Steve Jackson, founder and President of Steve Jackson Games, is stepping down as CEO to focus on game design and development.

jmhimara · Sep 12, 2026

Link to their press release:

Daily Illuminator: New Roles For Sabrina Gonzalez And Allison Page

Steve Jackson, founder and President of Steve Jackson Games, is stepping down as CEO to focus on game design and development. Long-time staff member Sabrina Gonzalez has become the CEO of SJ Games. Long-time SJ Games staff member Sabrina Gonzalez has become our new Chief Executive Officer...

www.sjgames.com

MGibster · Sep 12, 2026

I'm hoping Steve Jackson gives us more Ninja Burger content!

overgeeked · Sep 12, 2026

MGibster said:
I'm hoping Steve Jackson gives us more Ninja Burger content!

I’m just glad he’s going to be designing more stuff.

...m... · Sep 12, 2026

...didn't steve jackson and steve jackson collaborate together on something recently, just to confuse the entire world?..

edit: fighting fantasy reprints!

GMMichael · Sep 12, 2026

That's the epitome of first-world problems. "Ugh. I just can't make cool products with all this CEOing I have to do!"

Staffan · Sep 12, 2026

I thought he did that a long time ago? Did some light research and it seems he originally stepped down (for the same reason) in 2014 with Phil Reed taking over as CEO. Reed resigned in 2023 and was replaced by Meredith Placko who resigned in 2025 to focus on her own company TurboDork. So I guess Evil Stevie stepped back up for a while until they could find a new replacement.

Morrus · Sep 12, 2026

Staffan said:
I thought he did that a long time ago? Did some light research and it seems he originally stepped down (for the same reason) in 2014 with Phil Reed taking over as CEO. Reed resigned in 2023 and was replaced by Meredith Placko who resigned in 2025 to focus on her own company TurboDork. So I guess Evil Stevie stepped back up for a while until they could find a new replacement.

Yep, looks like he just stepped in to steer the ship while looking for a new CEO. CEO clearly isn't what he wants to do, which is why for over a decade he hasn't done that except for covering in between CEOs).

Congrats to the new CEO, Sabrina Gonzalez!

SteveC · Sep 12, 2026

I think this makes sense. Car Wars was happening when I was in High School, and I believe Steve Jackson is in his 70s now. Running a gaming company, like galavanting around the cosmos, is a game for the young.

It will be interesting to see where the company goes now.

Theory of Games · Sep 12, 2026

Hopefully Sj will take some time to focus on a GURPS 5e. The game needs a modernized, stream-lined edition and SJG should make plenty of $$$ with a new version of the industry's most versatile system. The recent pointless toolkit supplement hints at an opportunity to shift the system.

dbm · Sep 12, 2026

Sales of the Revised 4e book will (apparently) be taken as an indicator of the overall health of the ecosystem.

The problem with rebooting a system as expansive as GURPS is that there will be many books that need to be re-written and resources are limited. Backwards compatibility potentially helps, but limits what can be achieved by the new edition.

An easier on-ramp is pretty much the only thing GURPS needs IMO. ‘Pointless characters’ helps make things much easier for players but the GM is still needing to do a lot of campaign prep. Some new genre treatments using this approach would help minimise that campaign prep.