My natural curiosity led me to check out the Wizards of the Coast website to see if they’d posted my bio yet. It turns out they’re quicker than I thought. You can see the bio here. Better yet, the official product page is here. I was told the book would be released in August, but it says June here, so …
Revised Bio
Wizards of the Coast recently asked me for an expanded bio to help them market The Secret of the Spiritkeeper, a new young adult novel I wrote for them that’s due out this August. I liked it better than what I had before, so I posted it here under my About Matt Forbeck link. There’s also a picture of me …
Real Authority Cover
Adam Jury of Guardians of Order just sent me the final cover for The Authority Role-Playing Game. Click on it to see a much larger version. This is essentially the same as the first cover I showed with the exception of the names along the spine. It’s common for authors to drop in and out of projects for various reasons. …
The Game Has Changed
When Ryan Dancey set up the OGL and the d20 System license (which allows people to use the Dungeons & Dragons rules system for free), he relied on the idea that a game isn’t just a set of rules. It’s a network of people who know and play the game. When you buy a copy of a game, you’re buying …
Weird Awards Time
GameWyrd.com just opened voting on its Weird GameWyrd Awards. The Redhurst Academy of Magic has been nominated as “The RPG or Supplement Most Likely to Spark the Imagination.” Since I developed and wrote most of the book for my day job at Human Head Studios, I’m kinda partial to it, so please stop by and vote!
IDW Serves Up Revenge… Dracula’s Revenge!
Van Helsing and Dracula Clash Again on a Bloody Trail of Mystery San Diego, CA, January 30, 2004. Get ready for the appearance of some of the most well-known and feared characters of horror in IDW Publishing’s April release Dracula’s Revenge. Someone is savagely butchering the prostitutes of Whitechapel. Sounds hauntingly familiar doesn’t it? Except it’s been a decade since …
A .5-Baked Theory
I talk to lots of people in the adventure game industry. We chat about all sorts of things, but the conversation often turns to questions like, “How’s it going?” In this case, “it” usually means “sales.” The answer I hear most lately is, “Not so good.” This is particularly true of d20 publishers, which most major RPG companies (with a …
Plugging Along
Work is going well this week. I just turned in a revision of my outline for the first novel in my Eberron trilogy for Wizards of the Coast. The first draft is due in early May, so I’m eager to get rolling on it soon. I wrote the first chapter when I pitched the books, and it was a blast. …
I Got Mortalized!
I had a great time on Mortality Radio last night. Many thanks to Adlon and Smaug for inviting me on, and even more thanks to those kind souls who showed up to listed and pepper me with questions. That’s a wonderful group of people there, doing something positive for the adventure gaming industry. My favorite part of the show was …
Mortality Reminder
I’ll be on Mortality Radio this Friday, January 23. The show starts at 8 PM EST, and I should be on sometime around 9 PM. If you have the time, stop by and join in. The show takes questions both on the air and via IRC (Internet Relay Chat). If you can’t make it, visit the site the following week. …