WizardCon is lucky this year to have so many awesome industry guests, with each one bringing with them their experience, stories and just who they are.
Creator of the Top Secret RPG
Creator of the Top Secret RPG
Merle is the creator of the classic cloak and dagger Role Playing Game Top Secret. Along with creatoing Top Secret. Merle is also mentioned in Ben Rigg’s book, “Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons.”
He is also mentioned in Jon Peterson’s books, “Game Wizards: The Epic Battle for Dungeons & Dragons” and “The Elusive Shift: How Role-Playing Games Forged their Identity.”
Game Designer and Artist
Game Creator and Artist
Tom has been a collaberating artsist on the original Dungeons and Dragons Monster manual, as well the artist of the original Beholder monster. Tom has also worked on the the original Gamma World RPG with Jim Ward.
Tom is a prolific game designer of titles such as Snit's Revenge, Aweful Green Things from Outer Space, and in 2024 completed a successful Kickstarter for his new game called Moose Quest that funded in less than 24 hours.
Gaming Blogger and Vlogger
Game Vlogger
Erik Tenkar is known as the man behind one of the longest continiously running gaming blogs online. His YouTube Vlog Tenkars Tavern is a well know vlog where he hosts various guests in the gaming spehere, as well as he tackles gaming issues.
Erik is also a retired NYPD Police Officer who is a 9/11 veteran, and is a advocate for gaming to be open to all people. Erik is also a game designer and GM / DM with decades of gaming experience.
Old Man Grognard
GM, Podcaster, Actor
Glen Hallstrom is a well known GM / DM, Podcaster reporting on gaming and what is happening in the general gaming spehere. He also is a Theatre actor, and runs several specialized types of games for players.
Glen will be running several unique games at WizardCon 2, such as the Ghost Busters Role Playing game, and the new Gangbusters Role Playing game.
Owners Gaxland Games
Owners Gaxland Games
Heidi and Erik are the owners of Gaxland Games, along with the creators of EGG Con, the convention celebrating the birth and life of Dungeons and Dragon co-creator Gary Gygax.
Heidi is the daughter of Gary Gygax, and has worked her entire life to celebrate her fathers legacy and achivements. Her husband Erik has worked since their marriage to also help celebrate the life and legacy of Gary Gygax.
Game Designer
Game Designer
Rob is a well known game Role Playing Game designer, and the owner of Bat in the Attic Games. Rob is known for his role on one of the livestreams from Tenkars Tavern, and has ran several very successful Kickstarters.
Rob has done extensive design and expansions of the Greyhawk campaign world, and recently completed a widely siccessful Kickstarter that raised multiple times his goal.
Game Designer / Author
Game Designer / Author
Jamie Chambers is a game designer who co-authored teh Dragonlance Campaign setting for Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 for Wizards of the Coast. Jamie is an Originas award winner along with recieving an I-CON award for his Firefly and Serenity suppliments.
Jamie is also a published scifi and game author, writing the short fiction piece At The Waters Edge that appeared in The Search For Power: Dragons of the War of Souls, published by Margarter Weis via Wizards of the Coast.
Vlogger / Gaming Auctioneer
Vlogger / Gaming Auctioneer
Jim has been working as the lead auctioneer at game conventions for more than a decade including Gen Con, Gary Con, Gamehole and others.
Jim brings a wide knowledge of gaming collectibles to the podium and is always glad to answer questions about rarity, condition, etc
Marketer / Social Media Director
Marketer / Social Media Director
Kim is the Marketing and Social Media Director for Tom Wham Games.
She is a huge supporter of the gaming community volunteering both her time and resources, along with being a collector and regular attendee at charity auctions.
Game Designer
Game Designer
Dave Conant was an early director of GenCon gaming convention. He then onto running the auctions at Gencon through the 80's and worked for the game company TSR Hobbies. The company that invented Dungeons and Dragons.
Currently Dave works helping GaryCon and also works helping Tom Wham Games.