Jeremy Crawford Also Leaving D&D Team Later This Month

Jeremy Crawford is leaving Wizards of the Coast later this month. Screen Rant (via me!) had the exclusive announcement. Crawford was the Game Director for Dungeons & Dragons and was one of the guiding forces for D&D over the past decade. In the past year, Crawford has focused on the core rulebooks and leading the team of rules designers. He has also been a face of Dungeons & Dragons for much of 5th Edition, appearing in many promotional videos and DMing Acquisitions Incorporated Actual Play series.

He joins Chris Perkins in leaving the D&D team in recent weeks. Perkins, who was the Creative Director for D&D, announced his retirement last week. Both Perkins and Crawford appear to have left Wizards on their terms, with Lanzillo very effusive with her praise of both men and their contribution in our interview.

On a personal note, I've enjoyed interviewing Jeremy over the years. He was always gracious with his time and answers and is one of the most eloquent people I've ever heard talk about D&D. I'll miss both him and Chris Perkins and look forward to their next steps, wherever that might be.

 

[KYRON45]

And this doesnt make it any better, it’s whataboutism.

Isms are bad. I live here on earth where realism wins the day.
Businesses are in business to make make money. Once the project is done; you don’t need a project lead anymore until the next project. Rinse and repeat for most project related titles.

This behavior being good or bad is up to the people who make those decisions not me.

 

[mamba]

When the new project comes along; someone will do their jobs.

according to the article WotC has a 5 year plan and both of their roles were too high up to be needed for any of that. Some people will have some added responsibility in a project, sure, but that appears to be rather limited. So no, I am not expecting much of a change due to this

 

[Arma virumque]

I saw the part that said:



But with Chris Cao also stepping away, and Mike Mearls having left not too long ago, it really feels like there's something larger going on. Maybe it's all just a coincidence, or maybe the explanation is entirely benign, but I can't help but be suspicious.

If I were working at the same company for 20(ish) years, this is exactly how I would want to leave it: after the conclusion of a big, transformative project, when the company is shifting gears from design to implementation, while my work was still respected.

In other words, on my own terms.

I don't think any other explanation is necessary. I wish them the best. Loved to watch them DM at Acq Inc.

 

[FrogReaver]

Unless Mike said something, who knows? He may have tons of Patreon subscribers and do lots of consulting work.

Exactly. We don’t know. That was my precise point.

 

[KYRON45]

according to the article WotC has a 5 year plan and both of their roles were too high up to be needed for any of that. Some people will have some added responsibility in a project, sure, but that appears to be rather limited. So no, I am not expecting much of a change due to this

We’ll see the outcome when it happens I guess.

 

[mamba]

Of course they are now. Were they before?

yes, they did not leave overnight, this was a long time coming

 

[FrogReaver]

Yes, you would know that if you took time to read the ScreenRant article. It's all clearly spelled out.

I think you are not nearly skeptical enough about big business propaganda.

 

[mamba]

Unless Mike said something, who knows? He may have tons of Patreon subscribers and do lots of consulting work.

doesn’t he work at Chaosium now? I doubt they pay more than WotC did. No idea how much his patreon makes, maybe combined he does around the same or better

 

[mamba]

We’ll see the outcome when it happens I guess.

anything in particular you expect to happen / want to happen (not the same thing…)?

 

[darjr]

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