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<blockquote data-quote="Erik Mona" data-source="post: 3850542" data-attributes="member: 2174"><p>Hmmm.</p><p></p><p>Well, when we started all of us came from Wizards of the Coast's Periodicals Department. Names you might be familiar with from their work on D&D would include:</p><p></p><p>Johnny Wilson</p><p>Dave Gross</p><p>Jesse Decker</p><p>Matthew Sernett</p><p>Chris Thomasson</p><p>Erik Mona</p><p></p><p>Paizo later hired James Jacobs, who had previously worked at Wizards of the Coast on their Sales team. </p><p></p><p>Johnny left Paizo to pursue other career opportunities. He was replaced as Publisher by Keith Strohm, a former brand manager and editor who had worked at TSR and Wizards of the Coast. About two years ago Keith left Paizo and I was promoted to the position of Publisher, having previously edited Dragon, Dungeon, and Polyhedron magazines at Wizards and at Paizo.</p><p></p><p>Dave got a chance to work at Bioware and left the company. Since the magazines he worked on were cancelled shortly thereafter, he wasn't really replaced on the staff.</p><p></p><p>Jesse, Chris, and Matt all went back to Wizards of the Coast over the course of about a year and a half.</p><p></p><p>Right now the editorial staff consists of:</p><p></p><p>Erik Mona (Publisher, worked at WotC)</p><p>James Jacobs (Editor-in-Chief of Pathfinder, worked at WotC)</p><p>Jason Bulmahn (Lead Designer, major volunteer for Living Greyhawk)</p><p>F. Wesley Schneider (Associate Editor, never worked for WotC)</p><p>Mike McArtor (Associate Editor, never worked for WotC)</p><p>Jeremy Walker (Assistant Editor, never worked for WotC)</p><p>James Sutter (Assistant Editor, never worked for WotC)</p><p></p><p>Historically, there has been huge crossover between magazine contributors and D&D Freelancers. Almost the entire Paizo editorial staff has worked on books for Wizards of the Coast (notably Red Hand of Doom, Fiendish Codex 1, Complete Scoundrel, Secrets of Xendrik, and Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk), and a huge number of WotC staffers have written articles and adventures for Paizo.</p><p></p><p>The two companies retain very strong ties, and I want to reitorate that Paizo is not trying to pick a fight with WotC or set ourselves up in opposition to them.</p><p></p><p>The guys at Wizards of the Coast are our friends, and vice versa.</p><p></p><p>--Erik Mona</p><p>Publisher</p><p>Paizo Publishing, LLC</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Erik Mona, post: 3850542, member: 2174"] Hmmm. Well, when we started all of us came from Wizards of the Coast's Periodicals Department. Names you might be familiar with from their work on D&D would include: Johnny Wilson Dave Gross Jesse Decker Matthew Sernett Chris Thomasson Erik Mona Paizo later hired James Jacobs, who had previously worked at Wizards of the Coast on their Sales team. Johnny left Paizo to pursue other career opportunities. He was replaced as Publisher by Keith Strohm, a former brand manager and editor who had worked at TSR and Wizards of the Coast. About two years ago Keith left Paizo and I was promoted to the position of Publisher, having previously edited Dragon, Dungeon, and Polyhedron magazines at Wizards and at Paizo. Dave got a chance to work at Bioware and left the company. Since the magazines he worked on were cancelled shortly thereafter, he wasn't really replaced on the staff. Jesse, Chris, and Matt all went back to Wizards of the Coast over the course of about a year and a half. Right now the editorial staff consists of: Erik Mona (Publisher, worked at WotC) James Jacobs (Editor-in-Chief of Pathfinder, worked at WotC) Jason Bulmahn (Lead Designer, major volunteer for Living Greyhawk) F. Wesley Schneider (Associate Editor, never worked for WotC) Mike McArtor (Associate Editor, never worked for WotC) Jeremy Walker (Assistant Editor, never worked for WotC) James Sutter (Assistant Editor, never worked for WotC) Historically, there has been huge crossover between magazine contributors and D&D Freelancers. Almost the entire Paizo editorial staff has worked on books for Wizards of the Coast (notably Red Hand of Doom, Fiendish Codex 1, Complete Scoundrel, Secrets of Xendrik, and Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk), and a huge number of WotC staffers have written articles and adventures for Paizo. The two companies retain very strong ties, and I want to reitorate that Paizo is not trying to pick a fight with WotC or set ourselves up in opposition to them. The guys at Wizards of the Coast are our friends, and vice versa. --Erik Mona Publisher Paizo Publishing, LLC [/QUOTE]
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