BoardgameNews.com has an excellent article on the boardgame I’m most looking forward to this fall: Battlelore from Days of Wonder. Take Richard Borg‘s excellent Command & Colors system (from gems like Battle Cry and Memoir ’44) put a fantasy twist on it, and give it the high-quality Days of Wonder treatment. And out just in time for the holidays.
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
My friends at Raven Software (now a division of Activision) are hard at work on the new Marvel: Ultimate Alliance videogame. I saw a preview of this at Comic-Con, and it’s stunning stuff, up to Raven’s usual high standards. I somehow ended up with a fistful of invitations to the game’s VIP site. If anyone out there is interested in …
New Alliterates Site
The Alliterates site has a fresh, new look, courtesy of our webmaestro Lester Smith. Stop by and check it out. It looks great, although most of us haven’t had much of a chance to tinker with our sections yet. Look for more content there soon.
Wearable Poetry
My fellow Alliterate and pal Lester Smith just launched a new website: PoemTee.com. Here Les sells t-shirts emblazoned with his own haiku. Stop by and take a read.
ACD Games Day Report
Last night, I drive up to Madison to catch the after-hours action for the ACD Games Day, a small trade show run by the #2 distributor in the adventure gaming industry. I would have gone up during the day, but with the kids in school my schedule wouldn’t permit it–not without a lot of juggling. So, it’s a quick evening …
Write for the Black Library
For those aspiring authors out there, the Black Library is holding a new short-story competition. Winning entries will be purchased for a new Warhammer anthology based around the theme of invasion. The deadline is October 11, 2006. Unlike many other competitions, you don’t need to submit a full story from the get-go. You only have to come up with a …
Gen Con 2006, Day 5
The epic tale staggers to an end on August 13, 2006.
Gen Con 2006, Day 4
The saga continues on August 12, 2006.
Titanic Games on the Horizon
The fine folks at ICv2.com report today on the activities of Titanic Games. This includes a deluxe version of James Ernest‘s Kill Doctor Lucky, the first game he published through his own Cheapass Games. It’s a mirror-universe version of Clue, in which the player compete to be the first one to murder the good doctor and get away with it. …
Appearing in Northern Illinois During Teen Read Week
The folks at the North Suburban Library District have asked me to come speak during their upcoming Teen Read Week in October. I’ll be at the Roscoe, IL, branch (at 5562 Clayton Circle) on Monday, October 16, from 6:30—7:30 PM, and at the same time at the Loves Park, IL, branch (at 6340 North 2nd Street) on Wednesday, October 18. …