Allen Varney is an American writer and game designer. Varney has produced numerous books, role-playing game supplements, technical manuals, articles, reviews, columns, and stories, as well as the fantasy novel Cast of Fate.

Varney served as the line editor for a new version of the roleplaying game Paranoia, published in 2004 by Mongoose Publishing. He wrote the new rules and packaged the game's support line with the help of his "Traitor Recycling Studio" until 2006 when Mongoose put the game line on hold.

Most recently, Varney has operated the Bundle of Holding site, distributing bundles of licensed but DRM-free role-playing game files in a series of time-limited offers.

Jon Cohen creates stories in Toronto where fantasy meets tabletop gaming. As the writer, producer, and host of the Tale of the Manticore podcast, he's built a world for listeners who crave dark fantasy adventures. He also designed One Shot In the Dark, a solo RPG that puts players right into the action.

When he's not crafting narratives, Jon splits his time between audio engineering and music composition. His tastes run from The Ramones to Mastodon, and his movie shelf holds everything from Spielberg classics to Sam Raimi's horror comedies. He reads Tolkien and Krakauer with equal enthusiasm, plays music whenever he can, and shows up at concerts just as often.

Jon's the kind of guest who understands that good storytelling works the same way whether you're recording a podcast, running a tabletop campaign, or mixing a track. He knows how to hook an audience and keep them listening.