Celeste Conowitch hired by Wizards of the Coast as Senior Game Developer for Dungeons & Dragons

TTRPG designer Celeste Conowitch has joined the Dungeons & Dragons design team. Conowitch announced on her social media that she had joined Wizards of the Coast as a Senior Game Developer. Conowitch previously worked for Kobold Press as a senior game designer and was the lead game designer of Tales of the Valiant, a 5E spinoff billed as an alternative to Dungeons & Dragons in the aftermath of the Open Game license debacle. Conowitch has credits in most Kobold Press books dating back to 2022 and previously worked on Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden.

Wizards of the Coast has been building up its D&D design team, hiring names like James Haeck and Erin Roberts among others. Justice Arman serves as the game design director of the group, with the design team ultimately reporting to Dan Ayoub, who leads the Dungeons & Dragons franchise.

While Dungeons & Dragons has seen growth on its design team, the overall group took a hit yesterday when community manager LaTia Jacquise was let go as part of wider Hasbro layoffs.

 

[aco175]

I did an extensive search and I couldn't find it at all. If she posted that I guess she regretted it and deleted that. I'm a big fan of second chances (and some times third and fourth chances).

This guy seems to have several things from 5 years ago on Twitter.

Removed content which violates inclusivity and politics rules.

 

[Scribe]

This guy seems to have several things from 5 years ago on Twitter.

I mean unless someone digs up the tweets, no way I'm watching a video on it.

Her credentials are extensive, maybe she hates dudes, maybe it was just an expression of the societal insanity social media was driving at the time, maybe it never happened, maybe its like the 'guys like me cannot get out of here fast enough' VP or whatever who then was quickly 'out of there', who knows.

 

[...m...]

...every post-adolescent indulges in provocation at some point; culture wars just aren't worth it...if you insist on judging people, base it on what they actually do, not on isolated statements pulled out of contemporaneous context...

 

[GrumpyOldGuy52]

I mean unless someone digs up the tweets, no way I'm watching a video on it.

It's rarely worth watching anything with a thumbnail and title like that. The outrage mill loves its engagement.

 

[mamba]

Can't you like both?

you can, but not after pointing out that you did not buy 5.5 because of the art

 

[AlViking]

Even if the tweet is true (I'm not convinced) we don't know context. That and I am so glad Twitter wasn't around when I was younger, I probably said some really stupid things in my day.

In any case, glad they're hiring top notch designers.

 

[Xenolith234]

Hope Tales of the Valiant and KP will be okay without her!

 

[GPyromania]

Celeste is such a wonderful person! I'm excited to be able to scheme with her for future Drops!

 

[Umbran]

Is she the one who tweeted about hating white men? I won't be buying a thing from WotC while she's employed there.

Mod note:

An accusation without supporting evidence? Looks like trolling.

This kind of post may fly in other venues, but not here. You're done in this thread, and I suggest you not repeat such a performance anywhere else on this site.

 

[Silam]

This guy seems to have several things from 5 years ago on Twitter.

Removed content which violates inclusivity and politics rules.

Unflattering video, if true… though the youtuber looks like a naughty word naughty word as well so …

I just hope Celeste puts out good material and that the team will live by Dan Ayoub’s motto that "while not everything will be for everyone, there’ll be something for each one" (or some such thing, I’m paraphrasing).