
John Brennan acts as founder and president while Deon Leonard is co-founder and creative lead. Their latest release, “Dead Men Walking,” places its players in the throes of a zombie apocalypse. Armored Storyteller games specialize in the genres of dystopia, sci-fi, and horror, trading out elves and clerics for zombies and medic scouts. These games come with manuals instructing the players on the rules, settings, and characters available throughout the game session.Īrmored Storyteller publishes gaming handbooks reminiscent of these original D&D manuals, using the same mechanics to tell unique and original stories. “Dungeons & Dragons” is probably the most popular example of a tabletop RPG.


Brennan and Leonard became friends in childhood, sharing a passion for tabletop RPGs that lasted long into their adult lives and eventually inspired the creation of Armored Storyteller in June.Īrmored Storyteller specializes in RPGs-games in which players assume the roles of imaginary characters and engage in improvised fictional adventures directed by a gamemaster-which can be played online or around a table. All of this and more can be found in games created by Armored Storyteller, a role-playing game (RPG) publishing company that highlights RPGs as a medium to explore the storytelling and theatrics Emerson students know and love, as well as the moral questions that make us human.Īrmored Storyteller was co-created by Emerson alum Dean Leonard and his childhood friend John Brennan.
