Issue number 3 of the Magic: The Gathering comic I write for IDW hits stands today. See below for a free preview, then head out to your friendly local comic shop for a hard copy (complete with playable game card) or click over to Comixology to grab the electronic version. (Bargain hunters: note that downloads of issues #1 and #2 have …
Origins Awards Nominations Out
The nominations list for this year’s Origins Awards just came out. I’m proud to see two projects I worked on make the cut this year: Leverage: The Roleplaying Game and The Kobold Guide to Board Game Design. Of course, I only wrote small parts of each. The lion’s share of the credit goes to Cam Banks for developing the Leverage game and to …
Want to Be a Gen Con Guest?
If you’re part of the tabletop games industry and plan on attending Gen Con, you can now apply to be an Industry Insider Guest of Honor at the show. I’ve been a part of this program ever since the show moved to Indianapolis back in 2003, and it’s fantastic fun. In the past, there’s been no clear way for people …
Twitter Chat on March 21 #SFFWRTCHT
Tomorrow evening, starting at 9 PM Eastern Time, March 21, I’ll be a guest on #SFFWRTCHT. That’s the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer Chat held on Twitter every Wednesday night and hosted by Bryan Thomas Schmidt. I’ll be answering all sorts of questions and chatting about many things, including Carpathia, 12 for ’12, the Magic: The Gathering comic, Kickstarter, and anything else …
Many More Carpathia Raves
Just because the Shotguns & Sorcery Kickstarter sucked up nearly all my attention last week doesn’t mean that everyone else in the world stopped reading. Many of those folks even read Carpathia and were kind enough to say several nice things about it. At the San Francisco & Sacramento Book Review, David Marshall gushes over the book. This is a beautifully constructed …
Magic Comics Selling Well
On Friday, IDW sent out the press release that confirms what anyone who read Diamond’s Previews the previous week already knew. The first Magic: The Gathering comic book miniseries sold well, and we already have a second miniseries in the works. It’s called Magic: The Gathering: The Spell Thief, and it follows the continuing adventures of Dack Fayden, the hero from …
The Shotguns & Sorcery Kickstarter Is Done!
I’m sure I’ll have more to say about this soon, but thanks to everyone who lent a hand! I’m absolutely stunned at what a great day this has been. The Shotguns & Sorcery Kickstarter began the day with $7,644 and 205 backers. When it was all over, we totaled up $12,800 and 332 backers, a gain of $5,216 and 127 backers. That’s …
Entire Shotguns & Sorcery Trilogy Unlocked!
Wow! What a day! The Shotguns & Sorcery Kickstarter began the day at $7,644, and I wasn’t sure we were going to make it by the end of the night. I’m thrilled to report that we smashed through the $10,000 barrier at 4:36 PM, despite losing an hour to the Daylight Savings Time switch! That unlocks all three of the books in the Shotguns & …
Book 2 Unlocked! Drive for Book 3 Ends Tonight!
Early this morning, we unlocked Book 2 in the Shotguns & Sorcery trilogy. Woo-hoot! Thanks to every one of the backers for making that happen. It’s been a wild ride to this point, and it’s all down to them. From here, it’s a flat-out sprint for Book 3, as the drive ends tonight at just before midnight Central Time. Last …
Last Day! Lower the Goal!
As we roll toward the last day of the Shotguns & Sorcery Kickstarter drive, it seems clear that I set the final goal too high again. I think there may be a lot of reasons for this, and I hope to write a post-mortem about it all once this drive is over. Kickstarter is such a new thing – and writing 12 …