On Saturday, I got my first copy of Prophecy of the Dragons in the mail. It looks great. Emily Feigenschuh created a fantastic cover and her interior illustrations fit perfectly. Look for it on shelves everywhere in June. This is the second book I wrote in the Knights of the Silver Dragon series of young adult novels I created for …
Big Shots
We just had a photographer in here from Rockford Memorial Hospital. They’re going to place an advertorial in an upcoming issue of US News & World Report, and they chose our kids as their subject. We completed an interview with their writer last week, and the photos will help illustrate that piece. The quads were born at RMH almost four …
DJA Site Updated
Our able webmaster Peter Gifford of Universal Head just updated the Diana Jones Award website. The site now describes the 2006 shortlist in detail. By the way, if anyone in the gaming industry would care to co-sponsor the annual Diana Jones Award party and awards ceremony at Gen Con Indy this summer, be sure to ping me. If you’re an …
Diana Jones Award Shortlist Announced
The Diana Jones Award committee just announced the shortlist for this year’s awards. You can read the full release after the cut.
Would You Dance?
At the Alliterates meeting on Monday night, Lester Smith gave me a copy of his first printed book of poems: Would You Dance? It’s not available to the public yet, but should be soon, via Popcorn Press. This is great stuff, Lester at his best. To be more erudite about it, here’s the blurb I gave him for the back …
Dark Side, Here I Come
Today I bought the first Windows machine I’ve ever owned. I’ve used Windows machines a lot. At Human Head, I had a Windows laptop, and at Pinnacle, we had a dozen or so Windows computers, so technically I owned part of those. This one, though, is the first that I’ve paid money for and brought into my house. Don’t get …
New Battle Dice Review in Print
Bill Bodden reviews Marvel Heroes Battle Dice in the latest issue of Scrye Magazine. Bill does a fine job of encapsulating how the game works and has some kind things to say about it too. If you spot a copy in your friendly local gaming store, be sure to check it out.
Protospiel Update
Protospeil’s front page now lists me as the guest of honor for this year’s convention in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I’ve never been to this show before, but it sounds like a blast. It’s the only American convention I know of that’s dedicated to gathering aspiring board game designers, which seems like a great way for people to test ideas and …
Michael P. Bledsoe Dies
Michael P. Bledsoe passed away on May 4 at the age of 50. He hadn’t been involved professionally in the gaming industry for some time, but back in the ’80s he designed the Dr. Who Roleplaying Game and the second edition of the original Star Trek Roleplaying Game for FASA. According to his obituary, he was buried near Biloxi, Mississippi, …
Sextuple Hoax
This story’s a bit old, but I’m just now getting around to poking into it. On April 12, a couple that claimed to have given birth to sextuplets admitted that it had all been a hoax. As the father of quadruplets, I’m not surprised that someone tried this kind of a scam. People ask us all the time “what did …