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John Dodd, Director for Gaelcon XXXVI<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

John Dodd works conventions, that\u2019s what he does, that\u2019s all he does\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Division Head for AD&D at Glasgow 2024<\/a>, Co-Area Head for Mimo for Worldcon 2019<\/a>, Committee at Eastercons since 2020, Director of Dragonmeet<\/a>, Former Front of House at UK Games Expo, RPG manager at Airecon and UK Games Expo, Director of Longcon. He enjoys building events where everyone can have a great time, and even now in times when everything is not as it once was, he still looks for ways so that others can have a good time<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He\u2019s a Swordsman, a Devotee of the Iron Church, a preacher of handwriting, and a writer of games, publishing his own RPG, Quest<\/a>, in 2018. He\u2019s been line developer of SLA Industries and has written for several different games companies, including Cubicle 7<\/a> and Modiphius Entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also wrote a million words in 2014 and has never stopped since then, writing is what keeps him sane\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find him on Facebook<\/a> or by typing in Millionwordman into any search engine<\/a> in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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