Celebrate Latinx Creators in Tabletop for National Hispanic Heritage Month!

National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 to October 15. The month recognizes the history, contributions, and influences of those who have roots in Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Spain. September 15 is significant because it is the anniversary of independence for Latin American countries such as Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico and Chile celebrate their independence days on September 16 and September 18, respectively.

To mark the occasion, we're spotlighting Latinx creators in the tabletop space!

Briana DeCosterBriana DeCoster

Briana DeCoster (she/her), also known as Utahime Cosplay, is a professional cosplayer and TTRPG performer. She aims to spread positivity through her artwork. You can find her on Facebook and Instagram (@utahimecosplay), on Twitter (@BrianaDeCoster), and on Twitch.

She plays the following characters in these liveplay games:

  • Ash, a super mutant in Vault, a Fallout TTRPG campaign played on The Initiative Order's Twitch channel on Mondays at 6:30 p.m. PST.
  • Phinara Vallar, a half-elf Peace domain cleric, who appears in Ecriom Expeditions, a D&D campaign. The show airs on DM_Screening's Twitch channel every other Tuesday at 5 p.m. PST.
  • Diya Guha, an Oath of Vengeance paladin, who appears in the D&D campaign Tayyar. It airs on That_Deangelo's Twitch channel every other Wednesday at 5 p.m. PST.

Starting October 8, you can also catch Briana at 6:30 p.m. PST in Agents of Nyx on Creators Assemble's Twitch channel. She will play Nox, a tiefling warlock.

DeAngelo MurilloDeAngelo Murrillo

If you frequent D&D Beyond, you'll recognize DeAngelo Murrillo (he/him). When he's not writing for the website, he's bringing more representation to the gaming community through inclusive liveplay shows, charity events, interviews, and more. He seeks to normalize paying performers for their time and effort.

In the fall of 2021, DeAngelo will be launching a Kickstarter for Emerald Templars, a dark-fantasy TTRPG that uses the Cortex system. You can find him on social media and Twitch at that_deangelo and on his website

Eugenio VargasEugenio Vargas

Eugenio Vargas (he/him) is a game designer, streamer, and podcaster based out of New York City. He appears in the Into the Mother Lands liveplay show on Twitch. The campaign uses the Cortex RPG system and is completing its third season. Eugenio and the team behind the show had a successful Kickstarter to bring the game's setting to life.

Eugenio also runs The Last Refuge, a D&D podcast that recently celebrated its four-year anniversary. He will also serve as co-DM alongside Brian Gray in the newest season of Rivals of Waterdeep.

You can find Eugenio on Twitter and Twitch at DMJazzyHands and on his website.

Janel SantaCruz

Janel SantaCruz (she/her) is a writer, producer, and performer. You might recognize Janel as the DM for Hyper RPG's Los Muertos campaign. Played by an all-Latinx cast that included Matt Acevedo, Hector Navarro, Cynthia Marie, and Vanessa Guerrero, Los Muertos revolved around the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos. 

Follow Janel across all social medias (@JanelSantaCruz) and on Twitch, where she can be found daily.

Janel SantaCruz 

Mario OrtegonMario Ortegon

Mario Ortegon (he/him) is a streamer for Spanish-language D&D shows and is a freelance writer. His group was the first Mexican D&D stream held in Spanish on Twitch. Today, he hosts weekly streams on Thursdays and Saturdays. One of them, Trece Albas, is regularly hosted on the official D&D Twitch channel. It is set in Ixalba, an original setting for fifth-edition D&D based on Mexican folklore. A Kickstarter for the setting is planned for late 2021.

Mario also writes for a variety of gaming companies and works on various TTRPG projects. Details on that work is currently under wraps, but you can catch him at Big Bad Con in mid-October discussing his experiences in the tabletop space.

Follow Mario on Twitter (@elwarius) and on Twitch.

 

Teos AbadiaTeos Abadia

Teos Abadia (he/him) was a lead writer for Acquisitions Incorporated and an adventure designer for the HeroQuest board game and MCDM's Kingdoms & Warfare. The father of two also wrote an adventure with his son, titled The Clockwork Tower, that will soon be available on Kickstarter.

Teos also co-hosts the Mastering Dungeons podcast, where he and Shawn Merwin report and reflect on all things Dungeons & Dragons. He has helped organize Spanish-language tables at gaming conventions like Gen Con and for D&D special events.

To follow Teos and his work, you can visit his website to subscribe to his articles or follow him on Twitter (@Alphastream) or YouTube.

TTRPGIFSTTRPGIFS

If you've ever stumbled across a funny GIF of your favorite tabletop performer in action, chances are it was made by the man behind @TTRPGIFS on Twitter. Over the years, he has memorialized iconic moments in tabletop gaming.

You can catch him on camera as a player on Chaotic Tiefling Productions' Twitch channel in the Utharian Legends campaign, which airs bi-weekly on Sundays.

 

 

 

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Michael Galvis (@michaelgalvis) is a tabletop content producer for D&D Beyond. He is a longtime Dungeon Master who enjoys horror films and all things fantasy and sci-fi. When he isn’t in the DM’s seat or rolling dice as his anxious halfling sorcerer, he’s playing League of Legends and Magic: The Gathering with his husband. They live together in Los Angeles with their adorable dog, Quentin.