Jeff R. Leason
{{Short description|American game designer}}
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Jeff R. Leason is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.
Career
Jeff R. Leason co-wrote the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons adventure The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan (1980) with Harold Johnson.{{cite book|last=Schick|first=Lawrence|title=Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games|publisher=Prometheus Books|year=1991|isbn=0-87975-653-5|location=Buffalo, New York|page=87|author-link=Lawrence Schick}}{{Cite web|date=June 24, 2021|title=TSR, the Original Maker of Dungeons & Dragons, Has Re-Launched as New Company|url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/dungeons-and-dragons-tsr-inc-gary-gygax-returns/|access-date=2021-06-27|website=ComicBook.com|language=en}}
As a staffer for Mayfair Games, Leason worked with Troy Denning, Louis Prosperi, and David Ladyman on the second edition of Chill (1990).{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2011| isbn= 978-1-907702-58-7|pages=168}}
In June 2021, Ernie Gygax with Leason created a new, separate company also named "TSR." The company is based out of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin; they plan to release table top games and operate the Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum, which is located in the first office building of the original TSR. Other original TSR employees contributing to the startup include Larry Elmore and James M. Ward.{{Cite web|date=2021-06-29|title=TSR Games cuts business ties with Ernest G. Gygax, Jr. and second RPG publisher calling itself TSR|url=https://www.dicebreaker.com/companies/tsr-games/news/tsr-games-ernie-gygax-cut-ties|access-date=2021-06-30|website=Dicebreaker|language=en}} Leason is the curator of the museum.{{Cite web |last=Hines |first=Dennis |title=Jeff Leason, curator of the Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum, shows a sword to museum visitor John Duncan of Wonder Lake |url=https://lakegenevanews.net/jeff-leason-curator-of-the-dungeon-hobby-shop-museum-shows-a-sword-to-museum-visitor/image_529deed6-e2e7-55ad-a93b-0121f6ccf921.html |access-date=2022-12-21 |website=Lake Geneva News |date=2 August 2021 |language=en}}
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External links
- {{cite web |url=http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=3087 |archive-date=February 21, 2005 |title=Jeff R. Leason :: Pen & Paper RPG Database |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050221212540/http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=3087 |access-date=January 6, 2014 }}
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Category:Dungeons & Dragons game designers