Mana-Manna Doo-doo-do-do-do… So, pursuant to a comment on my most recent Arduin article, I decided to check the etymology of ‘mana’. For decades, I thought it had the same roots as ‘manna’, as in, the story of Exodus. Well, that’ll … Continue reading →
Walking Through The Arduin Triology (And Maybe The Others) Or, Why Didn’t I Think Of This Before? Because I’m Extremely Dim, That’s Why! So, I’ve raved on and on about the Arduin books, how much they meant to me in … Continue reading →
Nature, Like A Cat, Abhors A Vacuum Which Kind Of Sucks (Pun Intended) Given What I’ve Just Realized So, I’m in the library, doing some light reading of the 1E Manual Of The Planes, when a thought occurs to me. … Continue reading →
Review for “The Book Of eight Restful Retreats”, my first product published through Christina Stiles Presents: http://www.rpgnow.com/product_reviews.php?products_id=131265 share: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on fark share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe … Continue reading →
With apologies to REO Speedwagon, and in tribute to E. Gary Gygax, who believed that the entire room should be against you… I can’t fight this piercer any longer And yet, it clearly will not let me go Its grip … Continue reading →
Playing at the World: Gary Gygax’s 1973 D&D Working Draft. All I can say is, “Holy Frak.” I am going to be poring over this site. These are some of the earliest proto-D&D fragments, the Dead Sea Scrolls of gaming … Continue reading →
Most of the people who might want to know about this are on Facebook, but I realize there’s people who aren’t, and who might still be interested, so I’ve written up a summary. About nine months ago, Beth was strongly … Continue reading →
I’m doing another editing pass on Rogue Planet, in preparation for the final push to print. One of the interesting things about writing is when you set aside a document for a while, and then return to it, you can … Continue reading →
OK, this is going to be very brief, because every second of spare time I have is devoted to looking at cute cat gifs on Buzzfeed writing Rogue Planet. I’ve commented, often, that the perception of AD&D as being “rules … Continue reading →
Terrifying… I Mean, Good News, Everyone! Following a lifetime habit of jumping on the bandwagon after the dead horse has left the open barn, I have decided to try to Kickstart a new novel. As both of my fans know, … Continue reading →