DunDraCon War College
Sequoia Room
Dana Lombardy’s 2026 War College spotlights Dana's 50-plus year career as a historian, author, editor, and game designer. This year features new seminars by Arthur Prospero on the history of poison gas, and Tom Vallejos on alternate scenarios if America entered World War One two years sooner. Ken Hite also joins Dana again on examining what-if historical turning points.
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War College Schedule
Friday
2:00 PM Bloody Omaha Dana LombardyPlay Bloody Omaha Dana Lombardy
Saturday
3:00 PM Fun with Poisoned Gas! Arthur Prospero Alternate Histories Ken Hite & Dana Lombardy
Sunday
10:00 AM Teddy Roosevelt Can Do It! Tom VallejosNORAD game: 50 years later Dana LombardyPlay the NORAD Game Dana Lombardy
Seminar Information
Speakers
Kenneth Hite Kenneth Hite has been a special guest at DunDraCon for many years, speaking about city building and villains and evil overlords for role-playing, what’s new at Pelgrane Press, and what’s currently “cool” in gaming. He is an award-winning writer and RPG designer with extensive books on the Cthulhu mythos, GURPS Infinite Worlds, Night’s Black Agents, and The Nazi Occult among his many published works. Ken and Dana will explore alternate histories.
Dana Lombardy Dana Lombardy began his game design career in 1972 when he started Simulations Design Corporation (SDC) in San Diego while he was still in college. He has worked on board games, card games, role-playing supplements, magazines, books, battlefield guides, videos, and educational exhibits. Dana will show two of his games: NORAD 3 , a new edition of Dana’s original 1973 design recently published with Banzai magazine; and Bloody Omaha – The Big Red One on D-Day featuring art by acclaimed artist Keith Rocco.
Arthur Prospero Arthur Prospero is a former high school history teacher from Petaluma, California. He holds two history degrees, as well as degrees in education and natural science. He is an Alum of San Francisco State University, and the University of San Francisco. Arthur was a Combat Engineer in the United States Army, serving in Iraq in 2004. His current gaming pet project is developing an educational board game cynically exposing the military industrial complex.
Tom Vallejos Tom Vallejos is a regular attendee of DunDraCon, a GM for historical and scifi games, and a loyal War College supporter since 2003. He is a lifelong history buff and became an alternate history fan when he was 10 and watched the “Parallel Time” storyline on “Dark Shadows”.
