Jeremy Crawford is a

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who has worked primarily on

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s. He is most widely known for being the Lead Rules Designer for

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Career

Jeremy Crawford co-designed and edited the ''

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'' role-playing game along with

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(2005). He was hired by Wizards of the Coast in 2007 as a game designer for their flagship ''

Dungeons & Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. (T ...

'' product, and has worked there since then. His ''

'' design credits include '' Player's Handbook 2'' (2009), ''

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'' (2010), and ''

Heroes of the Fallen Lands ''Heroes of the Fallen Lands'' is a supplement to the Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition, 4th edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. Contents ''Heroes of the Fallen Lands'' includes new builds and cha ...

'' (2010). He was the rules manager for the 4th Edition of ''Dungeons & Dragons.'' Development on a new edition started in 2011 and Crawford became the Co-Lead Designer, along with

Mike Mearls Michael Mearls is a writer and designer of fantasy role-playing games (RPGs) and related fiction. He was the senior manager for the '' Dungeons & Dragons'' research and design team. He co-led design for the 5th edition of the game. He also worked ...

, of the 5th Edition of ''Dungeons & Dragons''. Crawford also became the lead rules developer and managing editor of the edition. Under Crawford and Mearls, there became a concerted effort to boost inclusiveness both in the game and in the development of the game. The 5th Edition version of the game credits women as contributors to its design more than any previous one: about 26 percent are female, as opposed to 20 percent in 4th Edition and 12 percent in 3rd Edition. He is credited as one of the authors of the ''

Player's Handbook The ''Player's Handbook'' (spelled ''Players Handbook'' in first edition '' Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' (''AD&D'')) is a book of rules for the fantasy role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D''). It does not contain the complete set of r ...

'' for the 5th edition of ''

'', along with several other books in the edition. He also authors the monthly "Sage Advice" newsletter.

Personal life

Crawford is openly gay, and married his husband Phillip Lienau in 2014.

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