Last week, we received a print we’d ordered from a local artist Kenan Pulliam. After Barack Obama’s inauguration as President, Kenan made prints of a painting he calls “Fulfillment of a Dream,” which features Obama looking out over Martin Luther King Jr. You can see a picture of him and the piece in an article about Kenan and his work …
Ann Speaks about Homeless Kids
Today’s Janesville Gazette has an article about homeless students, and it features quotes from my wife Ann about what she and others in the area are trying to do to help. She’ll be giving a lunchtime seminar on the subject, sponsored by the League of Women Voters, on Wednesday. I really enjoy what I do, but I’m always so proud …
Mark Waid on How to Edit
Over on John Rogers’ blog, Mark Waid has an excellent post about how a comic-book editor works–or should. This is required reading for any editor in any creative field. Mark boils it down to two rules: Mark Waid’s First Inviolable Rule For Editors, Including Himself: Never point out a problem unless you have a solution to offer. Mark Waid’s Second …
Play MonsterCon!
At the Alliterates meeting on Monday night, I had the honor of playtesting MonsterCon!, a new card game designed by Lester Smith. As with much of Les’s work, it’s wickedly funny and simple to pick up and shows surprising depth. Best of all, it’s free! Les has posted the rules online, and all you need to play are a deck …
The Game Designing Life
Matthew Sprange, one of the founders of Mongoose Publishing, just released I Am Mongoose, and So Can You!, a new book aimed at showing you how you can make a living in the tabletop gaming industry. I’ve only read through the free sample up at DriveThruRPG.com, but it seems like solid, sensible stuff. The PDF’s a bit pricey at $29.95 …
Who Quits a Day Job?
Sandy Antunes has an excellent column up on RPG.net today, in which he reveals the results of an informal survey of RPG designers and developers. The question he put to them was: “What is your day job?” The results are not particularly scientific, which Sandy (whose day jobs include astrophysicist and stay-at-home dad) freely admits, but they’re fun. I didn’t …
Around the World in XX Games
My pal Keith Baker (the man who created Eberron among many other great games) is planning the adventure of a lifetime later this year. His aim? To travel around the world, running roleplaying games in exchange for hospitality. He calls it Have Dice, Will Travel. If you are a gamer who happens to live in an interesting place and have …
Back to Lothlórien
Turbine recently posted an article on The Lord of the Rings Online that I edited: “Hero’s Guide to Lothlórien.” The inimitable Will Hindmarch did an excellent job with the heavy lifting of actually writing the piece and taking all the screenshots. If you like MMOs or The Lord of the Rings in any form, be sure to check it out.
Game Balance Is Overrated
I recently wrote this bit on a private mailing list. Jeff Tidball saw it and asked me to repost it over at Gameplaywright.net in the discussion about Things We Think About Games, the game-ruminations book he and Will Hindmarch put together. Which I did. And so I thought I’d post it here as well. I’m interested to hear what you …
Scrye Folds
ICv2.com reports that Scyre, the last remaining magazine devoted to collectible games, is ending its run in April. By my count, Scrye was also the last adventure game magazine of any stripe left in wide circulation, joining Dragon, Dungeon, InQuest, Games Quarterly, and several others in the periodicals graveyard. I used to love reading gaming magazines, but with the rise …
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