On Friday night, Ann and I went to see the New Court Theatre‘s production of Brighton Beach Memoirs. As always, we had a great time. Josh Burton, who directed the play and runs the company, consistently puts on productions of the highest quality and with some of our area’s finest actors. If you’re anywhere in the area, be sure to …
For Pete’s Sake
My sister Jody just dropped me a note about a good cause my fellow Wisconsinites might be interested in: This is the website and story of Corinna’s brother, Pete. Do you all remember Corinna, with the twins and the tatoos:) Anyway, her brother was diagnosed 2 years ago, at the age of 18, with bone cancer. The parish in Spring …
Dead Ball Cover Spotted
Amazon.com now boasts a cover for Dead Ball, the second in my trilogy of novels based on the Blood Bowl board game from Games Workshop. You can see a tiny copy it below and find a larger version by clicking on it. Ironically, while Googling for “Matt Forbeck” and “Dead Ball,” I stumbled upon some pages that mention Fast Break, …
Seven Cities at RPGNow.com
Atlas Games just released a PDF version of Seven Cities, a d20 sourcebook I wrote for them a while back. It features seven fantasy cities in the standard D&D sizes and uses an innovative telescoping technique to fit them all into a 128-page book. If you haven’t got a copy yet, you can pick up the electronic version through RPGNow.com …
Blood Bowl at the Summer Cons
As posted on the Black Library‘s site, I’ll be signing copies of Blood Bowl at two conventions coming up soon: Games Day Chicago (July 30) and Gen Con Indy (August 18—21). At Games Day, I’ll be wandering the hall and taking up time behind a stack of books at the sales table. At Gen Con, I’ll be in the Sabertooth …
Ransoming Meatbots on NPR
Greg Stolze and Dan Solis were on NPR’s On the Media this weekend. I don’t see a permalink over there, but if you check in soon, you can hear Greg and Dan talking about their game Meatbot Massacre via a RealOne Player link. The cool thing about the game–besides the fact that Greg is behind it–is its business model: the …
Damn Awful Day
First, Al Qaeda bombs London. Solidarity to my friends across the Pond. Our hearts are with you. Then, I find out that my friend Scott Haring was in a horrible auto accident with his family, that cost the life of his 12-year-old stepson. Scott, for those who don’t know, has been in the gaming industry as an editor and designer …
Channel 17 Tonight
If you happen to be in the Madison, Wisconsin, viewing area tonight tune into the 10 PM news on Channel 17. They send a reporter over to interview me about the incident last night and tape some of my footage. If you get a chance, check out the 10 PM news tonight to see my 0.15 seconds of fame. 🙂 …
The Bad Guy Lost
As you might imagine, I didn’t get a lot of sleep last night. Most of the details I have about what happened came to me second-hand through a couple of teenagers who chatted with a cop last night while wandering around the neighborhood, trying to get the best view of the house in which the fugitive was holed up. The …
Distractions, Distractions
I’m trying. I really am. But the world seems to be conspiring against me giving my full attention to my writing tonight. Since about 7 PM, we’ve had a hostage situation unfolding less than 50 yards from my house. The Beloit police swarmed all over the place and surrounded the house across the street from our next-door neighbors. Apparently, an …