Quick Facts
Biography
Jeremy Crawford is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games. He is most widely known for being the Lead Rules Designer for Wizards of the Coast.
Career
Jeremy Crawford co-designed and edited the Blue Rose role-playing game along with Steve Kenson (2005).
He was hired by Wizards of the Coast in 2007 as a game designer for their flagship Dungeons & Dragons product, and has worked there since then. His Dungeons & Dragons design credits include Player's Handbook 2 (2009), Dungeon Master's Kit (2010), and Heroes of the Fallen Lands (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, 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 for the 5th edition of Dungeons & Dragons, along with several other books in the edition. He also authors the monthly "Sage Advice" newsletter.
Works
| Title | Game | Credits | Date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay | Warhammer Fantasy RPG 2nd Edition | Designer | 2005 | 978-1844162208 |
| Blue Rose | Blue Rose 1st Edition | Designer | 2005 | 978-1932442229 |
| Blue Rose Companion | Blue Rose 1st Edition | Designer, Production Staff | 2005 | 978-1932442366 |
| World of Aldea | Blue Rose 1st Edition | Designer, Production Staff | 2006 | 978-1932442465 |
| Paragons | Mutants & Masterminds 2nd Edition | Designer | 2007 | |
| Player's Handbook | Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition | Designer, Production Staff | 2008 | 978-0786949298 |
| Monster Manual | Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition | Designer, Production Staff | 2008 | 978-0786948529 |
| Forgotten Realms Player's Guide | Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition | Designer | 2008 | 978-0786949298 |
| 4th Edition Core Rulebook Collection | Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition | Designer | 2008 | 978-1786950638 |
| Dungeon Master's Guide | Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition | Designer | 2008 | 978-0786948802 |
| Player's Handbook 2 | Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition | Designer, Production Staff | 2009 | 978-0-7869-5016-4 |
| Assault on Nightwyrm Fortress | Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition | Designer | 2009 | 978-0786950003 |
| Player Essentials: Heroes of the Fallen Lands | Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition | Designer | 2010 | 978-0786956203 |
| Monster Manual 3 | Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition | Designer | 2010 | 978-0786954902 |
| Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set | Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition | Designer, Production Staff | 2010 | 978-0786956296 |
| Dungeon Master's Kit | Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition | Designer | 2010 | 978-0786956302 |
| Player's Option: Heroes of the Feywild | Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition | Designer | 2011 | 978-0786958368 |
| Player's Option: Heroes of Shadow | Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition | Designer | 2011 | 978-0786957453 |
| Neverwinter Campaign Setting | Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition | Designer | 2011 | 978-0786958146 |
| Monster Vault: Threats to the Nentir Vale | Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition | Designer | 2011 | 978-0786958382 |
| Book of Vile Darkness | Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition | Designer | 2011 | 978-0786958689 |
| Player's Option: Heroes of the Elemental Chaos | Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition | Designer, Production Staff | 2012 | |
| Into the Unknown: The Dungeon Survival Handbook | Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition | Designer | 2012 | 978-0786960323 |
| Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle | Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition Playtest | Designer | 2013 | 978-0786965311 |
| Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set | Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition | D&D Lead Designer | 15 July, 2014 | 978-0786965595 |
| Player's Handbook | Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition | D&D Lead Designer, Player's Handbook Lead | 19 August, 2014 | 978-0786965601 |
| Monster Manual | Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition | D&D Lead Designer, Managing Editor | 30 September, 2014 | 978-0786965618 |
| Dungeon Master's Guide | Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition | D&D Lead Designer, Dungeon Master's Guide Lead | 09 December, 2014 | 978-0786965625 |
| Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide | Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition | Designer, Managing Editor, D&D Lead Designer | 03 November, 2015 | 978-0786965809 |
| Elemental Evil Player's Companion | Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition | D&D Lead Designer, Managing Editor | 16 April, 2015 | |
| Curse of Strahd | Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition | D&D Lead Designer, Designer, Managing Editor | 15 March, 2016 | 978-0786965984 |
| Storm King's Thunder | Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition | D&D Lead Designer, Managing Editor | 06 September, 2016 | 9780786966004 |
| Volo's Guide to Monsters | Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition | Lead Rules Developer, Managing Editor | 15 November, 2016 | 978-0786966011 |
| Tales from the Yawning Portal | Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition | Lead Rules Developer, Managing Editor | 04 April, 2017 | 978-0-7869-6609-7 |
| Tomb of Annihilation | Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition | Lead Rules Developer, Managing Editor | 19 September, 2017 | 9780786966103 |
| Xanathar's Guide to Everything | Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition | Lead Designer, Managing Editor | 21 November, 2017 | 978-0786966110 |
| Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes | Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition | Lead Designer, Managing Editor | 29 May, 2018 | 978-0786966240 |
| Waterdeep: Dragon Heist | Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition | Rules Development, Managing Editor | 18 September, 2018 | 978-0786966592 |
| Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage | Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition | Managing Editor | 20 November, 2018 | 978-0786966264 |
| Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica | Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition | Lead Designer, Managing Editor, Ravnica World Design | 20 November, 2018 | 978-0786966592 |
| Ghosts of Saltmarsh | Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition | Developer | 21 May, 2019 | 978-0786966752 |
