Jon Pickens

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jon Pickens
Occupation	Designer
Date Of Birth	Aug 12, 1954(1954-08-12)
Age	70
Country	United States
Birth City	Mishawaka
Horoscope	Leo

Jon Pickens Biography

Jon Pickens is one of the most popular and richest Designer who was born on August 12, 1954 in Mishawaka, United States. Jon Pickens was born in Mishawaka, Indiana on August 12 the 12th of August, 1954. In 1968, he began to learn about miniature wargaming. His parents purchased the Blitzkrieg wargame at the Christmas season the following year. After a few months, Pickens responded to an advertisement published in Popular Mechanics for a magazine called Strategy & Tactics. He wrote to the magazine to request a copy of the magazine, as well as “spent the rest of the summer mowing lawns to get enough money to buy some wargames advertised in the magazine, and to get all the back issues.” The magazine did not have the back issues “So I sent a letter to the collector, who was named Gary Gygax, and arranged to purchase the back issues from Gary. Gary asked me to go to an event for gamers in Madison. It was a coincidence that my father was scheduled to speak at an engagement in Delavan close to Lake Geneva, on the same weekend. So I was invited by Gary.” Pickens and Gary Gygax traveled to Madison in addition, Gygax was later his guest at attend the Gen Con convention; Pickens was a regular attendee beginning with Gen Con 3 and for several years following that.

While Pickens quit the gaming industry in the early 2000s the nephew of his, Robert DeHoff, remains working in the field and serves as a playtester and a writer for Catalyst Game Labs’ BattleTech, Cosmic Patrol, and Leviathans game lines.

Pickens as well as David “Zeb” Cook oversaw the creation of the novel Night of the Seven Swords (1986). Pickens was well-known for being the “go-to research guy” at TSR. for Aurora’s Whole Realms Catalog (1992) He was an aid to J. Robert King’s studies by providing his personal library. While preparing the setting the book Al-Qadim: Arabian Adventures (1992), Pickens provided Jeff Grubb with three boxes of reference and research materials.

Jon Pickens Net Worth

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

Pickens went to Valparaiso University, and in 1976, he graduated with the B.A. Degree from Valparaiso University in English in addition to Economics. He attended conventions throughout his time at college and was introduced to the new Chainmail miniatures game at Gen Con in 1973. Gen Con; the following year, TSR debuted the Dungeons and Dragons RPG for fantasy. Following college, Pickens was writing regular pieces for Dragon magazine. He also was involved within The Alarums & Excursions publication.

Jon Pickens has worked on various game products related to the Dungeons & Dragons game since 1978 as an editor, designer coordinator and creative director. His work as designer for games include the first Arms & Equipment Guide, and design contributions to the third edition of the Player’s Handbook, Monster Manual and Dungeon Masters Guide. He has edited a number of Dungeons & Dragons publications such as his Castle Greyhawk module, and the Rules Cyclopedia.

Pickens eventually applied for a job at TSR, taking both the designer and editor tests, and was hired as an editor. “They didn’t think much of the design work, probably because I wrote it in a few hours late at night, but the editing part was OK,” said Pickens. Pickens later became the Acquisition Editor for TSR, Inc., reviewing modules for possible publication. He was also the Games Editor for Strategy & Tactics Magazine for several years while the magazine was published by TSR, and later the Managing Editor as well, commenting “In a way, this completes a circle in my life.”

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Jon Ranked on the list of most popular Designer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jon Pickens celebrates birthday on August 12 of every year.