Wizards of the Coast has posted the answers to the D&D developer’s test I mentioned earlier. Best of all, the answers are those that recent-hire Mike Mearls gave when he took the test, and they feature comments from Jesse Decker, who explains how well Mike did. I’m not surprised Mike did so well. He’s one of the best designers to …
High Stakes Drifter Demo Online
WizKids just posted the latest version of the rules for High Stakes Drifter, along with tournament rules, and PDFs of a demonstration deck and a set of kicker chips. Download the whole shebang and try the game out for yourself, nearly a month before it’s due to hit shelves. There’s also an article on how Side Bets work in the …
The Dyvil You Know
Jeff Grubb posts that he’s donated $200 to the Red Cross, $1 for each request for his new RPG Dyvil. If you haven’t made a request of your own yet, check Jeff’s post for the details on how to get it. It’s not only free to you, it’s for a good cause.
Blood Bowl Review
John McLintock (who I met at Bill King‘s wedding) has posted a review of Blood Bowl. Thanks, John!
Back to Middle-Earth
Decipher just announced that it’s going to release some new books for its Lord of the Rings and Star Trek Roleplaying Games as PDFs through DriveThruRPG.com. This may include some books in which I had a hand back when I worked as Decipher’s Lord of the Rings RPG developer. Or not. Honestly, it’s been more than three years since I …
As Commercial As It Gets
I just saw a preview of the TV commercial that Playmates is going to run early next year to promote Marvel Heroes Battle Dice. This should get heavy rotation in lots of regions of the television lineup that I usually only see while peering over my kids’ shoulders. It looks great, and that’s even before they add the animated bits. …
I’m Baaaack
On September 21, I left the US for Prague, to witness the marriage of one of my best friends, Bill King, to the love of his life. I got back on the 28th, and I’m just now caught up enough to spend time on this website. As you might guess from the slew of new posts, I’ve had lots of …
Spitfire Grill Open
Here’s a shot of the Spitfire Grill sign I won in a raffle from the New Court Theatre this summer. It looks great over our stove.
Katrina Charity PDF Ready Now
Beyond the Storm: Shadows of the Big Easy is now available as a PDF download through Lulu.com. This is the big, RPG-industry charity jam book I mentioned before. It came out fantastic and on time, both of which should amaze anyone who’s worked on a project like this. It features RPGs, RPG adventures, short stories, and essays–all with a Big …
Become a D&D Designer
Wizards of the Coast is on the prowl for new talent for their Dungeons & Dragons staff. I chatted with Bill Slaviscek about this at Gen Con, and he said that for the first time they don’t care if you have previous publication credits or not. They just want great designers. If you’re interested and think you have the chops …