Stan!

Stan! (born Steven Brown) is an American author, cartoonist, and game designer. He is sometimes credited as Stan Brown.

Biography Brown was born and grew up on Long Island and attended Binghamton University. Brown began publishing fiction, cartoons, and games professionally in 1982, usually under the pen name "Stan!." He is the author of numerous short stories, novels, roleplaying products, comics and cartoons. He has also worked as the creative content manager for Upper Deck Entertainment, and the creative vice president for The Game Mechanics, Inc. Stan! appeared on these episodes: 037 (Snows of an Early Winter). RPG Countdown: Stan! appeared on these episodes: 18 December 2009 (The Genius Guide to the Shadow Assassin).

Videos Meet Stan!: A 29-minute video of Stan! telling about his life growing up, going to school and getting into the gaming industry. Secrets of TSR: Panel discussion from PaizoCon 2012. Stan! tells some great stories about his time working on Dungeons & Dragons. Stan!, Gamerati: Stan! talks about his time living in Japan, starting the countries first English-language gaming guild, etc.