The foolhardy Steve Creech has shanghaied me once again into helping out with the freelancers’ seminar track at Origins this year. I’m currently scheduled for: Freelancing for Beginners: Thursday, the 24th at 10:00 am  Event #9059 Panelists: Christina Stiles, Michelle Lyons, Matt Forbeck, Spike Y. Jones (tentative), Steven Creech (Bastion Press), and Will Hindmarch (Atlas Games) Intermediate Level Freelancing: Thursday, …

Flipping through the latest issue of Comics & Games Retailer, I got a cool surprise. Dragonstar, a d20 System setting I cowrote with Greg Benage for Fantasy Flight hit the Top Ten Best Seller’s list. Everyone in the industry knows the numbers in Comics & Games Retailer are only a little better than sticking a wet finger in the air, …

Today’s update is going to be late. I was at the Human Head offices until midnight, putting the final touches on Dracula’s Revenge, which is due out the door today. Once I get that off to press, I’m sure I’ll have lots to say—assuming I’m still awake.

I’m hard at work putting the finishing touches on Dracula’s Revenge, my new horror-themed boardgame from Human Head Studios. After that’s done, though, I’m going to cut back to part-time with Human Head. This will give me the time I need to focus on my first Ebberon novel for Wizards of the Coast, which is due at the end of …

I’m going to the GAMA Trade Show next week primarily to push games for Human Head Studios. However, the fine people at GAMA shanghaied me into helping out with a few seminars too. If you’d like to see me wing my way through a conversation or two, stop in and say hi. Mike Stackpole and I hope to handle the …

I’ll be in Las Vegas next week for the GAMA Trade Show. If you’ll be there too, stop by the Human Head Studios booth and say hi! Since I’m not sure about my internet access from the show, I’m not planning an update for next week. When I get back, though, you can expect to hear all about it.

This week is the mad rush of preparations for the GAMA Trade Show held next week at the Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas. I’ll be in the Human Head booth most of the time, when I’m not helping out with a seminar or three. If you’ll be there, stop by the booth, and I’ll tell you all about Human Head’s …

Some of you seem to be enjoying my Neverland game for children, which you can find in the Downloads section. Jo Ann Montgomery tells me she likes it, but she wanted it in a smaller format than the PDF. She kindly took it upon herself to convert the file into text and reformat it. I’ve posted the RTF (Rich Text …

This Friday, February 27, I’ll be at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, appearing on a panel at the annual summit meeting for the Wisconsin Alliance for Arts Education. It’s at 1:30 PM in the Student Union. The topic is “What Do They Know About Learning, Kids, and Games?” Tim Gerritsen, my boss at Human Head Studios, will be there …

A while back, Jon Leitheusser (currently of WizKids) asked me to write an essay about my opinion of the d20 System. I did, and he published as the last page of issue #2 of his Campaign Magazine. I edited it a bit to bring it up to date, and “What I Think of the d20 System” is now available in …