Lester W. Smith

Lester W. Smith is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.

Career

Early work and GDW Lester Smith began his game-design career in 1984 with Mind Duel, a science-fiction board game submission to Space Gamer magazine. In 1985, he joined the staff at Game Designers' Workshop. He designed the Temple of the Beastmen board game. He designed the Origins Award-winning Dragon Dice. Smith then worked for Imperium Games. Since 2011, Smith has launched 13 successful funded campaigns on the crowdfunding platform kickstarter. These projects include books, role-playing games and card games that Smith has designed himself.

Personal life Lester Smith is an alumnus of Illinois State University. He married his wife Jennifer and they had four daughters together. In 2015, Smith and his wife moved to Loma, Nebraska to live closer to family.