Taylor Navarro Joins Wizards of the Coast as D&D Designer

Wizards of the Coast has hired yet another D&D game designer - this time UK-based designer Taylor Navarro. Navarro announced that she was joining the D&D team this week on BlueSky. Navarro notably was a winner of the Diana Jones Emerging Designer Award back in 2024 and has worked for Ghostfire Gaming and Evil Hat in addition to working on several DMs Guild projects. Some of her most notable works was contributing to the DMs Guild publication Journeys Beyond the Radiant Citadel and publishing Not Yet: A Romantic Duet TTRPG.

Navarro is the fourth D&D game designer to join Wizards of the Coast in recent weeks, with James Haeck, Leon Barillaro, and Erin Roberts also announcing that they've joined D&D in a similar game designer capacity. Additionally, Justice Ramin Arman was promoted to Game Design Director of the group.

 

[Artamo]

There's not really a "has to be" here. One might prefer something but ultimately this is about emotional attachment to fiction, just as the response to Gandalf with a disco outfit would be.

Hmm. Trying to grasp emotional attachment to lore because to me, those are two distinct things. Emotional attachment can come regardless of the lore. To me, when one talks of lore or canon, it’s a very “left-brain”, analytical bent their taking on the material - not an emotional one.

 

[AstroCat]

We've 100% moved on to Castles&Crusades (actually looks/feels/plays like the D&D we want), ShadowDark, DCC, Twilight 2000, One Ring (even 5e version), you know pretty much anything but wotc "d&d". C&C suites our needs and style a zillion times better, and we are having fun instead of eye rolling and frustration. It's so inspiring and refreshing... so yeah. Just move on, current wotc being this version of wotc has allowed so many other publishers to thrive. Reminds me a bit of 4e and PF but on a much grander scale. So enjoy hasbro-d&d to your hearts content, thank goodness it's nowhere close to the only game in town.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Legitimately enjoy your game. Though I don’t see the need to dunk on things you don’t read.

 

[Afroconan]

Legitimately enjoy your game. Though I don’t see the need to dunk on things you don’t read.

Some people feel weirdly proud about the incredible feat of... checks notes... preferring some things over others...

Congratulations, I guess?