The rights to Shotguns & Sorcery: The Roleplaying Game reverted back to me earlier this year, and I’ve been working to get the things promised to backers in the 2015 Kickstarter off to them ever since. The core book–based on Monte Cook Games’ Cypher System–finally released to the public this summer, and in the past couple months, I managed to …
Blood Bowl Books Are Back
Today, the Black Library released two new editions of books based on Blood Bowl, Games Workshop’s game of fantasy football. In this case, the fantasy doesn’t involve NFL teams but elves, dwarves, vampires, and other fantastic monsters having over-the-top hyper-violent pun-filled battles in between slaking their thirst on ales like Bloodweiser and Killer Genuine Draft. This was one of my …
Fox Cities and SAM
Like most people, I’ve been staying close to home and hunkered down in these pandemic-plagued days. If I’d known this was going to happen, I’d have spent more time at C2E2, which wound up being the last convention I attended this year. While some of those shows have been canceled outright, many of them have gone virtual, so I’ve been …
A Return to Dark Eden
Decades back, in the mid-’90s, I was the developer for the Mutant Chronicles roleplaying game for Target Games in Sweden. It’s a dark future setting in which corporations rule the solar system and strive to protect us from demonic/alien forces of mind-bending evil invading from beyond. It’s been featured in RPGs, board games, and collectible card games and was even …
Minecraft Dungeons Novel on Sale!
On July 7, my latest novel hit shelves. Rise of the Arch-Illager is an officially licensed novel based on the brand-new hit video game Minecraft Dungeons. It’s for ages 10 and up, and it focuses on the origins of the villain of the game, the legendary Arch-Illager himself. The book is already selling well. It debuted as the #1 children’s …
The Shotguns & Sorcery RPG Is on Sale!
Hey, folks! Shotguns & Sorcery: The Roleplaying Game is officially on sale! That means if you missed out on the Kickstarter that Outland Entertainment ran years ago, you can now grab your very own copy of the game and join the fun. The game is based on my fantasy noir novels and stories and powered by Monte Cook’s Cypherâ„¢system. It’s written …
Black Lives Matter Bundles
My friends over at DriveThruRPG have set up a number of bundles of gaming goodness, through which you can get loads of games for cheap and support some amazing causes. Seriously, there are way too many things there for me to list, and the money goes to causes like Black Lives Matter, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and the National …
The Super StoryBundle
StoryBundle just launched a new collection of superhero books curated by my friend Kevin Anderson. With StoryBundle, you decide what price you want to pay for a crate full of ebooks. For a minimum of $5, you get the basic bundle of five novels. These include: Captain Nemo: The Fantastic Adventures of a Dark Genius by Kevin J. Anderson Cynetic Wolf by …
Shotguns & Sorcery: The Omnibus Is Here!
Today you can finally get the new ebook and hard copy editions of Shotguns & Sorcery: The Omnibus. This 610-page book contains all six Shotguns & Sorcery stories written to date, including: – “Friends Like These” (short story)– “Goblintown Justice” (short story)– Hard Times in Dragon City (novel)– Bad Times in Dragon City (novel)– End Times in Dragon City (novel) Plus, a brand-new story written for this book, …
The Best Decision I Ever Made
There’s a long version of this story that I like to tell at conventions, maybe over beers, and that I’ll someday write down properly for my memoir. Here’s the short one. Thirty-some years ago – fresh out of college and on a student work visa – I somehow miraculously landed a dream job as an editor and game developer at …