Meet Our Cast
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Nychelle (She/Her)
Nychelle is a Two Spirit artist, an author, and enrolled member of the sduk”albix™/Snoqulamie Nation located in Snoqualmie, Washington. Her published work and artworks include Prayer of Silence with Island Ink, sales with Salish Lodge and private collections.
She is a highly regarded visual artist who has received public and private commissions and had work widely displayed in galleries and museums, both in the United States and Canada. Additionally, she's led visual arts workshops with schools and is an active contributor in tribal community on various committees.
She is a game developer, narrative creator and sensitivity consultant, some of that work being for Blades in the Dark, Wildsea, and Slugblaster. Most game spaces you’ll find her gaming BitD or helping facilitate other creative spaces.
Her work focuses on representing those with disabilities, indigenous, queer and two spirit groups within her writing and artwork
Ali (She/Her)
Ali has been a member of the RP community for 20+ years. She has been immersed in many different worlds across her time of participation. An avid player, occasional story teller and book of ideas walking on legs, she has created numerous things to be included in games over the years.
She is a well-rounded nerd in her interests. Pretty much anything horror, fantasy, or sci-fi related in all forms of media have come across her radar at one point or another. The deep dive into these worlds only contribute to her beyond reality perception.
Perry (He/Him)
Perry says, "Well I’m no actor, but I’ve been playing games and especially Table Top Role Playing Game for just over the last 25 years. I do role play with my therapy clients to help them process issues, which makes playing for fun an important activity. This includes GMing and exploring creating stories too. I’ve been listening to the Old Way Podcast for the last few years now and I’m excited to join it. I also have my podcast Untying Knots: Minds & Soul Untethered podcast."
Teagan Gilbert (She/They
Teagan is a Delta Green agent pretending to be a TTRPG player. Their character flaws include trying to run the same Pathfinder Adventure Path for the last 12 years, and obsessive terrain building. She enjoys Vampire the Masquerade for the sex, Mage the Awakening for the drugs, and Starfinder for the rock & roll.
Emily (She/Her)
Emily wandered out of the California woods sometime in 2019 and is now a NYC-based actor and avid TTRPGer. She loves all things theater, storytelling, and fantasy, and is always looking for new reading recommendations. In her free time, Emily likes to take naps in tall grass and read Shakespeare, and is trying her best to turn into a forest gremlin.
Pesto_Mystic (She/Her)
Pesto is a mellow concoction of streamer, actor, and impromptu hobbyist. Her years of experience in front of the camera includes hosting a local travel show on PBS, appearing in commercials, performing in independent features, and spontaneous variety streaming on her twitch channel. In between the lights, camera, and action - Pesto can be found testing out different crafts (like resin art) or cuddling with the latest foster cat while listening to a TTRPG podcast.
Bunny (She/Her)
Gaming has always played a big role of Bunny's life and is one of her Major Intimacies. She was raised by a toy and game company sales rep. and thus grew up surrounded by all manner of games with a key point of that upbringing being based on how gaming brings people together and how important it can be for communitie which has hugely shaped every aspect of her life.
She’s been roleplaying for 18 years and used to be a professional storyteller for a decade. World of Darkness and Call of Cthulhu were her first two roleplaying games, well before she’d end up trying games like Dungeons & Dragons. She dreams of having her own TTRPG archive with as many games as possible preserved in it, a project of hers that currently houses approximately 400 TTRPGs over a combination of physical and digital library not counting all their their additional resources.
Bunny’s life outside of gaming is mostly of making art, horror themed anything, goth nights, comic books, tarot and other occultism, reading, science, history, traveling and seeking adventures, doing advocacy work and volunteering in her community, creating content on the internet, reminding people “Don’t Forget To Be Awesome”, and being the cryptid she’d like to see in the world.
Skip Morton (He/Him)
Skip is a former Top 100 Radio market DJ and voice over guy who has a passion for RPG’s. Skip has been rolling gaming dice since 1978 and has not stopped since. He loves to dig into his characters with groovy backstories, different voices and just a love of narrative games. He’s a huge fan of the Horror and the Superhero RPG genre but is always looking to dig into something new. He loves meeting new folks, conventions, board games and coffee (lot’s of coffee).
Having survived the “1980’s” D and D scare, the math of the Champions (Hero) system, and the mental anguish of trying to figure out for the past 30 years how to exactly “Wang Chung Tonight”, Skip can’t wait to be part of the Old Ways experience.
Courtney (She/Her)
Courtney has been playing TTRPGs since the beginning of 2020 – no real mystery as to how she suddenly had the time to start a brand new all consuming hobby. Yet all dark clouds should have a silver lining, and for her that is now discovering amazing and talented people through the wonderful world of TTRPG’s
Systems she has played to date: D&D (the gateway drug of systems), Fate, Mothership, and many other Indie games. She owns and wants to play SO MANY MORE! Some of her favorite themes are Spooky, Dark and Dramatic. There is Beauty to be found in the Horrific, Love to be found during challenging times, and Comedy to be wrought out of Tragedy.
She is a team member with Streaming Rainbow. Some amazingly talented folk who tell amazing stories, and if it were not for them she would not have had the courage to be here. And, in her words, maybe the least interesting thing about her is that she is Canadian. Ask nicely and she will happily send you strange "North of the border" snacks.
