Today I want to talk about a wonderfully whimsical game called Seasons. It is high fantasy in a vacuum. It is a myth without context, or any attempt...
Seasons: more than just awesome dice
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Games
I’ve always been a gamer, from the first Atari 2600 my dad put in my hands. As many of you know, frustrations with my friends throwing monkey wrenches in my carefully-plotted D&D campaigns gave rise to my writing career in the first place. This column covers some of my favorite SciFi- and Fantasy-themed games of all kinds.
Race for the Galaxy: the game I’ll never get sick of
I play a lot of board games. I love sci-fi. Where the two of these passions best overlap is a board game called Race for the Galaxy. This is my...
RPGs: the Fantasy Author’s Gateway Drug to Writing
This past weekend, I got together with the same group of guys I've been gaming with since the mid-'90s for some tabletop D&D action. Even though...
I’m battling cyborgs, building Dyson spheres, and corrupting primitive societies with advanced tech…
I can't be the only gamer around here, can I? My wife and I just got back from a publishing conference, and I'm still recovering. Between shoveling...