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'''Jacob Franklin Mentzer III''' (born in 1950), is an American [[wikipedia:fantasy|fantasy]] [[author]] and [[wikipedia:game designer|game designer]] best known for his work on early materials for the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' (D&D) fantasy [[role-playing game]]. He was a performing folk musician from 1968 to 1975, and played one concert at the [[White House]] during the administration of [[Richard Nixon]]. He has been closely involved with the world's largest game auction at the [[GenCon]] game convention since 1983, and is an expert* on (and a major collector of) family [[boardgames]] and [[role-playing games]]. (*See ''Game Buyers Price Guide'', below.)
Mentzer was an employee at [[TSR, Inc.]] in the early stages of the company from 1980 to 1986. In 1981 he founded the [[RPGA|Role-Playing Games Association]] (RPGA). Among other positions he held at TSR, he was Creative Advisor to the Chairman of the Board, [[Gary Gygax]].
