Christopher Perkins: Difference between revisions

In 1997, he was called by Wizards of the Coast and he later officially joined [[Wizards of the Coast]] as the editor of ''[[Dungeon]]'' magazine.<ref name=wizards/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=420|archive-date=October 4, 2007|title=Christopher Perkins :: Pen & Paper RPG Database|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071004120743/http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=420|access-date=February 2, 2018}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://dnd.wizards.com/articles-authors/chris-perkins-0|title=Chris Perkins|website=Dungeons & Dragons|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref> A few years later, he was promoted to editor-in-chief of Wizards periodicals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://seattletimes.com/pacificnw/1210/cover.html|title=The Magic Touch|date=2000|website=The Seattle Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503074211/http://seattletimes.com/pacificnw/1210/cover.html|archive-date=May 3, 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=April 19, 2013}}</ref>

Perkins later became the senior producer for ''D&D'', leading the team of designers, developers, and editors who produce ''D&D'' products.<ref name="wizards">{{cite web|url=https://www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/bio/chrisperkins/staff|title=Christopher Perkins - D&D Creative Manager|date=12 September 2009|website=Dungeons & Dragons|publisher=[[Wizards of the Coast]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100814160642/https://www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd%2Fbio%2Fchrisperkins%2Fstaff|archive-date=14 August 2010|url-status=live|access-date=18 April 2013}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Perkins was the story manager for ''D&D'' in 2007 before the release of the game's fourth edition.<ref name="gamespy">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespy.com/articles/819/819068p1.html|title=Dungeons & Dragons: The fourth Edition Interview|author=Villoria|first=Gerald|date=September 10, 2007|website=GameSpy|publisher=[[IGN Entertainment]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207194823/http://www.gamespy.com/articles/819/819068p1.html|archive-date=December 7, 2008|access-date=April 18, 2013}}</ref> Perkins was working on the ''Star Wars Saga Edition]]'' while ''D&D'' fourth edition was being developed, and ideas flowed freely back and forth between Perkins and the fourth edition team.<ref name="designers">{{Cite book|title=Designers & Dragons|author=Appelcline, Shannon|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2011|isbn=978-1-907702-58-7|page=298}}</ref> He was also on the SCRAMJET team, led by Richard Baker, and including [[James Wyatt]], [[Matthew Sernett]], [[Ed Stark]], Michele Carter, and Stacy Longstreet; this team updated the setting and cosmology of ''D&D'' as the fourth edition was being developed.<ref name="designers" /> Perkins was the Lead Story Designer of the Ravenloft fifth edition reboot ''Curse of Strahd'', released in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/chris-perkins-and-tracy-hickman-curse-strahd|title=Chris Perkins and Tracy Hickman on Curse of Strahd|date=21 January 2016|website=Dungeons & Dragons|access-date=2017-09-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/dungeons-dragons-worldbuilders-critical-role-acquisitions-patrick-rothfuss-dd-1241799|title='D&D' roleplayers can alter reality with Worldbuilders boons from Critical Role, Patrick Rothfuss|last=Whalen|first=Andrew|date=2018-12-03|website=Newsweek|language=en|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>

He was also the longtime DM for the Acquisitions Incorporated ''D&D'' games at the [''Penny Arcade Expo'' (PAX), until ''PAX Unplugged'' 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.penny-arcade.com/news/post/2011/8/1/acquisitions-inc|title=Acquisitions Inc.|last=Gabe|date=2011-08-01|website=Penny Arcade|access-date=2015-10-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/382-chris-perkins-steps-down-from-acquisitions-inc|title=Chris Perkins Steps Down from Acquisitions Inc.; Jeremy Crawford Named Successor|last=Haeck|first=James|date=2018-12-03|website=D&D Beyond|publisher=[[Wizards of the Coast]]|access-date=2018-12-03}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/2019/02/01/critical-role-chris-perkins-cameo-dungeons-and-dragons/|title=Chris Perkins Makes Hilarious Surprise Appearance on 'Critical Role'|last=Hoffer|first=Christian|date=1 February 2019|website=WWG|language=en|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>

* fourth Edition '''Tomb of Horrors''' (2010)

From 2016 to 2019, Perkins was the Dungeon Master in the Twitch.tv livestream ''Dice, Camera, Action,'' which was a live play-through of ''Dungeons & Dragons''<nowiki/>' latest story lines.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/news/new-weekly-dd-stream-chris-perkins|title=Dice, Camera, Action|date=17 February 2016|website=Dungeons & Dragons|access-date=22 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Wizards_DnD/status/1202014954204741632|title=Dungeons & Dragons on Twitter|date=3 December 2019|website=twitter|access-date=3 December 2019}}</ref> He has also guest starred twice on the ''Dungeons & Dragons''-based show, ''[[Critical Role]]''.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://geekandsundry.com/critical-role-episode-55/|title=Critical Role: Episode 55 - Umbrasyl|date=2016-06-06|website=[[Geek & Sundry]]|access-date=2016-06-15}}</ref>

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