Jeff Perren | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Game designer |
Jeff Perren is a game designer, a hobby shop owner, and an early associate of Gary Gygax.
Jeff Perren: Game Designer and Chainmail Co-Creator
Jeff Perren was a key figure in the early days of tabletop gaming, collaborating with Gary Gygax to create the miniatures ruleset 'Chainmail,' which later evolved into Dungeons & Dragons. Perren was also a member of the Lake Geneva Tactical Studies Association, a group of hobbyists who played wargames and developed early role-playing games.
Career
Jeff Perren was an early member of the Lake Geneva Tactical Studies Association along with Gary Gygax, Terry Kuntz and Rob Kuntz, Ernie Gygax, Mike Reese, Leon Tucker, and Don Kaye. Perren created his own set of rules for Siege of Bodenburg, and shared these rules with Gygax. Early in 1970, the LGTSA purchased a considerable number of Elastolin figures, which motivated Perren to develop four pages of his own rules for these miniatures which focused on mass combat. Perren and Gygax created this set of medieval miniatures rules and called it Chainmail, publishing the first set of these rules in a fanzine for the Castle & Crusade Society known as The Domesday Book. : 6 Perren and Gygax also designed the miniatures game Cavaliers and Roundheads (1973), which would be the first game published by Gygax's new company TSR. : 7