PLAYER ROSTER FOR ETHERMEET 2024

We are finalizing the illustrious judges and players who will delight and entertain you during The Jerry Stefek Memorial Crawl for the Cure: Ethermeet 2024 on Saturday, December 14, 2024. Let’s break another record for the Crawl this year and smite cancer for the Good of all! THANK YOU for making this worthy event possible, Judges and Players!

Your Ethermeet Judges

Game Master	About
CK Chuck	Castle Keeper Chuck Cumbow is the Troll Lord Games Director of Organized Play for Castles & Crusades. Join the Fray!
Edwin Nagy	Edwin is a partner at Frog God Games and their primary 5e developer. He is a longtime member of the Skype of Cthulhu podcast and has recently been hanging with This Ol’ Dungeon. He is excited to be back with DCC Mayhem! Let’s play games and crush cancer!
Jim Meyers	Jim Meyers started gaming in the mid 80's. After an almost 30 year hiatus from RPG's, an invitation to GenCon 2013 relit the flame and he jumped back in with both feet. Starting with Pathfinder and now DCC and Weird Frontiers. He GM's, Has playtested for Breaker Press and 2 Old Guys Games, and participates in streaming events with 2OGG. Jim lost a close lifelong friend (and gaming buddy) to cancer several years ago and is happy to join in the fight to find a cure!
Julian Bernick	Judge Julian is a long time GM of oldschool games and freelance writer who has done work for Goodman Games, Shield of Faith Studios, Order of the Quill and Steve Bean Games. He also co-hosts the Ennie-award winning Spellburn podcast about all things DCC RPG and published his first book of poetry this year, "A Record of the Most Unfortunate Doings at Castle Bash." Always looking for good paying freelance work!
Luau Lou Hoefer	Luau Lou is a game enthusiast and RPG designer from the great state of-YOU GUESSED IT-Indiana… He runs a small publishing company called Dandyline Games and currently produces the Dare-Luck Club roleplaying game and the Classics Mutated RPG line (compatible with MCC). He can also be found on the This Ol' Dungeon podcast where he and his cohosts renovate old adventure modules and rule sets to make them fresh for modern gamers.
Brian Shutter	Brian is the author of the no-holds-barred, to-the-max, Post-Apocalyptic game, neon lords of the toxic wasteland! Oozing 80’s and 90’s nostalgia, the game features items from Ninja Stars to Fanny packs in addition to many references to the era. Check out his releases through Super Savage Systems!

