This Saturday, February 25th, from 4 to 8 PM, the UW Writers’ Institute is hosting an author slam at Mystery to Me, an excellent independent bookstore at 1863 Monroe Street, Madison, Wisconsin. They’re going to have a baker’s dozen of writers doing short readings, with group signings at the end of each hour. I’m the lead-off author, so don’t be late! …
2017: The Year of Catching Up
Wow, you can tell how I’m busy I am by how much time goes between updates here. On a personal level, I’m on a new medication (Humira) for the health issues that have plagued me since 2013, and it seems to be helping a lot. I’m taking sharp advantage of that renewed energy to get to work catching up on various …
Tales from the Loop Ends Soon
The folks over at Fria Ligan (Swedish for Free Legion, and publishers of Coriolis and Mutant) have a hit on their hands with Tales from the Loop, a new tabletop roleplaying game based on artist Simon StÃ¥lenhag‘s stunning creations in the 2015 art book of the same name. As I write this, the Kickstarter drive for the book has raised over $250,000 and still …
Join Me at Gamehole Con!
This weekend, I’m one of the guests of honor at Gamehole Con in Madison, Wisconsin. This is my last scheduled public appearance of the year, before I hunker down in my writing den for the winter. I was a guest last year too, and I had an absolutely wonderful time at the show. If you’re a gamer and you can make …
Going to Mount Horeb!
This coming Monday, October 10, starting at 6:30 PM, I’m going to be visiting the Mount Horeb Public Library in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin. I’ll be talking about my Captain America book, but I’ll also have a preview copy of my upcoming Dungeonology with me to show around as well. The event is listed “for teens, ages 12 and up.” (But really, aren’t all …
About Forward/Story (a.k.a. How I Spent My Costa Rica Vacation)
I’ve had one hell of a great summer. I just spent four weeks on the road, including Comic-Con, a week at our family cabin, Gen Con (my favorite professional event of the year) and Forbeck-O-Rama (a family reunion, my favorite personal event of the year). Soon the kids will be back in school, and we’ll all settle back into that post-summer groove, but before that …
The Escape Your Taxes Sale
Hey, this is a crazy time of year for lots of us. Finding receipts. Entering numbers. Adding it all up to see if you owe something or have a refund coming your way. You know what I’m talking about. Tax time. My pal Brad Beaulieu came up with an idea for a way to alleviate some of your tax-time frustration …
The Munchkin Book
A while back, my pal Jim Lowder asked me to write something about one of my favorite games, Munchkin, for The Munchkin Book, a collection of essays about the bestselling card game created by Steve Jackson and illustrated by another pal, John Kovalic. The book, published by BenBella, went through a long, twisty maze of revisions and approvals, but it’s finally been approved and …
Playing Secret Hitler on Twitch.tv Tonight
This evening, I’m heading down to the Cards Against Humanity offices in Chicago to play their new game, Secret Hitler. They’re currently running a Kickstarter for the game, which has already brought in over $700,000, and to show people how the game works, they’ve been live-streaming sessions of the game on Twitch.tv. Tonight, I’ll sit down to play with Will …
Join Me at Gamehole Con!
This weekend, I’ll be a guest at Gamehole Con at the Alliant Center in Madison, Wisconsin. It’s only a couple years old, but the convention has spiked into a huge gathering of gamers, featuring a massive slate of guests, including Peter Adkison, John Kovalic, Steve Jackson, Jonathan Tweet, Ed Greenwood, Rob Heinsoo, Chris Perkins, Bill Cavalier, Jolly Blackburn, Merle Rasmussen, …