J. D. Wiker
J. D. Wiker is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games. Career. JD Wiker originally comes from Indianapolis, where he began his love of games, starting with his family's collection of board games and the weekly game night. He designed his first game — a mash-up of "Stratego" and "Tank Battle" — in 1977, and discovered "Dungeons & Dragons" while buying miniatures to use as playing pieces. Wiker has done work on Wizards of the Coast's version of the "Star Wars Roleplaying Game", including "The Dark Side Sourcebook", "The Hero's Guide", and  The Galactic Campaign Guide. After leaving Wizards in 2002, he founded The Game Mechanics, and is the company's president and lead roleplaying game designer, with credits including "Artifacts of the Ages: Swords & Staves" and the City Quarters series: "Thieves' Quarter", "Temple Quarter", and "Arcane Quarter". Wiker lives and works in the San Diego area. Works. His "Dungeons & Dragons" work has included design contributions to the third edition "Player's Handbook", "Monster Manual", and "Dungeon Master's Guide" (2000), "Unearthed Arcana" (2004), "Planar Handbook" (2004), "Sandstorm" (2005), and "Monster Manual IV" (2006).