Jim Lin

James "Jim" Lin is a former Magic playtester, designer and developer for Wizards of the Coast. He worked at Wizards of the Coast from 1993-2002.

Biography
In the late 1980s, Jim was one of the playtesters from the University of Pennsylvania that Richard Garfield tagged to help get the Alpha card set (and game rules) ready for public consumption. He also provided card texts voor Alpha. Together with Skaff Elias, Dave Pettey and Chris Page, he later formed a subset of the Alpha Playtesters referred to as the "East Coast Playtesters". Together, they designed the Ice Age and Alliances expansions.

Starting in 1995, he led design and development efforts at Wizards for all trading card games other than Magic. In this role, he served on an advisory council guiding product launches and strategies, and played a key role in developing Wizards’ strategy for its launch of the Pokémon trading card game. Starting in 1999, Lin became the Senior VP of R&D at Wizards with responsibility for design and development work on all Wizards’ products, and served on an advisory council guiding all product strategies and launches within WOTC. Jim Lin is currently working with The Pokémon Company International.

Playtesting

 * Alpha

Designing

 * Antiquities
 * Revised Edition
 * Fallen Empires
 * Fourth Edition
 * Ice Age
 * Alliances

Developing

 * Antiquities
 * Revised Edition
 * Legends
 * The Dark
 * Fallen Empires
 * Fourth Edition
 * Ice Age
 * Homelands