In September 2025, I announced that I am drafting a fantasy roleplaying game called SAGE, which stands for Simple & Awesome Gaming Engine. It’s designed to be: 1) easy to play; and 2) really cool. It’s meant for people who don’t have the time or inclination to plow through 400 pages of dense rules. The Continue reading SAGE progress report: feb 2026
This Wasted Land, my third published novel, was released a year ago. As I mentioned in this post, it was in 1988, when I was a senior in college, that I first began working on what would become TWL. I developed the premise, created some characters, and did extensive research, Continue reading a great “wasted” year
The latest in a series about influences from my earlier days Good grief, is D&D really 40 years old? I first encountered Dungeons & Dragons back in my sophomore year of high school (so we’re talking 1981 or ’82, iffn I recall correctly). A guy named Jeff Johnston, with whom Continue reading when the world was young: dungeons & dragons
