PLAYERS
Realms of Peril & Glory has an incredible roster of players. From our core cast to our magnificent guest players we have collected some of the greatest TTRPG improvisers out there. Click on their image to expand their profile and see what RPG series they feature in!
Jasper William Cartwright
Jasper William Cartwright is a Game Master, Producer, and Creative Consultant. One-third of Three Black Halflings he’s been lucky enough to interview and GM for some of the biggest names in the TTRPG community, including Matthew Mercer, Brennan Lee Mulligan and Aabria Iyengar. He’s GM'd at D&D In A Castle, featured on Dungeons and Dragons official podcast Dragon Talk, and appeared live on stage for NADDPOD.
Shamini Bundell
Shamini is a science Film-maker, podcaster and journalist as well as a TTRPG player and performer. She studied Zoology at Cambridge Followed by Science Media Production at Imperial where she did a lot of musicals and met Emily Bates. While working in TV she made art projects For Blue Peter, built mechanical dinosaurs, gave Michael Mosley a tapeworm and investigated the gut microbiome For BBC Horizon. She now makes short Films For Nature and reports on the latest science news For the Nature Podcast. A Few years ago she discovered D&D [while drunk at a bus stop in East London] and is ofFicially obsessed.
Grant Howitt
Grant Howitt has written games such as Goblin Quest, Unbound, One Last Job, Honey Heist, Spire, Heart, Paranoia, Crash Pandas, Jason Statham's Big Vacation, Skyfarer, and more. He is one of the members of the company Rowan, Rook and Decard. His games are, in general: short, punchy, well-written, and exciting.
Nathan Blades
They’re the Androgynous Android Game Show Host from the future! Nathan Blades is an independent podcast and livestream producer, focusing on Tabletop RPGs and critical discussion of narrative video games. They also write Tabletop RPG content and voice act – in both their own projects and on commission.
Liv Kennedy
Since studying Creative Writing and English Literature at university, Liv has produced written content and copywriting for a wide range of businesses. While working in digital marketing, she has also focused on creative endeavours such as streaming and videography. She is the head of video for 3 Black Halflings, one of the greatest and grandest tabletop podcasts out there, and is a video producer for the incredible Dicebreaker, one of the greatest resources for all things tabletop. She spends her free time waiting for someone - anyone - to suggest playing a hidden role game.
Fiona Howat
Fiona is a London-based voice-over artist, improviser, and game master who decided people need to try out more RPG systems and play more games. So, she decided to start up a podcast based on it! She also co-hosts The DM’s Book Club, a weekly podcast about reading about some Dungeons and Dragons and discuss how it might be included in role-playing campaigns! Fiona has also written about Dungeons & Dragons for Dragon+, the official Wizards of the Coast magazine. In the past, she has played Aubrey & Harriet Amblecrown on the TBA Monday’s YouTube Series ‘Xerieos’, a D&D 5e homebrew campaign.
Tay Garcia van Biljon
Taylor Garcia van Biljon (Tay): (she/her/they) Whatever you’ve heard about Tay is probably true. She is a UX Designer and improv enthusiast located in Iceland where she inhabits an ancient portal to hell and collects lava right from the source. She is the Bastard behind human-bear Cleo de Cap on ENNIE nominated podcast Backwater Bastards, (The GREATEST best friend story in the universe!) and a cast member on multiple shows hosted by TheRoleplayFactory, ActualPlayUK, Theatre Macabre, Nat1Fun, Valore Studios and The4thCulture Dragon Studios. The largest thing she’s ever broken is an airplane. Your game is next.
Lou Fryer
Lou is the resident grammar geek of Nord Games; almost all titles come through her as an editor, but she is also the co-writer of the Ultimate NPCs and Ultimate Bestiary series, and freelances for other TTRPG projects.
Lou is a permanent cast member on the actual play podcast 'Of Dice and Them', who play games using multiple systems, with different characters, but all set in the same game world.
Beth Eyre
Beth Eyre is a multi-award winning actor for stage, screen and audio, based in London. Beth has worked extensively in audio drama and narration, and is keenly celebrated as the voice of Antigone Funn in the smash hit indie podcast sitcom Wooden Overcoats.
Rhys Lawton
Rhys Lawton is an award winning performer, writer and director based in London. With over a decade of performance experience, and skills that include puppeteering, improvisational role play, interactive performance, and voice acting (home studio), Rhys can bring any character to life. For contact details, please see the bottom of the page.
Ella Watts
Grant Howitt has written games such as Goblin Quest, Unbound, One Last Job, Honey Heist, Spire, Heart, Paranoia, Crash Pandas, Jason Statham's Big Vacation, Skyfarer, and more. He is one of the members of the company Rowan, Rook and Decard. His games are, in general: short, punchy, well-written, and exciting.
Dan Matthews
Deep in the subterranean hedonist utopia of Berlin is where Dan commits 89% of his sins. He is a concept artist for film and video games, a workhorse sound designer, and the Bastard behind the indomitable Doctor Ze. Some people think the coolest things he makes are Marvel films or Isometric maps, but really it’s the ENNIE nominated Backwater Bastards podcast. You can find him on twitter @deadtoothbrush, or streamin' on twitch at @Dead_Toothbrush.
Sasha Sienna
Sasha is an award-winning writer and performer, specialising in scripted audio drama, tabletop games writing and genre fiction. Their work combines immersive worldbuilding, compelling characterisation and emotion smuggled inside humour.
Danielle Shemaiah
Danielle is a storyteller, actor-combatant, and part-time gadgeteer hailing from the Southern Wilds of Louisiana. Known as something of a nomad, she currently splits her time between there, New York, and Los Angeles. A graduate of Emerson College’s Acting and WLP programs, Danielle is a staff writer for ars PARADOXICA and part of the creative team for the alternate reality game/immersive theatre project LIMINUS
David Amber Devereux
David Devereux is a freelance audio producer based in Glasgow, Scotland who primarily makes audio fiction podcasts as Tin Can Audio. They also write stories, make music for films and edit podcasts. A talented music producer, Dev also streams music production on Twitch.
Beth Crane
Beth is a writer and performer from London. She is. best known for creating the hilarious and award-winning sci-fi romp We Fix Space Junk where she plays the lead role of Kilner.
Cat Blackard
Catherine Blackard is a multidisciplinary artist, specializing in storytelling via writing, illustration, and podcasting. Founder of Omniverse and The Nerdy Show Network, longtime force at Consequence of Sound, pioneer of the RPG audio drama genre, co-creator of animated series, Lightning Dogs.
Felix Trench
Felix Trench is and actor and writer. He plays Rudyard Funn in Wooden Overcoats and is the creator of Quid Pro Euro. He has been a part of many fiction podcasts from Improv Fantasy Hello to the Magic Tavern to Sci-Fi Darling, The Orphans.
Jen Sugden
Jen Sugden is a hilarious comedian known for performing with acts like the Dead Secrets. She is one half of the writing team behind the alternate history victorian comedy crime thriller Victoriocity!
Hedley Knights
Hedley Knights is one half of Battle Bird Productions. A highly-skilled sound designer, Hedley is the man behind the sound of the award-winning podcast We Fix Space Junk