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The latest issue of Game Trade Magazine features a review of Dracula’s Revenge, the board game I designed and then produced while at Human Head Studios. Marc Shayed of GamingReport.com gives the game a 9 out of 10 and has many flattering things to say about it too.

Strangely, the article mentions you can get the game through its original publisher, Green Ronin, even though it’s been available only through its new publisher, Studio 2, for several months. It also doesn’t list the game’s designer, although I get an “Additional Art” credit for some of the maps and icons I constructed. I believe Marc posted this review on GamingReport.com a long while back and Game Trade re-ran it here, verbatim.

Either way, it’s always great to see a good review get some good exposure.

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The fine folks at FlamesRising.com recently reviewed Dracula’s Revenge.

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My author’s copies of Frankenstein’s Children arrived in today’s mail. It was the last project I worked on for Human Head Studios, which means I haven’t anything to do with it since the end of last September. Jason Blair took over on the game after I left, and he seems to have done a fine job with it. The coolest new bit (over Dracula’s Revenge, the first game in the Gothica line of horror-themed board games) is the including of a wheel inside each player’s dice screen. You turn this as you use your action points during a round, instead of using extra dice to keep track of your expenditures. It’s a sweet little touch that I’d suggested before I left, but I wasn’t sure how it would turn out.

Anyhow, if you liked Dracula’s Revenge (or just enjoy horrific board games in general), give it a whirl. It’s full of Gothicky-good fun.

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My friends at Human Head Studios tell me that the Frankenstein’s Children is on its way to their warehouses from China as I write this. This was the last game I worked on for them, a sequel to last year’s Dracula’s Revenge. Both games plug together for all sorts of horror-gaming mayhem. Download the rules for free to whet your appetite for the terrifying things to come.

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Dracula’s Revenge got a great review at GamingReport.com. You can read it here.

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Dracula’s Revenge just got its first full-fledged review at the d20 Magazine Rack. You can read the entire glowing article right here.

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I just got a note from Steve Creech over at d20 Magazine Rack. They have the first full-fledged review of posted right here. It’s both thorough and flattering, just the way I like it.

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Gen Con was flat-out amazing. I’ve been to the show 23 years in a row now (I started young), and I can’t imagine my summers without it. For me, this is like summer camp wrapped up with Christmas in August, except you get to pick out (and buy) your own gifts.
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Dracula’s Revenge, the horror-themed tabletop game of pitched battles between vampires and hunters, is due on store shelves next week. The game is due to ship from the warehouses of Green Ronin on Friday, August 13. It should reach distributors soon after and be on store shelves by Wednesday, August 18, or Thursday, August 19. Be sure to ask for it at your friendly local game store.

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Human Head Studios is proud to present three special events at this year’s Gen Con. This includes an ongoing series of demonstrations of Dracula’s Revenge™, a fast-playing, horror-themed, tabletop game of tactical combat. To play in one of the demos, players must simply stop by the Green Ronin Publishing booth. Each player’s name will be entered into a drawing, and at 3:30 PM each day, Human Head Studios will draw a name from that day’s players and reward the winner with a brand-new PC graphics card courtesy of ATI. There is no cost to enter, but players must be present to win.
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I’m in the throes of preparing for Gen Con this week. The show, the greatest adventure gaming convention on the planet, runs from August 19–22 in Indianapolis. I miss having it in Milwaukee, but last year Indy proved itself to be a fine venue, and you couldn’t ask for a better group of people to run the show than Peter Adkison and his crew.

I plan on spending much of my time in the Green Ronin booth, running demos of Dracula’s Revenge. We worked out this great promotion that I can’t quite tell you about yet, but it involves a chance to win some pretty cool prizes if you play in one of the demos.

However, I also have five different seminars I’m working at the show, along with two signings of Secret of the Spiritkeeper, my new young adult novel from Wizards of the Coast. For details on my schedule, just click here

If you’re an industry professional coming to the show, be sure to drop me a line about the Diana Jones Award party. It’s Wednesday night at 9 PM, and all industry folk are invited.

I’m going to be busy next week, so there won’t be an update then. Look for news from Gen Con the week after though. If you can make it to the show, be sure to stop by and say hi. Otherwise, I’ll be back in two weeks.

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The fine people at Osseum Entertainment tell me that Dracula’s Revenge, the board game I designed for Human Head Studios should be in stores by Gen Con, right around August 18 or 19. Be sure to ask for it at your friendly local gaming store!

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Issue #7 of Undefeated, the premier adventure gaming magazine from Paizo Publishing, features a preview of Dracula’s Revenge (which I designed for Human Head Studios) on page 66. This features quotes from me as the game’s designer. It’s funny that the article states that I’m best known for my work on Blood Bowl and Space Hulk for Games Workshop, since I haven’t done anything with either of those games for around 14 years, but overall it’s a nice piece.

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Dracula’s Revenge, the board game I designed and produced for Human Head Studios should arrive in our warehouse tomorrow. This means it should hit store shelves sometime next week. To learn more about the game, go to the Dracula’s Revenge website. It has everything you need to know, including a free, downloadable copy of the rules. Be sure to ask for it at your favorite local gaming store.

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