Christopher Penner is a creative developer who has a passion for presentation and storytelling. Growing up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, sometimes the best way to spend the winter was to imagine being anywhere else. The Arcane Dominion TTRPG system began its development in the 2010s as a way for Christopher to write, track, and present fun stories about fantastical places. Throughout these years, Christopher has had a consistent group of players, more than happy to play and test new Arcane Dominion content. As a result, Christopher has accumulated over a decade of experience entertaining, teaching, and coordinating groups large and small, including school clubs, convention events, private games, and informative panels.
The game grew and evolved as Christopher did throughout school and university, seeing many new content updates written during periods of free time. There was always a new story to write and amazing people to share it with; the friends and family, local businesses, and communities in Winnipeg were the key to sharing these stories with the world. Once graduated from the University of Manitoba, Christopher's work experience managing websites contributed towards creating a self-published book of the "Arcane Dominion: Adventurer Edition Role-Playing Game Rulebook", now available for sale in game stores across Manitoba.
The Arcane Dominion Role-Playing Game is spearheaded by the "Adventurer Edition" rulebook containing over 200 pages of content pertaining to playing in this game system, but there is much more to tell!
Arcane Dominion is a brand name that encompasses much more than the TTRPG rule system. There are spinoff games, short stories, setting books, and game modules that all are inspired or based on the world and rules of Arcane Dominion. Links to these works will be updated to the website here and in the 'Product' page.
A 22 Page adventure story with multiple endings designed to get new players started in the world of Arcane Dominion.
A 24 page adventure story featuring engaging role-play situations, challenging combat encounters, and meaningful themes.
Find more projects by Christopher unrelated to the Arcane Dominion TTRPG system below:
Christopher manage the social media pages for the Winnipeg Greek Pavilion to advertise their performances for the Winnipeg "Folklorama" cultural display:
Christopher is also the Website Manager and layout designer for a K-8 school where he creates and implements custom school assets and graphic designs.
Christopher volunteers with the Manitoba Game Designers group as a meeting organizer and speaker. He is also a notable panelist, panel host, and booth vendor during multiple conventions including:
Winnipeg Comic Con
Winnipeg AiCon
Winnipeg Game-itoba
Winnipeg RPG Con
Brandon Westman Gaming Expo
Brandon PrarieCon
Experience photographing at a large scale
Designing Sponsor perks and advertising products
Able to put together and lead a diverse team
Experience with creating graphic designs for various prints
Photo and Video editing of live events
Collaborating and cross-promoting with other businesses
Regularly planning and scheduling content updates
Experience with high quality Canon cameras
Vector tracing for graphic creation
Vector art for digital asset generation
Photo editing and attention to detail (pictured here is a portion of a panorama stitched from multiple high quality photos)
Stories submitted to competitions, magazines, and papers (few online sources remain).
A setting guide and lorebook about the world of Arcane Dominion.
Relic of a Soul, Hero and Villain, The Party, Stories of Legacy, and more!
Notes and game moduels to play through historical moments of Arcane Dominion.
The origins of the universe of Arcane Dominion, and the lore of the gods, their realms, and the hierarchy of deities and daemons. This book also provides supplemental support for a comic-exploring game with gods!
An arena style mini-game that uses the Arcane Dominion TTRPG rules to support a PvP board game experience where players compete against each other or NPC teams to win a wish from an Arch-Fiend.
A fan-made deck-building game inspired by the collection and story behind trading cards, featuring Digimon, Pokémon, and Yugioh.
A novel and short story series about fantastical creatures and people with some connections to the world of Arcane Dominion.