BEST TABLETOP GAME DESIGNERS OF ALL TIME
BEST TABLETOP GAME DESIGNERS OF ALL TIME
(7/41: 2016) AJIT GEORGE (c. 1975–)
— The Door He Opened
Score: 7 points (2016) | Invention: 2 | Architecture: 2 | Mastery: 2 | Adjustments: +1
Key Works: Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel (2022, co-lead designer/creator with F. Wesley Schneider, Wizards of the Coast), Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft (2021, contributing writer—domain of Kalakeri), Dark Streets for Urban Shadows (2018, contributing writer—Bangalore city guide)
Design Signature: Culture-first worldbuilding methodology, narrative design within established systems, editorial architecture over mechanical innovation, advocacy as institutional design
The Door He Opened
Ajit George doesn’t design games. He designs rooms. The Bangalore city guide opens a room in Urban Shadows. The Kalakeri domain opens a room in Ravenloft. The Radiant Citadel opens fifteen rooms at once. Each room says the same thing: you belong here. Your culture is not set dressing. Your story is not a sidebar. The passengers remember the railroad. The methodology scores the tracks.