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==Biography== In the late 1970s, while Dee was still a teenager, he and [[Jack Herman]] created ''[[Villains and Vigilantes]]'', the first complete superhero role-playing game.<ref>Jebens, Harley (September 21, 1995). "Game central", ''[[Austin American-Statesman]]'', p. 38.</ref> The game was published by [[Fantasy Games Unlimited]] in 1979.<ref name="designers">{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2011| isbn= 978-1-907702-58-7}}</ref>{{rp|73}} Dee and Herman persuaded [[Scott Bizar]] to produce a second edition, which was published in 1982.<ref name="designers"/>{{rp|75}} Dee came up with the idea of creating a role-playing game based on cartoons when he, [[Greg Costikyan]], and other designers were discussing which genres had no role-playing game systems yet; although they agreed that it would be impossible for such a game to be designed, a few years later Costikyan designed ''[[Toon (role-playing game)|Toon]]'' as a full game with the assistance of [[Warren Spector]].<ref name="designers"/>{{rp|104}} Dee was the youngest artist in TSR history when he began working for them at the age of 18.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jeff Dee|date=2010|website=blackgate.com|url=http://www.blackgate.com/2010/09/29/art-evolution-3-jeff-dee/}}</ref> In 1997, with his partner 'Manda, Dee founded UNIgames, a publisher of role-playing, [[board game|board]], and [[computer game]]s.{{cn|date=February 2022}} Dee designed a new superhero role-playing game originally titled ''Advanced Villains and Vigilantes'', which was ultimately published as ''Living Legends'' in 2005.<ref name="designers"/>{{rp|77}} In 2009, he co-founded Nemesis Games, developers of an [[Massively multiplayer online game|MMO]] named ''Gargantua''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nemesisgames.net/ |title=Nemesis Games web site |publisher=Nemesisgames.net |access-date=June 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606024608/http://www.nemesisgames.net/ |archive-date=June 6, 2012 }}</ref> Dee has long been an advocate for the role-playing game industry.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.blackgate.com/2014/02/25/art-of-the-genre-the-halflings-of-jeff-dee/ | title=Art of the Genre: The Halflings of Jeff Dee β Black Gate | date=February 25, 2014 }}</ref>
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