Beau Jágr Sheldon (they/he) is a disabled, queer, genderfluid nonbinary masculine person who works in design & education. They are a tabletop roleplaying game designer, writer, and leadership educator. They design mechanics, write flavor and instruction, and do layout and logo work. Their photography is artistic and captures emotion. They help take your passions for your work and help you translate them into a mission, values, codes of ethics, and a brand identity.

Thoughty helps them support the games community, discuss theory and design, and release games to their patrons through Ko-Fi and the Thoughty Discord. They continue their work at Leading with Class, where they use their graduate education to teach leadership through games.  They’re well known for their content, consent, and safety toolbox Script Change.

Beau’s resume & publications can be found here. Check out the contact page if you’d like to get in touch!

I’m a full-on convert to Beau’s Script Change. It’s like: hold on, back up, stop, do overs, let’s skip ahead, say that again – solid communication tools I find intuitive to use.

– Vincent Baker, Lumpley Games, Apocalypse World

Beau has great insight and perspective on tabletop games & rpgs. Their interviews, articles, and games make me think, and always make me feel.

– Adrian Thoen, Impulse Drive

Beau is one of the pillars of our community – from their work as a designer to the work they do on their website and other projects, they have silently and often without the fanfare they deserve dedicated themselves to propping up this community and industry, elevating their fellow designers and creators every single day. When a new designer comes to me and asks who they should talk to to help get their game out there, I point them right to Beau.

– Sandy Pug Games, Mirror

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