Mike (He/Him)
Mike first rolled the dice longer ago than he’d care to remember. Having played for many years with a group of friends, first around the table and later through the power of the internet, his first foray into gaming with the wider community was during lockdown. Since then he hasn’t looked back and now regularly enjoys games of Call of Cthulhu, Delta Green, Mork Borg, Vaesen, Liminal, Kult and many more with fellow weirdos from all over the world.
Mike also reads weird and spooky tales from some of the great Victorian and Edwardian storytellers in his own little podcast, Mr. Spike’s Bedtime Stories.
Leco a.k.a Alex (He/Him)
After trying to describe an interesting version of himself in the third-person for an unreasonable amount of time, he decided that this is a great opportunity to RP and just say, “Hi, I’m Leco (Alex), and I’m proud to be a cast member of The Old Ways Podcast for many reasons – not the least of which is that it means I am afforded regular opportunities to play games with some of my closest and oldest friends. Having also had the chance to play new games, meet more players, storytellers and an astonishingly supportive community of listeners and viewers who are no less invested in our characters and our stories than we are. I am continually surprised and impressed and look forward to more games, more shows, and more characters and worlds to explore and share. Now, roll for initiative."
Heather a.k.a ValyGirl_Heather (She/Her)
Heather is a multi-faceted creator with 25+ years of experience in TTRPG and Live Action mechanics and story design, narrative writing, playtesting, game mastering, and organizational management. In 2023, she added streaming & video content creator, and multi-system RPG freelancer to her list.
She is the co-owner and a creative at Pick Up & Go Games, one-half of the streaming duo Geeks Unplugged, an Actual Play actor through multiple streamed productions (The Old Ways Podcast, Symphony Entertainment, Onyx Path, and Troll Lord Games), an award-winning roleplayer, and a professional GM through multiple organized play groups. Heather is a former theater kid, lifelong geek & gamer, an advocate for education, diversity, and inclusion, and a proud LGBTQIA+ AuDHD neurodivergent human who fully believes that #GamingIsForEveryone.
Lonnie (He/Him)
Lonnie was brought into the world of RPG’s at the tender age of 12, and after a long hiatus, was brought back into it by the unabashed enthusiasm of his friends. Since his return, he’s had the good fortune to spend several years gaming with the Old Ways group in various campaigns, and to appear on several different Actual Play podcasts prior to the Old Ways going live.
Otherwise he is a completely unremarkable person with a lifelong interest in gaming of all sorts who is owned by his much more handsome cat, Ammon.
Morgan (She/Her)
Morgan found the joy in role-playing games a little later in life than others, at the young age of 31, and has continued to not age for the last several years being immortal and all.
Morgan immensely enjoys the never-ending journey of improving her role-playing skills and increasing her RPG knowledge. Like most things she does in life, she takes gaming and characters she plays with unabashed enthusiasm. One of her favorite parts of role playing is being able to sprinkle a little of herself into each character, so you’ll find most of her characters are a little sassy and love to laugh.
Outside of the podcast she enjoys spending time with her family which consists of a husband, three kids, and a dog. She’s pretty sure that at least some or all of them are Cylons, so she is waiting for inevitable invasion to happen.
James (He/Him)
An aspiring voice actor and creative force, James was born and raised a nomad, over most of the Deep South of the US. He is a long-time (20+ years) tabletop game runner, occasional player and content creator. His graphic design work has been featured on magazines, business and people (all voluntarily, he assures us, dear readers.)
The Old Ways Podcast was his first sojourn into the world or podcasting, but he has become taken by the media and the entire process as a whole. He has enjoyed having a useful outlet for the various noises and voices that come out of him on a fairly regular basis.
A poster-child for “focused ADHD”, his specialty areas include; Graphic Design, Writing, 3D work (virtual and printing), Game Design, and any other thing that tickles his curiosity.
James' life outside of the podcast is happily spent with his family in South Wisconsin, quietly creating the seething madness that the world so-richly deserves.
Tiffanie (She/Her)
Tiffanie has been playing games (video or pen and paper) since the young age of 15. She enjoys many game worlds, though this is her first Cthulhu game. She is a traditional artist and loves most things art related. Favorite Artist is Salvador Dali, what that says about her, one can only speculate. Tiffanie also has a huge heart for animals.
Jake (He/Him)
Jake has been playing RPGs since he was 10. He’s enjoyed playing in dozens of systems. When not making a podcast he spends his free time playing computer games, reading, and board games. His interests include history, science, politics, philosophy, crushing his enemies, seeing them driven before him, and hearing the lamentation of their women.
Miranda (She/Her)
Miranda started playing RPGs in 2014 when she took a risk and joined a D&D group on Roll20 after listening to Acquisitions Inc. She was hooked and has played consistently with various groups since then. In November of 2019, she decided to expand her repertoire and convinced her gaming group at the time to give Call of Cthulhu a try. It was a downhill slope from there leading to new discord friends, online gaming conventions, and becoming a cast member on The Old Ways Podcast.
Miranda now loves trying out new systems – especially micro-rpgs – and is always happy to learn and run a new system for friends. Miranda loves animals and has two dogs, Sam and Axle, and one cat, Mauser. She also collects many hobbies including miniature painting, crocheting, 3D printing, bonsai, learning Swedish, and kickboxing (to name a few). When Miranda grows up she wants to be an astronaut.