I will be at GenCon, the Best Four Days in Gaming, in Indianapolis, Indiana from Wednesday July 29 through Sunday August 2. This will be my first year as a Gaming Industry Insider, so I’m looking forward to being involved with that track of programming. On Wednesday I can be found at the Diana Jones […]
Read MoreI’ll be one of dozens – perhaps hundreds! – of speakers at sci-fi convention CONvergence in Bloomington, Minnesota July 2-5. CONvergence is a huge convention – attendance numbers over six thousand people – and is the larger of two conventions that formed a number of years ago after a split among the staff of Minnicon. […]
Read MoreJim Hines reminded me in his Live Journal (and elsewhere) of an ongoing argument: a lot of people are angry that Howard Phillips Lovecraft’s likeness is used for the statue given out as the World Fantasy Awards. I have conflicting feelings about this, but I’d like to add my voice to the discussion of What […]
Read MoreOn the Internet, people have been comparing how many tabletop RPGs they played, and which ones — obviously to determine who is King Geek. I’ve been thinking about this a bit lately, and decided that cataloging the games I’ve played might be useful — if only for posterity’s sake. Below is a list — as […]
Read MoreMy schedule as a guest of Geek Kon has been finalized. Here’s where I’ll be and when: Friday (August 22) Slingin’ Dice: An Intro to RPGs (Bodden, Pavao) – La Crosse – 7:00-7:50pm Gaming with the Guests – Tabletop Gaming Room (Salons D & E) – 8:00pm to 10:00pm I’ll be running a ZOMBIE DICE […]
Read MoreAlong with a TON of talented people, I’ll be a guest at Geek-Kon this year in Madison, Wisconsin, August 22-24. Besides speaking on a number of panels, I will also be refereeing a Zombie Dice tournament as part of the “Game With The Guests” event on Friday night of the con. The tournament is simple. […]
Read MoreI’ve been blogging faithfully every week since October. Frankly, the response is occasionally cheering, but almost always underwhelming. With the exception of a couple of posts, I rarely get enough traffic to feel as though it justifies my effort. It’s been a disheartening discovery. That doesn’t mean I’ll stop blogging – just that I won’t […]
Read MoreAchtung! Cthulhu Guide to the Pacific Front At long last, a book I worked on nearly a year ago has finally gone to press. Available now in several ebook formats, with print copies showing up in stores — at a guess — within a month or so. Since the Achtung! Cthulhu Guide to the Pacific […]
Read MoreA while back I received issue #8 of Andrew Hooper’s excellent fanzine FLAG, in which he opined about the issue of performance-enhancing drugs in sports, specifically in Baseball. Being something of a baseball fan I took interest in what Andy has to say on the topic: I don’t always agree with Andy, but his writing […]
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