High Stakes Prizes

Over the weekend, WizKids posted pictures of the prizes for High Stakes Drifter tournaments held in November. These are all limited edition kicker chips, which can have incredible affects on the game. It’s great to see WizKids giving High Stakes Drifter the full treatment, including supporting organized play.

Comics for Katrina

Some of the greatest people in the comic book industry have gotten together to auction off some truly amazing pieces to raise money for relief for victims of Hurricane Katrina. They call their effort Inkwell Relief, and they’re auctioning off all sorts of things on eBay, with all net proceeds going to the American Red Cross. If you’ve been looking …

Who Did That?

One of the interesting things about raising quadruplets is trying to figure out who did what. For instance, a couple years back, I had to take Nick to the hospital for a gash in his forehead. He got it while we were in another room, and while he had a brother near him when he was bloodied, we’ll never know …

Road to Death on the Road to Print

I just got the galleys (final proofs) of The Road to Death in from Wizards of the Coast. This is the sequel my Eberron novel Marked for Death, the second in The Lost Mark trilogy. So far, it looks great. Mark Sehestedt did a fine job polishing my prose, and he tells me it’s a far better book than the …

Capsule Monsters Coming Soon

I keep forgetting to mention Yu-Gu-Oh! Capsule Monsters, a new collectible figure board game that saw its first public showing at Gen Con Indy. It’s based on Capsule Monsters Coliseum, the videogame for the Playstation 2. You can read an article about it on the excellent ICv2.com. I didn’t design the game (that honor belongs to Mattel’s Tyler Kenny and …

Tie-In Writers Site Up

The brand-new International Association of Media Tie-In Writers (IAMTW) has a brand-new website designed to help promote tie-in fiction and its writers. If you browse through some of the articles on the website, you’ll see my comments peppered through a few of them. Tie-ins, for those unfamiliar with the term, are works of licensed fiction based on TV, films, games, …

Take Jeff Grubb’s Game and Money (For a Good Cause)

My good friend and fellow Alliterate Jeff Grubb is hoping you’ll make him a poorer man on behalf of victims of Hurricane Katrina. If you e-mail Steve Miller, Steve will send you a copy of Jeff’s new roleplaying game Dyvil. Jeff wrote it in 30 minutes and edited it in another 30, so it’s short, sweet, and to the point. …

High Stakes Drifter Cover

High Stakes Drifter made the cover of this month’s Game Trade Magazine. This issue also features a short article on the game by fellow Alliterate Jason Mical.

High Stakes Drifter Site Update

The fine folks at WizKids have updated the High Stakes Drifter website. This includes full details on starters and boosters, details on how a Dude card works, and a sneak peek at Doc Holliday.