Heather “ValyGirl” Ashcraft is a multi-faceted creator with 25+ years of experience in Tabletop and Live Action RPG storytelling, worldbuilding, system mechanics design, playtesting, game mastering, and organizational management. She is also an RPG freelancer, a social media content creator, and occasional streamer.
She is a co-owner & creative at Pick Up & Go Games and Geeks Unplugged, cast member & GM for multiple streamed actual play groups, and an award-winning roleplayer.
Heather is a lifelong gamer, an advocate for education, diversity and inclusion, and a proud LGBTQIA+ neurodivergent human who fully believes that #GamingIsForEveryone.
She can be reached on Discord (@heather_valygirl) or via email at valygirldesigns@gmail.com
Tabletop RPGs
Actual
plays
Live Action
RPGs
Conventions
Events
streaming/
video
Socials
Tabletop RPGs - Print
DARKSPACE RPG
Scenario: The Great Space Scavenger Race of 3199 - Scenario designer and story Releasing late 2026
EVIL GENIUS GAMES
Everyday Heroes RPG (Sidekick Subscription Series)
Scenario: The Magnificent Murder of the Great Maskelyne - Scenario designer and story
MISKATONIC REPOSITORY
Call of Cthulhu 7e RPG
Scenario: The Toymaker - from the Cthulhu Once Upon a Time collection - Scenario designer and story
NUKED RPG
Nuked 3.0 RPG: Contributing Author
PICK UP & GO GAMES
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Crypts & Creatures: simplified d20 roleplaying game system - Contributing designer, story, worldbuilding, and playtest
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Core book
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Players Codex 1
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Players Codex 2
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Dungeon Adventures
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Campaign Adventures: The Ruins of Zikx
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Campaign Adventures: Good Deeds
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Campaign Adventures: Danger in the Deep
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MicroAdventures: A full 4-person dungeon crawl in a mint tin - Contributing developer + playtest
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Champions of Shaleria: Non-collectable, fully modular RPG card game - Contributing developer + playtest
Tabletop RPGs - Convention Play
LURKING FEARS (organized play) - One-shot adventures for conventions - Scenario designer, story, and game master
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Star Trek Adventures by Modiphius
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Singularity and the Married Man
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We're Here to Rescue... Us?
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Heckin' Good Doggos by Wet Ink Games
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The Legend of Sleepy Houndsville
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Psychic Kids by Wet Ink Games
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Between a Rock and a Dark Place
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The Walking Dead RPG by Free League Publishing
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Overtime for the Undead
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NASCRAG (National Society of Crazed Gamers)
Call of Cthulhu 7e RPG/Pulp Cthulhu
Scenario: A Feast at Five Forks Mall: A Cautionary Tale of Feast and Food
One-shot scenario for organized play at Gen Con 2024 - Scenario designer, story, and lead game master
PICK UP & GO GAMES/MARTIAN DRAGON STUDIOS
SABR (Simplified Adaptive Brick-d6 Roleplaying) System
Scenario: Of Snocones and Meat Popsicles - Scenario designer, story, and game master
One-shot scenario playtest for the Frygia: The Frozen Wastelands theme kit - Gary Con 2024
TROLL LORD GAMES
Amazing Adventures (Reforged) - Scenario designer, story, and game master
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Scenario: Gold Rush of Doom
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Scenario: Feast of Blood
Tabletop RPGs -miscellaneous
PICK UP & GO GAMES
HEADMASTERS RIDDLE CHALLENGE
Challenge co-designer & lead riddle creator
actual plays
NEW DAWN - Delta Green RPG
Main Cast: Agent Jane Goodnall
Investigation #1 (6 episodes)
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Convergence
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Evolution
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The Others
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Revelations
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Blood Rain
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Golden Dawn
LIGHTLESS BEACONS - Call of Cthulhu RPG
Cast Member
