Anime Central is thrilled to welcome Deadliest Dungeon to this year’s event!
About Deadliest Dungeon
“Deadliest Dungeon” is the most brutal, trap-infested, chaos-fueled Dungeons & Dragons 5e game you’ll ever see where YOU, the audience, control the madness! With deadly encounters, devious tricks, and a Dungeon Master hell-bent on mayhem, can the players outwit the onslaught, or will they meet a hilariously gruesome fate?
Guests of Honor
About Samuel Skelhorn
Samwise is the real life embodiment of his namesake Samwise Gamgee. A passionate gardener and loyal friend he has been a regular game master and game runner for over a decade. Starting off with escape room design and hosting and more recently, live play recorded DND; Samwise is a natural born improv comic. He is most known for his role on Six Side’s: Deadliest Dungeon as George Athos Merryforth Basil Issac Truberry, a wizard of great power and low wisdom. He is currently working on a number of new and exciting projects with Six Sides of Gaming and Lynnvander Studios.
About Tommy Gofton
Initiating in film, Tommy produced the actual-play series’ “Fate of Legends”, “Squad 20”, “The Deadliest Dungeon” and “Legacy of Worlds”; as well as the award-winning shows “The Gamers: Natural One” and “The Gamers: Hands of Fate”.
Tommy founded Lynnvander Studios, a Canadian based design studio responsible for tabletop titles including “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, “Pathfinder: Level 20”, “The World of Imaria”, “Army of Darkness 5e”, “Cowboy Bebop: Boardgame Boogie”, “Dr. Who: Don’t Blink”, “Terminator Genisys: Rise of the Resistance”, “Evil Dead 2”, “Star Trek Attack Wing’s Alliance System” as well as “Reanimator”, “Snap Ships Tactics”, “Dragon Ball Z: Board Game Saga”, “Shadowrun Takedown”, and “Battletech: Aces”.
When Tommy is not streaming on the YouTube channel “Six Sides of Gaming”, he manages his agency “D20 Avengers” who travel the world hosting screenings, design sessions, panels and celebrity appearances.
About Austin Woodhouse
Starring in “Deadliest Dungeon” Austin Woodhouse is fairly new to film. He spends most of his time at the Trading Post, a game store where he can share his love of gaming with those in his community.
About Adam Petkovic
Starting out crafting video content in the early 2010s, Adam has had a love for both acting and creation. Moving into the tabletop sphere, he has appeared on the Canadian YouTube channel “Six Sides of Gaming” in the “Strands of Destiny” and “Deadliest Dungeon” live play series. Off camera, Adam has been a designer and editor for the tabletop 5e setting “The World of Imaria”, the upcoming book “Imaria: The Pillars of Power”, as well as additional content on the World of Imaria Patreon.
About Devin Wilson
Devin is a designer of both written and recorded RPG content for “Lynnvander Studios” and “Six Sides of Gaming”. Beyond these creative endeavors, Devin actively participates in conventions, where he runs games on stage for special guests. With a deep-seated love for D&D’s history, Devin infuses his games with a blend of modern ideas and old-school influences. He has several modules on DriveThruRPG and has worked on Adventurer’s League Epics. Devin also led the design on the upcoming “Imaria: The Pillars of Power” and “Evil Dead 2 5e” books.
About Anime Central
Anime Central (ACen) is the largest anime, manga and Japanese popular culture convention in Chicago and the Midwest. Anime Central 2025 will take place from May 16-18 at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare and Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois.