My life as an 8-year old misfit
“Sorry,” the pastor tells me. “You’ll have to sit in the back pew again.” It’s ok. The holy wafers don’t… Read more
Steampunk Fridays – Batman: Gotham by Gaslight
A quick one this week… as the Holiday Season gets its full weight down on us. Years ago there was… Read more
Thursday Art Assault – Two Gothic Girls
For more, go here. For previous art assaults, go here. Read more
Unfinished Business
Weirdly, in the aftermath of running a successful Kickstarter to get a project I’ve been working on for years, I’ve been thinking… Read more
3 RPG Kickstarters You Should Back – Changeling, Capharnaum, and Warsong
This week, I’m looking at Kickstarters for the second editions of RPGs including one set in the World of Darkness,… Read more
50 Things I Worry About
I’m not a person who worries about much of anything. After all, worrying helps nothing. It only adds to one’s… Read more
Steampunk Fridays – Interview with one of the Creators of The Jekyll Island Chronicles
When I was younger, my grandparents would drive to Jekyll Island (on the coast of Georgia) to go fishing. They’d… Read more
Kickstart the Comic – Penumbra: Fear the Bunny Lord!
There is a term for comic books that became a slightly bad way of referring to them: Funny Books. Meaning… Read more
4 RPG Kickstarters You Should Back – Flash Gordon, Monster Hunter International, Aventuria Compendium, and Dragon Kings
Two licensed properties are coming to Savage Worlds, an Ennie-winning game is getting an expansion, and a not-quite-Dark-Sun setting by… Read more
A Quick & Easy Workout Routine for Writers, Artists, or really anyone
Judging by the title, you probably thought this would be an article about exercising your brain, your writing chops, or your… Read more
Brand New Ridiculous Book – 101 MORE Reasons to Break Up
Oops, I did it again. Over six weeks during a rainy autumn, I collected hundreds of break-up stories from friends,… Read more
Era: The Consortium – Gameplay Review of The Stiletto Unit Adventure
At AetherCon VI* on November 12, 2017, I had the opportunity to play in an Era: The Consortium** adventure with… Read more
The Top Thanksgiving Movies
My office mate, Ian, has a theory that if you can come up with the quintessential Thanksgiving movie you could be… Read more
4 RPG Kickstarters You Should Back – Xenomorphs, Epic Legacy, Operators, and Warsong
It’s Thanksgiving/Black Friday week in the US and that means we’re headed into the season where RPG Kickstarters will *not* get… Read more
Writing Blurbs is Easy!
It’s a new year, and I’ve got a whole new crop of book blurbs. Some authors hate writing blurbs. As… Read more
Steampunk Fridays – Kickstart the Comic – Stoker and Wells – The Graphic Novel!
Another one made for Steampunk Fridays… I’m not sure how much more I need to say… let’s get to the… Read more
5 Gamebook, Prose, and Comic Kickstarters You Should Read – Malika, Neverland, The Awakened III, Penumbra, and Decision Underground
After reading the Kickstarter for the gamebook, Rider of the Black Sun, its rekindled my love for Choose Your Own Adventure-style… Read more
Kickstart the Comic – The Last Ember #1: Teenager by Day, Fire Goddess by Night
Sometimes it is a name. Sometimes it is the art. Sometimes it is something else that I can’t always put… Read more
4 RPG Kickstarters You Should Back – Kids on Bikes, Tragedies of Middle School, Silence of Hollowind, and A Far Off Land
Recapturing my youth drives my love of RPGs and this week two games have you play the youth of today… Read more
5 Brutal Break Up Stories
Five Reasons to Break Up True Life Tales of Splitsville * Fish are Friends, not Food Our marriage basically… Read more
Steampunk Fridays – Kickstart the Comic – The Death Defying #1
One of my loves has always been stage magic. I’m the guy that those tv shows about real life… Read more
12 QUESTIONS ABOUT Era: The Consortium – A Universe of Expansions 2 WITH Ed Jowett (Shades of Vengeance)
I’ve interviewed Ed Jowett of Shades of Vengeance before about his Era: Balam Kickstarter. Well, he’s nearly fulfilled that one… Read more
My Pencil Sketch Progression – 1994-2017
I used to draw. A lot. In high school, I fancied myself an amateur artist, and away I went, sketching… Read more
The Gilded Age Posts
Doing my 4 Years Later look back last week, I realized that I’ve written a few posts on The… Read more
4 RPG Kickstarters You Should Back – Mythic d6, NPC for Hire, Praxis: Black Monk, and Confronting Hastur
This week there are four games that struck my fancy. One gets at something I always want to push –… Read more
10 Things I Miss Most About Role-Playing
It’s no secret. I can pretend to be a sports-loving, cave-dwelling, meat-eater. But it wasn’t always so. Once, long ago,… Read more
Steampunk Fridays – Interview with the Creator of Monstrous
The Universal Monster movies are really what introduced me to those creatures of the night. And while I’m probably most… Read more
11 QUESTIONS ABOUT A Far Off Land WITH Megan Bennett-Burks (Bennett-Burks Design)
Megan Bennett-Burks of Bennett-Burks Design agreed to answer some questions about her Kickstarter for A Far Off Land, A Fate RPG in… Read more
Four Years Later
I’m about a month late with this particular article (this is my 212th “regular” blog post). Normally I like to use… Read more
HALLOWEEN TREAT – 11 QUESTIONS ABOUT AMP Year Four WITH Eloy Lasanta (Third Eye Games)
Winner of multiple RPG awards, including a 2017 ENnie, Eloy Lasanta is one of the busiest individuals in gaming. Running Third… Read more