



In the video game part of the festival, Rand Miller, CEO and Co-Founder of Cyan Worlds, co-creator of Myst and Riven will be attending as a special guest. After the great success of Eye of the Beholder: the art of Dungeon & Dragons, director Kelley Slagle (Cavegirl Production) and producers Brian Stillman (X-Ray Films) and Seth Polansky (Cavegirl Production) have chosen Lucca Comics & Games to present their new documentary, dedicated to the famous trading card game. The Creator and historic President of Wizards of Coast, Peter Adkison will be in Lucca to present the Italian premiere of the feature film Igniting the Spark. Credit: Lucca Comics & Games Lucca Comics & Games 2023Ĭelebrating 30 years of Lucca Games also means celebrating 30 years of Magic: The Gathering.
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We have the full rundown of the initial guests invited for this year's event for you below, as it will take place in Lucca, Italy, from November 1st-5th, 2023. Manganiello specifically will be an international ambassador for the event, as he'll be on hand to talk about his upcoming Dungeons & Dragons documentary in collaboration with Wizards of the Coast, coming in 2024. The first round of guests announced includes Naoki Urasawa, Garth Ennis, Craig Thompson, Howard Chaykin, Don Ross, Jim Lee, Luis Royo, Kim Bo-Young, and Joe Manganiello. So to celebrate it, they are going their best to bring in a ton of talent and activities to celebrate the occasion. This year is the 30th anniversary of Lucca Games, the games section of the event that was added to the original festival all those years ago. Organizers for Lucca Comics & Games have revealed their initial plans for the 2023 festival, along with the poster art for this year's event.
