{{short description|Game designer}} {{One source|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox person |name = John Harshman |image = |caption = |birth_name = |birth_date = |birth_place = United States |spouse = |other_names = |known_for = |education = |employer = |occupation = Game designer |website = }}
'''John Harshman''' is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.
== Career == In 1975, Game Designers' Workshop published ''Triplanetary'' by Harshman and Marc Miller.<ref name="designers">{{Cite book |last=Appelcline|first=Shannon |title=Designers & Dragons |publisher=Mongoose Publishing |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-907702-58-7}}</ref>{{rp|53}} Harshman, Frank Chadwick, and Loren Wiseman helped Miller design ''Traveller'' and the game was published in 1977.<ref name="designers" />{{rp|54}} Harshman had been working at GDW directing the development of the Imperium, and when GDW licensed ''Traveller'' to other companies, he became the contact within the company for these other publishers.<ref name="designers" />{{rp|56}}
== Personal life == Harshman earned a doctorate in zoology and moved to California.<ref name="designers" />{{rp|63}}
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== External links == * {{Cite web |url=http://pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=5286 |title=John Harshman: Pen & Paper RPG Database |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519224957/http://pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=5286 |archive-date=19 May 2007}}
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