Holidays Killed My Game

Posted on Dec 20, 2010 in Blog | 1 comment

I ‘tis the Season for traditions and family, all normally scheduled programs are off the air, you have holidays from classes and work, and unfortunately most game sessions are put on hiatus too. Unfortunately, Newton’s Laws affect games too, to paraphrase the late great father of physics: A session on hiatus tends to stay on hiatus. So if you’re anything...

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Mongoose said NOT to start a RPG company

Posted on Dec 9, 2010 in Blog | 4 comments

“For the first time in nine years, I would advise anyone looking to launch a new RPG company to halt their plans, and wait to see what happens in the market next. Now is not a good time to launch a new company. “ Wow. That is quite the statement from Matthew Sprange at Mongoose Publishing. For obvious reasons, this little gem of advice made me think a lot...

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RPGs Make Gorgeous Books

Posted on Nov 18, 2010 in Blog | 3 comments

I must admit, taking on the art and visual design for an entire RPG is an intimidating task. Looking at the scope of designing a book is huge enough, but an RPG is more like my old high school Biology textbook done up as an artbook. I am no stranger to artbooks; as an avid collector I have over a hundred in my collection. After picking many of the gorgeous...

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Big Moves, losing my Gaming Group, and staying Connected

Posted on Oct 24, 2010 in Blog | 2 comments

As Newton says, an object in motion stays in motion; that seems true of life too. After the Wedding, we had another big change; I took a job in Toronto as a video game designer. My wife and I moved across the country from Vancouver to Toronto for the job. As you would expect, this move has affected every aspect of my life; 5,000 km is nothing to shake a stick...

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