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George Strayton

SCREENWRITER & Origins®-Award-Nominated GAME DESIGNER

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George Strayton has worked on more than three dozen tabletop RPG and trading card game products for companies ranging from Wizards of the Coast to Goodman Games. While working on-staff at West End Games during the mid-1990s, he quickly rose in level from editor to Creative Director, during which time he wrote many books for and INDIANA JONES, including the , REVISED & EXPANDED RPG as well as THE D6 SYSTEM rulebook. In 1997, he was nominated for an Origins Award for the MEN IN BLACK roleplaying game.

In addition, George has written for three Sam Raimi television shows, including the hit series XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS, under showrunners Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci (writer/producers of MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 3, TRANFORMERS 1 & 2, J.J. Abram’s STAR TREK, FRINGE, and  COWBOYS & ALIENS). He also penned the screenplay for DRAGONLANCE (starring Kiefer Sutherland) for Paramount Pictures and in 2010 optioned a script based on the graphic novel XOMBIE to Kurtzman and Orci. In addition, he was a transmedia producer on the blockbuster films TRANSFORMERS 1 & 2.  George attended Columbia University’s MFA in Film () program on scholarship.

Film/TV

XOMBIE (2012; Kurtzman/Orci, DreamWorks), Writer & Co-executive Producer

XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS (Universal), Writer

HERCULES: THE LEGENDARY JOURNEYS (Universal), Writer

CLEOPATRA 2525 (Universal), Writer

DRAGONLANCE: DRAGONS OF AUTUMN TWILIGHT (Paramount), Writer

TRANSFORMERS 1 & 2 (Paramount), Transmedia Producer

STAR TREK 2009 (Paramount), writer (viral storyline)

RPG and CCG Design/Comic Books

Dungeons & Dragons : Dungeon Master’s Guide 2, Wizards of the Coast/Hasbro, 2009 (Text Review)

TRANSFORMERS SPOTLIGHT: MIRAGE, Comic Book, IDW, 2008

Dungeons & Dragons: Blackdirge’s Dungeon Denizens, Goodman Games, Co-author, 2007

Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Crawl Classics — The Adventure Begins, Goodman Games, Co-author, 2006

The Lord of the Rings: Isengard, Decipher, Inc., Co-author, 2006

Dungeons & Dragons v. 3.5: Frostburn, Wizards of the Coast, Inc., Co-author, 2004

Dungeons & Dragons: Valley of the Kings, Fast Forward Entertainment, Co-author, 2003

Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon World — Catacombs, Fast Forward Entertainment, Co-author, 2003

The Lord of the Rings: Fell Beasts & Wondrous Magic, Decipher, Inc., Co-author, December 2002

Dungeons & Dragons: Demons & Devils II, Fast Forward Entertainment, Co-author, October 2002

Xena: Warrior Princess Video Game Hint Book Introduction, Electronic Arts, Author, November 1999

Official Xena Magazine, “Renaissance Man” Column, Titan Press, 1999

Star Wars: “The Sith Element,” InQuest Magazine, Author, August 1998

Hercules & Xena: “Using Xena in Your AD&D Campaign,” InQuest Magazine, Author, July 1998

Hercules & Xena: Action Figure Biographies, June 1998

Star Wars: “Credit Denied,”The Official Star Wars Adventure Journal Issue 16, Author, August 1998

Hercules & Xena: The Roleplaying Game, Author, May 1998

Star Wars: Instant Adventures, Co-author, November 1997

Indiana Jones: Magic & Mysticism of the Dark Continent, Developer/Editor, October 1997

The Men in Black Director’s Guide, Editor, August 1997

Star Wars: “Priority X”, Short Story, Author, Topps Star Wars Galaxy Magazine, July 1997

Star Wars: Players Guide to Tapani, Editor, July 1997

The Men In Black Roleplaying Game, Co-author/Editor, June 1997 (Roleplaying Game of the Year Origins® Award Nominee, Roleplaying Game of the Year InQuest® Nominee)

Star Wars Collectible Card Game: Dagobah & Anoat Expansion, Lore Co-Author, March 1997

The Official Star Wars Adventure Journal Issue 12, Editor, February 1997

Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi Sourcebook, Author, November 1996

Star Wars: “Sarne’s Trap,” DarkStryder: Endgame, Short Story, Author, October 1996

Indiana Jones: Adventures, Co-Author/Editor, September 1996

Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Revised and Expanded, Co-author, August 1996

The D6 System, Author, August 1996

Star Wars Collectible Card Game: A New Hope Expansion, Contributing Designer, Lore Author, July 1996

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Sourcebook, Editor, July 1996

Star Wars: The Kathol Rift, Short Story, Author, May 1996

Necroscope: E-Branch Guide to Psionics, Co-author/Editor, March 1996

D6 System/MasterBook Conversion Rules, Author, January 1996

Indiana Jones: Artifacts, Co-Author/Editor, January 1996

Star Wars: Galaxy Guide 5: Return of the Jedi, 2nd Edition Revision & Additional Material, October 1996

Star Wars: “The Galaxy’s Edge,” Kathol Outback, Author, January 1996

Star Wars: “Wildfire,” Kathol Outback, Author, January 1996

Star Wars: “Relic,” The Official Star Wars Adventure Journal, May 1995, Author

Star Wars: “Counterstrike,” The Official Star Wars Adventure Journal, November 1995, Author

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition, “Border Watch,” TSR, 1993 (Editing/Thanks)

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