D&D in a Castle Round 2, 2023
July 8th - 12th, 2023
$3250 per person for registration, and accommodation is a separate charge of a selection of various rooms available.
Jeremy Crawford will be in attendance running one-shots for all guests.
The Epic Dungeon Masters now available for this round.
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Aoife Wilson
- Thor Knai
- Jayden King
- Beth the Bard
- Ted Adams
- David Friant
- Elisa Teague
- Vee Mus'e
- Choose "Surprise Me! / Waitlist" and you can let us choose for you, or you can communicate with us who you are hoping will be added to the roster / have a spot open up.
Sold Out DMs
- Ginny Di (Sold out!)
- Jason Azevedo (Sold out!)
- Rachel Seeley (Sold out!)
- Mark "Sherlock" Hulmes (Sold out!)
- James Wyatt (Sold out!)
Dungeon Master Bios
Ginny Di
Ginny Di is a Denver-based tabletop gaming YouTuber, cosplayer, and singer who loves telling stories, bringing characters to life, and wearing the largest elf ears she can find. She has written for Steamforged Games, The Potbellied Kobold, Roll For Combat, and her own publications, and played in D&D's official Spelljammer show, "Legends of the Multiverse." On YouTube, she talks tabletop gaming etiquette and advice and explores character building in games with music, skits, and in-character roleplay videos that range from dramatic to comedic and invite the viewer to play along through the screen.
Aoife Wilson
Aoife is a content creator, writer, host, streamer and video game expert, working with the likes of Eurogamer, BAFTA and the BBC to champion gaming to anyone who'll listen. With experience in everything from TV to live events and stage shows, she can run a red carpet just as easily as she can stream in full-on cosy gremlin mode. When she swaps the digital realm for pen and paper, she's created and run bespoke campaigns for Wizards of the Coast, DMing live on the official D&D Twitch channel and taking part in D&D Celebration as a player. She also plays Etain in The Break Quest Club, Eurogamer's fledgling D&D campaign.
Aoife brings an element of playfulness to the table, prioritising collaborative storytelling and empowering her players over adherence to the rules. Fun, creativity and character-driven moments are front and centre. She also specialises in guiding and encouraging first-time players - if she can make a group of UK grime artists fall in love with the game, she can win anyone over. Aoife favours theatre-of-the-mind, but isn't opposed to an exciting set piece. Her past campaigns have included everything from foiled magical kidnappings, Indiana Jones-style temple heists and terrifying time trials on a fast sinking ship.
Thor Knai
Gamer, game-designer and actor with a special passion for D&D and the collaborative and emergent storytelling it so wonderfully creates. Tables are never short on laughs, even if only to alleviate the tense and doubtlessly very dangerous situations your party might find themselves in... again and again.
Thor runs private games with many illustrious Hollywood gamers incl. Joe Manganiello, Vince Vaughn, Tom Morello, Craig Mazin, Dan Weiss, Taran Killam, Will Wheaton, Kyle Newman, and many more.
With 25 years of DM-ing and 15 years of acting under his belt (Rebel Moon, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Reign, The Outpost ++), you can be sure your stories together will be memorable. High Fantasy standard D&D feel, with Northern European influences. Fun, gritty, and with unclear lines of right and wrong, good and evil.
Jayden King
Jayden King (He/They), a Black and Queer advocate for inclusion and diversity in gaming, serves the community as a professional Game Master, Narrative Designer, and Live Performer.
With a background in acting and directing films and live theater combined with a passion for video games and animation, they provide cinematic storytelling experiences as a Game Master through Start Playing Games and across multiple streaming platforms like Twitch. Additionally, the ability to create stories and develop gaming mechanics has expanded their range of interactions of performing and writing with organizations like Modiphius, Jasper's Game Day, and Wizards of the Coast.
Most recently, Jayden has collected all of their knowledge, experiences, and resources in collaboration with their partner Beth the Bard, in launching TTRPG University, an all-in-one informational resource to arm the community with confidence in the game.
Jason Azevedo
Jason Azevedo is a professional Dungeon Master, acclaimed miniature painter and the President & Founder of RealmSmith - a Toronto-based channel that offers immersive and interactive D&D 5th Edition Content. He’s best known as the DM for RealmSmith’s official Curse of Strahd campaign 'Into the Mist', 'Tides of Wildemount' and D&D and Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms series 'Champions of the Realm' (youtube.com/realmsmith). You may also have seen him at a variety of conventions partnering with WizKids and Vallejo to teach miniature painting seminars to the masses. Jason thrives on running character-driven, immersive gameplay experiences that focus on collaborative storytelling. As a Dungeon Master, he believes it's his responsibility to weave a story collectively with his players - if they have fun and feel like the heroes of their story, his job is done. You can expect a PG-13 experience with lots of props and visuals and the use of hand-painted miniatures and terrain.