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The Dare - Josephine "Jo" Delafano (The Tough)
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Aurora Blue - Virginia Wright
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The Moonchild - Maggi Stern
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Missed Dues - Wesley 'Smooth' O'Grady
Keeper/GM
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Slow Boat to China - Part 1
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Slow Boat to China - Part 2 Premiering late 2026
MISKATONIC PLAYHOUSE - Call of Cthulhu RPG
Cast Member
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Chanting Sutra Network - Neko Nakamura
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Unremembered - Martha Foster
Keeper/GM
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All Part of the Game
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Pilgrim's Hope
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Christmas at the Sanatorium
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A Midsummer Night's Darkness
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The Viscount Who Loved Me
THE OLD WAYS (formerly THE OLD WAYS PODCAST)
Call of Cthulhu 7e - Masks of Nyarlathotep - Season 1 & Season 5
Cast: Anastasia Edwina Fairchild (Stazi)
RuneQuest: Glorantha
Adventures in Dragon Pass - Seasons 1 & 2 - Cast: Lysanna
Six Seasons in Sartar - Seasons 1 & 2 - Cast: Lysanna
A Day in the Stead - Cast: Dianis Zhor
Bluebeard's Bride - Cast: Animus
Hunter the Reckoning - Cast: Josephine "Jo" Mackey
Cypher Fantasy Showcase with The Old Ways Podcast and Sean Reynolds
SYMPHONY ENTERTAINMENT
Call of Cthulhu 7e
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Alpaca in the Coffee - Cast: Klara Nogacz
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Friends of Dorothy - Cast: Ensign Banks
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Last Journey Home - Cast: Liam O'Daily
Sonata (Call of Cthulhu 7e) - Keep It Local - Keeper
Pirate Borg: The Dark Caribbean - Cast: Cornelia "Dead Man" Talliour
TROLL LORD GAMES
Castles & Crusades
Jungles of Inklu-Naid - Cast: Qibi Wanderluck
ONYX PATH PUBLISHING
Curseborne (Premiere Event at Onyx Path Con 2024) - Cast: Cadwell (The Outcast)
At The Gates (Onyx Path Con 2024) - Cast: Elias Grommet
Realms of Pugmire (Onyx Path Con 2024) - Cast: Endy
streaming / video
GEEKS UNPLUGGED (YouTube) - Video series focusing on retro games and gaming.
"ValyGirl and The Retro Knight geek out about games and gaming - collecting, conventions, creators, fellow enthusiasts, new finds, old treasures, and much, much more. We may even chat about geek movies & TV shows, comics, toys & merch, art, and whatever geekiness comes our way. New video every month! Find us on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok at @geeksunplugged, and at various in-person conventions in the Midwest such as Midwest Gaming Classic in Milwaukee, WI, and R2V2 in Rockford, IL."
VALYGIRL DESIGNS (YouTube) - My personal YouTube channel
ACTUAL PLAY - Alone Against the Flames (Call of Cthulhu 7e RPG)
PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS - for various actual play scenarios and campaigns
LIVE ACTION ROLEPLAYING (LARP)
Shaleria LARP (2008-2018, 2026)
Contributing designer (system mechanics)
Lead narrative writer
Lead organizational management
Lead costumes and props
Lead marketing and social media
Legends' End (2001)
Designer, narrative writer, game master, organizational management, costumes and props, marketing and IT
Karador's Realm (1992-2003)
System mechanics: contributing designer (1997-2001)
Narrative writer (lead: 1999-2001, contributor: 1997-1998)
Contributor: organizational management (1997-2001)
Contributor: costumes and props (1998-2001)
Lead marketing and IT (1998-2001)
Player: 1992-1997 + 2001-2003
Conventions and Live Events
I love attending events! If you have a convention, LARP, or other in-person gathering, I welcome the chance to discuss how my experience and skills with panels, live plays, game mastering, and organizational management can work for you. At this time, I am confirmed for the upcoming conventions listed below**. Please don't hesitate to reach out on Discord (@heather_valygirl) or via email at valygirldesigns@gmail.com and let's chat!
2026
Philadelphia Area Game Expo (PAGE) - Special Industry Guest
Cthulhu in a Castle - Keeper
Gary Con
Midwest Gaming Classic
Chaosium Con
EGG Con - Special Industry Guest
Gen Con
Gamehole Con
2026 TBA
Origins Game Fair
Pax Unplugged
**Additional conventions may be added based on requests and scheduling.
Socials
Email: valygirldesigns@gmail.com
Bsky: @valygirlheather
FB: /valygirldesigns
IG: @valygirl_designs
TT: @valygirlheather
TW: @valygirl_heather
YT: @valygirldesigns
Discord: @heather_valygirl