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Banana Chan

Banana Chan is a Chinese Canadian game designer and writer.

Banana Chan
Banana Chan (2019)
Banana Chan (2019)
Occupationgame designer
Genretabletop role-playing games, board games

Career edit

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 and nominations edit

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]

Bibliography edit

Roleplaying games and supplements edit

Banana Chan is a freelance writer and game designer who has written for many titles in tabletop games.

  • Writer and Designer: The Imposters (2018)[14]
  • Writer: The North Sea Epilogues (2018)[15]
  • Narrative Designer: Sea of Legends (2020)[16]
  • Writer: Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft (2021)[2]
  • Writer: Dune: Adventures in the Imperium (2021)[17]
  • Writer, Co-Designer and Co-Creator: Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall (2021)[4]
  • Writer and Co-Designer: Questlings: RPG (2021)[12]
  • Writer, Co-Designer and Co-Creator: Suburban Consumption of the Monstrous (2022)[18]
  • Writer, Co-Designer and Co-Creator: An Exquisite Crime (2022)[19]
  • Writer: Pathfinder 2E Lost Omens: Knights of Lastwall (2022)[20][21]
  • Writer: Pathfinder 2E Dark Archive (2022)[22]
  • Writer, Co-Designer and Creator: Deimos Academy (TBD)[23]
  • Writer, Co-Designer and Co-Creator: The Revenant Society: The Endless Loop Beneath the City (TBD)[24]

Kids on Bikes edit

Chan worked on multiple products in the Kids on Bikes series.

  • Module Writer: Dads on Mowers (2018)[25]
  • Co-author: Grannies on Scooters (2020)[26]
  • Module Writer: Doggos on Skateboards (2020)[27]
  • Module Writer: Anacondas on Airliners (2020)[28]

Board games edit

  • Short Story Writer: Terror Below (2019)[29]
  • Lead Haunt Writer, Scooby-Doo: Betrayal at Mystery Mansion (2020)[1]
  • Writer: Warp’s Edge (2020)[30]
  • Writer: Atheneum; Mystic Library (2020)
  • Character Writer: Critical Care (2021) [31][32]
  • Haunt Writer: Betrayal at House on the Hill 3rd Edition (2022)[1]
  • Co-Designer: Mr. Lovenstein Presents: No Context (2023)[33]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Betrayal at House on the Hill: 3rd Edition". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  2. ^ a b "Dungeons & Dragons returns to an iconic setting with Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft". Dicebreaker. 2021-02-23. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  3. ^ "This Board Game Uses Vampires To Fight Anti-Asian Racism". HuffPost. 2021-05-05. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  4. ^ a b Wieland, Rob. "Save The World And Your Family Restaurant With This New RPG". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  5. ^ "Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall is an RPG about cooking and vampires". Dicebreaker. 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  6. ^ "Indie RPGs show roleplaying can - and should - be far more than Dungeons & Dragons". Dicebreaker. 2021-02-17. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  7. ^ "Home - Game and a Curry, LLC". 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  8. ^ "Golden Cobra Challenge". www.goldencobra.org. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  9. ^ "Tabletop Awards 2022". Dicebreaker. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  10. ^ "2022 Results – ENNIE Awards". 2022-08-14. Archived from the original on 2022-08-14. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  11. ^ "Golden Cobra Challenge". www.goldencobra.org. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  12. ^ a b c "2022 Nominations – ENNIE Awards". Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  13. ^ "Indie Groundbreakers Awards". Indie Game Developer Network. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  14. ^ "The Imposters - Ginger Goat | DriveThruRPG.com". www.drivethrurpg.com. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  15. ^ "The North Sea Epilogues RPG + GM Screen". Garphill Games. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  16. ^ "Sea of Legends". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  17. ^ "Dune Roleplaying Game". Modiphius Entertainment. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  18. ^ "Jiangshi co-creator's next game is a LARPG anthology inspired by Get Out and Hannibal". Dicebreaker. 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  19. ^ "Exquisite Crime equal parts paranormal whodunnit RPG and goofy group doodling". Dicebreaker. 2021-10-27. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  20. ^ "Pathfinder Lost Omens: Knights of Lastwall". RPGGeek. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  21. ^ "paizo.com - Pathfinder Lost Omens: Knights of Lastwall". paizo.com. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  22. ^ "paizo.com - Pathfinder Dark Archive". paizo.com. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  23. ^ "Deimos Academy is a Stephen King inspired horror RPG played in a colouring-in book". Dicebreaker. 2021-06-23. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  24. ^ "Jiangshi designers' next roleplaying game is like a horror version of Russian Doll". Dicebreaker. 2022-01-23. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  25. ^ "Kids on Bikes: Deluxe Edition". RPGGeek. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  26. ^ "Kids on Bikes Free Content Friday July, 2020 - Grannies on Scooters". RPGGeek. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  27. ^ "Kids on Bikes Free Content Friday August, 2020 - Doggos on Skateboards". RPGGeek. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  28. ^ "Kids on Bikes Free Content Friday August, 2020 - Anacondas on Airliners". RPGGeek. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  29. ^ "Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid and Clank! publisher holding its first online convention, Renegade Con Virtual, next month". Dicebreaker. 2020-05-15. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  30. ^ "Warp's Edge". Renegade Game Studios. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  31. ^ "Critical Care simulates the hospital ICU in a new board game". 23 September 2021.
  32. ^ "Team".
  33. ^ "Review of Mr Lovenstein Presents: No Context, a new party game about making connections". Tabletop Bellhop. 2023-05-30. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
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