Meet the Instructor

Mike Mearls

Executive Producer, Chaosium

Mike Mearls oversees the development of tabletop roleplaying games at Chaosium. He's most widely known for his role in leading the creation of Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) 5th Edition, an accessible-yet-deep design that broke sales records and brought D&D into the mainstream. Over his nearly 30-year career in game design, he's contributed to award-winning roleplaying games, trading-card games, miniatures games and board games. Outside of tabletop, he contributed to a AAA D&D game and built paper prototypes of several mobile games.

Mike believes that everyone should try designing games and is excited to bring his broad experience to help the next generation of creators find their voice.