As I’ve mentioned here before, Secret of the Spiritkeeper and The Authority RPG both earned nominations for Origins Awards this year: for Best Fiction Publication and Best Roleplaying Game, respectively. The Academy of Gaming Arts and Design is now voting on the nominees, and the product with the most votes in each category wins the award. If you’re a member …
Reviews
I sometimes do a little ego-cruising on the web, wondering what people out there have to say about what I do. Not that I don’t love all of you who come by here, but those who are wiling to stop by and sit a while are most likely to say kinder things. After all, posting a comment here means I’ll …
Rules Rule
Yesterday I wrote the rules for an upcoming game from Mattel. By that, I mean that the game was already developed and tested. They just wanted someone to sit down and write up the rules in a polished, publishable format. It’s been a long time since I worked on a rules set for a game with which I had little …
Modern Browsers
I just got a note from a good friend who told me that he could barely read this website in his browser. He sent me a screenshot, and I could see why. It turns out he’s using Internet Explorer 5.x for the Mac. As I wrote back to him, this site, like many others, doesn’t resolve well in older browsers. …
Games Quarterly #5 Online Now
The latest issue of Games Quarterly Magazine is available for downloading now. Print copies should show in mailboxes and in better game stores everywhere soon. If you dig through it, you should be able to find an article I wrote on Peter Adkison’s new company (Hidden City Games) and its new game (Clout Fantasy). It’s a collectible game, but instead …
Human Head’s Secret: Prey
The cat’s officially out of the bag, so now I can finally talk about Human Head Studios‘ top-secret video game: Prey. For those of you who have been playing PC games forever, you might remember that 3DRealms, the makers of Duke Nukem, promised to come out with one particular game before Duke Nukem Forever. That game was Prey. Human Head …
Blood of Heroes Coming Soon
A hot-off-the-presses copy of Loren Coleman’s Blood of Heroes showed up via UPS today. It looks great, and I have high hopes that it will make a great launch for Ace Books new line of Age of Conan novels set in Conan’s homeworld of Hyboria. The book is due on shelves on May 31, so soon you’ll all be able …
Rolling Along
The weekend went well. The kids were great, and we spent lots of time over at my mom’s house, playing with her and many other members of our extended family. In the evenings, I managed to get through the proofs for Songs of Victory, the last volume in Loren Coleman’s Legends of Kern trilogy for the new Age of Hyboria …
Home (Not) Alone
Ann’s brother Nick graduates from Northern Michigan University today, up in beautiful (and nearly arctic) Marquette, Michigan. Ann and Marty (our eldest) made the trek up to help Nick celebrate this long-awaited event. That leaves me home alone with the quads, who are nearly three. So far, they’ve been great, although I can hear them barking at each other through …
Character for a Cause
On eBay, Loren Coleman is auctioning off the right to become a character in an upcoming BattleTech or Mechwarrior novel. All proceeds go to the American Stroke Association, through the efforts of Loren and his wife Heather. Loren’s also writing the first trilogy in the upcoming line of Age of Conan novels I’m editing for Conan Properties and Ace Books. …