Gwendolyn Marshall (she/her) is an independent author and game designer, working on products that challenge and supplement D&D, like her ENnie Winning best seller, Ancestry & Culture: An Alternative to Race in 5e, and dozens of other titles. She also develops indie games using OSR and PbtA systems and principles, to explore queer identity, chosen family, and classic adventuring themes. Apart from gaming, she is a professor of philosophy working on metaphysics and mind in 17th C. Europe, with a focus on women authors. She’s also a bi trans woman into games, SF/F, art, coffee, & music (esp. punk), and a mom of two teen boys.
She is committed to a free Palestine, black lives mattering, anti-capitalism, and trans rights now. She will not obey in advance.
She is committed to a free Palestine, black lives mattering, anti-capitalism, and trans rights now. She will not obey in advance.
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