Brian R. James
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| Born | Brian R. James November 26, 1974 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Occupation | Game designer, software engineer |
| Nationality | United States |
| Genre | Role-playing games, fantasy |
| Spouse | Toni James |
Brian R. James (born 1974) is an award winninggame designer and patent holdingsoftware engineer. As a writer, Brian is best known for his online and print works for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game published by Wizards of the Coast. In game design circles, Brian is highly regarded for his deep knowledge of the Forgotten Realms campaign setting and its extensive history. In 2012 Brian won a Silver ENnie Award for Monster Vault: Threats to the Nentir Vale and he has been nominated for other ENnie Awards and Origins Awards.
Brian grew up in Arapahoe County, Colorado and attended Arapahoe High School where he led the computer club and lettered in cross country his senior year. Today, Brian lives in Orange County, California with his high school sweetheart Toni and their children.
Brian got his first big break with the creation of his "Grand History of the Realms" timeline compilation that started in the late 90s. Utilizing his website at the time, he compiled lore from many disparate sources into easily referenced PDFs documents that allowed fans to reference each of his entries. This work eventually caught the eye of senior Wizards of the Coast developers, was purchased by the company and then published as a print sourcebook: The Grand History of the Realms. Since then, Brian has gone on to co-author (and contribute) to many 4th Edition D&D products, including the award winning sourcebook Monster Vault: Threats to the Nentir Vale (2011).
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