Don Bingle

Donald J. Bingle (born c. 1954) is a Chicago-area attorney and author originally from Naperville, Illinois.

Role-playing games

Bingle graduated from the University of Chicago. In the late 1980s, he was the top-ranked player in the Role-Playing Network, while his wife, Linda, was ranked number two. Bingle is most well known for being the top-ranked player in the RPGA for the majority of the 1990s. The Bingles began the company 54°40' Orphyte to publish role-playing books, including two Timemaster adventures, and supported the line with RPGA tournaments for a while. As of the end of 2004, Bingle had played in 500 tournaments using 50 different game systems.

He has also produced a large body of writing, including contributions to the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (2nd Edition), and his novel Forced Conversion, which was released in November 2004 and centers around a futuristic society that has the ability to upload the entire contents of people's minds into virtual worlds.

Don also authored a number of character-provided events for the RPGA, including "Don't Go There" with Saul Resiknoff, and "The Modern Pirate Game" with Tim White.