Phenomenon Labs Inc. 2024 (The Orgs)

Pheno Committee

President: Jim Riley (he/him)
Vice President: Stephen Justice (he/him)
Secretary: Lara Mucha (she/they)
Treasurer: Dan Ryan (he/him)
General committee member: John Machin (he/him)
General committee member: Andrew Downing (he/they)

Community liaison

Writer coordinators: Joe McNamara (he/him), Jimbles (he/him)
Venue coordinator: David James

Technical team

IT Manager: Stephen Justice
Event Manager application: Andrew Downing, Tim Smith
Infrastructure: Daniel Ryan
Scheduling: Jim Riley, David James, Dan Ryan
Website: Andrew Smith

"Morph on the half-shell" art by Wren Weatherwax

Phenomenon's Red Sash Volunteers

Pheno's Red Sash Volunteers are the little pearlers that keep Pheno running. They do all sorts of things on site: helping people find games and rooms, staffing the canteen, finding new homes for lost drink cans.

If you are interested in helping us out as a Red Sash Volunteer at Phenomenon 2024 (even for just one session!) please contact us.

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Game Writers

We're happy to have made the acquaintance of these pearlescent writers.

New designers are highlighted:

Sean Allsop

Game: Star Trek: Fading Dreams

Ingrid Bean

I wrote my first con game, Keeping the Faith, back in 2001, and won the New Designer Award at Pheno that year. I spent the next decade running and writing con games in Canberra and Melbourne, most often collaborating with Shane Donohoe, and including at least two Triptychs. The games I write always rely on deep characterisation, and I generally consider the game a success if one or more players cry (in a good way), or they make me cry! After a break of about 12 years (due to having babies and stuff), I am back writing solo, with a game about motherhood and displacement.

Game: Seeking Refuge: A Dangerous Journey

Jason Cebalo

Games: The Annual May Day Party, Of Death Rays and Destiny

Ezekiel Chalmers

Game: The Changer Lane Incident

After taking a 5 year break from real life to focus instead on Academics and Theatre, a haunting visitation convinced Zeke to return to the World of Darkness, and the Imbued, once more. Zeke's storytelling focus is characterisation, and the characters' search for lost or misplaced humanity. Without light there is just darkness, and all that. Zeke hopes to use this opportunity to see what has changed in his 5 year absence, to tell some horror stories to new people, and to learn about those new peoples' stories through their responses.