Guest Of Honor At Fastaval

Each year Fastaval invites an exciting and famous person/group as the guest of honor to communicate and convey their work within Fastaval-related activities – like board games, roleplaying games, and Larp. Every guest of honor is different with different takes on roleplaying, board gaming, and game design.

Sometimes the guest of honor is an influential person within gaming culture with many years working in an established gaming institution, like Mark Rein Hagen or Steve Jackson. But just as often the guest of honor is a less known designer or gaming personality with a new and unique take on game design to inspire and amaze the participants.

At Fastaval we want to learn about new game cultures and other designers' experiences. But our guest of honor program is not just about receiving, but about passing on Fastaval’s many unique traditions and design culture. Throughout the years we have had several Guests of Honor who was not only deeply inspired by the people and the games they met at Fastaval, but also came back to contribute creatively. We are very proud of the creative space that Fastaval has become through the years and we look forward to hosting new exciting people every easter.

Guest of Honor 2025

Nils Hintze

Nils Hintze is a Swedish author and designer with an impressive curriculum. He has written a wide range of award-winning tabletop role-playing games, including Vaesen, Tales from the Loop, Things from the Flood, The Electric State Roleplaying Game and The Walking Dead Universe Roleplaying. He has also contributed to the RPGs Forbidden Lands and Twilight 2000 as well as the board game Tales from the Loop The Boardgame.
He has achieved great recognition in Sweden as well as internationally for his work in RPG writing, and we are therefore very proud that he has accepted our invitation to visit Fastaval 2025 as Guest of Honor to share his writing journey and inspire us with his worlds!
 
Nils Hintze is looking forward to Fastaval 2025!
“Swedish roleplayers tend to get something dreamy in their eyes when they tell you about their experiences of Fastaval – especially those who are into games that focus on story, relationships, and human emotions, which I am. I feel privileged and happy to be invited as a guest of honor – and it also gives me a reason to finally take the train across Öresund during the easter break. Looking forward to meeting you all!”
 
Nils is organising two activities at this year's Fastaval:
- A talk about his work writing a series of award-winning tabletop role-playing games. Read more here
- A workshop on creating a setting and story, and exploring the process of writing a scenario step by step. Read more here