Draft:Chris S. Sims (game designer)

Chris S. Sims (born 1971) is an American editor, writer and game designer. As a game designer, Sims has produced online and print works for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game published by Wizards of the Coast (WotC) and the Starfinder role-playing game by Paizo.

Personal life
Chris S. Sims was born in October 1971 in Virginia, United States.

Game design
Sims started out working for small d20 companies in 2003, and then worked as a freelance editor for Roleplaying Games R&D at Wizards of the Coast (WotC). WotC later hired him as the Duel Masters editor in 2005. From there, Sims became an associate editor in RPG R&D at WotC, working under the credit Wizards RPG Team with David Noonan and Robert J. Schwalb. Sims also worked as an editor on Dragon and Dungeon magazines. He also worked on the Duel Masters Trading Card Game, and Magic: The Gathering.

He later became a writer and story designer,  and his design credits include
 * Monster Manual 2, co-written with Rob Heinsoo, a Wall Street Journal bestseller in 2009.
 * Secrets of Sarlona (2007), a supplement for the Eberron campaign setting
 * Rules Compendium (2007)
 * Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide for D&D 4E (2008)
 * Monster Manual for D&D 4E
 * Martial Power
 * Adventurer's Vault
 * three D&D adventures:
 * Seekers of the Ashen Crown
 * Death's Reach
 * Demon Queen's Enclave (2008)
 * and other story projects.
 * and other story projects.

Sims is co-author of the Book of Templates. He worked for WotC until 2015.

Sims also produced material for Magic: The Gathering, State of Decay 2, and other gaming systems.

In 2017 he was hired as a game and story designer at Paizo. He designed and wrote the first adventure for the Starfinder franchise: The Diaspora Strain.

Sims is a frequent guest at cons and events in the gaming community  and a regular contributor in gaming magazine 'Critical Hits'.

Sims' work is subject of critical analysis in gaming research.

Consultant
Sims has worked as a language consultant for the film Glossary of Broken Dreams.

Art
Sims has created a work of interactive fiction.

Sims was awarded an art residency at Museumsquartier in Vienna, Austria in autumn 2017. He created an interactive roleplaying performance for the Vienna Art Week.

The Free Lunch is the third magazine that Sims worked on as of 2020.