Nat Mesnard (they/them)
Nat Mesnard (they/them) writes fiction, designs narrative games, and teaches game design in New York City. They're a co-founder of Scryptid Games.
Nat Mesnard is a game designer and writer based in NYC, and a co-founder of Scryptid Games and Unquiet Games. They have published poetry, fiction, and nonfiction in Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Autostraddle, Bodega, Blackbird, Kenyon Review Online, Ninth Letter, and elsewhere.
Nat’s game Banned Together, co-designed with Elana Bell Bogdan, is a recipient of funding from the NYU Game Center Incubator in 2024-25, and their tabletop roleplaying games have won multiple ENNIE Awards.
They teach interactive fiction and game design at Pratt Institute, Rutgers University–Camden, Columbia University, and for the literary magazine One Story; Nat also freelances in the tabletop industry, working with 9th Level Games, Restoration Games, and Black Oak Workshop to bring roleplaying games, board games, and game accessories successfully to market.