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The Legends of Avantris

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Legends of Avantris is a group of seven best friends who goof off and play roleplay-heavy D&D on stream every week, sharing their stories and funny moments on Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, and more to a community of hundreds of thousands

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Legends of Avantris is a group of seven best friends who goof off and play roleplay-heavy D&D on stream every week, sharing their stories and funny moments on Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, and more to a community of hundreds of thousands of fans across the world. They are also the publisher of The Crooked Moon, a folk horror D&D supplement that broke the record for the biggest 5E Kickstarter campaign of all time in October 2023.

Learn more about them and their work at: https://legendsofavantris.com/

Four members of Avantris will be at Gary Con, including: Richie Gilder, Mikey Gilder, Derek Hudson, and Andy Flynn.

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Brendan LaSalle

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Brendan J. LaSalle is a staff writer for Goodman Games who has been writing and publishing in the game industry since 2002. He has written for Goodman Games, Fat Dragon Games, Troll Lord’s Games, Legendsmiths, Savage Mojo, Pandahead Publishing, and

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Brendan J. LaSalle is a staff writer for Goodman Games who has been writing and publishing in the game industry since 2002. He has written for Goodman Games, Fat Dragon Games, Troll Lord’s Games, Legendsmiths, Savage Mojo, Pandahead Publishing, and Hand Made Games, among others. He has written many adventures and RPG source books, including the award-winning Age of Cthulhu: A Dream of Japan. His most recent release is the Xcrawl Classics Role Playing Game. He lives in Kennesaw, GA, with his wife, dog, and two cats.

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David Kenzer

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David formed Kenzer & Company with six other stalwart RPG enthusiasts in 1993, later teaming up with Jolly Blackburn in 1996. He is responsible for publication of “Knights of the Dinner Table” (of which Jolly is editor in chief) as

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David formed Kenzer & Company with six other stalwart RPG enthusiasts in 1993, later teaming up with Jolly Blackburn in 1996. He is responsible for publication of “Knights of the Dinner Table” (of which Jolly is editor in chief) as well lead designer of award winning RPG games including HackMaster, Aces and Eights, the Monty Python CCG, and dozens of D&D products (Kingdoms of Kalamar fantasy campaign setting). David is also responsible for starting the retro-clone movement in 2001, with the release of Hackmaster.

David is the proud father and stepfather of four daughters and a stepson and stepdaughter, a loyal Chicago Cubs and Bears fan (Bear Down!) and is dedicated to traveling the world with his wife, Suzanne. He is best known at Gary Con for running numerous pick up sessions of Hackmaster and finding new inventive ways to achieve TPKS.

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Alex Kammer

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Alex Kammer is a lawyer, a freelance adventure/game designer, and is the Director of Gamehole Con, the largest tabletop gaming convention in the upper Midwest.  Alex has numerous published titles to his credit from an array of publishers. His most

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Alex Kammer is a lawyer, a freelance adventure/game designer, and is the Director of Gamehole Con, the largest tabletop gaming convention in the upper Midwest.  Alex has numerous published titles to his credit from an array of publishers. His most notable releases include the epic length adventures, Sea King’s Malice and The End of Everything. His other works include a series of platinum and mithral bestselling titles on the Dungeon Master’s Guild, the most recent being, Thay Land of the Red Wizards. Alex also is one of the owners of True Dungeon, the magnificent, life-sized, immersive, role-playing experience played in a walk-through dungeon environment. Finally, while Alex has not stolen anything recently, the wise play is to keep an eye on him. One cannot be too careful.

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LaTia Jacquise

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LaTia Jacquise is a Community Manager for Dungeons & Dragons at Wizards of the Coast, and a Community Review Board member for the nonprofit TakeThis.org, which focuses on decreasing the stigma surrounding mental health and wellness in the games industry

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LaTia Jacquise is a Community Manager for Dungeons & Dragons at Wizards of the Coast, and a Community Review Board member for the nonprofit TakeThis.org, which focuses on decreasing the stigma surrounding mental health and wellness in the games industry and gaming communities.

A TTRPG enthusiast to the bone, she’s had past lives as a freelance writer, contributing to “Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep” and several one-shot adventures for D&D Beyond; as a Dungeon Master, helming two seasons and several one-shots for the now-ended actual play Rivals of Waterdeep and one season of “A Familiar Quest” for Codename Entertainment; as a player in Rivals of Waterdeep as well as several actual plays and demos for companies like Renegade, Roll20, Funko Games, Beadle and Grimm’s, and more!

When LaTia is not immersed in the world of TTRPGs (which is rare), you can find her spinning hula hoops, attempting to crochet, taking care of entirely too many plants, or going on adventures with her partner and fey familiar (also called a ‘dog’).

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Brian David Judkins

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Brian David Judkins is the executive producer and DM for the Wizards of the Coast’s TV Show, Encounter Party. Based out of Chicago, Brian works as a television producer, writer, and voice actor aimed at bringing gaming entertainment to

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Brian David Judkins is the executive producer and DM for the Wizards of the Coast’s TV Show, Encounter Party. Based out of Chicago, Brian works as a television producer, writer, and voice actor aimed at bringing gaming entertainment to the silver screen.

