Here’s another way to do something good while getting a great game out of it. Greg Stolze came up with Executive Decision, a live-action game set in the White House, and asked a few of his friends (other gaming geniuses like Dennis Detwiller, Chad Underkoffler, Ron Edwards and D. Vincent Baker) to come up with scenarios for it. Greg has …
Promoting Games
Like lots of people, I think playing games is a great way to spend your free time. If you agree and you’d like to help spread that message, you have a few huge opportunities coming up in November. On November 5, it’s Worldwide D&D Game Day. Teach people to play Dungeons & Dragons or, if you don’t know how, it’s …
Capsule Monsters Coming Soon
I keep forgetting to mention Yu-Gu-Oh! Capsule Monsters, a new collectible figure board game that saw its first public showing at Gen Con Indy. It’s based on Capsule Monsters Coliseum, the videogame for the Playstation 2. You can read an article about it on the excellent ICv2.com. I didn’t design the game (that honor belongs to Mattel’s Tyler Kenny and …
Tie-In Writers Site Up
The brand-new International Association of Media Tie-In Writers (IAMTW) has a brand-new website designed to help promote tie-in fiction and its writers. If you browse through some of the articles on the website, you’ll see my comments peppered through a few of them. Tie-ins, for those unfamiliar with the term, are works of licensed fiction based on TV, films, games, …
Take Jeff Grubb’s Game and Money (For a Good Cause)
My good friend and fellow Alliterate Jeff Grubb is hoping you’ll make him a poorer man on behalf of victims of Hurricane Katrina. If you e-mail Steve Miller, Steve will send you a copy of Jeff’s new roleplaying game Dyvil. Jeff wrote it in 30 minutes and edited it in another 30, so it’s short, sweet, and to the point. …
Katrina Relief Project
In my last rambling post, I mentioned a gaming industry charity project devoted to raising funds to help the survivors of Hurricane Katrina. The website for this effort, known as Beyond the Storm, is up. It’s a bit bare bones at the moment but should have more details soon. If you’re a gaming professional interested in contributing to the effort, …
Gen Con Report
I’ve been trying to get to this for days, and I realized I just need to take a flying dive at it right now rather than wait for the right moment to tackle it. So, here goes.
Live Journal Feed
I remember seeing this many moons back and then forgetting about it. Someone set up a LiveJournal feed for this site ages ago, linking it directly to my XML feed. If you have a LiveJournal account, you can “friend” my feed. (There’s something suggestive in that.) If you don’t, then just ignore it. If you get an LJ account later, …
Pen & Paper :: Fan Awards – 2004 Winners
I got a pleasant surprise after getting back from Gen Con. Pen & Paper announced its annual awards. While I didn’t win anything outright, The Authority Role-Playing Game was a runner-up for Best Licensed Product. Better yet, I stunningly came in as a runner-up for the Hall of Fame. This year’s inductees were Dave Arneson and Steve Jackson, and my …
Buy a Date with a Famous Game Designer
I just found out about Otherworld Excursions the other day. These are events in which famous game industry folk run their best roleplaying games for you in their hometown areas. The three GMs lined up so far are Ken Hite, Stefan Pokorny, and John Tynes, all of whom are reputed to be at the top of the craft. Since they’re …