A Huge Welcome to our Special Guests!
Aaron Burkett
bio forthcoming
Mark Carroll
Mark Carroll (7th Sea, World's Largest Dungeon, Mutants and Masterminds, CAIRN, Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of, John Carter, Star Trek Adventures, Hammer & Stake) is a freelance writer and designer living in Austin, Texas. Being taught to game by a roving band of ex-convicts playing Pacesetter's CHILL horror RPG has forever dominated his path. His current project is New Horizons, an epic setting book for the Prowlers and Paragons superhero RPG.
He lives with his wife and two cats, none of whom are surely plotting against him. His players might be, though.
Preston Dubose
Preston DuBose has been writing for the TTRPG industry for more than twenty years. He has written and edited a number of titles for the Savage Worlds game system, most notably East Texas University (co-authored). His body of work also includes short fiction and comic book scripts, and he is currently working on his first full length novel. He is a native Texan and has been attending ChupacabraCon since its second year.
Robin English-Bircher
bio forthcoming
John Goff
bio forthcoming
Karl Keesler
Karl Keesler is an award winning Art Director that started in the gaming industry in 2002 with United Playtest. He was the “Layout Guy” on Gaming Frontiers, a d20 magazine. From there he partnered up with the guys at Dog House Rules and took his passion for graphic design and gaming and turned it into a Gold ENnie in 2004 for Best Electronic Product for their flagship book, Sidewinder: Recoiled.
Karl has taken his love for gaming and graphic design and has worked with companies like Just Insert Imagination, Atomic Ninja Studios and Pinnacle Entertainment Group; in which he did the Trade Dress for Savage Worlds Adventure Edition and most of their settings and companion books. Karl was also the lead graphic designer for Pinnacle’s Pathfinder for Savage Worlds which garnered them an Origins Award in 2023 for Best Graphic Design in a Game.
Karl and his Dog House Rules partner, Chris Warner, also had the opportunity to be on the developmental team behind Pathfinder for Savage Worlds with Pinnacle Entertainment Group. For Dog House’s 20th anniversary in 2024 they reimagined Sidewinder: Recoiled into a successful Kickstarter campaign for Sidewinder Recoiled for Savage Worlds.
Over the past years, Karl has designed and ran many unique conventions games such as his League of Extraordinary Gentlemen adventure series, Goonies meets the Ghostbusters, Mystery Men and Trailer Park Shark Attack! to name a few. He likes to make his games eye-catching and exciting with custom designed maps, one-of-a-kind miniatures, custom terrain, specially designed character sheets and original Benny ideas.
When he isn’t working on his next art project, gaming or creating props he is enjoying life in sunny South Florida with his wife Kathy.
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Eloy Lasanta
bio forthcoming
Michael Nystul
bio forthcoming
Jennifer Shinefeld
While Jennifer has been in the worlds of theater and education for over 40 years, and the world of gaming for about 30, she only became the head of Mobius Worlds Publishing in 2022. Blending those arenas gives her a unique focus as she invites players from all walks of life to find the hero within.
Jared Twing
Jared Twing hails from the far flung suburbs of sunny Austin, Texas where he lives with his wife, teenager, and three less than sane felines. When not trying to beat the heat poolside or hanging out with his family, he is gaming. A video game developer and roleplaying game writer, he is always found running, playing, planning, or making games. From RPGs to wargames to video games and board games, gaming is infused in most aspects of his life. Growing up an army brat, Jared used his love of games to connect with others around the world, and knew at an early age that gaming was his passion, but credits his family for the support and encouragement that has allowed him to turn his hobbies into his professions.
Ed Wetterman
Ed discovered TTRPGs in the late 1970s and has been playing ever since. (Yeah, he’s an old dude). He worked with the RPGA in 2000 writing for the Bandit Kingdoms and in 2003 started 12 to Midnight to develop modern day horror games and adventures. He helped design the Pinebox, Texas setting and wrote many adventures for it. In 2010 he cowrote East Texas University and Degrees of Horror for Pinnacle’s Savage Worlds RPG. His many other writing credits include cowriting Agents of Oblivion and writing for Realms of Cthulhu for Reality Blurs. He has written for several Savage Worlds (Pinnacle Entertainment Group) lines including Flash Gordon. He has written numerous articles on gaming, edited many manuscripts, and has written several short stories including The Witch of Linda Lane in Pinebox Tales and Hellfighter for the Weird West. He and his writing partner, Preston Dubose, recently completed East Texas University: Fresh Blood, written a graphic novel soon to be released (@@@REDACTED@@@), and much more. He lives in Caldwell, Texas, is a teacher of history in College Station, and enjoys fishing, football, war games, video games, and TTRPGs. He is married with two grown sons, David and Kevin. (Also gamers!)
Cory Williamsen
bio forthcoming