Brian also works as a part-time illustrator who has worked for companies such as Fantasy Flight Games, Wizards of the Coast, Hasbro, and Solar Flare Games. His writing and illustrations can be found in games like the LEGEND OF THE FIVE RINGS series, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS productions, NIGHTMARE FOREST, and more.

Visit his website to learn more: briandavidjudkins.com

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Amanda Hamon

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Amanda Hamon is a Senior Designer working on Dungeons & Dragons at Wizards of the Coast, where she builds, leads, and supports 5th Edition books from conception through publication and beyond. An award-winning tabletop game designer, developer, writer, and editor,

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Amanda Hamon is a Senior Designer working on Dungeons & Dragons at Wizards of the Coast, where she builds, leads, and supports 5th Edition books from conception through publication and beyond. An award-winning tabletop game designer, developer, writer, and editor, Amanda has designed games for numerous publishers, including Wizards of the Coast, Modiphius, Paizo, and Kobold Press.  She is the former Editorial Director for Kobold Press, where she oversaw all 5th Edition publications, as well as a co-creator and the manager of the Starfinder RPG product line by Paizo.

In addition to her work in game design, Amanda appears as a TTRPG personality, performer, player, and Game Master on streams and at events around the world. She specializes in 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder First Edition, Pathfinder Second Edition, and Call of Cthulhu. All who watch Amanda play and run games are familiar with the screeching and caterwauling that is part of her personal brand. Amanda is absolutely not three opossums in a trenchcoat, but she does strongly believe that gaming is for everyone.

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Luke Gygax

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Luke Gygax is the son of Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) co-creator Gary Gygax, Ennie Award winning designer, and founder of Gary Con®, a memorial convention held in honor of his father every March in their hometown of Lake Geneva,

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Luke Gygax is the son of Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) co-creator Gary Gygax, Ennie Award winning designer, and founder of Gary Con®, a memorial convention held in honor of his father every March in their hometown of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Luke literally grew up at the gaming table with the designers that laid the foundation of the RPG industry. He played the iconic character Melf, aka Prince Brightflame, in his father’s World of Greyhawk campaign. Melf was a powerful wizard who adventured through many legendary scenarios from the golden age of D&D, and his name and image remains in the latest edition of D&D today. Luke play-tested numerous iconic AD&D modules and game systems such as Star Frontiers, Dangerous Journeys, Cyborg Commando as a young man, and even created creatures with the bullywug being the most well-known.

Luke authored several role-playing game accessories including Legion of Gold (Gamma World), The Lost City of Gaxmoor (D&D),  The Dread From Geneva Lake 1 & 2 (Call of Cthulhu) and several scenarios in his fantasy setting The World of Okkorim© for D&D, Shadowdark and other OSR rules sets through his new company Gaxx Worx®. He partnered with Gooey Cube in March of 2024 for the highly successful The Tomb of Gyzaengaxx campaign that raised over $750,000! Luke is carrying his father’s legacy forward as a creative consultant and writer on Troll Lord Games Castle Zagyg line, Gary Gygax’s last unpublished campaign.

Look for Luke’s appearances at fine conventions around the country as he promotes tabletop gaming through exciting live play sessions, public and private D&D games and seminars. He is thoroughly enjoying being an active leader in the gaming community since he retired from the Army in 2022 after serving 33 years in the United States Army. Luke resides in Southern California with his beautiful wife, Bouchra, their three daughters, Miriam, Amira and Sabrina, and his faithful canine companion, Grogu Spoticus Gygax.

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Ed Greenwood

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Ed is Elminster.  He was the original creator of the Forgotten Realms, writing about it in Dragon Magazine beginning in 1979.  He’s published over two hundred articles in Dragon Magazine and Polyhedron Newszine, is a lifetime charter member of the

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Ed is Elminster.  He was the original creator of the Forgotten Realms, writing about it in Dragon Magazine beginning in 1979.  He’s published over two hundred articles in Dragon Magazine and Polyhedron Newszine, is a lifetime charter member of the Role Playing Game Association (RPGA) network, and has been Gen Con Game Fair guest of honor many times. Greenwood has written over thirty-five novels for TSR, and written, co-written, or contributed to over two hundred books and game products from other publishers.

Greenwood won “best player” at the 1984 Gen Con AD&D Open tournament and several Gamer’s Choice Awards and Origins Awards for his game design. He was inducted into the Gamer’s Choice Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Academy of Adventure Gaming’s Hall of Fame in 2003. Order of Cramahe in 2017. He received the Port Hope Civic Awards Arts & Culture Award 2019.

Ed is active in the gaming and design community, and you can catch his efforts in Fate of the Norns, an Andrew Valkauskas published work.

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Matt Forbeck

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Matt Forbeck is an award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author and game designer of over thirty-five novels and countless other books and games. His projects have won a Peabody Award, a Scribe Award, and several ENnies and Origins Awards.

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Matt Forbeck is an award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author and game designer of over thirty-five novels and countless other books and games. His projects have won a Peabody Award, a Scribe Award, and several ENnies and Origins Awards. He also runs the Diana Jones Award Foundation and is the father of five, including a set of quadruplets. His latest work includes the Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game and the Shotguns & Sorcery 5E Sourcebook based on his novels. He lives in Beloit, Wisconsin, with his wife and a rotating cast of his now-adult kids.

For more about him and his work, visit Forbeck.com.

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