WotC New WotC Senior Game Designer for D&D is James Haek

[bedir than]

En5iders will remember James Haek (they/them) as an early editor for the EN Publishing 5e magazine. Haek is leaving Ghostfire Gaming for WotC soon, per their recent announcement on the Eldritch Lorecast


They have previous credits at Wizards of the Coast, Critical Role, Darrington Press, MCDM, Ghostfire Gaming and EN Publishing.


edited to add preferred pronouns more significantly.

 

[el-remmen]

Hey good for them! That’s great! I haven’t watched the Lorecast in a while but I have nothing but good wishes for all of them.

 

[TiQuinn]

James has done good work on the Critical Role books, particularly Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount. That’s great news!

 

[saviirkad]

This is outstanding news. I've been a fan of their work since they were lead writer on D&D Beyond.

 

[Marc Radle]

James also did quite a lot with Kobold Press.
Super happy to see him get the new job!!

 

[bedir than]

James also did quite a lot with Kobold Press.
Super happy to see him get the new job!!

Sorry I forgot that! Which projects were they on?

 

[bedir than]

Also, I didn't call it out specifically, but only used they/them because James uses those pronouns now.

I edited this post and the original to more fully call out James' preferred pronouns.

 

[darjr]

Congratulations!

 

[Knaves Quill]

I'm a bit more confident in future D&D products with James there now. They have some great design ideas, and their passion for the work is inspiring to see.

 

[mearls]

This is really great news. James has done excellent work. Glad to see folks from third party publishers bringing their experience to the D&D team.