About Us

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We’re Dwarven Forge, a company of artists and gamers, dreamers and designers. Since 1996 we’ve dedicated ourselves to creating the terrain we want for our own game tables.

We sculpt and paint most of our terrain by hand, striving to make every piece a miniature work of art. Since 2012, we have run 8 successful Kickstarter campaigns, expanding our product line to include dungeonscastlescavernscitiessewersburrowsforestsmountains, and more.

Our Backstory

Dwarven Forge was the brainchild of artist and lifelong gamer Stefan Pokorny. Stefan yearned for a terrain system to complement his collection of miniatures. As a classically trained sculptor and painter (MFA '92), Stefan dreamed of emulating the elegance of Roman, Greek, and English architecture from his studies, yet found nothing to suit his imagination.

So Stefan set out to sculpt the first-of-its-kind: a fully modular, 3-D terrain system that came fully hand painted. One that was beautiful and flexible, and that would unleash the dungeon master's creativity. With some key commercial partnerships in hand, Stefan unveiled his first dungeon sets at Gen Con '96 – and they sold out in 4 hours! Dwarven Forge -- and the modular terrain space -- was born.

Our Incredible Fans

Dwarven Forge has thrived because of our fans. Their passion, intelligence and feedback inspire every facet of our craft. If you are one already, we thank you from the bottom of our dwarven hearts. If you’re not, we warmly invite you to join our community.

Meet the Team

Casey

Media Creative

Chris

Marketing Manager

Chris

Customer Support

Chuck

Senior Customer Support Manager

Elye

Sculpting Lead

Eric

Director of Operations

Erin

Art Director / Painting Co-Manager

Hamster

Painting Co-Manager

Janet

Design Creative

Jay

Managing Director, Chair

Keri

Customer Support

Latisha

Design Lead

Mace

Project Management

Michelle

Senior Creative - Development

Miles

R&D Artist

Nate

Chief Creative

Paul

Office Support

Raquel

Customer Support

Ray

Media Creative

Stefan

Creator of Dwarven Forge

Syl

Media Manager

Tobi

Senior Creative - Development

Tyler

Director of Product Development

And Cities Untold: Lowtown Creative Collaborators

Aaron

Aaron

3D Scanning & Design

Aria

3D Design

Drew

Sculpting

Felipe

Concept Art & Illustration

Jeff

Community Mod

Jenney

Community Mod & Proofing

Julio

Tech

Lisa

Sculpting

Manny

Web Development

Nina

Sculpting

Rachel

Concept Art

Randy

Proofing

Suzannah

Piece Production

Tim

Timothy

Graphic Design