/*-->*/ /*-->*/ Jigar Chandra is a Canadian tabletop designer who loves exploring wildly different game styles—euro-style efficiency puzzles, social deduction mind games, and push-your-luck chaos, to name a few. He’s equally drawn to themes that spark imagination and conversation, from travel and spirituality to wizarding fantasy and sports.
/*-->*/ /*-->*/ Shiraz Sheikh is a game designer, storyteller, and educator with a passion for building immersive worlds that bring people together. He is the co-creator and CEO of Akinji Entertainment Inc., the studio behind CATaclysm: The Roleplaying Game, a tabletop RPG that blends epic adventure with heartfelt whimsy.
Outset is a privately held wholesale supplier of toys, games, and puzzles based out of Victoria, BC and founded by its president, David Manga, in 1996. Since then, Outset Media has produced high quality games and puzzles that promote learning, fun, and family time. Outset Media designs, distributes, and manufactures its products. In addition to its own games and line of Cobble Hill puzzles, Outset Media also distributes the products of other companies. In Canada, Outset distributes a large line of toys, games, and puzzles for our US and European partners.
JD Clément is a TTRPG designer from Ontario. He makes games that scream off the page and demand to be played. He uses humour and the absurd to expose the horrors of modern life, and invites you to point and laugh alongside him. Find his games - HyperMall: Unlimited Violence, GODSTRENGTH, and Don't Kill A Bird With A Baseball - on itch.io.
Stefan Alexander is the designer of CuBirds, King Chocolate, and Area 51 (and quite a few more to come). He likes light games with simple rules and emergent gameplay. He especially loves card games.
Julian & Jason are both improvisors, game designers and founders of the Canadian TTRPG 'Sine' set to be Kickstarted this year. Both are champions of TTRPGs that are character focused, action packed, require tough, meaningful choices but are ultimately rules light and the potential for creativity and humour at the table is high. Julian is an improv teacher at U of T and founder & member of Toronto comedy darlings Sex T Rex. Jason is a Game Writer and Narrative Designer with a handful of projects under his belt and a graduate of Professional Game Design offered by U of T.
Ian Howard is an ENNIE-winning writer, game designer/developer, and publisher working under the banner of Leafy Dragon Games. He is best known for his games One Breath Left, Aurora Decree, Here We Used to Fly (with Kurt Refling), and 5-Star Match. While his work spans a wide variety of styles, Ian has a particular love for sad games about people trapped in circumstances of their own making. As a publisher, his focus is on solo RPGs as well as the intersection of RPGs and board games.
The Dungeon Dudes, Monty Martin and Kelly McLaughlin, began as Canadian content creation duo posting Dungeons and Dragons advice and video guides back in 2017. After exploding in popularity, the Dungeon Dudes expanded their presence to include videos on character builds, dungeon master strategy, roleplaying tips, and reviews, in addition to several actual play series. All four of their Kickstarters have been wildly sucessful and in 2023, the Dunegon Dudes were recognized with the ENNIE Judge’s Spotlight Award Winner for Dungeons of Drakkenheim.
Jean Luc Lariviere-Lacombe is a seasoned game designer and publisher, and the current president of the Indie Game Developers Network (IGDN), an international nonprofit organization supporting tabletop game creators. Since founding The Dungeon’s Key, he has published numerous adventure modules, campaign settings, and games across multiple systems, including his latest release, Dirtbags!, a sci-fi shooter RPG.
David Plamondon is the Team Guide for Pe Metawe Games, based out of Edmonton, Alberta. David is Cree with a lifelong passion for games, and for building inclusivity in the tabletop hobby.
