PLAYER ROSTER FOR ETHERMEET 2025

We are finalizing the illustrious players who will delight and entertain you during The Jerry Stefek Memorial Crawl for the Cure: Ethermeet 2025 on Saturday, December 13, 2025. 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

Judge	About
CK Chuck	Chuck Cumbow is the Community Outreach Director for Troll Lord Games, expanding the companies presence and reach, with particular emphasis on live streaming, Discord and conventions. He also assists with our many storefronts, crowdfunding and working on various publishing projects, such as the overhaul of Castles & Crusades core product line and other titles and manages the the official organized play program for TLG, Endless Worlds. Chuck's first title for TLG was Adtherpes Natural Materials, which has been well received and has prompted a new expanded version in hardback, which he is currently working on as well as a new setting. He is married to a wonderful Hobbit named Stephanie, has two war hounds, and they travel to cons and play when they can together. Join the Fray!
Judge Brendan	Brendan J. LaSalle has been writing and publishing in the game industry since 2002. He has written for Goodman Games, Fat Dragon Games, Troll Lord’s Games, Legendsmiths, Savage Mojo, Pandahead Publishing, and Hand Made Games, among others. He has written many adventures and RPG source books, including the award-winning Age of Cthulhu: A Dream of Japan, and the Mutant High School zine. He is the creator of Xcrawl Classics, and lives in Kennesaw, GA, with his wife, dog, and two cats. Twitter Instagram Goodman Games
Judge Tim	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.
Edwin Nagy	Edwin Nagy started gaming early with a group of friends in Lincoln, NE, and came back into the hobby in the twenty-teens. He splits his gaming time happily between horror, fantasy, and a few other genres. Most recently, Edwin is a founding member of Parallel Dimension Gaming, producing gaming books and developing gaming related experiences. He has worked for and with Lesser Gnome, Monkeyblood Designs, Frog God Games, The Merry Mushmen, and Dark Naga (among others) as rules developer, writer, editor, project manager, and author. He particularly enjoys working with authors new to writing scenarios. Along with his gaming work in publishing, he is a co-host on This Ol' Dungeon, a player and GM with Skype of Cthulhu (an actual play podcast with over 1000 recorded sessions!), an editor for Modern Mythos and a former editor for the Miskatonic University Podcast. When not gaming, Edwin teaches civil engineering at the University of Maine.
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.
Director Randy	Director Randy Miller has been gaming since the mid 80’s and is a founding member of Wayward Studios. The company has put out the ‘Gnollwhere’ adventure series for DCC, adventures and zines for Weird Frontiers and is currently working on Horror Cinema Classics, a role-playing game that plunges players into the eerie, neon-lit nightmares of 1980’s horror movies. Randy lost both his parents to cancer, his father when Randy was only 13 years old. He would love to run a chainsaw through cancer!

