Wishing you a peaceful year's end and celebrations in whatever way you celebrate it. Like, maybe with a yule-tide log that burns long and bright thanks to a plump arm thrown into the blaze for that little extra bit of holiday cheer. Just li…
Wow, did October sneak up on and then slip by you as quickly as it did for me? I think one reason time moved relatively more quickly for me was because of travel. Gameholecon 2025 in Madison, WI, was a weeklong experience that included plan…
MCG, the tabletop RPG company I'm part of, completed a crowdfunding effort over the weekend. Which means we'll release Cypher (2E) sometime next year. Not only that, the campaign enjoyed an amazing 24 hours of Overtime Mode, during which ti…
As some of you are well aware, I left Wizards of the Coast in 2013, ending my 4-edition run writing official Dungeons & Dragons content. Since then, I've been writing official Cypher System RPG settings, games, and adventures for MCG. And l…
I'm chagrined to report that my 57-year record of never having a cavity is now broken. During my annual dental exam a couple of weeks ago, two "occlusions" were discovered. My dentist told me I can technically continue to say I've never had…
There are days and then there are days, am I right? By that, I mean there are less-than-good days when enough goes wrong that you begin to notice, and half your attempts to recognize and fix those things accomplish the opposite. But let's f…
Did you know I've been blogging since 1999? And even though Apple nuked my original blog when they eliminated web space hosting, the Way Back Machine kept... bits of it. But I apparently have kept ALL of it in the dusty recesses of my hard
Did you know I've been blogging since 1999? And even though Apple nuked my original blog when they eliminated web space hosting, the Way Back Machine kept... bits of it. But I apparently have kept ALL of it in the dusty recesses of my hard
We took a short break from reality, "funking off" to a festival in the nearby city of Olympia, WA, over an extended weekend and returned last night. Despite being Washington state's capital and just under an hour away, I've never visited. I…
These last several months, my mental health has greatly improved by restricting my reading to select curated sources. One of those is Scientific American, and in particular, its Today in Science daily newsletter. One article recently caught…
Whelp, here we are. Ain't great. Personally, I wasn't dismissing the polls showing Harris as less likely to win. Whenever I saw folks online or other places explaining why we shouldn't believe those polls, I didn't give in to hope. That sou…
I returned from Gen Con 2024 on Monday and brought home with me a case of COVID. Boo! But rather than let the last part of a week-long experience define the whole thing, let me take a moment to describe how great the preceding week was. MCG…