Play Competition Kitchen & Secret Hitler with Tom Dyke of Cards Against Humanity & Twitch
Summary:
A mingle-friendly evening of snacks, games, a silent auction, & awesome conversation - all to raise money for charity. Also receive a swag bag valued at over $100.
Description:
Tom (https://www.tomdyke.me/) is Event Director for Cards Against Humanity's community and event teams and has had a hand in almost every large Cards Against Humanity project since 2014. Also, check out his Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/Dyketacular for some fun.
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A mingle-friendly evening of snacks, games, a silent auction, & awesome conversation - all to raise money for charity. Also receive a swag bag valued at over $100.
Description:
Cat Rambo (http://www.kittywumpus.net/blog/) is primarily a writer of fantasy and science fiction, although she does editing work. She has a MA in Writing from the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University. She’s been nominated for a Nebula for a short story, and a World Fantasy Award for her work with Fantasy Magazine. Cat’s work has appeared as a finalist for the Million Writers Award and the Compton Crook Award for First Novel as well as on the Locus Recommended Reading List. She’s currently the President of The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. She has over 200 original fiction publication s so far, with stories appearing in places such as Asimov’s, Clarkesworld, and Tor.com, and another hundred or so reprints in a variety of languages.
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Play D&D: Endless Quest with Author & Game Designer Matt Forbeck
Summary:
A mingle-friendly evening of snacks, games, a silent auction, & awesome conversation - all to raise money for charity. Also receive a swag bag valued at over $100.
Description:
Matt Forbeck (http://www.forbeck.com/) is an award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author and game designer. He has over thirty novels and countless games published to date. His latest work includes the Star Wars: Rogue One junior novel, Dungeonology, Captain America: The Ultimate Guide to the First Avenger, Halo: New Blood, the Magic: The Gathering comics, The Marvel Encyclopedia, and the upcoming Shotguns & Sorcery tabletop roleplaying game based on his novels.
Learn about Worldbuilders' mission at https://worldbuilders.org/our-story/mission/
A mingle-friendly evening of snacks, games, a silent auction, & awesome conversation - all to raise money for charity. Also receive a swag bag valued at over $100.
Description:
Worldbuilders works to unite the geek community into a massive force to fund education, opportunity, and sustainable self-sufficiency for families and communities worldwide. By partnering with established non-profits with decades of proven success, we make the world a better place one family at a time.
We use the collective power of readers, authors, gamers, and geeks of all creeds to champion smart charities. Our partners give donors the most bang for their buck by running solid programs designed not only to provide immediate help, but to improve lives for generations across entire communities.
Play King of Tokyo with Author Bradley P. Beaulieu
Summary:
A mingle-friendly evening of snacks, games, a silent auction, & awesome conversation - all to raise money for charity. Also receive a swag bag valued at over $100.
Description:
Author Brad Bealieu (http://quillings.com/) and his novels have garnered many accolades and most anticipated lists, including two Hotties–the Debut of the Year and Best New Voice–on Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist, a Gemmell Morningstar Award nomination for The Winds of Khalakovo and more. His books include The Song of the Shattered Sands trilogy, The Lays of Anuskaya, The Burning Light, and more!
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Play Munchkin: Starfinder with Cartoonist & Author Howard Tayler & Author Sandra Tayler
Summary:
A mingle-friendly evening of snacks, games, a silent auction, & awesome conversation - all to raise money for charity. Also receive a swag bag valued at over $100.
Description:
Sandra Tayler is a writer of essays, children’s books, speculative fiction, and blog entries. Her blog has won an AML award for online writing. Sandra is also the editor and publisher for Schlock Mercenary which is an online comic written and illustrated by her husband Howard. (https://www.schlockmercenary.com/)
Howard also produces a writing tips podcast called Writing Excuses with other authors such as Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Dan Wells. Writing Excuses won a Hugo award in 2013.
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Play Mysterium with Author Maxwell Alexander Drake
Summary:
A mingle-friendly evening of snacks, games, a silent auction, & awesome conversation - all to raise money for charity. Also receive a swag bag valued at over $100.
Description:
Drake (https://www.maxwellalexanderdrake.com/) is an award-winning Science Fiction/Fantasy Novelist, Playwrite, Tie-In Writer, Graphic Novelist, and Writing Instructor. He is best known for his fantasy series, The Genesis of Oblivion Saga, as well as being the Lead Fiction Writer for Sony's EverQuest Next Massive Online Video Game.
He teaches Creative Writing all around the world and in recent years he has been working in the Movie Industry, where he has been paid to write a few Movie Scripts. Currently, he is working on an animated T.V. show.
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Play Mysterium with Trin Garritano from the Podcast Friendshipping
Summary:
A mingle-friendly evening of snacks, games, a silent auction, & awesome conversation - all to raise money for charity. Also receive a swag bag valued at over $100.
Description:
Trin (https://tringarritano.com/) is a games industry professional, producer, speaker, and host of the podcast Friendshipping which advises on tricky stuff that make people feel weird. (https://friendshipping.simplecast.fm/)
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Play Pairs & Rochi with Game Designer James Ernest of Cheapass Games
Summary:
A mingle-friendly evening of snacks, games, a silent auction, & awesome conversation - all to raise money for charity. Also receive a swag bag valued at over $100.
Description:
James (https://cheapass.com/) started Cheapass Games in 1996 and has won many awards for his creations. Prior to Cheapass Games he worked as a freelancer with Wizards of the Coast and Carbonated Games. He has also created games for other publishers including Rio Grande Games and WizKids. Paizo Publishing created Titanic Games with James and in 2014 James began collaborating with Pat Rothfuss to create an abstract strategy game called Tak. The Kickstarter campaign for Tak was extremely successful, earning well over a million dollars.
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Play Pathfinder with Author & Game Designer Jason Bulmahn of Paizo
Summary:
A mingle-friendly evening of snacks, games, a silent auction, & awesome conversation - all to raise money for charity. Also receive a swag bag valued at over $100.
Description:
Jason (http://paizo.com/people/JasonBulmahn) is the creator of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and is the Lead Designer at Paizo Inc. He has served as Associate Editor for Dragon Magazine. Check out his Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQZl536LJrUocOHL9OhtplQ
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