Toy News International has an article about the upcoming DC Battle Dice game I designed for Playmates Toys. (This is the DC Comics version of the Marvel Heroes Battle Dice game, of course.) They also have a gallery up, which features photos of the figures from both lines. This includes a shot of unpainted masters for the DC dice chuckers: …
REV It Up!
Altered States Magazine has more images of Marvel Heroes Battle Dice from the Toy Fair. If you want to see something else I’ve been working on with Playmates, click on the links under R.E.V.s. The fantastic designers at Playmates came up with this all-new toy line and drafted me in to help out with developing the characters, the setting, and …
Battle Dice Story
The Herald Bulletin of Anderson, Indiana, features a story about how Battle Dice came about. It includes quotes from Playmates Toys‘ Pat Linden about how I became involved in the design of the game.
Marked for Death Review
The fine people at Cinerati just posted a review of Marked for Death. It’s a good, solid piece with what I think are fair criticisms of the book.
Sam’s Story
I met Jeph Loeb several years back, when I was working on the WildStorms Collectible Card Game for WildStorm Productions (which was then part of Image Comics but is now owned by DC). We played in Jim Lee’s annual poker game at Comic-Con International, and I got cleaned out quick. I saw him again at the same convention in 2004, …
New Knights Covers
Amazon.com has posted the covers to my next two Knights of the Silver Dragon novels: Prophecy of the Dragons and The Dragons Revealed. These form a two-part story (“Revelations”) due out this summer, the results of which shake the world of Kellach, Moyra, and Driskoll to its core. Click the thumbnails for larger pictures of the covers. Note that they …
New Marvel Battle Dice Playmat
Playmates has released a PDF of a demo-ready playmat for Marvel Heroes Battle Dice. This puts the regular playmat together with the reference sheet that describes all the different powers in the game. It’s the perfect tool for teaching people how to play, and the Playmates demo team will be using it at their premiere appearance at Megacon next weekend.
Marvel Battle Dice Figure Gallery
Playmates has posted a gallery of many of the figures from Series 1 of the Marvel Heroes Battle Dice game. These are great, professional shots that really capture the way the figures look.
Marvel Battle Dice Previews
The fine people at Superhero Times have posted 31 photos from the New York Toy Fair of upcoming products for the Marvel Heroes Battle Dice game line from Playmates Toys. The coverage includes the battle arena, the huge carrying case, and the character lists for the next three expansions.
Alliterates Assembled!
I had a great time at the Alliterates‘ monthly meeting last night. Doug Niles brought a bar puzzle that took us forever to figure out, and we only managed it all because Steve Sullivan refused to give up. (Okay, Steve managed it himself long after the rest of us had let it go.) We also had a guest, Steven Schend, …