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| bgcolour = #FBF5DF | name = Tom Wham | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1944}}{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} | birth_place = Chester, Illinois, United States{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = American | field = Fantasy art, Illustration | training = | movement = | works = | patrons = | influenced by = | influenced = | awards = }} Tom Wham (born 1944 in Chester, Illinois) is a designer of board games who has also produced artwork, including that for his own games. CareerEarly life and Guidon GamesWham worked a variety of odd jobs during his early adult life. After serving four years in the U.S. Navy, he worked for the Guidon Games hobby shop in Maine[1] where he got his first game, a variant on a Civil War naval miniatures campaign, published.[2] One of Wham's books was published in the same series of books from Guidon Games that began in 1971 with Chainmail.[3]{{rp|6}} In 1972, Wham got a job with Don Lowry at Guidon Games, in the shipping/layout department of Campaign magazine; there, he co-authored a set of Civil War naval miniature rules, Ironclad.[4] Afterwards he became a prison guard in his hometown, then held an office job in Denver.[2] TSRIn May 1977 he began working for TSR, Inc. at their Lake Geneva, Wisconsin headquarters as a general office worker, the company's 13th employee.[4] After running the Dungeon Hobby Shop for a summer, he was moved upstairs to the company's art department.[4] Wham worked with Dave Sutherland and Dave Trampier on the original Monster Manual.[4] Wham began doing some creative work for the company, contributing a handful of illustrations for the original AD&D Monster Manual, including the creature called the beholder.[2] He also made a deal with Tim Kask, editor of The Dragon, to do a game in the centerfold, called Snit Smashing; this led to other games in Dragon, including The Awful Green Things From Outer Space.[4] These games, printed on cardstock and included in the centerfold of the magazine, usually featured artwork supplied by Wham. Notable games published this way include:
After TSRAfter TSR, Wham collaborated on books with Rose Estes, and did his own novelette in Christopher Stasheff's The Exotic Enchanter.[4] More games followed, including Kings & Things (with Rob Kuntz), the SimCity card game, and Iron Dragon.[4] More recent efforts include a reprint of Snits from Steve Jackson Games, and Planet Busters by Troll Lord Games.[4] Wham designed the board game "King of the Tabletop" with Robert J. Kuntz, which was published in Dragon #77 (September 1983); the game was later expanded and rereleased as Kings & Things (1986) by West End Games, and was an Origins award-winner.[3]{{rp|241}} Since leaving TSR Wham has designed many more games, most recently collaborating with James M. Ward on the board game Dragon Lairds, published in April 2008.[5] The game received a 3 for style and a 4 for substance (out of 5) at RPG.net.[6] References1. ^{{cite web | last = Sacco | first = Ciro Alessandro | title = The Ultimate Interview with Gary Gygax | work = thekyngdoms.com | url = http://www.thekyngdoms.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=37 | accessdate = 2008-10-24}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite journal | last = Knorr | first = Bryce | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Wham's Revenge: his games | journal = Dragon #40 | volume = V | issue = 2 | pages = 14–17 | publisher = TSR, Inc. | location = Lake Geneva, Wisconsin | date = August 1980 | url = | format = | issn = | accessdate = }} 3. ^1 {{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2011| isbn= 978-1-907702-58-7}} 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{Cite book | contribution=Puerto Rico | title=Hobby Games: The 100 Best | last=Wham | first=Tom | authorlink= | editor-last=Lowder | editor-first=James | editor-link=James Lowder | publisher=Green Ronin Publishing | year=2007 | pages=251–253 | isbn=978-1-932442-96-0}} 5. ^Tom Wham.com 6. ^REVIEW OF Dragon Lairds by Shannon Appelcline. RPGnet.com June 4, 2008 External links
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