Faculty

This is where you can learn a bit more about the people that help deliver the content The Rpg Academy provides.

Michael Ross  A.K.A. Professor Fluff –

Michael has been playing RPGs since going in halvsies with his best friend on the the Mentzer Red box at 12 years old. Despite being involved in RPGs for almost 30 years he’s played very little as he is mostly the forever DM – but don’t worry, he loves it!  As a DM Michael tends to be more story focused and has been known to fudge a die roll or two if it serves the greater story. He craves immersive role playing and dramatic character moments.  Michael rarely does combat in his games, unless he does.  And likely you’ll find a magic dagger at some point (and likely that’s it for magic items) and it’s best to never rule out time travel as the answer to the campaign’s central mystery. Besides RPGs, Michael is also growing into a Boardgame geek and is already a Movie Geek. And if you didn’t already know – he wants to be a writer. Michael is married to his high school sweetheart and has two minions that he hopes to bring up loving RPG’s as much as he does.

Connect with Michael on Twitter @TheRpgAcademy

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Tom Cantwell.

I consider my introduction into D&D to be somewhat special because I am one of the “new consumers” that was brought into the fold through Fifth Edition. I was always aware that D&D was a thing through my years of playing board games and hanging out at my local comic book shop, but it wasn’t until I saw that glorious green dragon on that box that was the D&D 5E Starter Set that I realized it was just meant to be. Since that day I have moved at light speed to consume as much RPG related material as possible. Now I am running everything from Everyone is John to AD&D…

My real passion has always been hospitality and making people feel welcome, and tabletop RPGs have a been the perfect outlet for this. One          thing led to another, and now I am an RPG community organizer in Cincinnati. I currently run the monthly RPG One Shots with The RPG Academy at Woodburn games in Cincinnati. . My events focus on introducing new players to the hobby and providing a chance for experienced players to try out new.systems. When I am not playing RPGs you can find me reading comics to .my two young daughters, giving my dwarf cat pats on the head, or playing .board games with my wife.

Tom currently runs The RPG Academy Presents series of live play D&D campaigns on alternating Wednesday’s from 9PM EST to 11PM.

Twitch.Tv/TheRpgAcademy

Youtube.Com/TheRpgAcademy

Connect with Tom on twitter @BeskarTom

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Brad Knipper has been gaming in one form or another starting with NES in the 1980s. His first exposure to table top RPGs was in his cousin’s basement playing AD&D. From there he dove into Palladium Fantasy, Shadowrun 3rd edition, the 3.5 d20 universe.

Brad spends most of his rpg time behind the screen weaving stories from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. When not gaming, he spends his time playing with his lovely wife and two children. He enjoys camping, backpacking, and trying to make jerky out of new and interesting things.

Connect with Brad on Twitter @ForceAndDestiny

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Kalum started playing tabletop RPGs in the late 90s with Star Wars D6 and later Nephilim, Night Prowler, Legend of the Five Rings and Vampire The Masquerade.

connect with Kalum on Twitter @RolistesPod

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Caleb G A.K.A. Professor Crunch:

You’ve heard Caleb’s voice on various podcasts over the years, both as a player and as a game master. When he’s co-host on the Academy, he disagrees with Michael on principle but ends up agreeing a lot of the time. He’s on record for fully supporting min/maxing, power gaming, and big entertaining heroic moments. Games focused on collaborative story telling, escapism, and excitement are his favorite. Cyberpunk is his favorite genre. He flirts with writing and game development, but they can’t commit to a relationship. He’s currently on sabbatical from the Academy to multi-class in Middle Management and take levels in the prestige class New Dad.

Connect with Caleb on Twitter @TheCalebG

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Scott B.  I’ve played paper and pencil RPGs off and on for less than 20 years. I started in Palladium, of all systems, and moved on to GURPS, Marvel, and some In Nomine before I finally tried D&D 3rd edition. D&D has hosted my longest running games of a few years each. My favorite PC was with a group of new and soft-spoken players where I volunteered to play a mute character, so that I wouldn’t dominate the table and game accidentally; it turned out to be a complex and compelling character in a three year epic. During my time with The RPG Academy I’ve enjoyed trying some of the shiny new systems in this current Indy wave, most notably in the FAE Deadlands game where I played Tetabiakte Martín Maldonado de Jesús.

Connect with Scott on Twitter @geowtf

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Matthew Parody, the Improv Prof., was born on the 25th anniversary of Hawaii’s statehood and the world has never been the same. In the years of the Roman Republic he was known as Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus. In the present he is an aspiring actor who does a lot of free-form comedy. He was the co-star of a local Long Island public access television show, Zam Zex, and had a principal role in Reality Kills: The Burningmoore Incident. He has two college degrees, an AA in Liberal Arts and a BA in History. He is passionate about ancient and classical history, mythology, paleontology, zoology, biology, genetics, evolution, Sci-fi, fantasy and of course, gaming.
He has performed with a great many improv troupes on Long Island and in NYC.

Matthew is currently the Artistic Director of IPA Comedy, look them up on the Google & Facebook.

connect with Matt on Twitter @MattParody

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Rocky Helton   I’ve been playing and dungeon mastering table top games since Advanced Dungeons & Dragons so it should come as no surprise to learn that I love to do both in the new Fifth Edition D&D. I have played Dresden Files, FATE, FAE, Pathfinder, Mouse Guard and almost every iteration of D&D and 5E is by far my favorite RPG of them all.
I have a lovely wife and two daughters which I would say I rolled three natural 20’s for and like most gamers I wish I played a lot more games. Like most wives of gamers I’m sure my wife would disagree.
You can reach me on Twitter @LaffinJoker with any questions or comments you have. I hope you love what I write as much as I loved writing it.

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Nick B. @Crispy951

You can reach any /all of the Faculty via email – TheRpgAcademy/Gmail

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