Don Bingle
{{short description|American novelist (born c. 1954)}}
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| birth_date = c. 1954
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| occupation = Writer, game designer
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| nationality = American
| alma_mater = University of Chicago
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| genre = Role-playing games
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Donald J. Bingle (born {{circa|1954}}) is a Chicago-area attorney and author originally from Naperville, Illinois.McRoberts, Flynn (August 28, 1988). "Fantasies come true: Game fair leads players through a labyrinth of fun", Chicago Tribune.
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, and his wife, Linda, was ranked number two. He is best known as the top-ranked player in the RPGA for most of the 1990s.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} The Bingles began the company 54°40' Orphyte to publish role-playing books, including two adventures for Timemaster, and they also gave some support to the Timemaster line using RPGA tournaments.{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2011| isbn= 978-1-907702-58-7|pages=199}} 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,Baruch Yackley, Rachel (November 5, 2004). "Lawyer-writer-gamer: St. Charles man leads triple life", Daily Herald.Steinberg, Bruce (November 7, 2007). "Adding another dimension to the written word", Daily Herald, p. 6.D'Ammassa, Don (January 2005). "Forced Conversion", Chronicle 27 (1): 19. which was released in November 2004 and centers around a futuristic society with the ability to upload people's minds to virtual worlds.{{cite news | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-10739DE7F8FE7464.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125030448/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-10739DE7F8FE7464.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 25, 2013 | work=The Sun (Naperville) | author=Klingensmith, Dawn | title=Local Artisan: Donald J. Bingle, St. Charles | date=December 9, 2004 | accessdate=October 5, 2012|via=HighBeam Research}}
Bingle 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.
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External links
- [http://www.orphyte.com/donaldjbingle/ Home page of Donald J. Bingle]
- {{cite web |url=http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=3075 |archive-date=March 11, 2005 |title=Donald J. Bingle :: Pen & Paper RPG Database |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050311000205/http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=3075 |access-date=September 18, 2012 }}
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Category:20th-century American male writers
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Category:Writers from Naperville, Illinois
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