such until 2003 with

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. He is now the director of Organized Play at Wizards of the Coast. David Noonan, Andy Collins,

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, and Decker were part of

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's "Flywheel" design team for the fourth edition of ''Dungeons & Dragons'', and did the final concept work from May 2006 to September 2006, before the first books for the edition were written and playtested.

Sources

* Cook, Monte.
A Talk with Jesse Decker: A 30th Anniversary Interview
"
Monte's Journal
'' Montecook.com, 2004.

References

External links

Wizards.com interview with Jesse Decker
* Dungeons & Dragons game designers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) {{D&D-stub