Tag: Game Designer

Richard Dansky

March 25, 2025 /

Writer, game designer and cad, Richard Dansky is a 25-year veteran of the video game industry with credits on franchises like The Division, Assassins Creed, Far Cry, and Splinter Cell. He has published eight novels and two short story collections, and he was a core contributor to White Wolf’s legendary World of Darkness setting, among others. Richard was also briefly the world’s leading expert on Denebian Slime Devils. He lives in North Carolina with a great many books and a great deal of single malt scotch.

Jonah Knight

March 7, 2025 /

In early 2025, Jonah began exploring the supernatural in a new way: a storytelling magic show. In The New England Spirit Sessions, Jonah travels throughout New England telling true ghost stories augmented with magical effects. He will be performing a selection from this show (including the story of Edgar Allan Poe’s ghost, frequently seen in Providence, RI) as well as a number of other bizarre magical tricks.

Jonah is also a published ttrpg writer. Most recently he has a campaign published for the game Brindlewood Bay. His actual play podcast, Roll to Meddle, has featured Brindlewood Bay for the past three years. He will be GMing a game or two here at the con.

He also loves escape rooms, having designed and built one himself. You might find him hanging about the RavenCon escape room.

Aaron Laniewicz

March 5, 2025 /

Creator, Innovator, Putterer, Cat Dad, Pajama Pants Enthusiast

We can make it better, faster, funnier. I just need to make one more prototype first. Maybe two.

Favorite Quote/Family Motto: “Once again, I snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.”

Orthane Productions

February 27, 2025 /

Orthane Productions is a tabletop role-playing game studio creating The Kingdom of Keshanar. This is a fantastical re-imagining of what ancient Egypt could have been in a TTRPG world where the magic, the gods, and the monsters are real. Brought to you by an international crew of writers, game designers, artists, and historians, this D&D 5e campaign setting is even vetted by a PhD Egyptologist. Find out more at Keshanar.com.

Joan Wendland

February 14, 2025 /

Joan Wendland is a Renaissance woman. Engineer, game designer, author, juggler, and sometimes stand-up comic. She can do almost anything but sew or draw. She lives in both northern Virginia and Ottawa, Canada, but is still a Jersey girl at heart.

Joan’s fine card games can be found at blood-and-cardstock.com.

Her writing blog is located at zoo-illuminati.com.

Her Twitter and BSky handles are @BandCGames.

J. Yamil

February 14, 2025 /

J. Yamil is a writer and TTRPG designer based in Durham, NC. He lives with his partner and their trio of feline familiars.

He has worked with Stiff Whiskers Press, Goodman Games and Newsarama, where he has showcased his versatility and creativity. He has served as a lead admin for the Gongfarmer’s Almanac for 2024 and 2025. Yamil has participated in panels discussing diversity at the table and RPG safety tools at various conventions such as GaryCon and ConCarolinas.

He is currently hard at work on various projects for 5e, Dungeon Crawl Classics and Weird Frontiers.

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