Hey all, I thought it would be fun to introduce ourselves a bit and chat some while we work on some projects. I'll go first!

Hi, I'm Will and I live in the Ozarks (Springfield, MO to be precise). I've been an analog gamer of some kind since about 7th grade when I picked up some Magic cards. Most of my gaming has been pretty well devoted to card gaming and in particular, A Game of Thrones, where I run a 450+ episode podcast.

That said, over the last 5 years or so, I've really found roleplaying games to be a more fulfilling venue for my own projects as opposed to trying to create my own card games or the like. Something about the conflux of mood and mechanics and making my own world seems to connect better with me. The ways that they interact and reinforce each other in really good games is fascinating to me. I suppose that might be how I end up with most games being at the very ends of the emotional spectrum from horror to despair to romance. Something about having that very defined goal and lining up mechanics to match it really appeals to me rather than the more generalized nature of something like D&D.

Anyway, that's probably enough about me for the moment. How about yourselves?

Hi, Will.  I'm Avri, a New Yorker by birth and by choice - I spent twenty years in between getting educated in England.

Was introduced to RPGs through Red Box D&D in the early 80s and quickly found end explored everything else that came along.  I'm a systems designer - my first published boardgame was for Looney Labs Icehouse / Treehouse / Looney Pyramids system, and soon after came a design for Nestorgames' Shibumi system.

It's no surprise that in shifting gears from boardgames to RPGs I have gravitated towards SRDs.  I Kickstarted a Descended From the Queen game, my first release on Itch was for the Carta system, and I'm currently working on games for Second Guess and for LEADS . . .

And all while the deadline for submitting my short story for an anthology creeps closer . . .