Who am I? The story of Daleo Eaton.


Helloche! My name is Daleo Eaton and I am the founder and creative lead for Magic Dog Games. I'm standing right next to the birthplace of UNO®, one of America's treasured card games. I would consider myself furry trash from Cincinnati, Ohio. I created Second Haven back in the day, which was Ohio's first organized furry community before I let it go defunct in 2012 (and the community had grown greater than I could handle at the time.) I am bisexual, a baker, a musician, an artist, and possibly a 3D sculpter in the future. My favorite food is Chili Cheese Fries and from Cincinnati that means Skyline. I am the creator of Machina and Magic the tabletop roleplaying game.

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When I was growing up, I wanted to be a video game composer. I promised myself I would make a full-scale RPG soundtrack; and well, that dream honestly hasn't changed. But in the process of achieving my goal, I fell down the rabbit-hole of game design, and learned fairly quickly that I didn't just want to make music for games, but I wanted everything to do with it.

I made my first app with my brother "Scurvyllama" back in 2015 called Rocket Brigade, but in the meantime I was working on a side project known as R.O.T. (Roll Only Two), and over the course of 9 years it finally formed into a written game known as Machina and Magic which was released in December of 2020. It is a complete passion project of mine, taking the DNA from some of the greatest TTRPGs the world has ever seen and crafting the best tabletop roleplaying experience.

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My grandparents were like my second set of parents to me, and they were there for me in times of great need. My grandpa developed Parkinson's which eventually took his life before Covid hit. I miss him every day, but I try to carry his generous nature with me wherever I can.

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Where the story goes... Who knows. But maybe I will keep it going on here and compile a whole "novel" of information.

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