Your Ethermeet Players

Player	About
Sean Murphy	Sean is a veteran gamer who enjoys multiple gaming systems and bringing the hobby to others. He is a member of the Skype of Cthulhu podcast, and a past editor for the Miskatonic University Podcast, and with several friends recently launched the Rising Phoenix Gaming Convention. He is an avid supporter of Extra Life and the Crawl for the Cure.
Brent Griffin	Brent Griffin is an experienced gamer of multiple systems, including Rolemaster, Nephilim, Deadlands, Dungeons and Dragons, Blades in the Dark, and D20 Modern. However, his first love will always be Call of Cthulhu, forever indebted to his friend Ted for running him through his first Cthulhu scenario, “The Haunting,” nearly 30 years ago. Recently, he’s written material for Frog God Games, including a 5e compatible one-shot titled, By Dawns Early Light. He’s been running a D&D campaign since the start of the pandemic but is feeling the Cthulhu itch and is in the process of drumming up a few intrepid investigators. While he never met Jerry, he is honored to be part of this benefit campaign!
Scot	Scot Yonan has been playing D&D since Blue Box. He worked at Mayfair Games, Wizards of the Coast, and with Daedalus Entertainment. He met Jerry in 2000 and was close friends with him until the end.
Jason Hobbs	Jason Hobbs is a long-time advocate, player and GM of all sorts of tabletop roleplaying games. His goal is to bring people together at the table for a good time. He runs games on his Twitch Channel hobbs665 and YouTube Channel JasonHobbs. He also does a lot of podcasting with Hobbs & Friends, Random Screed and Hex Talk.
Matt "GrapeApe" Robertson	Matt Robertson, aka GrapeApe, is the host of multiple Goodman Games Twitch programs - RAW: Rules As Written and GrapeApe's Reaver Express. When he's not hosting shows or running online games, Matt publishes 3rd party Dungeon Crawl Classic (DCC) modules for Goodman Games. Matt is the founder of Split the Party Games and has published the DCC compatible horror module A Conspiracy of Ravens, and the author of The Golden Idol of En-Tridar for Dungeon Crawl Classics! It goes without saying that his favorite color is purple!
Jim Smitley	Jim's start in the hobby is a distant memory, but he does remember the fateful day in Lake Geneva when he met Gary Gygax, and played D&D. Since then Jim's grown to enjoy the hobby and a wide range of rpgs. Castles & Crusades is one of his favorites. Currently on a quest to get his 7 kids into gaming: RPGs or with his board game collection! While Jim knew Jerry only briefly, he did surprise him at one convention when he and Ryan showed up as wererats in a game run by DM NICK.
Reid San Filippo	Reid San Filippo is a long time RPG player and author of the first Post-Apocalyptic DCC variant, Crawling Under a Broken Moon, and released further refined rules and supplements in his Umerica publications! Check out all Reid's releases under his publishing house Shield of Faith Studios.
Paul Smith	Paul Smith
Janelle Brauncowski	Janelle Brauncowski, late bloomer turned nose to the grindstone DM/GM/Keeper/Grand Poohbah. Wife/affiliate/employee of the month for the weird and whimsical art put out by creative dynamo Jason Brauncowski of Drink the Paint Water and one of the co-coordinators for the Wardens of the Eastern Marches, a new organized play initiative being put out by Gamehole Publishing.
Alana Thompson	Alana Thompson is the media queen for Goodman Games, producing video content for their Twitch Channel and more! She’s the pleasant and helpful voice in the shadows that only the lucky few that have been on a GG show get to hear, but this time, the camera gets to be turned the other way!
Christopher Tupa	Christopher Tupa is an artist, book illustrator, and comic creator known for his watercolor work, pop art aesthetic, and humorous/whimsical style. His illustrations have appeared in books, RPG rule books, newspapers, magazines and on web pages across the globe. Christopher is a big kid at heart who enjoys watching cartoons and playing games when he isn’t traveling or exploring the world around him. You can see his work at: http://www.ctupa.com Request commissions through: christophertupa@hotmail.com Instagram: artofctupa
John “Hambone” McGuire	Hambone is the co-host of The Vintage RPG Podcast and the co-creator of 321RPG and Zombie Braineaters, Powered by the 5Alive roleplaying system! And for the holidays... Unwrap Zombie Braineaters! Season's Eatings for the ultimate in seasonal survival! Get all your 321RPG and Zombie Braineaters adventure at the Ham and Egg Publishing Etsy Store!
Jonathan "Cap'N" Kurts	Jonathan “Capt’N” Kurts is known to small publishers and RPG podcasters alike as a pillar of support and encouragement. Between his great “listener write-ins” and shares of new and unique RPG projects up for crowd funding, he teaches adult education classes, works with church youth, edits RPG products, and…captains a boat!
Levi Combs	Levi Combs is an award-winning publisher and writer at Planet X Games. He is known for titles such as Jungle Tomb of the Mummy Bride, Escape from Skullcano Island and the Phylactery series of zines. He has authored over 30 other titles, including RPG material for Necromancer Games, Frog God Games and Get Haunted Industries. Recently, he authored and helped design the HeroQuest expansion Jungles of Delthrak for Avalon Hill. Contrary to popular belief, Levi insists he is the original inventor of the twice-patented beard coffin™️.
Tim Deschene	Tim Deschene is kept inside of a secret Goodman Games Lair, and is unleashed upon unsuspecting DCC Tournament players at Gen Con. His favorite number is 19.
Andrew "Tiger Wizard" Bellury	Tiger Wizard (he/him), AKA Andrew Bellury is an artist working primarily in illustration for the indie TTRPG community. Tiger Wizard is the senior game designer as well as the media wrangler at Exalted Funeral,. As half of the creative force behind Epic Levels Tiger Wizard raps about gaming, and also podcasts about games as co-host of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon Podcast. Tiger also writes and reviews all sorts of gaming related material. He's known for having an overly positive outlook on the grimdark realities of life.
Steve "Dragon Warrior" Albertson	Dragon Warrior (he/him), aka Steve Albertson, is half of fantasy rap outfit Epic Levels, a multi-hyphenate that also makes podcasts, game accessories, apparel, and book publishing all under the same banner. Their latest release is The Mega Dungeon Men EP, available where music streams. He is also one of the hosts of the Mad Dungeon podcast, where members of Epic Levels and a guest from the RPG community create a system-neutral, playable one-page adventure map using improv, comedy, and lifetimes wasted on roleplaying games. They then publish and release these adventures for free. They also release Side Quest episodes where the hosts discuss games they’ve played, gaming news, and guest interviews. Steve has been fronting bands for decades (SP’s, illiterates, SEX BBQ, Dr. Killbot), focusing his love of all things gaming to the forefront of his lyrics. He’s a filmmaker, host of Total Movie Recall podcast, and co-creator & writer of the Image Comics mini-series Ghost Spy.
AND ALSO...	Brandon Griffin Courtney Wadsworth Ian Mcgarty Jess McDevitt Jim Skach Kurt Vinetas Martin Ouellet Nate Marcel Steve, Dragon Warrior

Your Ethermeet Staff

Staff	About
Cory Welch	Judge and occasional streamer of DCC games at DCC_Mayhem. Loves the Goodman Games RPG lines and deep unerring roots in the Call of Cthulhu RPG. I only played with Jerry a few times, and I was mostly an acquaintance. I attended Jerry's memorial service and I was astounded with what I learned about this incredible gentleman we had lost, and the realization of the loss his family, friends and our world has experienced. Thanks for making this a better place, Jerry!
Steve	Late starter, and plays more often than ever would have thought. Usually makes mistakes when creating characters, and has no problem with a good pre-gen. Snacks way too much while gaming.
Hazel	Essential woman of awesome and now artificer of Ethermeet Luck! Hazel's work and support for the Crawl (and the organizer Cory!) makes it possible. She is the grammar master keeping our releases sane for your consumption!