Leon Barillaro Joins Wizards of the Coast as D&D Designer

Barillaro started working for the company this year.
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Leon Barillaro has also joined Wizards of the Coast as part of the D&D design team. As announced on their social media page, Barillaro is an experienced RPG designer with numerous third-party supplements on DMs Guild. They have design credits with MCDM, Renegade Games Studios, and EN Publishing as well. Per their Linkedin, Barillaro is working as a game designer for the D&D team.

Barillaro joins James Haeck as a new employee at Wizards of the Coast, with Justice Arman also receiving a recent promotion within the company as well. All three have similar resumes, having built up their resumes on DMs Guild material and third-party work before hopping over to join Wizards of the Coast in an official capacity.
 
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Christian Hoffer
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Christian Hoffer

Christian Hoffer is a veteran tabletop journalist and Forever DM. His non-tabletop hobbies include Pokemon, Ohio sports, and building miniatures.
Did Leon Barillaro work on a new edition of D&D?

I do wish Dungeon mag came back in print form, or e-mail newsletter form. I remember accessing them via a D&D app of some sort.
 

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Morrus said:
Wikipedia counts 12 editions!

1974 (Original)
1977 (Basic Set 1st ver.)[1]
1977 (Advanced D&D)
1981 (Basic Set 2nd ver.)
1983 (Basic Set 3rd ver.)
1989 (AD&D 2nd Edition)
1991 (Rules Cyclopedia)
2000 (3rd edition)
2003 (v3.5)
2008 (4th edition)
2014 (5th edition)
2024 (Revised 5th edition)

It's missing your 7th edition -- 4E Essentials.
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That would be why I've variously called it "Thirteenth".
 


Oh I kinda like the idea of counting things based on the versions of the PHB! Or core three.

In that case AD&D would be the first edition and 4e essentials wouldn’t count (though I think it’s equivalent to 2024 and gets vibes of 3.5)

So
AD&D 1e
AD&D 2e
3rd
3.5
4e
5th 2014
5th 2024

Not all the “editions” but I think it’s an interesting take.
 

darjr said:
Oh I kinda like the idea of counting things based on the versions of the PHB! Or core three.

In that case AD&D would be the first edition and 4e essentials wouldn’t count (though I think it’s equivalent to 2024 and gets vibes of 3.5)

So
AD&D 1e
AD&D 2e
3rd
3.5
4e
5th 2014
5th 2024

Not all the “editions” but I think it’s an interesting take.
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At any rate, any label WotC decided to go with is to a large extent marketing: 4E is not the fourth iteration of D&D, nor is the 2024 rule set a secret sixth one because there have been more than 6 before it.
 

Parmandur said:
At any rate, any label WotC decided to go with is to a large extent marketing: 4E is not the fourth iteration of D&D, nor is the 2024 rule set a secret sixth one because there have been more than 6 before it.
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Sure. They are a business. Still I see the logic in what they went with, to a degree. It’s not terrible.
 


Morrus said:
Wikipedia counts 12 editions!

1974 (Original)
1977 (Basic Set 1st ver.)[1]
1977 (Advanced D&D)
1981 (Basic Set 2nd ver.)
1983 (Basic Set 3rd ver.)
1989 (AD&D 2nd Edition)
1991 (Rules Cyclopedia)
2000 (3rd edition)
2003 (v3.5)
2008 (4th edition)
2014 (5th edition)
2024 (Revised 5th edition)

It's missing your 7th edition -- 4E Essentials.
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I've frequently counted it thusly, which makes "3rd Edition" an interesting label...bear with me:

0e: OD&D | Holmes
1e: 1e AD&D (MM/PHB/DMG) | D&D (Moldvay/Cook)
1.5e: AD&D + Unearthed Arcana/Survival Guides | D&D Mentzer BECMI
2e: AD&D (PHB/DMG/MM) | D&D Rules Cyclopedia
2.5e: AD&D reprint with Player/DM Option Series | Just an RC reprint
3e: Reunifying the lines and calling it "Dungeons & Dragons."

And we haven't seen them fully split since.
 

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