Just four and a half hours left in the auction of the first-ever copy of the first edition of the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game, and it’s up to just shy of $800. I’m looking forward to seeing if there’s a last-minute burst of bids.
I see many of Greg’s other offerings are going for decent prices too. The autographed copy of his Prince Valiant game, though, is currently a steal at only $10.
My wife and I ran down to Chicago on Saturday night to see Wicked, the musical based upon Gregory Maguire’s book. It tells the story of the Wizard of Oz from the point of view of the Wicked Witch of the West. We loved it.
I’m a sucker for children’s literature–especially with strong elements of the fantastic. Things like Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Phantom Tollbooth, and so on. Wicked takes the two-dimensional characters from the original tale and inflates them with life. Plus, the music is wonderful, and the talented actors engaged the crowd through every moment.
Edit: Included author’s name.
Two days ago, I mentioned legendary RPG designer Greg Stafford’s auction of various parts of his gaming collection. Today, the price for the first-ever copy of the first edition of Call of Cthulhu is already up to $663.34. Go Greg!
There are just over four days left in the auction as I write this, so it could still go higher. If this must be yours, get your bids in soon!
The Diana Jones Award website has a spiffy new makeover. Drool over it for a while, anticipating the eventual release of the sixth annual shortlist.
Who knew this would last so long? No matter how much longer it goes, it’s already been a great ride.
Greg Stafford, the legendary shaman of the gaming industry, is selling off some of his personal games collection on eBay. This includes, among other gems, an autographed copy of the rulebook for White Bear & Red Moon, an autographed copy of the Prince Valiant RPG, and–get this–the first copy of the first edition of the Call of Cthulhu RPG.
It’s still in the original shrink-wrap.
Apologies (and thanks!) to Anthony Ragan for the heads-up.
I’ve just agreed to be this year’s guest of honor at Protospiel, a small convention dedicated purely to novice game designers. It’s scheduled for July 13—15 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, home to my alma mater, the University of Michigan.
If you’re an aspiring game designer–especially for board or card games, although games of all types are welcome–I recommend attending, if only to see what others of your ilk have rattling around in their brains. I’m looking forward to it and hope to see you there!
Over on the Black Library’s forums, the Norseman just posted an interview with me in honor of Death Match being released this month. He asked some great questions, which I answered as best I could. Be sure to check it out.
GamingReport.com has a review of Marvel Heroes Battle Dice. The reviewer glosses over the depth of play that the various powers and dice rules give the game, but I’ll take the free publicity.
This weekend, I finally got around to updating the site’s software to WordPress 2.02. At the same time, I added some cool bits to the comments. Now, the site can automatically e-mail you a notification whenever someone comments on a particular post. You can even subscribe to a post without commenting first. (Of course, if you already subscribe to comments via the RSS comments feed, you’re all set.)
Also, if you scroll all the way to the bottom of the page, you’ll see an automatic tally of how many words I’ve written in the posts on this site, not including any comments. It seems I have a novel’s worth of writing up here already, which is either really cool or shameful, depending on how you look at it.
The fine folks at Gen Con Indy have asked me to be a guest of honor once again at this year’s show. This will be my third year in a row to be so honored. Best of all, it’ll be my 25th summertime Gen Con in a row.
Back when I was a kid, my father would pack me and my pals in our 1976 extended cab Dodge Van (dubbed “the Magic Bus”) and drive us all out to UW—Parkside every morning of the convention. He’d drop us off there, then pick us up in the evening, secure in the knowledge that the worst trouble we’d get into was spending too much money on games.
Man, was I hooked. Now, so many years later, it’s incredible to be a part of the whole experience, one of my favorite times of the year. If you’ll be there too, be sure to look me up at one of my seminars or at whichever booth I might happen to be a part of. I’m looking forward to it!