Happy holidays, everyone! As 2024 comes to a close, so too does my retrospective on the 50th anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons and my own part in all that. I guess I’ll have to think up a new theme for blogging in 2025, but hey—that’s next year’s problem. Not much new to report otherwise. My …
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50 Years of D&D: Primeval Thule
Hello! Our D&D golden jubilee year is drawing to a close. The World Series is over, peak autumn foliage has come and gone outside my window, and our travel plans for Thanksgiving and Christmas are all but settled. As you might expect, I have some thoughts about the election, but I’ll keep them to myself. …
50 Years of D&D: Dark Sun 4E
Hello there! Happy October. Not much big news to report, other than I'm sure ready for this election to be over. Moving on! Over the last few months, I’ve been enjoying a delightful game: Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West. I’ve always liked the Ticket to Ride games. They’re family-friendly, easy to learn, …
50 Years of D&D: Shadowfell and Feywild
Hello there! Happy September. This is pretty much my favorite time of year. Baseball pennant races and playoffs, football, autumn colors and cool sunny days … yep, fall is the best. In reading and watching news, I recently picked up Robert Heinlein’s Space Cadet for the first time in oh, about 40 years. Kind of …
50 Years of D&D: Book of Nine Swords
Welcome back! I’m nearly done with the first season of 3 Body Problem, and I have to say I’m enjoying it quite a lot. Better yet, I managed to interest my wife in the show, and she got hooked too. I liked the books okay, but I think I like the Netflix show better. Somehow …
50 Years of D&D: The Warlock
Hey there! Thanks for stopping by. In honor of the 50th anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons, I’ve been looking back at some of my contributions to the game. I figure I’ve got a story or two to tell, so if people are interested in how something I worked on came to be, I’m happy to …
50 Years of D&D: Forgotten Realms 3rd Edition
Hello again! After my Disney World diversion last time, I’m returning to D&D’s 50th anniversary and my own contributions to that story. In other news, I find myself pleased but baffled by the Phillies’ red-hot start to the 2024 season. The Phils have built a reputation over the last few years as a slow-starting team—I …
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50 Years of D&D: Forge of Fury
Greetings! Thanks for stopping by. Not much new to report in book sales, but something pretty cool is coming up soon for my day job as a writer for Elder Scrolls Online: our new Gold Road chapter, which will be released next month. I did a lot of work in the zone story for Gold …
50 Years of D&D: Feats
Hello again! Hope you're doing well. I'll begin with a personal update or two. Back on Easter weekend, I drove down to Bethesda MD to participate in ScrumCon, a local convention with both RPGs and miniatures games. I ran a session of my Primeval Thule campaign (that’ll be a topic of a blog later in …
50 Years of D&D: The Sorcerer
Hello again! Continuing on my "reading more of the classics" swing, I moved on from Jack Vance to Michael Moorcock, diving into the latest of the new Elric novels to come out: The Citadel of Forgotten Myths. I’m only about halfway through, and I admit I’m just lukewarm on this one. I’ve read the “original …
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