More news about my upcoming Guild Wars 2 novel is finally official. The book is done and should be out sometime this summer. The title has been changed from Fall of Ascalon to the far better Ghosts of Ascalon, which rings truer on multiple levels. The biggest change is the addition of a co-author to the marquee: Jeff Grubb. Jeff’s …
How We Learn
Lincoln Stollard, who I met at the GAMA Trade Show a few years back, just told me that he’s completed work on a book called The Learning Project. In it, Lincoln interviews dozens of people in different fields to discover different ways in which people learn. It’s aimed at teenagers, to show them that there are all sorts of different …
Twitter Goes to the Dogs
I get to work on all sorts of cool things, but I often have to sit on that news for months–sometimes forever. Last week, I mentioned the Yu-Gi-Oh 5DS Figure Reader that I designed for Playmates Toys. Today, in news from the New York Toy Fair, I see that Mattel has announced another project I worked on: Puppy Tweets. This is …
Good-Bye, Tomorrow Is Yesterday
Tomorrow Is Yesterday, the first game and comic-book shop I regularly shopped at as a kid, went under late last year. I had heard that they and Black Hawk Hobby Distributors, which were both owned by the same people, were having troubles last year, but it had been a while since I’d been able to get down to Rockford, Illinois, …
The Play’s the Thing
My latest column for The Escapist‘s High Adventure series is up. In “The Play’s the Thing,” I write about the wrap-up for the first adventure in the D&D campaign I started for Marty and his friends. Check it out, and comment there or here to let me know what you think. Also, should I continue to write about the campaign, …
Yu-Gi-Oh in the UK
I work on lots of different things, but not all of them see the light of day. Some of them die at the idea stage. Others are killed during development. Some have the plug pulled when they’re already in production. Lots of times, I can’t even talk about these because I’ve signed NDAs that prevent me from mentioning them until …
Sylvia Earle Speaks
Friday night, I handed off my duties as the quads’ soccer coach to take Marty to see Sylvia Earle accept the Roy Chapman Andrews Award. She is an amazing woman who’s done incredible things, and her presentation was a lot of fun. Unfortunately, Marty and I were both fighting colds, so we bailed out before the absolute end of the …
Gamers for Haiti Update
A couple weeks back I wrote about the efforts of DriveThruRPG.com and many of its affiliated publishers to raise money for Haitian relief work. This included selling a huge bundle of RPG products worth nearly $1,500 for only $20. The promotion is over now, and it was a stunning success. I’m told that DriveThruRPG.com will be cutting a check for …
South Sandwiche Islands Update
Back in November, I mentioned that James Taylor is using Kickstarter to help fund a game he’s creating and selling as part of his college education: The Gentlemen of the South Sandwiche Islands. I’m pleased to report that James smashed through his fundraising goal for the game and will be going to press soon. If you’d still like to order …
Cubicle 7 Needs Artists
Here’s an open call for my artist friends out there. The fine folks at Cubicle 7 are looking for new freelance artists. In addition to publishing several excellent RPGs, including the new Doctor Who game, they recently announced that they have the license for a new RPG based on The Lord of the Rings, so this could be a lot …