Listen In On Gen Con

During all my running around at Gen Con, I wound up being recorded for three different podcasts. In the first, Cam Banks and I chatted with Ryan Macklin and Kevin Weiser for This Just In … From Gen Con! We ranged over a lot of topics, including the Smallville RPG and the Diana Jones Award. It was 11 AM on …

Tied-In Paperback Out

I mentioned before that the IAMTW put out an excellent e-book entitled Tied In: The Business, History and Craft of Media Tie-In Writing. Besides being out for the Kindle and other e-book formats, it’s also now available as a trade paperback. If you’re a fan of tie-ins and would like to know about how they make their way to you, …

Jim Lowder on NPR

My friend Jim Lowder recently appeared on WUWM – Milwaukee’s NPR station – to chat about Family Games: The 100 Best. Listen in to hear him wax philosophic about games for all people and how great they are.

BoardGameGeek.com Wins the DJA!

Last Wednesday at Gen Con, I hosted the annual Diana Jones Award party, during which I was proud to announce that BoardGameGeek.com had won this year’s award. I’d tell you all about it, but fortunately Jeff Tidball recorded the whole thing. Watch the video for all the details. Congratulations to Derk Solko, Scott Alden, and all the other people who …

Bless Matt James’s Dice!

Freelancer extraordinaire Matt James went around Gen Con and asked people to bless his dice. Wil Wheaton does the hammiest best job of it, but there are lots of great bits here. I was happy to be included too (at about 1:55), if only so I could make some use of all those years of Catholic School.

Back from Gen Con!

I had a wonderful time at Gen Con this year, packing in as much fun, friends, and games as I could into the five days I spent at “the four best days in gaming.” It started out with the Diana Jones Award party on Wednesday night and wrapped up with a race through the exhibit hall with my son Marty …

Off to Gen Con!

I leave for Gen Con – a.k.a. Gamer Christmas in August – tomorrow morning, ready to take Indy by storm. If you’re going to be there too, be sure to hunt me down and say hi and share some dice or drinks. I’ve added a couple new details to my schedule. I’m joining Cam Banks for Ryan Macklin’s podcast “This …

Imagine Interview

Over at Imagine Daily, Kyle Robert Willis posted an interview with me. This one covers a long gamut of topics from Ghosts of Ascalon to Amortals to Brave New World: Revolutions to the Leverage RPG. It makes for a good recap of what I’m up to these days, so be sure to check it out.