Since a few people have asked about the seminars I held at this year’s GAMA Trade Show, I’ve posted the notes from them in my Downloads section. “Seven Habits of Effective Freelancers” is for beginning freelancers, while “Advanced Freelancing” is just what it says. They’re incomplete, of course, since they’re just my speaking notes. I used these for the first …
Soulban’s Site Up
My pal Lucien Soulban just launched his spiffy new website. Be sure to check it out!
Concinnity Indeed
I had a great time at Concinnity this weekend. My hosts treated me like royalty, and the attendees who showed up to my panels were clever and interesting and asked good questions. On Saturday, I sat on a panel with James Lowder and E.E. Knight. Jim and Eric made everything easy and pleasant, and afterward I grabbed dinner with Jim …
Bertolini Wins!
Max Bertolini created the covers for each of my Blood Bowl novels, and we’ve put together a promotional comic for a new line of toys (REVs) from Playmates, too, which should hit shelves in June. He’s a fantastic artist and a pleasure to work with. In late February, one of his pieces won an art contest sponsored by BioRob 2006, …
The REAL Origins Awards Nominations
Pete Panzeri, the chairman of the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design, pointed out that the Origins Awards nominations list I posted a while back was a preliminary version and contained errors. Here is the official (and final) press release (reproduced also after the break). I’ve removed the other list from my older post.
Gaming as Culture
I just got a note from Patrick Williams about Gaming As Culture: Social Reality, Identity and Experience in Fantasy Games, a new book that he edited (along with Sean Hendricks and Keith Winkler) that treats fantasy roleplaying games as serious works worthy of study. It’s wonderful to see this relatively new field of entertainment get some respect from the halls …
Spreading the Battle Dice Word
Playmates Toys has asked me for ideas on how to get Battle Dice into more players’ hands. I have my own notions, of course, but I wonder if you might have some of your own you’d be willing to share. What would get you to play a game like this? What would pique your interest? What’s stopping you now? Consider …
Malkovich Makes Mutants
John Malkovich has signed on to play opposite Tom Jane in the upcoming Mutant Chronicles movie. Wow. I can’t tell you how exciting it is to see this all come together. I worked many years on the Mutant Chronicles roleplaying game (as well as on the Doomtrooper collectible card game and the Warzone miniatures game). I helped breathe life into …
Battle Dice Gets Organized
According to ICv2.com, Playmates Toys has signed Organized Play to set up and administrate its tournament and demo program for Marvel Heroes Battle Dice. This means you should be able to learn how to play the game or find a tournament in which to play at a store near you soon!
Concinnity Coming Up
This Saturday and Sunday (April 1—2, 2006), I’ll be at Concinnity, a gaming and science fiction convention held on the campus of the Milwaukee School of Engineering. My tentative schedule looks like this: Writing and Freelancing. Learn the basics of getting published and dealing with the challenges of writing fiction, RPGs and more. Featuring authors Matt Forbeck, James Lowder, and …