Victoria Perren-Cserep
Special Guest
Victoria Perren-Cserep grew up at the feet of some of the greatest wargamers of our times. The daughter of Jeff Perren, Gary Gygax's co-creator of the CHAINMAIL wargame, manager and part owner of ROYAL HOBBY in Rockford, IL, and eventual manager of TSR's DUNGEON HOBBY SHOP on the corner of Broad St. and Main St. in the City of Lake Geneva, WI.
Playing around wargaming sand tables and game tables as she grew up, she was a fixture around the DUNGEON HOBBY SHOP and ROYAL HOBBY in Rockford, IL, GEN CON in WI, and ROCK CON in IL. Jeff Perren's gaming buddies, Gary and Ernie Gygax, TSR legends Uncle Duke Seifried, Skip Williams, Greg Bell, Jim Ward, Tom Wham, and others were like uncles to her!
In 2014 she started to see rumors on the internet about her father having passed-away to which the fully-alive Jeff Perren responded, "I'm not dead yet!" The game world was relived to have been proven wrong and Jeff was invited to Gary Con as a Guest of Honor. Jeff was delighted to reconnect with his TSR pals, wargaming buddies, and fans of his wargames. Victoria all to happy to accompany him and see her TSR friends, Gygax family members, and wargaming uncles.
While her dad Jeff can not attend due to medical issues, Victoria will be here to regale us with tales of her father's wargaming days and work for Gary Gygax at TSR!