I launched this blog/website just over two years ago, and it’s been a wild and wooly time since. I’ll leave the analysis of the past year and predictions for the next to others (or for a later time, at least). For now, let me wish all of you and yours the very best 2006.
Dead Ball Hits America
According to the listing on Amazon.com, Blood Bowl: Dead Ball hit store shelves in the United States on December 27. This is the second volume in my Blood Bowl trilogy. If you’re in the area, be sure to go out and grab your copy right away!
Road to Death Sample
The Road to Death hits stores in January, and Wizards of the Coast has posted the first chapter of the book for free. This is the second in my Eberron trilogy, The Lost Mark. My editor, Mark Sehestedt, tells me this is a much better book than the first, and I agree. It’s amazing how much I’ve learned about writing …
History via Google
One of the best things about living in the Information Age is the ability to stumble upon websites built by people you haven’t seen in years. Case in point: Tim Pollard. Back when I worked in the Games Workshop Design Studio, Tim and his pal Russ had desks in the same room with me and Bill King for a while. …
Break No More
Back when I was president of Pinnacle Entertainment Group, we used to give the entire company the week off between Christmas and New Year’s Day. Now that I’m back to freelancing again, I no longer have that luxury. There are deadlines to chase after, so things like extended breaks don’t make a lick of sense. I have high hopes, though, …
Happy Holidays!
Best wishes to you and yours during this holiday season, whether you choose to observe Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice, the Packers-Bears game, the New Year, or the fact you’re still kicking!
Ecto Bargain
The creators of ecto, the desktop blogging software I use to post on this site, are giving a 20% discount until December 26. If you’re in the market for an excellent Mac OS X blogging tool, you really can’t beat ecto. Do yourself a favor and check it out. (And, no, I don’t get a dime for recommending them.) 🙂
Spycraft: License Renewed
My friends at AEG have licensed their Spycraft espionage games to a brand-new company, Crafty Games, co-founded by Patrick Kapera. A ways back, Patrick edited my Brave New World RPG in the days that AEG published it. I always enjoyed working with him then, and I wish him and his partners (Scott Gearin and Beloit College grad Alex Flagg) the …
More Battle Dice Images
SuperheroTimes.com has an article about Marvel Heroes Battle Dice, complete with photos of an opened starter set. As it states: Battle Dice consists of “pop dice” that open to reveal themed dynamically posed action figures making up six different armies. Each figure has six different attributes including speed, strength, durability, intelligence, energy projection and fighting skills, plus symbols and numbers …
Toys In the Works
Earlier this year, Playmates asked me to work up a background for an upcoming toy line they’d designed. Having done similar things for lots of game lines in the past, I took to it like a fish to water, although it’s swimming in a far larger pond than that of the adventure gaming industry. So far, everything seems to look …