A Year in the 5E Driver’s Seat for Chris Doyle In late 2020, Chris Doyle joined Goodman Games full-time as the Director of Product Development for our 5E lines. It’s hard to believe he’s been with us for a full year now! With Michael Curtis coming on board to handle DCC product development, Chris is now his own half of a supercharged design leadership team, and it looks like Goodman Games has great things on the horizon. We recently cornered Chris to ask him a little bit about what this first year of full-time design work has been like. Chris, you’ve been Director of Product Development for 5E at Goodman Games for a little over a year now. What have been the highlights of that first year? CD: Where to start? I enjoy the flexibility of working remotely. In my previous career, I had to travel all over the Northeast. Many days I’d spend 5 or more hours driving to and from a site, or sitting in traffic before my “workday” even started. It’s great to get all that time back. Another highlight was putting out an open call for 5E writers and editors. We received over 100 applicants from one web post! Culling through them was a task, but we ended up with a solid team of 5E contributors. And, of course seeing Temple of Elemental Evil through editorial, artwork and layout was rewarding. I can’t forget the joyride that was the Crypt of the Devil Lich, from the 5E conversion to all the playtests, and then an exciting Kickstarter campaign.  Tell us about a day in the life of Director of Product Development. How much do you game, how much do you write, how much time do you spend in meetings? CD: I’d say I spend an hour or so each day in Zoom meetings, corresponding to emails and lurking on discord. Its most of the latter two, with very few Zoom meetings. The rest of the day is spent writing, planning, and reviewing others content. Some days I spend six hours or more writing, other days it’s more project planning, Twitch Show Prep, scheduling, etc. when I was a freelancer, there was always a crunch to get things done, due to real-life intruding on design. Now, I have the freedom to plan, write, do more planning,...