Guest of Honour

Erica Bouyouris

Erica Bouyouris.

/*-->*/ /*-->*/ Breakout is thrilled to welcome Erica Bouyouris, the Design Lead for Spin Master Games, as a Guest of Honour to this year's con. Erica has designed over 25 games based on movies and IPs; such as the newly released Arizona Iced Tea game, Wicked the Game, and the Dumb Ways to Die card game (which earned a nomination for both Game Designer of the Year for the Play Creators Awards and as Adult Toy of the Year at the Toy of the Year Awards 2023).

Sharang Biswas

Sharang Biswas.

/*-->*/ /*-->*/ Sharang Biswas has won two IGDN awards, four Ennie Awards, an IndieCade award, and a Golden Cobra award for roleplaying games. He has showcased interactive works at institutions such as The Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, Pioneer Works in Brooklyn, the Toronto Reference Library, and The Museum of the Moving Image in Queens.

Bill Benham

Bill Benham.

/*-->*/ /*-->*/ Bill Benham started playing Dungeons & Dragons as a kid and knew he would make games one day. “One Day” was the summer of 2018 when he joined the Wizards of the Coast as a producer for D&D. Before joining Wizards, Bill served 20 years in the Army, earned a master’s in healthcare administration, and was a clinic manager in the public sector.