Stan!


Stan! is an American author, cartoonist, and game designer. He is sometimes credited as Stan Brown.

Biography

Brown was born and grew up on Long Island and attended Binghamton University. Brown began publishing fiction, cartoons, and games professionally in 1982, usually under the pen name "Stan!." He is the author of numerous short stories, novels, roleplaying products, comics and cartoons. He has served as a graphic designer and line editor for West End Games; an editor and game designer for TSR, Inc.; and an author, senior game designer, and creative director for Wizards of the Coast, Inc. He has also been the creative content manager at Upper Deck Entertainment.
In 2007, R. Hyrum Savage formed a subsidiary of his OtherWorld Creations with Brown called Super Genius Games. He has also worked as the creative content manager for Upper Deck Entertainment, and the creative vice president for The Game Mechanics, Inc. Brown is the Creative Director for Super Genius Games. He co-founded The Game Mechanics with JD Wiker, Marc Schmalz, and Rich Redman.
Stan! has worked on a variety of role-playing titles, including Paranoia, Dragonlance, Marvel Super Heroes, Ravenloft, and Forgotten Realms, as well as being a principal designer for d20 Modern. He is also the author of two novels published by Wizards of the Coast.

Fiction

  • Dragon Day
  • Dragons' Return—This Land is in Our Blood
  • Children of the Rune—Skin Deep
  • Brothers of the Monkey—Chapter Two
  • Bertrem's Guide to the War of Souls, vol. 2—A Journey to Schallsea and The Insurrection That Never Was
  • The Crab
  • Bertrem's Guide to the Age of Mortals—"Regional Dietary Regimens", "Celebrations and Festivals", and *"Popular Games of the Fifth Age"
  • More Leaves From the Inn of the Last Home—“Slugs, Fungi, Molds, and Other Things I Hope To Never See Again”
  • The Odyssey of Gilthanas *
  • Realms of Mystery—Ekhar Lorent: Gnome Detective
  • Mysterious Cairo—The Sands of Change

    Game design

  • Modern Organizations: Crime & Punishment
  • Crossing the Line
  • Complete Adventurer
  • d20 Future
  • A Friendly Warning
  • Planar Handbook
  • Modern Magic print edition
  • Crisis on Canyon Road
  • Modern Magic, volume 2
  • The Ghost in the End Zone
  • Resolutions
  • Modern Magic, volume 1
  • The Dead of Winter
  • Criminal Intent: The Villain's Almanac
  • The Final Feast
  • Blood Sugar
  • Modern Player's Companion print edition
  • The Petersen Counterstrike
  • Bad Moon Waning
  • A Funny Thing Happened At Carousel #5
  • Modern Player's Companion, volume 2
  • Stone Dead
  • Urban Arcana Campaign Setting
  • Modern Player's Companion, volume 1
  • No Man's Land
  • d20 Modern RPG
  • Bastion of Broken Souls
  • Book of Challenges
  • Beginner Games—prototypes
  • Rise of the Titans
  • Pokémon Jr. Adventure Game
  • Children of the Night: The Created
  • The Odyssey of Gilthanas
  • Children of Solace
  • Dragonlance Classics 15th Anniversary Edition
  • Palanthas
  • Trail of the Tylor
  • The Dragonlance Bestiary
  • Marvel Super Heroes Adventure Game
  • Citadel of Light
  • Pyramids of Brass
  • Leviathan's Deep
  • SAGA Fate Deck
  • Heroes of Sorcery
  • Children of the Night: Ghosts
  • Cryptic Campaigns
  • Fires of Marl
  • Shadow of a Black Sun

    Articles

  • The Essential Modern Spellbook
  • The Odds Breaker
  • The Creation of the D&D Worlds
  • The Itinerant Bazaar
  • Modern Talents
  • Modern Classes
  • Making Urban Arcana More Prestigious
  • Fharlanghn's Garden
  • Compete Feats
  • Urban Heroes
  • The Geography of Bertrem's Guide to the War of Souls, volume 2
  • The D&D Player's Movie Marathon
  • Have You Seen My Youthful Innocence Around Here Somewhere?
  • Be Kind To Be Cruel—Brewing A Truly Terrifying Campaign
  • Extra! Extra! Read All About It!—Applying Tabloid Journalism to Your Campaign
  • GMing RPGs Under A Time Limit
  • How Do You Stop The Rhino From Charging?
  • Hark, The Herald
  • HOM-Sector For The HOL-I-DAY
  • Undead Again

    Cartoons and illustrations

  • Typos of Doom '06
  • Ptypos of Doom
  • Typos of Doom '05
  • Iyov's First Quest online D&D coloring album
  • WotC Book Department 2004 Holiday Card
  • 2004 D&D Holiday Cards
  • Pledge Drive Cartoons
  • Cold Pizza host D&D caricatures
  • Typos of Doom
  • Humorous PC Portraits
  • Monstrous Madness
  • WotC Book Department 2003 Holiday Card
  • 2003 D&D Holiday Cards
  • 2003 TGM Holiday Card
  • Grub's First Adventure online D&D coloring album
  • Gen Con Time Warp puzzle contest
  • Goblin Fey Hunter
  • April Fool's Day Maps 2003—Dirt Cavern, Ice Maze, and The Underdark
  • The Year of Solving Dangerously
  • WotC Book Department 2002 Holiday Card
  • Lair of the Beholder online D&D coloring album
  • 2002 D&D Holiday Cards
  • Gen Con Time Warp puzzle contest
  • Hick the RPG cover illustration
  • Table Talk comic strip
  • April Fool's Day Map 2002
  • Bolt & Quiver comic strip •
  • All's Fair in Love and Warcraft
  • WotC Book Department 2001 Holiday Card
  • The D&D Player's Movie Marathon
  • Table Talk comic strip
  • Dr. Symm comic strip
  • Cover Illustrations
  • The Reed Richards Guide to Everything
  • Marvel Super Heroes Adventure Game
  • HOM-Sector For The HOL-I-DAY

    Editing

  • d20 Modern Menace Manual
  • Dragon Dice: Dice Commander's Manual
  • Requiem
  • Death Ascendant
  • Death Unchained

    Media mentions

Stan! has appeared in the following newspaper and magazine articles, websites and podcasts.

Podcasts

  • Atomic Array: Stan! appeared on these episodes: 037.
  • RPG Countdown: Stan! appeared on these episodes: 18 December 2009.

    Videos

  • Meet Stan!: A 29-minute video of Stan! telling about his life growing up, going to school and getting into the gaming industry.
  • Secrets of TSR: Panel discussion from PaizoCon 2012. Stan! tells some great stories about his time working on Dungeons & Dragons.
  • Stan!, Gamerati: Stan! talks about his time living in Japan, starting the countries first English-language gaming guild, etc.