Douglas Niles

Quick Facts

Full Name	Douglas Niles
Occupation	Game Designer
Date Of Birth	Dec 1, 1954(1954-12-01)
Age	70
Birthplace	Brookfield
Country	United States
Birth City	Wisconsin
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Douglas Niles Biography

Douglas Niles is one of the most popular and richest Game Designer who was born on December 1, 1954 in Brookfield, Wisconsin, United States.

A few years later, one of the players in Niles’ D&D campaign went to work for Dragon magazine. According to Niles, “One day, he told me that TSR was hiring editors, and I applied for a job. I took the editing test, which consisted of a 14 page manuscript I was supposed to mark up. I only found three things to change. . . and flunked the test. But TSR was also hiring game designers, and so, armed with a half-written novel and some notes from my campaign, I applied for a design job. I went through five interviews, and gradually convinced them that I could do the job.” Niles was hired by TSR in January 1982, as a game designer. “For the first few weeks I reviewed and critiqued outside submissions, and I wasn’t too good at it. I kept pestering my boss, Al Hammack, for a design assignment, and finally he gave me an old brief for a novice-level module, Cult of the Reptile God, and told me to write it. I completed it in four weeks, and it was published. I don’t know whether they liked it because it was good, or because I did it in only four weeks.” Niles worked on more than just D&D for TSR, “In the summer of 1982, I designed my first game, the Knight Hawks rules for the Star Frontiers game, with much help from my editor, Steve Winter.”

Niles produced several modules for the D&D game, including X3 Curse of Xanathon, B5 Horror on the Hill, CM1 Test of the Warlords, and H1 Bloodstone Pass, and Dragonlance modules DL2 Dragons of Flame, DL6 Dragons of Ice, DL9 Dragons of Deceit, and DL11 Dragons of Glory. Niles is the designer of 1985’s World War II: European Theatre of Operations, a grand strategic game. Niles worked on the Battlesystem Supplement, Star Frontiers modules SF4 Mission to Alcazzar and SFKH1 Dramune Run, Indiana Jones module IJ2 Raiders of the Lost Ark, the World War II Game, the Sirocco Strategy Game (with Zeb Cook), and the Endless Quest books EQ #26 Tarzan and the Well of Slaves and Super EQ #3 Escape From Castle Quarras for TSR. Tracy Hickman had gotten Harold Johnson, Jeff Grubb, Carl Smith, and Larry Elmore in on the idea of Dragonlance before Margaret Weis and Niles joined them. Niles authored the rulebook Dungeoneer’s Survival Guide (1986). Niles had been working on a trilogy of Celtic-themed novels for TSR, Ltd., which were modified to become the first Forgotten Realms books, beginning with Darkwalker on Moonshae (1987). Niles also co-authored The City of Greyhawk boxed set with Carl Sargent, for which he designed the 96-page booklet Greyhawk: Gem of the Flanaess. Niles and Paul Lidberg designed the board game A Line in the Sand (1991), which depicted the first US-Iraq War; it was one of the projects originating from TSR West, and was published the day the US bombing began thanks to Flint Dille’s ability to convince the president of the company to make things move fast.

Douglas Niles Net Worth

Douglas Niles is one of the richest Game Designer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Douglas Niles 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Douglas Niles (born December 1, 1954, in Brookfield, Wisconsin) is a fantasy author and game designer. Niles was one of the creators of the Dragonlance world and the author of the first three Forgotten Realms novels, and the Top Secret S/I espionage role-playing game.

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Rider Ranked on the list of most popular Game Designer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Douglas Niles celebrates birthday on December 1 of every year.

Top Facts about Douglas Niles

1. Douglas Niles is an American writer and game designer.
2. He co-created the Dragonlance fantasy world.
3. Niles has written over 30 novels and game books.
4. He worked on several Dungeons & Dragons projects.
5. Niles was inducted into the Origins Hall of Fame in 2002.
6. His works have been translated into multiple languages.
7. Niles has won numerous awards for his writing and design work.
8. He has collaborated with other notable authors, such as Margaret Weis.
9. Niles also wrote for video games, including Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn.
10. He continues to be active in the gaming industry today.