Shu Qing Tan

game designer & writer

ABN 94 155 060 879

For work enquiries, email me.

Lead Designer Credits

Title	Role	Period	Responsibilities
Legends of Greyhawk	Lead Designer, Castle Greyhawk, Baldman Games.	April 2025 - present	Lead designer and project lead for convention-exclusive adventures in the new official organized play program for Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) 5.5e.
Dreams of the Red Wizards: Kindred Spirits	Lead Designer & Producer, Baldman Games.	Dec 2023 - Jan 2026	Led a team of designers to create a D&D Adventurers League storyline set in the Forgotten Realms, featuring the Red Wizards of Thay and the region called Rashemen. Collaborated with stakeholders at Baldman Games and Wizards of the Coast to ensure compliance with agreed IP and branding requirements. Sought community consultation, implemented process improvement initiatives, and completed marketing duties as required.

Adventure, Mechanical, and Narrative Design: Freelance Projects

Uncharted Dungeons (Forthcoming, Cubicle 7) - Contributing mechanical and narrative designer
Pathfinder 2e: Impossible Magic (2026, Paizo) - Contributing mechanical designer, assorted magic items (potions and armor)
Legends of Greyhawk: Crown of Conspiracy (2025, Baldman Games) - Adventure writer
In the Beast's Wake (2025, Free RPG Day 2025 Adventure, Ghostfire Gaming) - Adventure writer.
Mortar & Pestle (2024, Cubicle 7) - Contributing narrative designer, alchemical reagents
Loot (2024, Gila RPGs) - Adventure writer - Dostu's Favor
Danger at Dinobot Island (Renegade Play Program 2024/Season 4, Renegade Game Studios) - Adventure writer
Cloudbreaker Alliance (2024, Don'tstopthinking Media) - Adventure writer
Drintera Magazine Issue 1 (2024, Shewstone Publishing) - Narrative designer (creature lore and worldbuilding), layout designer
Apocalypse (2023, Indie Games Cooperative) - Adventure writer
Uncharted Journeys (2022, Cubicle 7) - Narrative design and encounters
Wyrd Street: The Quicksilver War Campaign Guide (2022, Realmwarp Media) - Adventure writer
Incredible Items (2022, Indie Games Cooperative) - Contributing mechanical designer (artifact and magic items)

Adventure Design: D&D Adventurers League

PO-BK-04-06 In the Burning Heart (forthcoming, Gamehole Con Publishing) - Adventure writer
BMG-MOON-MD-11 The Curse of Pacts and Passion (2024, Baldman Games) - Adventure writer
PO-BK3-09 The Isle of Death (2024, Gamehole Con Publishing) - Adventure writer
BMG-DRWEP-OD-01 The Enemy of My Enemy (2024, Baldman Games) - Adventure writer
BMG-DRW-OD-02 Something Wicked (2023, Baldman Games) - Adventure writer
PO-BK2-09 Star Crash (2023, Gamehole Con Publishing) - Adventure writer
SJ-DC-DD-04 The Highest Bidder (2023) - Adventure writer
WBW-DC-DMMC-01 The Solitude of Solace (2022) - Adventure writer and narrative design
WBW-DC-CONMAR-06 Two Hearts Apart (2022) - Adventure writer and narrative design. Two Hearts Apart won a Silver ENNIE award for Organized Play in 2022.
WBW-DC-SQT-01 Hollyphant Love Medley (2021) - Adventure writer and narrative design

Adventure, Mechanical and Narrative Design: DMs Guild and Drivethru RPG Collaborations

Delves and Journeys: 36 Five-Room Dungeons for D&D (2025) - Adventure writer
Planescape Heroes (2023) - Contributing mechanical designer (backgrounds, feats, and spells)
Sidequests: Cities for Pathfinder 2e (2023, Indie Games Cooperative) - Adventure/scenario writer
Uthae'osh: City on the Waterfall (2023, Daylight Publishing) - Contributing narrative designer (lineage and worldbuilding)
Dragonborn of the Multiverse (2023, Daylight Publishing) - Contributing narrative designer (lineage and worldbuilding)
The Spelljammer's Cookbook (2022, The Word Refinery) - Contributing mechanical designer (wizard and cleric subclasses)
Trinkets & Treasures: Spelljammer (2022, Jeff Stevens Games) - Contributing mechanical designer (magic items)