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.

 

[Parmandur]

Well, the at least 31% of fans who say they don’t want something.

What gatekeeping is going on when WotC asks for fan feedback and says, “anything that doesn’t get over 70% approval won’t get printed”? In what manner is that gatekeeping?

Fans demanded that WotC listen to them. That’s what wotC is doing. Arguments that innovation is being stifled by corporate seem to ignore the fact that this is what fandom demanded.

I'd say making the game more appealing to players is innovative, similar to improving various performance or safety is innovative.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

LOL. The name of the forum is literally Dungeons & Dragons. You know, the place where we come to discuss D&D? Not Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition (A5E) or *TTRPGs General?

I will never tell people what or where they can post, that would be up to the admins. It's just odd to me that people that don't play the game or simply come here to trash-talk it post here on a regular basis. It's like me going to a Tesla forum and waxing poetic about how some other electric vehicle is so much better because I don't care for the head of Tesla.

Project Arrow, the Canadian EV. And I would totally go to Tesla forums to put this out there.

 

[AlViking]

Project Arrow, the Canadian EV. And I would totally go to Tesla forums to put this out there.

I would post something like that on a forum dedicated to electric cars in general. I don't see the point of going onto a site to tell people they're wrong to like what they like.

 

[Yaarel]

I'd say making the game more appealing to players is innovative, similar to improving various performance or safety is innovative.

There is no point in being 'innovative' it isnt fulfilling a desire. In the past, creatives gambled about whether the community might like a product. Ultimately, products are only valuable to other people if they accomplish but people want. For a niche product, it helps to have a clear idea about who needs it. Figuring out how to fulfill needs is innovative.

 

[soviet]

There is no point in being 'innovative' it isnt fulfilling a desire. In the past, creatives gambled about whether the community might like a product. Ultimately, products are only valuable to other people if they accomplish but people want. For a niche product, it helps to have a clear idea about who needs it. Figuring out how to fulfill needs is innovative.

'Making a profit is innovation, art or design are not'

 

[Yaarel]

'Making a profit is innovation, art or design are not'

Much of art is functionality. Art needs to fulfill a need, even if the need is to express a feeling or concept.

Making a product that no one utilizes is like designing a language that no speaks.

Even if only ten people need the product, it has to fulfill a need.

 

[Micah Sweet]

TSR published D&D for 23 years (1974 to 1997). Wizards has been publishing it for 28 (1997 to today). Wizards has released three major editions (and two revisions) in that time. D&D now is definitely more Wizards' creation than TSR's.

I imagine it was that D&D was "our" game rather than some megacorp.

 

[Micah Sweet]

LOL. The name of the forum is literally Dungeons & Dragons. You know, the place where we come to discuss D&D? Not Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition (A5E) or *TTRPGs General?

I will never tell people what or where they can post, that would be up to the admins. It's just odd to me that people that don't play the game or simply come here to trash-talk it post here on a regular basis. It's like me going to a Tesla forum and waxing poetic about how some other electric vehicle is so much better because I don't care for the head of Tesla.

The name of the forum is ENWorld.

 

[Remathilis]

The name of the forum is ENWorld.

Here, let me help.

The red one is where we discuss the game called Dungeons and Dragons. Like, the actual one published by WotC.
The yellow one is the OSR folder for Shadowdark and all the other OS games. You can discuss TSR era D&D as well.
Green is for Level Up: your preferred version of 5e.
General RPG discussion not tied to any particular game is the blue one.
Purple is for all things Paizo.

There are lots of discussions about the things that don't involve Wizards of the Coast in Yellow, Blue, Green, and Purple. If you want to have a pleasant conversation that doesn't involve WotC, I suggest going there.

 

[AlViking]

The name of the forum is ENWorld.

Morrus labels each category a forum. Take it up with him if you disagree. Even if this is a sub-forum instead of a forum it's still dedicated to Dungeons and Dragons. Want to discuss Level Up or TTRPGs General? They're just a few clicks away.