I’ll be in the fine city of Chicago over the weekend of June 4–6 for BookExpo America, the largest trade show for English-reading bibliophiles on the planet. I’ll be in the Wizards of the Coast booth, signing advanced reading copies of Secret of the Spiritkeeper, the first in the new Knights of the Silver Dragon series of young adult fantasy …
Games Quarterly Magazine on the Horizon
On Friday, I got another surprise in the mail: the first issue of Games Quarterly Magazine. This is a brand-new general games magazine from Matthews-Simmons Marketing, the same people who bring you the game-industry bible Games Quarterly Catalog. I wrote an article about Fluxx (a real game designer’s card game) in it, which is why the printer drop-shipped me a …
Origins Awards Nominations
The Origins Awards nominations were just released. I’m happy to say that two pieces I worked on picked up a total of three nods. Many thanks to those members of the Academy who voted to recognize them. Redhurst Academy of Magic garnered nominations for Best Roleplaying Supplement and Best Graphic Design in Book Format. Also “The Price of Freedom” got …
Errors Creep In
I just got a prototype of the Dracula’s Revenge boardgame in. A few details need fixing, but that’s why you have a prototype made before you go to press. Otherwise, you end up with several thousand error-riddled copies of the game. Still, it always seems like the first thing I find when I pick up the first copy of a …
CCG In the Works
Right after I cut down to part-time at Human Head Studios, I started beating the bushes for work hard. Among other things, I flushed out a collectable card game design gig. It’s been a couple years since I’ve worked on one of these babies, but it’s just as much fun as I remember. I can’t say any more about it …
Flaming Interview Up
The fine folks at FlamesRising.com just posted a recent interview with me. You can find it
FullMoonEnt.com No More
Those of you who have my old business cards or who have been following my career for a while might have stopped by my old website at www.fullmoonent.com. It was my first shot at designing a website for myself, and it was all right for the time. However, I had to update everything by hand, which meant it didn’t happen …
Origins Awards Nominations Round Open
If you’re a member of the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design, it’s finally time to vote in the first round to narrow down the nominees to a slate of contenders for the final awards. With that in mind, allow me to take the opportunity to highlight again two products I was involved with in 2003 that I feel …
Gen Con, the Honor Is Mine
Last week, the fine people at Gen Con contacted me to ask If I’d be willing to be a gaming guest of honor at this year’s Gen Con Indy. To say “YES!” any faster, I’d have had to have answered before they asked. I grew up in southern Wisconsin and have been going to Gen Cons since I was a …
Fast Times
I got word just over two weeks ago that I needed to cut back my hours at Human Head. I started beating the bushes for work right away. I’m happy I never got all the way out of that pool. I kept all the old contacts, maintained all the old friendships, and when the time came I was able to …