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James Desborough (game designer)
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James "Grim" Desborough is a British game designer, author, and blogger who has worked primarily on role-playing games, as well as card games, board games, and social computer games.
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James Desborough wrote The Munchkin's Guide to Powergaming in 2000/2001,[2] winning an Origins Award for that work along with his co-authors Steve Mortimer and Phil Masters.[3] Desborough was a co-author of CS1: Cannibal Sector One he also briefly worked as the line editor for SLA Industries.[4] Desborough is also the owner of Postmortem Studios.[4] Postmortem Studios was one of Cubicle 7's first company partnerships due to Desborough's connections with Angus Abranson.[4] He later became creative director at Chronicle City, Abranson's new venture[5] but this partnership ended in July 2021.[6]
In 2017 he released a licensed role-playing game based upon John Norman's fantasy series Gor, which also included art by Michael Manning.[7]
Desborough's work was included in Red Phone Box,[8] and in The Mammoth Book of Erotic Romance and Domination.[9] He also self-publishes.
His D&D design work includes Monster Manual V (2007) and City of Stormreach (2008).
Desborough's career has often been characterised by humour and adult content, leading to his role as Games Master for the adult stream 'Tabletopless'.[10] While the stream primarily plays Dungeons and Dragons they have also played Cyberpunk, The Witcher and others.
Desborough has appeared as a commentator on men's issues on The Stream on Al Jazeera.[11]
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