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 …
Join Me at M+DEV
This Friday – February 14, 2020 – I’m scheduled to be a speaker at M+DEV, a video game developers conference held at the Allianz Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin. I spoke at the inaugural event two years ago, and I’m delighted that they invited me back. I’ll be speaking at 3:15 PM on “Writing for Video Games.” The rest of …
Shotguns & Sorcery Omnibus Arrives Next Week!
Shotguns & Sorcery: The Omnibus is due out next week on Tuesday, February 18. This 610-page volume contains every Shotguns & Sorcery story written to date, including two short stories: – “Friends Like These” – “Goblintown Justice” Three short novels: – Hard Times in Dragon City (novel)– Bad Times in Dragon City (novel)– End Times in Dragon City (novel) And a brand-new novelette I wrote especially …
S&S Omnibus Hard Copy Samples Are In
As I announced yesterday, pre-orders for Shotguns & Sorcery: The Omnibus are now open. The way the various online retailers sell these, I can only set up pre-orders for ebooks, but I’m planning on making paper copies available as well. You’ll just have to wait until February 18 to purchase them. The one on the top comes from Amazon’s Kindle …
Shotguns & Sorcery
Returns Home
Back in January of 2015, Outland Entertainment ran a successful Kickstarter to bring out Shotguns & Sorcery: The Roleplaying Game, based on the series of novels and stories by New York Times-bestselling author Matt Forbeck. Despite a series of delays, the last of the core rulebooks are being shipped to backers this month. The term for the initial license for …
Heading to Gamehole Con!
This weekend, I’m attending my last convention of the year – and one of my favorites – Gamehole Con. It’s a wonderful show held in Madison, Wisconsin, less than an hour from my house, and it’s grown larger and better every year. They focus on tabletop roleplaying games – Dungeons & Dragons in particular, but far from exclusively – and …
More Endless Quest Books!
Today is the US debut for two more books in my Dungeons & Dragons: Endless Quest series. These are pick-a-path books for readers ages 10 and up, and they take place in some of the most famous settings for the world’s most popular tabletop roleplaying game. The new ones are Escape from Castle Ravenloft and The Mad Mage’s Academy. In …
Hello, Halo Outpost!
This weekend, I’m heading off to Halo Outpost Discovery in Anaheim, California. HOD is a multi-media traveling celebration of all things related to Halo, and Anaheim is the last stop of this summer’s inaugural tour. They’ve called in a bunch of special guests to help them cap everything off, including loads of Halo writers and actors like Steve Downes and …
See You at Gen Con!
This is my favorite show of the year. I never miss it. I started going when I was a kid, and this will be my 38th in a row. Better yet, it falls across my birthday once again, so there’s double reason to celebrate. If you’re a tabletop gamer of any stripe and have the time and means to make …
See You at Comic-Con!
Next week, I’m off to San Diego for Comic-Con International. I’ve been going to San Diego Comic-Con on and off since the mid-’90s, when Jim Lee used to bring me out to demo the games I helped design with WildStorm (his part of Image Comics at the time). It’s something like quintupled in size since then, but I still always …