Jeremy Crawford is a game designer who is known for his work on Dungeons & Dragons. He retired from Wizards of the Coast in 2025 after working there for 18 years. The same year, he joined Darrington Press as its new Game Director.
Wizards of the Coast[]
Jeremy Crawford joined Wizards of the Coast in 2007 and held multiple position during his time there. He was the rules manager for the fourth edition of Dungeons & Dragons and worked as a designer on the Player's Handbook and the Monster Manual of the same edition. In 2011, he became the co-lead designer on the upcoming fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons as well as its lead rules developer and managing editor.[2] Afterwards, he worked on several major rulebooks for fifth edition, including Xanathar's Guide to Everything (2017) and Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes (2018). In 2024, he became the Game Director of Dungeons & Dragons[3] and was the lead designer on the 2024 Player's Handbook for fifth edition.[4]
Jeremy worked on the two official Dungeons & Dragons supplements Critical Role has published with Wizards of the Coast. He was a Developer for the Explorer's Guide to Wildemount (2020)[5] and one of the two Rules Developer for Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep (2022).[6]
Photograph of the cast with Jeremy Crawford and Chris Perkins.[art 2]
Darrington Press[]
In June 2025, Crawford joined the team of Darrington Press LLC along with Chris Perkins.[1][7] Crawford became the company's Game Director while Perkins became the Creative Director, matching their former roles at Wizards of the Coast.[1] Crawford explained that "Chris and I talked about his retirement plan for years, so his approaching departure was long on my mind," and with the release of the 2024 revised Dungeons & Dragons rulebooks he felt "it was time to explore a new chapter for myself".[7]
Jeremy and Chris Perkins would be helping Brennan Lee Mulligan with the design of elements of Campaign Four using the D&D 5e (2024) system, including new homebrew subclasses, feats, backgrounds, and spells.[8]
Critical Role Characters[]
- Astarodith, the Grim Litigator: devil guard in "Oaths & Ash – Indianapolis Live Show 2025" (Sx100)
Trivia[]
Jeremy Crawford succeeded Chris Perkins as the Dungeon Master for the actual play Acquisitions Incorporated.[9][10]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 McWhertor, Michael (June 16, 2025). "Top D&D designers join Critical Role after quitting Wizards of the Coast". Polygon. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
- ↑ Bolding, Jonathan (April 2, 2015). "An Interview With Jeremy Crawford, Co-Designer and Editor of Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition | Tabletop | The Escapist". Escapist Magazine. Archived from the original. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
- ↑ Eileen, Dayna (November 9, 2024). "Game Director Jeremy Crawford: Nurturing the D&D Legacy at Lucca Comics & Games". CGMagazine. Retrieved August 28, 2025.
- ↑ Hall, Charlie (September 17, 2024). "The new D&D Player’s Handbook is a treasure, and we may never see its equal again". Polygon. Retrieved August 28, 2025.
- ↑ See Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. Credits.
- ↑
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- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Phillips, Jevon (June 16, 2025). "Why Dungeons & Dragons storytelling duo signed with Critical Role". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
- ↑ See What is Campaign Four? on CritRole.com " (August 21, 2025).
- ↑ Haeck, James (December 3, 2018). "Chris Perkins Steps Down from Acquisitions Inc.; Jeremy Crawford Named Successor". D&D Beyond. Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
- ↑ Hoffer, Christian (February 1, 2019). "Chris Perkins Makes Hilarious Surprise Appearance on 'Critical Role'". ComicBook.com. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
Art:
- ↑ Photograph of Jeremy Crawford (source). This file is a copyrighted work. Its use in this article is asserted to qualify as fair use of the material under United States copyright law.
- ↑ Photograph of the cast with Jeremy Crawford and Chris Perkins (source). This file is a copyrighted work. Its use in this article is asserted to qualify as fair use of the material under United States copyright law.