Your Ethermeet Players

Player	About
Alana Thompson	Alana Thompson is the media queen for Goodman Games, producing video content for their YouTube 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!
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!
Charles "Cro" Royston	Charles Royston [Judge Cro] discovered role-playing games back in the satanic panic of the early 80s, when dice were cheap, sheets of graph paper were maps, and basements were a portal out of time. After stepping away from the hobby for many years, a chance invitation to a friends game in 2017 brought the magic roaring back. Since then, he has pledged (not a) cult membership into Dungeon Crawl Classics and all the Goodman gonzo. A proud DCC RoadCrew Judge, a university tabletop club faculty advisor, admin for the Gongfarmers Almanac, and co-founder of Death Guaranteed Games, he is quite busy with the hobby. Having lost three dear friends in 2015 to cancer and now married to a breast cancer survivor, Cro is honored to roll dice and raise funds for this cause.
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
James Pozenel	James A. Pozenel, Jr. is an independent TTRPG author and the creator of Netcrawl RPG, a game where players step into the roles of powerful computer-simulated avatars. He also publishes under Horse Shark Games, with titles including The House of the Red Doors, Enchiridion of the Computarchs, and the Scions of the Computarchs series. In addition to his original work, James freelances for Goodman Games and other publishers, contributing to Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG, Mutant Crawl Classics RPG, and numerous supplements and adventures. Fans can follow his latest work and early ideas on Patreon, or join the Netcrawl community on Discord. James lives and writes in Ann Arbor, Michigan with his wife, two children, and two cats.
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, XCC, and Weird Frontiers. He is a DCC Road Reaver Judge, regularly runs play tests for Goodman Games and several independent publishers, and has contributed as a writer to XCC publications. 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!
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.
John "Hambone" McGuire	John "Hambone" McGuire is a tabletop RPG writer from somewhere in the swamps of Jersey. He is the co-creator of 321RPG, Zombie Braineaters!, and the co-publisher at Ham and Egg Publishing. He has contributed to adventures for Exalted Funeral, Get Haunted Industries, and Planet X Games. He also enjoys deep-fried hot dogs, arcades, and the dulcet tones of Ronnie James Dio.
Jon Hook	Jon has authored Call of Cthulhu adventures for Chaosium, Goodman Games, and Golden Goblin Press. He's also written classic 1E D&D style fantasy adventures for Frog God Games. Jon is an ENnie award-winning podcaster; you can listen to him talk about the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game on his new podcast, Modern Mythos, with his co-host, Seth Skorkowsky.
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, plays the tuba, and… captains a boat! Jonathan is dedicating his play to a family member who's fighting two cancers at the same time.
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™?.
Matt "GrapeApe" Robertson	Matt Robertson, aka GrapeApe, works in the community outreach department of Goodman Games working on programs like the Road Crew, Organized Play, and coordinating their two conventions, Dungeon Con and Cyclops Con. He is the founder of Split the Party Games and has third party published the DCC compatible adventures A Conspiracy of Ravens, and The Golden Idol of En-Tridar! You can also find Matt on the Goodman Games YouTube channel every other Tuesday hosting a talk show discussing the rules of the various Goodman Games settings with special guests called RAW: Rules As Written. Most recently, Matt has begun offering his editing services to other 3PP. It goes without saying that his favorite color is purple!
Paul Fricker	Paul Fricker is an Associate Editor of Call of Cthulhu. In partnership with Mike Mason, Paul is best-known for writing the latest edition of Chaosium’s award-winning RPG, Call of Cthulhu. Over the years, he has participated in the creation and development of numerous scenarios and campaigns, beginning with Gatsby and the Great Race (2005). More recently, Paul worked on the Rivers of London Roleplaying Game and Campfire Tales for Chaosium. For over a decade, Paul was one of the hosts of the Call of Cthulhu themed podcast, The Good Friends of Jackson Elias. Paul is also now a co-host of Mason & Fricker’s Eldritch Stories podcast. Paul lives in the heart of England, somewhere between Bywater and Borchester. You can find out more about what Paul is doing on his blog, The Frickerverse,, or follow him on social media.
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.
Axe	Axe is a recurring guest on the RPG Sean channel, where he is widely known -- and occasionally feared -- for his unapologetic devotion to 1980s metal, high-octane roleplay, and any rule that involves rolling dice "loud enough to wake the gods." A self-proclaimed Action Specialist, Axe approaches every tabletop game like it’s the final ten minutes of an explosive VHS action movie -- because, according to him, "that’s when the real story starts, brother." When he’s not offering Exceptionally Above Average GM Advice or interrupting Sean’s videos with unsolicited power-stance monologues, Axe can be found tuning imaginary guitars, naming NPCs after stadium tours, or advocating for the mandatory use of smoke machines in all home games. He joins tonight’s charity session with one goal: "Raise money, roll crits, and melt faces."

AND ALSO	Adam Bahr BJ Griffin Chad Bouchard Chris Holmes Colm McCarthy David Hoskins Edwin Nagy Heather Lidholm Mark Palmer Ruzica Norwood Ryan Bassler

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!