The Palladium Plot Thickens

It seems that some of the people who heard of Palladium’s plight wanted to find out if Kevin Siembieda was telling the truth about his company’s troubles. They did some digging and found out the name of the perpetrator who harmed the RPG publisher so badly. Kevin got wind of this and issued a reasonable statement about it, urging people to leave the guy alone. It’s a horrible tale of trust and friendship gone wrong.

Queen of Death Done and Gone

I just turned in the manuscript for Queen of Death, the third and final book in my Lost Mark trilogy for the Eberron world. This started with Marked for Death, which hit stores in March of 2005, and continued in Road to Death, which saw print in January of 2006. The whole thing should wrap up this October, and I can’t wait to see it happen.

This also marks the first time in what seems like forever that I’m caught up on all my deadlines. Between the novels for Wizards and the Black Library, working on Marvel Battle Dice and REVs for Playmates, tackling countless smaller projects, and helping raise five young kids, it felt like I might never get back on track again, but here I am!

My next novel isn’t due until mid-June, and since it’s a shorter book (my next Knights of the Silver Dragon installment), I should be able to get that done on time. Woot!

Costikyan’s History of Games

In the latest issue of The Escapist, legendary game designer and Manifesto Games CEO Greg Costikyan offers up a history of tabletop gaming and shows how such games have inspired and informed the computer games of today. He argues that tabletop games will continue to do so, and I hope he’s right.

This essay should be required reading for any student of adventure games. The historical notes alone are well worth the time–and it’s all free for the reading.

Dansky on Blood Bowl

My pal Richard Dansky commented on my Blood Bowl novel on his blog today:

You can tell this book was written by a Packers fan in, say, ten to fifteen seconds. Lots of fun and a good ride, though I’m disappointed that there weren’t more exploding spiked footballs.

Rest assured, I’m taking notes.

Rockford Files–Death Match Style!

My latest novel, Blood Bowl: Death Match, hits store shelves in the US today! This is the third in the Blood Bowl trilogy, and it wraps up most if not all of the loose plot threads I left dangling throughout the first two books. The climactic match takes place in the Realms of Chaos. Talk about one Hell of a game!

To celebrate, this Saturday, from 3—5 PM, I’ll be at the Barnes & Noble in Rockford, Illinois, to chat with folks and sign books, games, or anything else presentable. That includes fresh-off-the-truck copies of Death Match. If you’re anywhere in the area, please be sure to stop by and keep me company for a while!