Chris Thomasson is a

game designer Game design is the art of applying design and aesthetics to create a game for entertainment or for educational, exercise, or experimental purposes. Increasingly, elements and principles of game design are also applied to other interactions, in ...

who has worked primarily on

role-playing game A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within ...

Career

Chris Thomasson was

Paizo Publishing Paizo Inc. (originally Paizo Publishing.) is an American role-playing game publishing company based in Redmond, Washington, best known for the tabletop role-playing game '' Pathfinder''. The company's name is derived from the Greek word ''paiz� ...

's editor for ''

Dungeon A dungeon is a room or cell in which prisoners are held, especially underground. Dungeons are generally associated with medieval castles, though their association with torture probably belongs more to the Renaissance period. An oubliette (from ...

'' magazine when he announced "

The Shackled City Adventure Path ''The Shackled City Adventure Path'' (or simply ''Shackled City'') is a role-playing game Adventure Path designed for ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D''), originally appearing as a series of modules in ''Dungeon'' magazine, and later collected in a ...

" in 2003. His ''D&D'' design work includes the third edition ''

Fiend Folio ''Fiend Folio'' is the name of three separate products published for successive editions of the fantasy role-playing game '' Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D''). All three are collections of monsters. The bulk of the material in the first edition ...

'' (2003), ''

Monster Manual III ''Monster Manual III'' is a manual published in September 2004 by Wizards of the Coast, for use with the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. It is the first of the monster specific books published by Wizards of the Coast to be made for the ...

'' (2004), ''

Dungeon Master's Guide II The ''Dungeon Master's Guide II'' is a book of rules for the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' seminal fantasy role-playing game. Contents Like the ''Dungeon Master's Guide'', this book focuses on providing Dungeon Masters with assi ...

'' (2005), ''

Magic of Eberron ''Magic of Eberron'' is a supplement to the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. Contents ''Magic of Eberron'' is an accessory for the Eberron setting that exposes the magic and eldritch wonders of Eberron. In addition t ...

'' (2005), ''

Complete Psionic ''Complete Psionic'' is a supplemental rulebook for the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game published by Wizards of the Coast and released in April 2006. It is the first 3.5 edition supplemental rulebook published by Wi ...

'' (2006), and ''

Complete Champion ''Complete Champion'' is a supplement for the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Contents Somewhat of a sequel to '' Complete Divine'', the book is geared for characters who fight for a cause. Publication histo ...

'' (2007).

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