Vee Mus'e
Vee Mus'e is best known as a professional Dungeon Master, player, and miniature painter. She takes game play seriously but also enjoys the unexpected turns that go with it. She ran The Last Heir for two seasons on Kobold Press’ Twitch channel, and more recently The Scarlet Citadel. You can also catch some of her game creations in the Vault of Magic, as featured in Forbes, and some tips for DMs in the Kobold Guide to Monsters. She's appeared on D&D's Black Dice Society as the Darklord Voronika Naperstyanka and elsewhere playing and DMing a variety of memorable characters.
Ted Adams
Nerdarchist Ted is a founding member and Partner of Nerdarchy. Nerdarchy is a collection of gaming enthusiasts that have spent more than 8 years promoting the hobby of Role playing games through Youtube and their website Nerdarchy.com. Ted has been playing Role playing games for over 30 years through almost every edition of the world's most favorite role playing game. Ted has played numerous other roleplaying games and brings some of the best features of other games into his personal play style. He loves board games, dice games and has spent many years playing larps, collectable card games and video games in the past. The Nerd is strong in this one.
David Friant
Nerdarchist Dave here. He's been playing TTRPG games for nearly four decades and plays with all kinds of people from all over the world. For the past eight years he's shared his passion for D&D and other role-playing games as co-founder of Nerdarchy. When it comes to being a Dungeon Master he specializes in customizing D&D sessions and campaigns to the players through unique play experiences.
Want to play an aquatic campaign where you save a coral kingdom from ancient prophecy? How about D&D where you speed across a magic-blasted wasteland in a post-apocalyptic world as you and your motorcycle gang scavenge for survival and perhaps a big score? Ever want to play in a campaign where humans are the minority in a “land of the lost” style setting ruled by dragon empires and dominant reptilian species who worship the five elements alongside their draconic rulers?
Most importantly he's here to help you tell your character's story.
Elisa Teague
A 20 year veteran in the Tabletop Games Industry, Elisa Teague has worked on over 100 published card and board games, written for various RPGs including Dungeons & Dragons, Wardlings, Kids on Bikes, and more, and is now the Senior Producer of Roleplaying Games at Renegade Game Studios, where she is writing and producing roleplaying books for the Power Rangers, G.I. Joe, and Transformers RPGs as well as Vampire: the Masquerade and the World of Darkness line. Known for social intrigue, deep mystery plots, and puzzles in her writing, she wrote the chapter on how to use puzzles in your game for D&D’s Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything and has designed puzzle events and ARGs for some of the largest companies and events in the world.
James Wyatt
James Wyatt is a Senior Game Designer on the Dungeons & Dragons team at Wizards of the Coast. His work at Wizards since 2000 includes five novels, more than 20 short stories, three poems, dozens of Dungeons & Dragons game sourcebooks, nine Magic: The Gathering art books, and world-building and creative text for several Magic card sets, including Adventures in the Forgotten Realms. He was a lead writer for the 5th edition Player’s Handbook and a lead designer of the Dungeon Master’s Guide, Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica, Eberron: Rising from the Last War, Mythic Odysseys of Theros, and Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons.
DM Rachel Seeley
Rachel is an actress, DM and member of the D&D show ‘Girls Guts Glory'. When not live streaming with the other members of Girls Guts Glory, Rachel can be seen on various channels like Geek & Sundry, Critical Role or Wizards of the Coast as host, player, or Dungeon Master. Rachel’s Games are all about story: she wants to know about her players, their storylines and what fascinates them to create a fitting game for everyone. Rachel takes inspiration from classics like Legend or Willow and is inspired by sweeping stories with a dark twist where hope can still be found. Ultimately, Rachel’s goal in every campaign is to incite emotion and excitement in every player.
DM Beth the Bard
Beth is a neurodivergent TTRPG writer, professional dungeon master, layout artist, and web designer with a background in teaching. She's the Platinum best-selling author of "She is the Ancient: A Genderbent Curse of Strahd" guidebook on DMs Guild. Her work is devoted to feminism, horror, and inclusivity within the D&D community. She is a professional Dungeon Master with almost 600 paid sessions in experience. She is a writer for companies such as Modiphius and Dungeon in a Box. She’s also been a blogger and educator for over a decade. As a Dungeon’s Master, she strives to create a tailored safe space.
Mark "Sherlock" Hulmes
Mark is the Dungeon Master for the popular UK D&D live play HighRollersDnD, as well as Nights of Eveningstar on the Official D&D Twitch channel, and has made a number of videos on YouTube helping people learn to play Dungeons & Dragons. He's appeared in Campaign 2 of Critical Role as Calianna, along with a handful of guest spots in other shows and one-shots at various events and other streams. Mark is also a TTRPG writer and designer, working with Wizards of the Coast on Candlekeep Mysteries, MCDM on Flee, Mortals and his own work on Patreon and DMsGuild.