Gen Con starts tomorrow! This is my absolute favorite time of the year. I get to see old friends, make new ones, talk books, play games, and stay out all night – and these days, I even get to enjoy it with my wife and kids. This is the 50th year for the show – as well as my 36th …
Join Me at Gen Con for Worldbuilders
Gen Con is just around the corner, coming up on August 17—21, and I can’t wait! This is the 50th Gen Con, and they’re pulling out the stops for the big celebration. Four-day badges have already sold out, along with Saturday and Sunday badges. They’re predicting a complete sell-out, which will be the first time in the convention’s history. I’m …
Summer Games Sale
My son Marty is heading off to college at the University of Wisconsin–Madison this fall, but this summer, to raise some cash, he’s cleaning out my attic and selling off a slew of my old games on eBay. You can see a bunch of them listed below. At the moment, there’s a bunch of books for Deadlands, Dungeons & Dragons, and Middle-earth …
Crafting Intangibles Starts Tonight
Today, my friend Christy Dena – who I met at last year’s Forward/Story conference, which she co-founded with Lance Weiler – is launching a new, online/Australian conference for narrative designers called Crafting Intangibles. I’m the lead-off speaker, starting at 7 PM Central Time tonight/10 AM tomorrow in Sydney. Christy’s lined up a slew of other incredible speakers, including luminaries like Chris …
Gen Con 2017 Schedule Update
My schedule for Gen Con is filling up fast. Since I posted about it last, I’ve added a slew of new events. This is the show I never miss. It’s Gen Con 50–and my 36th time going in a row–so it’s sure to be even bigger than ever. If you’re a gamer, there’s no better place to be, but Gen Con’s …
The 2017 Diana Jones Award Shortlist Is Here
The shortlist for the 2017 Diana Jones Award was announced earlier today. Head on over to the award’s website for all the details. To sum up, the shortlist includes: The Beast End of the Line Gen Con Gloomhaven The Romance Trilogy Terraforming Mars Plus, it features a brand-new logo (seen above) designed by my pal Jeff Mackintosh, who died last …
The Hack Is Back!
Sometime last year, Lindsey Priestly of the Black Library informed me that they were going to be publishing some short fiction set in the world of Games Workshop’s Blood Bowl game, and she asked me if I’d like to contribute. At that time, I was the only person who’d ever written any fiction for the game – a fantasy football contest in …
My Gen Con Schedule
If you know me, you know how much I’m looking forward to Gen Con 50. My schedule for it is already filling up. It’s not all been announced yet, but here’s what’s on the slate so far: Wednesday, August 16 The Diana Jones Award party. (This is a private affair I host every year for industry professionals. If you’re one …
Go See Of Dice and Men!
This week, I’m heading to the Nexus Game Fair, and I hope to see you there. Either way, if you can make it over to Madison, Wisconsin, this weekend or the next, do yourself a grand favor and go see Of Dice and Men at the Bartlett Theatre. I went to see it with my daughter, Helen, on Saturday night, and it was …
Worldbuilders at Gen Con
My friend Pat Rothfuss is a top-notch, best-selling fantasy author, but he’s also the man in charge of Worldbuilders, a charity that gathers geeks together to do some good in the world by raising money for Heifer International, Mercy Corps, and First Book. On Friday afternoon at Gen Con (August 18), Pat and his crew are putting on a gaming party with 18 …