I just spotted the fact that you can play Fast Break for free at CCG Workshop. Well, some of you can. The software only seems to work with Windows, so Mac users (like me) are out of luck. Fast Break is a humorous basketball CCG I designed for WildStorm Productions, published in 1996. It’s a fun game, but the orders …
New (Old) Look
It seems like I’m forever tinkering with this site. It’s a perpetual work in progress. You may notice, for instance, that I added Dead Ball to the “Recent Novels” section in the sidebar. Or that I’ve altered the background color of the pages. Or that I’ve added a new header graphic. And, yes, if the painting in the header looks …
D&D Class Online
If you want to learn how to play Dungeons & Dragons–I mean, really learn how to play it–sign up now for this free class through Barnes & Noble University. It’s an eight-hour class done over four weeks, and James Wyatt (RPG designer extraordinaire) is handling the instructor duties. You can’t go wrong.
Chicago by Hite
I posted here a while back about Ken Hite‘s occult tour of Chicago experiment being run by Otherworld Excursions. It appears the initial outing smashed it out of Wrigley Field/Comiskey Park (choose your side of town). One of the participants wrote up a detailed review, complete with pictures, so you don’t just have to imagine how cool this would be.
Writing & Reading (in Low Fashion)
I have the one of the greatest jobs around: creating games and books to entertain others. Still, it’s a job, and most of the time it’s serious work. Especially when I’m facing a hard deadline, it can seem like a gig in an office cubicle or driving pizzas somewhere would be easier, if not nearly as much fun. That’s how …
Dead Ball Rolling!
If you live in the UK, you can now pick up your copy of Dead Ball, the second in my trilogy of books based on Blood Bowl, the game of fantasy-based football from Games Workshop. In this installment, Dunk and the gang end up getting blown out of the Old World and set sail for the distant isle of Albion …
Kid Kovalic
My good pal John Kovalic (of Dork Tower and too-many-games-to-list fame) announced publicly that he and his wife Judith are adopting a baby girl from Russia! Congratulations to all three of the Kovalics! They are three of the luckiest people around to have found each other, and I’m looking forward to watching them all grow up with each other.
Night of the Long Wands
According to GamingReport.com and other sources, Wizards of the Coast laid off 15 good people today. This includes: Peter Archer Gary Benion Leeds Chamberlain Mike Elliot Joe Hauck Cornelius Lee Michelle Lyons John Rateliff Pat Robinett Katie Roe Charles Ryan Tim Thomas Wendy Wallace Teeuwyn Woodruff These are some of the best and brightest people in the company, many of …