Shaun Leonard

Shaun is originally from Galway, Ireland, where he inherited a love of TTRPGs from his older brothers, and a love of storytelling from poetry, the Power Rangers, and Thursday Night Smackdown. As an actor, improviser, and dungeon master, he believes the key to a good session is collaborative storytelling.

As a GM he’s run sponsored live shows for Darrington Press, and performed in actual plays at San Diego Comic Con, Gen Con, and WonderCon. Shaun uses humor to lure players into emotional investment, and then breaks their hearts with surprising twists of plot and character. Having worked as an editor for Critical Role, he hopes to provide a spotlight for every character to feel like the hero of the story. He uses his game design experience to create layered combats, often with multiple objectives and ticking clocks. When it comes to exploring magical worlds, Shaun tries to impart a sense of wonder in the adventurers at his table.

You can find Shaun talking about games on Instagram, running live shows and panels at conventions around America, or in a random Discord chat teaching players how to play their first RPG.