Banana Chan | |
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 Banana Chan (2019) | |
| Occupation | game designer |
| Genre | tabletop role-playing games, board games |
Banana Chan is a Chinese Canadian game designer and writer.
Banana Chan | |
|---|---|
| Banana Chan (2019) | |
| Occupation | game designer |
| Genre | tabletop role-playing games, board games |
Banana Chan is a Chinese Canadian game designer and writer.
Chan has written for many games, such as the third edition of Betrayal at House on the Hill (2022) [1] and Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft (2021). [2] Chan and Sen-Foong Lim wrote and designed Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall , which was published in 2021, and was covered by outlets such as Huffington Post, [3] Forbes , [4] and Dicebreaker . [5] [6] She is the owner and co-founder of the tabletop publishing company Game and a Curry. [7]
Awards
In 2016, Chan won Best Pervasive Game for her live action roleplaying game They’re Onto Me. [8] In 2022, Chan won the title of Designer of the Year from Dicebreaker's Tabletop Awards. [9] The same year, she won three ENnies Awards: Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall (Silver Ennie for "Best Setting"), Questlings: RPG (Silver Ennie for "Best Family Game / Product"), and Dune – Adventures in the Imperium: Core Rulebook (Gold Ennie for "Best Writing"). [10]
Nominations and Honorable Mentions
In 2015, Chan was given an Honorable Mention in the Golden Cobra Challenge for her live action roleplaying game, The Other Place. [11] In 2022, Chan and Sen-Foong Lim, along with the Game and a Curry and Wet Ink Games teams, were nominated for ENnies in three categories for Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall: Best Setting (which they won), Best Production Value and Product of the Year. [12] The same year, Chan and Game and a Curry were also nominated for Best Family Game/Product for their game Questlings: RPG in collaboration with Letiman Games and Tim Devine. [12] In addition to the ENnies, Jiangshi was nominated for the 2022 Indie Game Developer Network's Indie Groundbreaker Awards for "Most Innovative." [13]
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