{{Short description|American game designer and writer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2017}} {{Infobox person |name = Garry Floyd Spiegle |image = |caption = |birth_name = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1945|8|12}} |birth_place = Fairfield, Alabama, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2018|6|25|1945|8|12}} |resting_place = Forest Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, Alabama) |spouse = |other_names = |known_for = |education = |employer = |occupation = Game designer, writer |website = }} '''Garry Floyd Spiegle''' (August 12, 1945 in Fairfield, Alabama – June 25, 2018<ref name="obit"/>) was a game designer who worked primarily on role-playing games.
==Career== After the original Dragonlance group began, the Dragonlance Series Design Team was later expanded to also include Margaret Weis, Douglas Niles, Bruce Nesmith, Mike Breault, Roger Moore, Laura Hickman, Linda Bakk, Michael Dobson and Garry Spiegle.<ref>{{cite book | last1 =Hickman | first1 =Tracy | author-link1 =Tracy Hickman | first2 =Margaret | last2 =Weis | author-link2 =Margaret Weis | title =Dragonlance Adventures | publisher =TSR | year =1987 | pages =[https://archive.org/details/dragonlanceadven00hick/page/2 2] | isbn =0-88038-452-2 | title-link =Dragonlance Adventures }}</ref> Between 1983 and 1984, approximately 200 people left TSR as a result of multiple rounds of layoffs; because of this Spiegle joined CEO John Rickets, as well as Mark Acres, Andria Hayday, Gaye Goldsberry O'Keefe, Gali Sanchez, Carl Smith, Stephen D. Sullivan and Michael Williams in forming the game company Pacesetter on January 23, 1984.<ref name="designers">{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2011| isbn= 978-1-907702-58-7}}</ref>{{rp|197}}
His ''D&D'' design work includes ''Death's Ride'' (1984) and ''The Kidnapping of Princess Arelina'' (1984). He was also involved in the design for the ''Gamma World'' module, ''The Cleansing War of Garik Blackhand'' (1983).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fewer |first1=Greg |title=Cleansing War of Garik Blackhand, The (1983) :: Pen & Paper RPG Database |url=http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showbook&bookid=5302 |access-date=27 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100909234405/http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showbook&bookid=5302 |archive-date=9 September 2010}}</ref>
Garry Spiegle died on June 25, 2018, of a heart attack at the age of 72.<ref name="obit">{{Cite web|url=http://obits.al.com/obituaries/birmingham/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=189397911|title=Gary Floyd Spiegle Obituary (1945 - 2018) the Birmingham News}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{cite web |url=http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=5769 |archive-date=March 2, 2005 |title=Garry Spiegle :: Pen & Paper RPG Database |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050302225838/http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=5769 |access-date=January 8, 2014 }}
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