At www.DraculasRevenge.com we’ve posted the last two sets of a dozen different wallpapers to beautify your computer’s desktop. Stop on by and check these out.
Also, Dracula’s Revenge is now in the USA. The shipment just cleared customs and should be in the Green Ronin warehouse with a week or so and on store shelves soon after!
I finally bought my plane ticket for Comic-Con International. I arrive in San Diego Friday afternoon and leave Sunday night, so it’s bound to be an action-packed trip. I only have two official duties at the show. From the programming material sent to me, they are:
Fantastic Fiction for All Ages: The Young Adult Market: Looking for ideas for summer reading for yourself or your preteens or teens? Something beyond J. K. Rowling, Eoin Colfer, and Lemony Snicket? Then this is the panel for you, as participants explore some of the best fantastic fiction out there, regardless of its target market. Panelists include Timothy Zahn (Star Wars: Survivor’s Quest), Jeff Mariotte (Witch Season: Summer), Emily Drake (Magickers, The Dragon Guard), Sherwood Smith (Wren to the Rescue), and Matt Forbeck (Secret of the Spiritkeeper). Moderator Maryelizabeth Hart of Mysterious Galaxy denies all rumors of special treatment for spouse and panelist Jeff Mariotte. Room 3. Sunday, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM.
From there, the panelists head over to an autographing session in Room AA4, Sunday, 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM.
If you’ll be there, stop by and say hi. Otherwise, I should be hanging around the Green Ronin booth, showing off copies of Dracula’s Revenge.
I had a great time at Origins. All of my seminars went well. The attendees asked sharp questions, and my fellow panelists were a joy to work with. I spent a lot of time in the Green Ronin booth, showing people how to play Dracula’s Revenge, the new board game I developed for Human Head Studios.
At the Origins Awards ceremony last Friday night, I got a few thrills. First, I was asked to present the miniatures awards, so I got to be on stage in my tux and hand out some trophies to the some deserving souls.
Second, the Redhurst Academy of Magic picked up both awards for which it had been nominated: Best Roleplaying Game Supplement and Best Graphic Design of a Book. I didn’t win for the Best Game-Related Short Fiction, but my friend and fellow Alliterate Stephen D. Sullivan did.
On Saturday night, I attended the first ever Hall of Fame banquet. I got to dine with Hall-of-Famers Sandy Petersen, Greg Stafford, and Lou Zocchi, along with Steve Kenson, Robin Laws, and Tim Gerritsen. I even got to shake hands with Charles Roberts, who designed Tactics, the first modern wargame. You couldn’t ask for much more from a night.
Dracula’s Revenge debuted at Origins this past weekend. Lots of people came by to play the game, and they all seemed to like it. The copies we had at the show were flown in from China. The rest will arrive in January on the proverbial slow boat.
I’m told that Dracula’s Revenge #2 is now in comic book stores across the nation. You can also order it directly from IDW . This concludes the two-issue miniseries. It ends with a bit of a cliffhanger that leads straight into the Dracula’s Revenge board game.
I added a lot of content to the Dracula’s Revenge site today. This includes some new wallpapers, a new cover shot, and a free PDF of the game’s rules. We’ll have a limited number of copies of the game at the Origins Game Expo next week. If you’re going to be there in Columbus, Ohio, be sure to stop by and pick yours up quick.
Dracula’s Revenge #2 should be in stores next Wednesday, June 23. My friends at IDW Publishing tell me they got reorders on the first issue and hope to sell out soon. Be sure to pick up both if you can. Again, we should have some copies at Origins, but they’ll be even rarer than the board game.
Dracula’s Revenge, a board game I designed for Human Head Studios is off the presses and about to be loaded on a slow boat from China. It should reach America in early July. This means it will miss Origins, but we should have about 40 preview copies to sell at that show. Tim Gerritsen and I will be running demos all weekend, so be sure to stop by and check it out—and pick up a copy, as they’ll go fast!
Dracula’s Revenge #1, from IDW Publishing hits stores today! Be sure to run out and grab your copy before they’re all gone!
At Human Head Studios, we got a prototype of the Dracula’s Revenge game, in last week. The first thing we noticed is that the cardstock we chose for the boards was too thin. It started to curl soon after we got it out of the box. We thought this was unusual, since we went with a thicker stock than you see in many games like this, but it’s apparently because the thicker stock comes in two layers. The bottom layer expands more than the top, and the piece curls.
We immediately decided to upgrade out stock to the thickness of a puzzle piece. Now the boards should lay flat for sure. We should have a new prototype in next week to show us for sure. This means that the game is going to be a bit later than expected but only by a week or so. We should have a limited number to sell at Origins, but if you want a copy there, be sure to get in line early. They’ll go fast.
I just got a prototype of the Dracula’s Revenge boardgame in. A few details need fixing, but that’s why you have a prototype made before you go to press. Otherwise, you end up with several thousand error-riddled copies of the game.
Still, it always seems like the first thing I find when I pick up the first copy of a book or game hot off the presses is a mistake. When it’s your product, it’s painful, but at that point there’s little you can do about it. Over the years, I’ve come up with a number of “explanations.”
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The fine folks at FlamesRising.com just posted a recent interview with me. You can find it here. It started out being about Dracula’s Revenge, but it wandered over lots of other topics too. Give it a read and let me know what you think.
I just got an early copy of the Dracula’s Revenge comic book from IDW Publishing. It looks great. If you like the edgy artwork of Ben Templesmith (30 Days of Night), you’ll like this too. It should be in store either next week or the week after, I hear. When I know more, so will you.
Dracula’s Revenge is off to press! With any luck at all, Human Head Studios should have plenty of copies ready for the Origins game convention in late June. The game really came together in the last few weeks, and it looks and plays great! I can’t wait for you all to see it.
To whet your appetite, be sure to look for the Dracula’s Revenge comic from IDW, in stores at the end of the month. I’m checking out the pages for issue #2 right now, and you’re going to love them.
If you picked up any of IDW’s recent comic books, you may have seen a one-page interview with me in the back pages. They got me to reveal all sorts of details about Dracula’s Revenge and its 12-year history of development. If you’re nowhere near a comic store at the moment, you can read the interview online at IDW’s website, right here.
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