It seems that the people at WizKids have taken advantage of the slight delay in releasing High Stakes Drifter to post one bonus preview of the game. Stop by and see what “Cavalry Support” can do for your deck. This is just after Gen Con So Cal, but I suspect if you stop by the WizKids booth during the show, …
Grand Marshals Times Five
Here in Beloit, WI, our Downtown Business Association sponsors a lighted holiday parade every year on the Friday night after Thanksgiving. This year, the theme is “Through the Eyes of a Child.” As such, they asked if our kids would be willing to lead the parade, since we seem to have a lot of children with eyes to see through …
Dealer’s Choice for Choice Poker
I’m right in the middle of Dealer’s Choice: The Complete Handbook of Saturday Night Poker, and it rocks. If you ever thought about setting up a regular poker night with your buddies, this the how-to manual you need. Even if you’ve been playing in such a game for years, the book comes with over 200 poker variants for you to …
Geek Mafia for Free
My friend (and former Pinnacle freelancer and co-creator of the hit computer game City of Heroes) Rick Dakan has just self-published a new novel: Geek Mafia. It is, as the tagline says, a novel of comics, games, and crime, subjects dear to my own geek heart. I haven’t had a chance to read it yet, but it’s high on my …
Politics and Gaming
Robin Laws, in commenting on the use of Rule 21 to force a closed session of the Senate yesterday, provides a quote that speaks right to my gamer-politico heart: “Thus again confirming that America, while it expresses an engaging core concept and includes plenty of cool crunchy bits, was rushed to press without sufficient playtesting.”
High Stake Drifter Delayed
Due to some problems with getting the custom poker chips for the game made, WizKids has pushed back the official release date of High Stakes Drifter until November 23. In the grand scheme of things, waiting a couple weeks to get great components for a great game is no big deal. In the meantime, WizKids has also posted its final …
Free Tomb of Horrors
The fine people at Wizards of the Coast have updated their classic Dungeons & Dragons module The Tomb of Horrors for version 3.5 of the game. Best of all, it’s free! I have fond memories of this, the most lethal of the TSR-published adventures, despite the fact that my cleric got slaughtered in a horrible and arbitrary way. If you’re …
Keith Parkinson Dies
Keith Parkinson died of complications from leukemia on October 26, four days after his 47th birthday. A service for friends and family will be held on November 1 near his home in southern California. Keith was one of the greatest fantasy artists of our time. In the five years he spent at TSR, he created dozens of amazing covers for …
My World Fantasy Convention Schedule
The World Fantasy Convention is coming up November 3—6, the weekend after Halloween. I’ll be there, along with several hundred other devotees of fantastic tales. This will be my first time at this traveling convention, but since it’s in Madison, Wisconsin, this year, I couldn’t pass up the chance to check it out. I’ll wander about the place most of …
Heretic of Set Out Soon
Heretic of Set, the second in J. Steven York‘s Stygian trilogy for the new Age of Conan line of novels, should be in stores soon. Amazon lists the book available on October 25, but a copy for me showed up in the mail earlier this week. Steve did a great job with this series. If you’re a fan of Howardian …