Gateway 2026 Guests
Scott DeBoard
Co-owner and founder of Silver Dragon Games in Peoria, Arizona, an award-winning tabletop gaming destination built around a simple idea: a game store should be more than a place to shop. It should be a Third Place—a welcoming community where everyone belongs especially Woman.
Under Scott’s leadership, Silver Dragon Games has grown into one of Arizona’s premier gaming destinations, bringing together thousands of players through Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Warhammer, board games, organized play, and large-scale community events. In 2026, Silver Dragon Games was named GAMA Retailer of the Year, recognizing the store’s approach to community building, immersive experiences, and tabletop gaming retail.
Scott also serves on the Dungeons & Dragons Community Advisory Panel, working with members of the D&D community to provide perspective and feedback on the game and the player experience.
He is passionate about the future of tabletop gaming, the role local game stores play in building strong communities, and creating welcoming spaces where people can connect through games.
Tuck Davion
Currently in the 5th year of production on his YouTube show, a passion-driven community action project - Battle Bound. Anywhere that can be reached by train, car, boat, or plane, placing himself into the heart of gaming communities to connect with those groups is what Battle Bound is all about. Connecting with Battletech players and other gamers of all stripes, bringing attention to brick-and-mortar game shops, and throwing dice in the various hobbies they all share, the videos they all inhabit together are a good reminder that perhaps we are each a little more alike than we suspect. He looks forward to meeting and gaming with you!
Aric Lorton
A board game designer and the founder of Tavern Crawl Games, a Los Angeles-based indie publisher dedicated to outrageous, social tabletop experiences. He launched the company's debut title, Party Wanted, a co-op deck-building roguelike card game on Kickstarter in 2023 with an amazing reception. Since Party Wanted, Aric has expanded the Tavern Crawl Games lineup with DuelGeon, a pocket-sized dungeon-crawling extraction game; Die-Struction, a dexterity dueling game played by flicking dice; and Gibberish, a social party game built around chaotic, card-driven nonsense!
Frank Todaro
A LA based voice actor, actor, puppeteer and host of radio programs and live events. Through voice-overs, he has sought to reign over the Decepticons as the treacherous Starscream in several “Transformers” animated series and video games, as well as try to *reign* in his more adventurous brother as Mugman in “The Cuphead Show”. You can hear him in various animated series including Hector the Bulldog, Yoyo Dodo and Zippy the Flea in Warner Brothers' “Bugs Bunny Builders”, Greenie, Frankie and Silly Monkey in Nickelodeon's “The Beat Buds” and Star Wars: Visions, in anime such as Charlotte Daifuku in “One Piece”, Leif Erikson in “Vinland Saga”, Draluc in “The Vampire Dies in No Time” Happosai in “Ranma 1/2” and Pokemon, or video games including Bugenhagen in “Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth”, Muncher in “Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed” and Borderlands 4, most recently Freq in “People of Note” and Cornelius Stilton in “Mouse PI For Hire”.
His commercial work has led him to voice Santa Claus for more than a few unrelated companies over the past several years to the joy of his godson Chris. Frank also provides creature noises for movies and TV, most recently Whisper the Sewer boy in A24's “D*cks: The Musical”, various hybrids in Netflix's “Sweet Tooth” and all of the Gremlins in “Jack in the Box's” midnight-meal campaign. He collects old books, action figures and has played countless hours of Dungeons and Dragons since being a kid in his native Queens, NY (and has been in the same campaign since the early 90s). Consequently, he is sometimes unsure which reality is the real one. For more on Frank Todaro, visit his website at: www.franktodaro.tv