About Us

Secret Boss Games is the passion project of Stephen Royka. Starting with the idea for the card game, reforge, Stephen began an insane journey to make something awesome. Stephen knows that it takes more than an idea to make something so awesome and has continued to collaborate and work with talented artists to bring his visions to life.

Reforge was funded on Kickstarter in 2019 and shipped on January 6th, 2020.

The Dungeon Deck, the first deck of Secret Boss Playing Cards, was funded on Kickstarter in 2021 and shipped that Summer.

Stephen had a dream about the concept for Reforge in 2018. Not long after he decided to make his dream a reality and create the game and the company, with nothing but an idea. After several months of work, Secret Boss Games was founded and Reforge was created! In addition to game design, Stephen works full time as an ultrasound technologist and has spent many years in wildlife rehabilitation.

Favorites: Hollow Knight, Okami, The Last of Us Part II

Sam has been an artist his whole life. After attending Rochester Institute of Technology for 3D art and design, he moved to Seattle, WA to pursue his career. He specializes in 3D environment design, but is also a savant when it comes to 2D cartooning. He is the lead artist for Reforge.

Check out his website and Instagram!

Favorites: The Last of Us, Okami, Day of the Tentacle

Josh is an artist and illustrator from Canada that has contributed his talent for multiple Secret Boss projects, including The Dungeon Deck and Reforge Ballistic!

Ema makes illustrations about flowers, sunsets, girls, monsters, and everything that lies in-between. She's been scouting Lisbon for the last couple of years and is currently studying Illustration and Comics at Lisbon's Art & Visual Communication Center.

She is the artist for The Boss Deck, the first edition of Secret Boss Playing Cards.

Her work lives at https://spookymeal.tumblr.com and https://instagram.com/spookymeals.

Favorites: Castlevania, The Legend of Zelda, Professor Layton