Blood Bowl is officially on sale in the US starting yesterday, August 30. By a stunning coincidence my generous supply of author’s copies showed up on the same day, so I finally have some books of my own. We sold out of what we had at both Games Day Chicago (less than four hours) and Gen Con (just over two …
Czeching In
I’m off to the Czech Republic for a few days toward the end of September. It turns out my good pal and former roommate Bill King is getting married! After the big event in Prague, there’s just enough time for a short visit with my youngest sister in Bolzano, Italy, with perhaps an evening in Milan. No signings or appearances, …
Live Journal Feed
I remember seeing this many moons back and then forgetting about it. Someone set up a LiveJournal feed for this site ages ago, linking it directly to my XML feed. If you have a LiveJournal account, you can “friend” my feed. (There’s something suggestive in that.) If you don’t, then just ignore it. If you get an LJ account later, …
Pop-Die Video
The fine souls at GamingReport.com just posted a short video that shows just how the pop-dice in Marvel Heroes Battle Dice work. The pop-die they show in the video is one of the early prototypes, but it works just like the final ones will. You just squeeze two sides and the top (which shows the number 6) springs open. In …
Diana Jones Award Winner Announced
As you may have already heard, Ticket to Ride won this year’s Diana Jones Award. I had a great time at the DJA party on August 17, the evening before Gen Con officially began. As one of the few known members of the DJA committee, I had the honor of presenting the award to Mark Kaufman, co-founder of Days of …
Dead Ball Cover Spotted
The fine folks at the Black Library just sent me a fistful of cover flats (unbound covers) for Dead Ball, the second book in my Blood Bowl trilogy. This book ships in December in the UK and hits shelves in the US in January 2006. Note that this is the final cover, not just the snippet you can see on …
Marvel Zombies Wanted
I need a couple brave souls who love Marvel Comics to take a look at the stats for the Marvel Heroes Battle Dice figures and check to see if they make sense from a fan’s point of view. (They do to me, and I’m a fan, but I’m too close to them now.) If you’re interested, e-mail me directly by …
How I Spent My Gen Con Friday
I know, the web is full of people reporting back on their experiences at Gen Con last week, and I’m going to get to that too. I’ve been up against a hard deadline since I got back, though, so most of what I posted yesterday was stuff that had been waiting in the queue. To hold you over, I point …
Games Day Photos
The fine people at the Black Library recently put up some photos from Games Day Chicago 2005. The first shot is of the announcement of my signing, nicely framed between a MasterCard and an American Express logo (as if there was any doubt what such signings are for). The picture on the sign came from my old website, about two …
Pen & Paper :: Fan Awards – 2004 Winners
I got a pleasant surprise after getting back from Gen Con. Pen & Paper announced its annual awards. While I didn’t win anything outright, The Authority Role-Playing Game was a runner-up for Best Licensed Product. Better yet, I stunningly came in as a runner-up for the Hall of Fame. This year’s inductees were Dave Arneson and Steve Jackson, and my …