Natalie Mesnard
Visiting Instructor
Biography
Nat Mesnard is a tabletop game designer, and published writer of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. A co-founder of Scryptid Games, Nat has written and contributed to many tabletop roleplaying games, including Business Wizards, Horseshoe Academy, Mazes Fantasy Roleplaying, three short games in The Level 1 Anthology for FreeRPG Day, and Psychic Trash Detectives. Nat also works with the tabletop companies 9th Level Games and Restoration Games, where they contribute to web development, marketing, and platforming excellent tabletop games. Prior to working in tabletop, Nat helped work on learning design with the video game studio E-Line Media, known for Never Alone, Beyond Blue, and The Endless Mission.
Education
B.S. Mathematics, Virginia Commonwealth University
M.F.A. Creative Writing, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign