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Friday, June 26
 

3:00pm EDT

What is the Future of Game Design?
Friday June 26, 2026 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
M - Plaza Ballroom B
Game designers and gaming professionals from different disciplines come together to discuss the future of the game design in light of evolving tools and the impact of AI. Steve Jackson moderates.

Moderators
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Steve Jackson

Author, Gaming, Publisher, Past Special GoH
Steve Jackson, founder and editor-in-chief of Steve Jackson Games, is a longtime SF fan, and gets away to cons when he can. He has been playing games for over 50 years, and designing them since 1976. He graduated from Rice University, where a lot of his time went to wargames and the... Read More →
Guests
avatar for Bill Fawcett

Bill Fawcett

Author, Editor, Publisher, PGOH
Bill Fawcett is an American writer, editor, anthologist, and game designer. He co-authored the official Mycroft Holmes Mysteries and over a dozen other novels. Bill has also written almost a dozen historical non-fiction books. He founded Mayfair Games and also designs board and computer... Read More →
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Tony Andarian

Author, Publisher, Andarian Publishing
Tony Andarian is the author of the Sanctum of the Archmage epic fantasy novels and games. They are published by his personal imprint, Andarian Publishing.

Invested from a young age with an overactive imagination, he's had a lifelong love of science fiction, fantasy, computer gam... Read More →
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Roger and Janet Carden

Gaming
Roger and Janet Carden are the husband-and-wife team behind The Halfling and the Spaceman: Journeys In Active Fandom. (2022-present) The Halfling and the Spaceman is a podcast featuring a series of conversations with creators as they detail their personal journey from becoming inspired... Read More →
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David Sherrer

Gaming, Publisher
David Sherrer is a born storyteller and has been an obsessive gamer ever since he was seduced by Magic: The Gathering at the tender age of fourteen. He has alternately owned a gaming store, street performed for a living, and survived eleven years in the soul-crushing world of telecommunications. He lucked out by marrying a force of nature (otherwise known as his wife), determined to making living... Read More →
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Michael Bielaczyc

Artist, Gaming
Michael Bielaczyc has been working professionally in the art field since 2001 when he founded Aradani Studios with his brother Paul. Together they have exhibited across America selling both their artwork and costuming. He works in many mediums from oil paint to latex prosthetics... Read More →
Friday June 26, 2026 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
M - Plaza Ballroom B Chattanooga Marriott Downtown 2 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37402, USA
  Gaming, Panel
 
Sunday, June 28
 

1:00pm EDT

How to become an Epic Game Master
Sunday June 28, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
CC - Meeting Room 5 (Main Event)
Roger Carden of The Halfling and the Spaceman podcast and the producer of "Applied Game Mastery ” will moderate a panel discussion on how to become an epic game master.
Guests
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Dane Clark Collins

Author
Dane Clark Collins is a writer of fantasy, science fiction, horror and the occasional nonfiction currently living in the Nashville, TN area. He is also an experimental, atmospheric psych rock musician, and some of his work can be found at https://www.creativegrimoire.com/.
avatar for Michael Bielaczyc

Michael Bielaczyc

Artist, Gaming
Michael Bielaczyc has been working professionally in the art field since 2001 when he founded Aradani Studios with his brother Paul. Together they have exhibited across America selling both their artwork and costuming. He works in many mediums from oil paint to latex prosthetics... Read More →
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BK Gibson

Author, Gaming
Ben Gibson is a writer, reviewer, and publisher of TTRPG adventures under Coldlight Press, releasing multiple award-winning modules for a decade. Along with his wife, Karen, he also writes fiction under the pen name B. K. Gibson, including short stories for Raconteur Press and Autarch... Read More →
avatar for Roger and Janet Carden

Roger and Janet Carden

Gaming
Roger and Janet Carden are the husband-and-wife team behind The Halfling and the Spaceman: Journeys In Active Fandom. (2022-present) The Halfling and the Spaceman is a podcast featuring a series of conversations with creators as they detail their personal journey from becoming inspired... Read More →
Sunday June 28, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
CC - Meeting Room 5 (Main Event) Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37403
  Gaming, Panel
 

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