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. …
Stafford’s Games, Your Gain
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 …
Day of the Daemon Approaches
I’m on the comp list for the Black Library, which means they regularly send me boxes of their new books. This week, I got a couple cool surprises. First, Cardinal Crimson by Will McDermott, the latest in the Necromunda series. I met Will at Gen Con a few years back and recommended him to the BL team, so I get …
Soulban’s Site Up
My pal Lucien Soulban just launched his spiffy new website. Be sure to check it out!
Concinnity Indeed
I had a great time at Concinnity this weekend. My hosts treated me like royalty, and the attendees who showed up to my panels were clever and interesting and asked good questions. On Saturday, I sat on a panel with James Lowder and E.E. Knight. Jim and Eric made everything easy and pleasant, and afterward I grabbed dinner with Jim …
Bertolini Wins!
Max Bertolini created the covers for each of my Blood Bowl novels, and we’ve put together a promotional comic for a new line of toys (REVs) from Playmates, too, which should hit shelves in June. He’s a fantastic artist and a pleasure to work with. In late February, one of his pieces won an art contest sponsored by BioRob 2006, …
Gaming as Culture
I just got a note from Patrick Williams about Gaming As Culture: Social Reality, Identity and Experience in Fantasy Games, a new book that he edited (along with Sean Hendricks and Keith Winkler) that treats fantasy roleplaying games as serious works worthy of study. It’s wonderful to see this relatively new field of entertainment get some respect from the halls …
Karen Traviss on Tie-Ins
At EmeraldCity.com, novelist Karen Traviss has an excellent essay on what it’s like to be a tie-in writer.
Colbert’s Jokes Explained
Over at Cinerati, Christian Johnson explains all the in-jokes (and mistakes) in Stephen Colbert’s recent bit on Dungeons & Dragons Online.
Patronize Wolfgang Baur
Wolfgang Baur, one of my fellow Alliterates, is taking a shot at using patronage (the ancient model for financing art) as the means of producing a d20 fantasy adventure (read: D&D module). It’s a kick of an idea, and I hope it works out for him. What differentiates this from Greg Stolze‘s ransom model is that Wolf hasn’t started work …