UberCon VI - New Jersey :
Guests & Guests of Honor
Ubercon guests can be found mingling about the entire convention.
You can also find them at their respective events, listed under Workshops and Discussion Groups, which can be found here .
Guests of Honor at UberCon:
Chris O'Neill of 9th Level Games
CJ Henderson
Danielle Ackley-McPhail
Green Light Anti-Zombie Squad
Keith Herber
Michael McPhail - Engineer, Author, Gamer
MJ Young
Pete Abrams
Phil Kahn
Tom Lynch
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Chris O'Neill of 9th Level Games
Chris O'Neill is a writer of over 20 role-playing games and supplements - most known for his infamous creation "KOBOLDS ATE MY BABY!" and the cult-favorite "Ninja Burger: The RPG" with Dan Landis.
Starting 9th Level Games while in high-school together, Chris and Dan failed to become famous "serious" game designers. As a small indie-press, 9th Level Games found their niche making cheap, barely literate "beer and pretzels" role-playing games. In the last 7 years, 9th Level has become a fan favorite small-press, a roving cult leader in the Mid-West, inventors of the drinking game "SATAN!", and the poster-children for bringing idiotic fun back to the hobby.
Currently working with Dork Storm Press, 9th Level is working to bring Kobolds Ate My Baby! to the mainstream of the gaming world - recently releasing their first hardcover book (illustrated by Dork Storm owner John Kovalic). Other KAMB books are due out soon from 9th Level/Dork Storm (including their first German Language edition). ALL HAIL KING TORG!
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CJ Henderson
Origins Award-winner CJ Henderson is the creator of both the Teddy London supernatural detective series and the Jack Hagee hardboiled PI series. He is also the author of such diverse titles as The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Movies and Baby's First Mythos as well as countless other novels, short stories, comics and reviews. He is a fascinating speaker, world class cook, and so desperate for friendship he will break into a chorus of "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" for anyone who will listen.
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Danielle Ackley-McPhail
Award-winning author, Danielle Ackley-McPhail has worked both sides of the publishing industry for over a decade. Her works include the urban fantasy, Yesterday's Dreams, its upcoming sequel, Tomorrow's Memories. She also co-edited and contributions to numerous anthologies and collections, including Dark Furies, Breach the Hull, Space Pirates, and the upcoming science fiction anthology Barbarians at the Jumpgate. Her non-fiction works include a chapter on writer’s groups in The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy: The Author’s Grimoire, a chapter on the vehicles of magic in the upcoming Elements of Fantasy: Magic, and a chapter on self-promotions for the upcoming Profitable Publishing. Danielle is a member of the electronic publishing organization EPIC, as well as Broad Universe, a writer’s organization focusing on promoting the works of women authors in the speculative genres. To learn more about her work, visit www.sidhenadaire.com.
Danielle lives somewhere in New Jersey with husband and fellow writer, Mike McPhail, mother-in-law Teresa, and three extremely spoiled cats.
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Green Light Anti-Zombie Squad
Our government is prepared for almost anything -- foreign attacks, nuclear warfare, even the occasional civil uprising -- but what defenses does our government have against the undead, the walking corpses that want only one thing...to feast upon the living? Due to chemical experimentation, nuclear waste dumps, and other various viral chemical usage and disposal, an outbreak is now more than ever possible. It could be tomorrow, two weeks from tomorrow, or years upon years later. But it's always good to be prepared, and that's why the Green Light Anti-Zombie Squad is here. |
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Keith Herber
A product of toxic Detroit, Keith's contributions to Call of Cthulhu include Fungi from Yuggoth (Day of the Beast), Trail of Tsathoggua, Spawn of Azathoth, H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands, Arkham Unveiled, Return to Dunwich, the Investigators Companion, and the Keeper's Compendium, along with numerous single scenarios, articles, and background material written for the game. As Call of Cthulhu line editor from 1989-1993 he published a number of CoC books, including Mansions of Madness and The Stars are Right, along with developing the popular Lovecraft Country line and launching Chaosium's line of Mythos fiction. He also contributed to White Wolf's Vampire game, including the novels Dark Prince and Prince of the City.
After a long period of time outside the game, Keith is pleased to be back publishing for Call of Cthulhu, and has big plans for Miskatonic River Press.
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Michael McPhail - Engineer, Author, Gamer
Born into a military family (his father served from World War II to Vietnam) Mike McPhail's lifelong dream was to join NASA and become a mission specialist; to that end, he attended the Academy of Aeronautics in New York, as well as enlisting in the Air National Guard.
While working towards his goal, a sudden illness brought a halt to his dreams. After recovering, he came to grips with his new reality; so he chose to put his hard-earned technical skills and imagination to use as a writer and game designer.
He is the editor and graphic designer for the award-winning anthology, Breach the Hull (Marietta Publishing) and is currently at work on the sequel, So It Begins, which is scheduled to release in March of 2009. Among his works are a number of stories, including Chimera, in the anthology No Longer Dreams, based on the Alliance Archivesâ„¢ series and its related Martial Role-Playing Gameâ„¢; a manual-based, military science-fiction that realistically portrays the consequences of warfare. You can learn more about his work at www.mcp-concepts.com.
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MJ Young
M. Joseph Young is co-creator of the Multiverser
game system, and has been a contributing author and editor for all its books including the novel "Verse Three, Chapter One". His articles about roleplaying games, design, and theory are found on most major RPG web sites, and he has served as the Chaplain of the Christian Gamers Guild for several years, earning recognition as one of the chief defenders of the hobby against attacks from religious groups.
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Pete Abrams
There was much rejoicing when Sluggy Freelance came into being in August of 1997. Its success (the website has over 200,000 page views daily) has had the pleasant side-effect of allowing the artist and his dedicated staff to work fulltime on the awardwinning online comic. Pete Abrams, a former freelance webdesigner, spends most of his life involved in some aspect of Sluggy's maintenance, and in some regards resembles one of the characters.
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Phil Kahn
Phil Kahn is an up-and-coming writer/artist/filmmaker/critic. With his webcomics criticism site, I'm Just Saying, he posts on matters from as casual as a webcomic pick to lengthy analyses of an entire series. With his
webcomic, The Hoojie Crew, he pretends that he's
talented and clever. And with Biscuit Press, he participates in a collective filled with artists he's delighted to call partners. But mostly, he enjoys simply sitting down and gabbing about webcomics with whoever is (un)fortunate enough to join him.
Overall, this guy has an unhealthy obsession with
webcomics, and definitely needs help.
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Tom Lynch
Tom grew up in New York City, and fled to Lovecraft Country for college (Worcester, Massachusetts). This probably accounts for his getting caught up in Call of Cthulhu and being accused by campus security of "some kind of cult stuff." Miskatonic River Press represents Tom's foray into the professional side of Call of Cthulhu, having played the game and written numerous scenarios over the past sixteen years. Tom would also like his wife and children to know that he loves them and will be back from island hopping on R'lyeh very soon.
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