The Overlords

Supreme Overlord

Mark Diaz

Founder of Benevolent Tabletop Overlords.

I was tired of playing TTRPG’s and wondering “Why can’t I do that?”. I was never really able to truly play the character I wanted to play. Games with a predetermined class always had a very limited structure of what you can and can not do. One day I figured I would just start righting stuff down. I was going to try to make the game I always wanted to play.

A few years later, The Unbound Odyssey™, Birth of Legends was born! It was a masterpiece in my eyes. It was exactly the game I always wanted to play. I shared it with friends, they loved it. I shared it with strangers, they loved it.

The idea became larger than life and sprouted into multiple things: Heroes of the Odyssey, Adventure Foundry. Thousands of dollars later and hundreds of hours yelling at software paid off and turned into something beautiful. I want to share this with everyone. The TTRPG market is saturated with the same thing and many variations of the same thing, change is needed.

Foundry Overlord

Ondrea Weisnicht

Benevolent Overlord Second

I have never played an RPG before and before I met Mark, didn’t even know what one was. I have always had an artistic ability and when I found out what he was doing, I became interested. He introduced me to some creative software that we both struggled through to try to learn.

Once everything got figured out, I zoned out for days at a time making Terrain Tiles. This was Mark’s idea but I did all the work. We had to upgrade printers so that we could print out sample tiles to use with our friends during the Birth of Legends game test.

Although I was new to this world, I stood by and listened as everyone played the game and had fun. This was a community of friends hanging out and immersing themselves in a fantasy world. Over time I was able to give input here and there when Mark would ask me if I thought an idea was ok and even offered ways that some ideas could work better.

I feel fortunate that I could be part of this adventure and look forward to contributing even more as this company grows.