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{{short description|American novelist (born c. 1954)}}
{{Infobox writer
|birth_name = Donald J. Bingle
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| birth_date = c. 1954
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| occupation = Writer, game designer
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| nationality = American
| alma_mater = [[University of Chicago]]
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| genre = [[Role-playing game]]s
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==Role-playing games==
Bingle graduated from the [[University of Chicago]].<ref name=Tribune /> In the late 1980s he was the top-ranked player in the Role-Playing Network, and his wife, [[Linda M. Bingle|Linda]], was ranked number two.<ref name=Tribune /> He is best known as the top-ranked player in the [[RPGA]] for most of the 1990s.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} The Bingles began the company 54°40' Orphyte to publish role-playing books, including two adventures for ''[[Timemaster]]''
He has also produced a large body of writing, including contributions to the ''[[Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting]]'' (2nd Edition), and his novel ''Forced Conversion'',<ref>Baruch Yackley, Rachel (November 5, 2004). "Lawyer-writer-gamer: St. Charles man leads triple life", ''[[Daily Herald (Arlington Heights)|Daily Herald]]''.</ref><ref>Steinberg, Bruce (November 7, 2007). "Adding another dimension to the written word", ''[[Daily Herald (Arlington Heights)|Daily Herald]]'', p. 6.</ref><ref>D'Ammassa, Don (January 2005). "Forced Conversion", ''[[DNA Publications|Chronicle]]'' '''27''' (1): 19.</ref> which was released in November 2004 and centers around a futuristic society with the ability to upload people's minds to virtual worlds.<ref name=sun>{{cite news | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-10739DE7F8FE7464.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125030448/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-10739DE7F8FE7464.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 25, 2013 | work=The Sun (Naperville) | author=Klingensmith, Dawn | title=Local Artisan: Donald J. Bingle, St. Charles | date=December 9, 2004 | accessdate=October 5, 2012
Bingle also authored a number of character-provided events for the [[RPGA]], including "Don't Go There" with Saul Resiknoff, and "The Modern Pirate Game" with [[Tim White (role-playing author)|Tim White]].
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==External links==
* [http://www.orphyte.com/donaldjbingle/ Home page of Donald J. Bingle]
* {{cite web |url=http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=3075 |archive-date=March 11, 2005 |title=Donald J. Bingle :: Pen & Paper RPG Database |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050311000205/http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=3075 |access-date=September 18, 2012 }}
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[[Category:21st-century American novelists]]
[[Category:American male novelists]]
[[Category:Illinois lawyers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Novelists from Illinois]]
▲[[Category:Role-playing game designers]]
[[Category:University of Chicago alumni]]
[[Category:Writers from Naperville, Illinois]]
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