Aaron Vanek has nearly 30 years experience playing and creating games, primarily live-action and tabletop roleplaying games. He has worked with many national non-profit, community, and commercial organizations to produce fun and engaging learning events. He has published numerous tabletop roleplaying game adventures as well as critical theory essays about live-action roleplaying and its use in education. Teaching analog game design in elementary and middle school, and 20 years in film and video production have honed his creative talents.

He currently works for The Game Academy, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that produces and utilizes roleplaying games to teach.

Aaron is the lead designer for our immersive learning experiences.