Ron Meischker
Ron is the organizer behind the Philadelphia Area Gaming Expo, and has been involved in tabletop role-playing games since the 80s. He loves to help the hobby grow, and goes out of his way to support folks who share this goal. He’s also an amazing Game Master.
Ed Stark
Ed is a storied TTRPG developer, having gotten his start with the West End Games and its much-loved Star Wars d6 game. He also worked for Wizards of the Coast, updating the lore for D&D’s 4th Edition, and has been involved in D&D design work since 1996’s Legends of the Hero-Kings. Ed’s a fantastic GM and story-teller, as well as one of the kindest people in the hobby.
Dave Ward
Dave is the man behind Grimwood Games, and the author of Ironbound, a great new urban fantasy game. Ecclesicon 2026 Dave will be running a funnel using his fantasy game Plaguebound.
Skrat
“Skrat” from A Squirrel Plays is a rodent of many hats. YouTuber, streamer, writer, game master, and even a TTRPG designer. Whether he’s talking about storytelling on YouTube or streaming interviews and indie live plays, Skrat does what he can to lift up fellow creatives and show off their work, because marketing is the absolute worst. Somewhere in that mess, he gets to work on his own projects too. Sometimes with the chat’s help!
Chet Minton
Chet Minton is a classically trained artist with over 25 years of experience in the printing and publishing industry, working across both traditional and digital media. His award-winning illustrations have appeared in a wide range of publications, including tabletop roleplaying game books and modules, fantasy fiction covers, interior art, and comic book shorts (copied from Chet’s webpage).
John “Hambone” McGuire
John “Hambone” McGuire is a reformed troubadour and semi-retired boy adventurer who hails from the Garden State of New Jersey. Before breaking into publishing, he cut his teeth on the State Fair circuit as a traveling blender salesman. He has since committed to a quieter life by the Passaic River, where he is focused on his writing and on a long and fulfilling postponement of death.
John is also the co-host of the Vintage RPG Podcast, the co-creator of 321RPG and Zombie Braineaters, and is the co-publisher at Ham & Egg Publishing. He has also written for Exalted Funeral, Get Haunted Industries, Mystic Punks, Necromancer Games, and Planet X Games.
Jennifer Cash
My name is Jen Cash, and I’ve been legally blind since birth. I hold a Master’s degree in Education and Vision Studies, and I’m passionate about tabletop role-playing games. When I discovered Dungeons & Dragons in 2017,I realized that in the game world, there were no barriers—I could be anyone and do anything.
But while thousands of YouTube channels focus on gaming, nearly all of them cater to sighted players. The tools and strategies they rely on don’t always work for me, so I developed alternative methods that make games more accessible and immersive for blind players. Along the way, I found that these approaches also make games better for everyone.
That’s why I created The Blind Bard YouTube channel—to share what I’ve learned, empower blind gamers, and help sighted players see the game differently. Because when everyone has a seat at the table, we all play without limits.
Todd Terwilliger
Todd is the man behind “Hexed Press,” dedicated to creating worlds one hex at a time. You can find him under the Hexed Press Monitor on Youtube and TikTok, and he’s got a new “Hexposition Notebook” with a host of guidance on creating compelling worlds through hex maps!
