The Dangerous Games: How to Win Roll Call
Dangerous Games: How to Win debuts today! As with the previous two Dangerous Games novels — How to Play and How to Cheat — How to Win is packed full of real-life people, mostly game designers I know and hang out with when I can. This time around, a big chunk part of the novel takes place in the Writer’s Symposium at Gen Con, so a large number of the names that appear in the book belong to other authors I know through the symposium.
I kept track of them all as I went along, and here’s a checklist of the folks that show up throughout How to Win. I could tell you who each of them is, but that’s part of the fun of the books: finding those folks and figuring out how they all fit not only into the story but into the show.
Aaron Williams
Adrian Swartout
Alex Gygax
Allen Varney
Amanda Valentine
Andrew Hackard
Ann Forbeck
Anthony Gallela
Ben Dobyns
Bob Brynildson
Bob Carty
Boyan Radakovich
Brad Beaulieu
Brandon Sanderson
Cam Banks
Christian Moore
Christian Petersen
Chuck Wendig
Cindy Gygax
Clark Valentine
Cliff “CJ” Jones
Coleman Charlton
“Dammit” Liz Smith
Dan Wells
Daniel Solis
Darrell Hardy
Darren Orange
Darren Watts
Dave Arneson
Dave Gross
Derek Guder
Dylan Birtolo
Ed Greenwood
Eddy Webb
Elise Gygax
Elizabeth Vaughn
Eric Hautemont
Eric Lang
Erik Mona
Erik Scott de Bie
Ernie Gygax
Felicia Day
Frank Mentzer
Gary Gygax
George Strayton
Heidi Gygax
Helen Forbeck
Howard Tayler
Jason Sizemore
Jean Rabe
Jeannette LeGault
Jeff Dohm
Jeff Tidball
Jennifer Steen
Jeremy Keller
Jerry Corrick
Jerry Gordon
Jess Hartley
Joanne Gain
John Nephew
John Scalzi
John Wick
John Zinser
Jonni Emrich
Keith Baker
Kelly Swails
Ken Hite
Kenneth Forbeck
Kevin Wilson
Larry Roznai
Lillian Cohen-Moore
Logan Bonner
Lucien Soulban
Luke Gygax
Marc Tassin
Margaret Weis
Mark Kaufman
Martin Stever
Marty Forbeck
Mary Robinette Kowal
Matt Vancil
Matt Wilson
Matthew Grau
Maurice Broaddus
Michelle Nephew
Mike Gray
Mike Stackpole
Mike Vaillancourt
Nicholas Forbeck
Owen Seyler
Pat Rothfuss
Patrick Forbeck
Paul Kemp
Pete Adkison
Pete Fenlon
Phil Lacefield
Phillipe-Antoine Ménard
R. A. Salvatore
Rich Baker
Rich Gain
Richard Lee Byers
Richard Thomas
Rob Donoghue
Rob Stone
Robin Laws
Ryan Macklin
Scott Elliott
Sean Lashgari
Shane DeFreest
Stefan Pokorny
Steve Kenson
Steve Long
Steve Wieck
Steven Saus
Tobias Buckell
Tracy Hickman
Troy Denning
Wil Wheaton
Will Hindmarch
I could have thrown a lot more people into the book, but I tried to stick to friends that have been able to get to Gen Con in the past few years. Otherwise — well, this week I’ll attend my 32nd Gen Con in a row. If I put everyone one I know or met at the show into a book, I wouldn’t have room for anything other than a list of names. As it is, the book is chock full of plot and story too!
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