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Cover of Everyday Magic unlocked. A mage restores an old lighthouse with magic. A string of lightning circles around the crumbling tower while a waterfall rages in the background.

Everyday Magic Unlocked

Writer, Developer, Graphic Design 2023 - Encoded Designs
Cover of feats and features unlocke d- a person with wings made of light and a red jacket jumps off of a cliff to fly. They are breakign through a fence.

Feats and Features Unlocked

Writer, Developer, Graphic Design 2023 - Encoded Designs
Cover of Items and Armaments

Items and Armaments Unlocked

Writer, Developer, Graphic Design 2022 - Encoded Designs

Haunted West Roll20 Character Sheet

Coder 2021 - Roll20 Interactive Character Sheet
Screenshot of mobile version of map

Unofficial Interactive Eberron Map

Coder 2020 - Unofficial Interactive Fan Project

Erebor Adventures

Writer 2019 - Cubicle 7

Gnome Stew

Head Gnome (2015 to 2021), Author (2008 to Current)

The Gnomecast

Host, Panelist (2016 to Current) - Gnomestew.com
Investigation check logo - D20 and magnifying glass

Investigation Check Ep. 2 – Dungeons and Dragons, LPC 2019

Podcast guest
Streets of avalon cover

Streets of Avalon

Art Director 2019 - Encoded Designs

Iron Edda Accelerated

Art Director 2019 - Encoded Designs

Matt Morrow Coloring Book

Art Director, Graphic Design, Layout 2019 - Encoded Designs

Columbus Dispatch Article

2019 - An article about my gaming career in the Columbus Dispatch

Laughter Of Dragons

Writer 2018 - Cubicle 7

Hydro Hacker Operatives

Art Director 2018 - Encoded Designs

Bystanders

Writer, Layout 2018 - Encoded Designs

Assault on Hellmaw Island

Preliminary Developer 2018 - M.T. Black

Midgard Interactive Map

Web Developer, Coder 2018 - Kobold Press

Tabletop Roleplaying Games as Social Practice

Presenter 2018 - TEDx Ohio State University

The Search for Gnomecast 21

Project Lead, Editor, Writer 2018 - Gnome Stew Aprils Fools Podcast Radio Drama

Tales Of The Skalds

Art Director 2018 - Encoded Designs

Love and Justice

Art Director, Graphic Design, Layout 2018 - Encoded Designs
Sample Mad Wizard's Menagerie

Mad Wizard’s Menagerie

Art Director 2018 - Encoded Designs

Kickstarter Video Animation and Editing

Editor, Designer, Animator 2018

Table Top Babble – The RPG Industry in 2017

Interviewee 2017 - The RPG Industry in 2017

DM-Nastics 97: Tarrasque Me No Questions

Guest 2017 - DM-Nastics

Dungeon Dome Twitch Channel

Guest Game Master 2017 - Dungeon Dome

RAAH Real Monsters VII; The Tarrasque

Guest 2017 - Dungeon Master's Block

Twenty Six Point Five Shades of Scarlet

Manager, Art Director, Layout 2017 - Gnome Stew April Fools / Encoded Designs

Paranoia – 30 Treasonous Plots

Art Director 2017 - Encoded Designs

She’s a Super Geek – 5 Minute RPGs

Guest Player 2017 - She's a Super Geek

Table Top Babble – Massive Monsters

Interviewee 2017 - Table Top Babble

The Book of the Tarrasque

Writer, Art Director, Graphic Design, Layout, Cartography 2017 - Encoded Designs

The First Adventure

Writer, Art Director, Layout 2016 - Encoded Designs

Rockerboys & Vending Machines

Art Director, Layout 2016 - Encoded Designs

On The Border Of Hot Sauce…

Artist, Layout 2016 - Encoded Designs /

She’s A Super Geek – Call Of Catthulu

Guest Player 2016 - She's a Super Geek

Adventure Cartography

Catography 2016 - Encoded Designs / Baldman Games

Talking Tabletop – John Arcadian

Interviewee 2016 - Talking Tabletop

Character Cache

Developer, Art Director 2016 - Encoded Designs / Matt Morrow

Encoded Inkwell

Art Director 2016 - Encoded Designs

Fated Minions Of The Source

Developer 2016 - Encoded Designs / 3rd Eye Games

Five Temples of the Earthmother: Life and Moon

Art Director, Layout 2016 - Encoded Designs

Game Design Occupations Explained

Guest Author 2015 - Accessible Games

Divine Instruments of Fate

Developer 2015 - Encoded Designs / 3rd Eye Games

Aethercon IV (2015)

Moderator 2015 - Aethercon

Focal Point

Author, Art Director 2015 - Engine Publishing

Misdirected Mark

Interviewee 2015 - Misdirected Mark

All Things Truly Wicked

Guest Game Master 2014 - One Shot Podcast Network

Savage Insider #10 – Make It Epic

Contributing Author 2014 - Mystical Throne Entertainment

Liber Magica

Translation 2014 - Cubicle 7

Staring Down at Madison Avenue

Author, Art Director 2014 - Terrapin Foundries

Blood Red Mars

Cameo 2014 - Cubicle 7

Dangerous Space Jail

Art Director 2014 - Encoded Designs

Victoriana 3rd Edition

Translation 2013 - Cubicle 7

Geeki and Genki Interview (2013)

Interviewee 2013 - Geeky and Genki

P/ACA in the South 2013

Presenter 2013 - Popular/American Culture Association in the South

Midwest PCA/ACA 2012 Conference

Featured Presenter 2012 - Midwest PCA/ACA

Odyssey

Art Director 2012 - Engine Publishing

Never Unprepared

Art Director 2012 - Engine Publishing

Gamerati Short Interview (2011) Interviewee 2011 – Gamerati Tour

Interviewee 2011 - Gamerati Tour

Masks

Author, Art Director 2011 - Engine Publishing

SVG Core Rulebook & Cyrus Worldbook

Lead Developer, Art Director 2010 - Silvervine Games

Eureka

Author, Art Director 2010 - Engine Publishing

Open Game Table, Vol. 2

Contributing Author 2010 - Open Game Table
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