Running Games for Kids

Crystal is an educator and freelance writer who is inspired by horror, fantasy, gothic, punk, and New Orleans. She is passionate about using games for education and hosts workshops to help teachers align games with the curriculum. She was a writer for Third Eye Game's Ennie award-winning Pip System Core Book and is the current Developer, creating Pip System Primer content each quarter, a guide to using the Pip System in different genres of games. Crystal also worked on Chicago by Night, Let The Streets Run Red, and V5 Players Guide all for Vampire the Masquerade 5th edition. She helped develop the Warlock Pacts, and co-wrote the spell grimoire for Snowhaven, a snow-punk setting for 5E, wrote several scenarios for Never Going Home, and wrote Ironbound: Guardians of Novala: So Mote It Be, a Wiccan setting for Pip System. She developed the game Purgatory Poker for The Black Ballad from Storytellers Forge Studios. Crystal has also worked with Evil Genius Games' Everyday Heroes system, writing several scenarios (The Final Hero and Water is Life). She has also written on Black Void: Into The Oblivious Depths, Animal Adventures: Far Away Sea, Fetch Quest, Goblonia, and Frosthaven. Upcoming releases are: Gloomhaven RPG, Cyberpunk Red: Welcome to Night City, and Cool Name Goes Here RPG (Consulting). She is a co-host for the long-running horror-themed podcast Darker Days Radio.