(PCM+) Gamemasters Guild: Finding Passion in Gaming

Story by Marlys Cervantes | Staff Writer

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“We set up a situation and let you interact with it and see the consequences of your choice. That’s what gaming does.”

~ Warren Spector, American Video Game Designer

Wow! What happens when something you do for fun turns into your business? That is exactly what transpired when Matt Duplissey, Billy Elliott and Matt Prater decided to open a Gamemasters Guild in 2019. What began as a small Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) shop quickly expanded to other games and hobby items, and their mission grew.

Of their business, Elliott says, “Our mission is to introduce the joy and excitement of gaming to new players and offer different gaming options for groups.” They started with a weekly tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) session of D&D to a discussion of how great it would be to have a “dedicated place where both new and veteran players could have a one-stop gaming experience that could provide everything they needed.”