WonderCon 2026: Full Schedule

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2:00pm PDT

Friday March 27, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT

From the team behind Darrington Press's Daggerheart, this workshop focuses on how to facilitate collaborative, exciting, impactful stories with players around the table. Game designers Spenser Starke (Alice Is Missing, Kids on Brooms) and Rowan Hall (Sunderfolk, Candela Obscura) lead a hands-on environment to hone participants' proficiency in running story-forward games like Daggerheart.

Special Guests

Spenser Starke

D-01, WonderCon Special Guest

Spenser Starke is a WGA screenwriter and the senior game designer at Darrington Press. He is best known for Daggerheart, Alice Is Missing, Candela Obscura, and Kids on Brooms. Additionally, he has worked on video games like Sunderfolk and is currently adapting a number of tabletop... Read More →

Friday March 27, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
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3:00pm PDT

Our Seats at the Table: BIPOC Representation in Tabletop

Friday March 27, 2026 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT

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A Jordan Lambert (blogger and dungeon master, Blackness and Dragons), Cai Kagawa (game consultant and game master), Kai Grayson (screenwriter and game master, Roles for Initiative LA), Kawika Aguilar (actor and writer, Snowbright Studio), Markeia McCarty (nerd culture and gaming host, Something Scary, Critical Role), and Masood Haque (comedian and actor, The Rivals of Waterdeep, Idle Champions) discuss being people of color in the world of professional tabletop gaming: what it takes to get a seat at the table, to move into positions of power, to generate momentum, and to maintain hope.

Friday March 27, 2026 3:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
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4:00pm PDT

Tabletop Role-Playing Game Design for Publishing

Friday March 27, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT

North 151

There are fantastic tabletop role-playing games coming to store shelves. Industry experts Elise Rezendes (senior RPG producer, Darrington Press), Anais Morgan (product development specialist, Renegade Games), Kimi Hughes (owner, Golden Lasso Games), Johnny O'Neal (president, Brotherwise Games), and Spenser Stark (senior game designer, Critical Role) share how to bring storytelling to publishing in the tabletop game industry. Moderated by Ross Thompson.

Friday March 27, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
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5:00pm PDT

From Daggers 'Till Dawn: A Daggerheart Actual Play

Friday March 27, 2026 5:00pm - 7:00pm PDT

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Outlaws, bandits, and brigands have been terrorizing the frontier settlement of New Hope, but there is a new sheriff in town. During a sunset duel, a supernatural threat arrives, and old enemies must work together to survive until dawn. This actual play uses the Daggerheart TTRPG system from Darrington Press and involves audience participation. Shaun Leonard (tabletop creator and game designer) will GM our story with Kylie Rose (tabletop creator), Kim Wong (actor), Kevin Roy (tabletop creator), and Kai Miller (actor/creator), combating their fanged foes.

Friday March 27, 2026 5:00pm - 7:00pm PDT
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7:00pm PDT

The Last Light of Barrowfield: A Candela Obscura Actual Play

Friday March 27, 2026 7:00pm - 9:00pm PDT

North 151

Kevin Roy (writer, producer, filmmaker) runs a live Candela Obscura session set in The Riverlands, joined by Shaun Leonard (actor, pro GM), Kylie Rose (pro GM, Dicescape), Lemar "TheconGuy" Harris (host, comedian, GM), Markeia McCarty (Critical Role, Something Scary), and John Wayne Constance (actor). In this audience-friendly actual play, investigators confront a haunted lighthouse, a grieving spirit, and an impossible moral choice.

Friday March 27, 2026 7:00pm - 9:00pm PDT
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9:00pm PDT

Dreadful: Interactive Tabletop Terror!

Friday March 27, 2026 9:00pm - 10:00pm PDT

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In this interactive liveplay, the Dreadful Crew—Hailie Rose (TTRPG performer and content creator), Kai Miller (TTRPG performer and cosplayer), Kawika Aguilar (actor and writer, Snowbright Studio), Matt Caudel (actor and voice actor, TTRPG performer), and Morgan Moessinger (actor and TTRPG performer)—are ghost-hunting in a graveyard. While they roll for actions, the Dame of Dread, Sarah Durnesque (producer and game master, Pick Your Poison Productions), narrates, and the audience pulls blocks from the Dread Tower to increase the terror. If the tower falls, someone dies.

Friday March 27, 2026 9:00pm - 10:00pm PDT
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