WINNIPEG’S TABLETOP
ROLE-PLAYING GAME CONVENTION
WINNIPEG’S TABLETOP
ROLE-PLAYING GAME CONVENTION
SPECIAL GUESTS
Greg Gillespie (Toronto)
Author of the Dragonslayer RPG, Megadungeon Monster Manual, Barrowmaze, Dwarrowdeep, Highfell, and Three Castles RPG Design Award winner for Forbidden Caverns of Archaia.
Greg Gillespie has devoted much of his life to fantasy role-playing games and is an associate professor in the Department of Communication, Popular Culture and Film.
Greg publishes his games under the OSR Publishing banner.
Ronin Wong (Vancouver)
Ronin started playing RPGs in 1980 when he found the Holmes Basic D&D set. Initially playing solo due to the lack of other gamers, he later became a DM for a group of AD&D players, despite having never seen a group play before.
His unique DMing style, which involved fully portraying NPCs with voices and mannerisms, was initially surprising to the players but they ended up enjoying it. In the 90s, Ronin co-wrote the adventure "Paradise Lost" for Shadowrun 2nd edition with Nigel Findley and contributed to the Denver Boxed Set for Shadowrun.
Instead of pursuing RPG writing full-time, Ronin pursued a career in music, film, and television, working as an actor, musician, composer, writer, and director. His acting career includes appearances in "Kung Fu," "Man in the High Castle," "Outer Limits," and "DC’s Legends of Tomorrow." He is best known for his role in season 4 of "The Sinner," now available on Netflix.
Chuck Lang (Fargo, North Dakota)
Chuck Lang is a sci-fi horror author whose works uncover malevolent forces and feature raw characters grappling with dark pasts. His recent release, Dead Gods from the Sins of Saint Andrew series, is an intense supernatural horror set in a haunted Midwestern town where the damned walk with the living.
New York Times bestselling author, Kevin J. Anderson, describes Dead Gods as “dark, creepy, relentless.”
Chuck has an MFA from Lindenwood University and has taught creative writing and literature for two decades after stints as a carpenter and a sailor in the US Navy.
As an avid RPG game master, he loves crafting worlds and campaigns that connect with his players both creatively and personally.
He was a developer and cartographer for Interaction Point Games and is heavily involved with Kenzer & Company’s HackMaster 5th Edition gaming community designing fan-favorite GM and player supplements.
Chuck lives and writes near the frequently flooded Red River in Fargo, ND with his incredible family and two cats who love destroying his house plants.
GMB Chomichuck (Winnipeg)
GMB Chomichuk is an award-winning writer and illustrator of comics, graphic novels, books, and role-playing games. His work in words and pictures ranges from the heartwarming to the bloodcurdling.
GMB Chomichuk’s work has appeared in comics, graphic novels, books, role-playing games, film, television and theatre. He is the host of Super Pulp Science, a podcast about how genre gets made. His work in words and pictures ranges from the heartwarming to the bloodcurdling.
Work in words and pictures from GMB Chomichuk include:
Will I See? + This Place: 150 Years Retold from Portage and Main Press,The Automatic Age + The Backbone of Night+ Blood Letters from Great Plains, The Eye Collector from HEAVY METAL, Apocrypha: The Legend of Babymetalfrom Z2,Cassie and Tonk + Rust and Water + Dragon Nanny from Chasing Artwork, Dead Work from The Dead Work Collective,Dire Beasts,Shared World: Sinister Tales of Sword and Sorcery+ Once Lands + Moon Patrol+ The Princess and the Dragon( Now a minor motion picture!) from Stranger Fiction.
For writing, illustration, and graphic novelswww.gmbchomichuk.ca
instagram :@gmbchomichuk
Podcast:Super Pulp Science Podcast
Thurston Hillman (Winnipeg)
Associate Publisher @ Paizo Inc.
Starfinder (1st & 2nd Edition) Co-Creator
GM for Narrative Declaration
Thurston “Thursty” Hillman – Winnipeg-born game industry professional, TTRPG writer, actual play GM, and miniature wargame enthusiast. The current Associate Publisher at Paizo, the creators of the Pathfinder & Starfinder Roleplaying Games. His credits include co-creation credits on the Starfinder RPG (1st & 2nd Editions), countless Pathfinder RPG products, several Warhammer Wrath & Glory RPG products, and more! Thursty GMs for the Narrative Declaration Youtube channel, running several actual play games. He’s an avid wargamer with more Warhammer models than he knows what to do with.
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