Banana Chan

Banana Chan is a Chinese Canadian game designer and writer.

Career
Chan has written for many games, such as the third edition of Betrayal at House on the Hill (2022) and Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft (2021). Chan and Sen-Foong Lim wrote and designed Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall, which was published in 2021, and was covered by outlets such as Huffington Post, Forbes, and Dicebreaker. She is the owner and co-founder of the tabletop publishing company Game and a Curry.

Awards and nominations
Awards

In 2016, Chan won Best Pervasive Game for her live action roleplaying game They’re Onto Me. In 2022, Chan won the title of Designer of the Year from Dicebreaker's Tabletop Awards. The same year, she won three ENnies Awards: Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall (Silver Ennie for "Best Setting"), Questlings: RPG (Silver Ennie for "Best Family Game / Product"), and Dune – Adventures in the Imperium: Core Rulebook (Gold Ennie for "Best Writing").

Nominations and Honorable Mentions

In 2015, Chan was given an Honorable Mention in the Golden Cobra Challenge for her live action roleplaying game, The Other Place. In 2022, Chan and Sen-Foong Lim, along with the Game and a Curry and Wet Ink Games teams, were nominated for ENnies in three categories for Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall: Best Setting (which they won), Best Production Value and Product of the Year. The same year, Chan and Game and a Curry were also nominated for Best Family Game/Product for their game Questlings: RPG in collaboration with Letiman Games and Tim Devine. In addition to the ENnies, Jiangshi was nominated for the 2022 Indie Game Developer Network's Indie Groundbreaker Awards for "Most Innovative."

Roleplaying games and supplements
Banana Chan is a freelance writer and game designer who has written for many titles in tabletop games.


 * Writer and Designer: The Imposters (2018)
 * Writer: The North Sea Epilogues (2018)
 * Narrative Designer: Sea of Legends (2020)
 * Writer: Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft (2021)
 * Writer: Dune: Adventures in the Imperium (2021)
 * Writer, Co-Designer and Co-Creator: Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall (2021)
 * Writer and Co-Designer: Questlings: RPG (2021)
 * Writer, Co-Designer and Co-Creator: Suburban Consumption of the Monstrous (2022)
 * Writer, Co-Designer and Co-Creator: An Exquisite Crime (2022)
 * Writer: Pathfinder 2E Lost Omens: Knights of Lastwall (2022)
 * Writer: Pathfinder 2E Dark Archive (2022)
 * Writer, Co-Designer and Creator: Deimos Academy (TBD)
 * Writer, Co-Designer and Co-Creator: The Revenant Society: The Endless Loop Beneath the City (TBD)

Kids on Bikes
Chan worked on multiple products in the Kids on Bikes series.
 * Module Writer: Dads on Mowers (2018)
 * Co-author: Grannies on Scooters (2020)
 * Module Writer: Doggos on Skateboards (2020)
 * Module Writer: Anacondas on Airliners (2020)

Board games

 * Short Story Writer: Terror Below (2019)
 * Lead Haunt Writer, Scooby-Doo: Betrayal at Mystery Mansion (2020)
 * Writer: Warp’s Edge (2020)
 * Writer: Atheneum; Mystic Library (2020)
 * Character Writer: Critical Care (2021)
 * Haunt Writer: Betrayal at House on the Hill 3rd Edition (2022)
 * Co-Designer: Mr. Lovenstein Presents: No Context (2023)