I'm so out of practice with these that I've left it to almost the last minute but ... come see ME at ChupacabraCon in soon-to-be-far-too-sunny Austin Texas this coming weekend!! My events such as I know them (and I may be rusty at this but not so rusty as to fail to shrug eloquently when asked about streaming or Discording or etherizing or whatever ( Read more... )

Once more I flee the gray skies of a Chicago February for the sunny Bay Area, and wouldn't you know it's actually supposed to be sunny this time out! My technical excuse for such flight is itself back out, namely, DunDraCon 45, now in the Santa Clara Marriott after oh so many years jammed into the San Ramon Marriott. Lots to see and learn and do at ( Read more... )

With only half the Batgirls, and with extra masks, Dragon Con resumes this Labor Day weekend in Atlanta. All attendees, guests, and personnel must be vaxxed, and I count as "guests" this year as I have each and every year they've had me. This year, this is what I bring (along with my pfizzing Pfizer mRNActive blood) to the capacious and well- ( Read more... )

Get socially distantly hyped for the Best Four Days in Gaming (At Home)! Yes, GenCon exists in the ether this year, so I invite everybody (not just those in driving distance of Indianapolis) to click into the following event-like vidcasts. Tickets still available for all of them! (Because, virtual.) And you know how I never know if panels are going ( Read more... )

As I do every year they'll have me, I shall this year once more adorn the greatest game design conference/protospiel/empanada marketing scheme known to mankind, the glorious Metatopia convention in idyllic Morristown, New Jersey. This year's show occurs November 8-10, so if you're in the tri-state area and interested in game design, playtesting, ( Read more... )

I may actually have run out of decent titles for these posts! We'll see next year, I guess. Anyhow, as I suspect you've already guessed, I'll be at GenCon again next weekend (Jul 31-Aug 4)! Actually, I'll be there next week, straight up, plus the next Monday for flinchin', but thank goodness you don't have to stalk my doings for more than four of ( Read more... )

Next weekend I once more manifest at the finest game-design convention, RPG protospiel, and empanada tourism base-camp in the world, Metatopia in lovely Morristown, New Jersey. If you have any interest in game design, and especially if you have an RPG in process that you'd like knowledgeable people to bang on diagnostically, I urge you to manifest ( Read more... )

Greg Stafford touched so many lives with such magic that it is literally impossible to describe the feeling of his departure. I'm not even sure I can describe what it means to me -- I found out about three hours ago and I'm still trying to form words.

But I can say that he was everything I ever dreamed and hoped he was when I met him over 25 years ( Read more... )

Once more the good people of DragonCon have seen fit to make me an ornament of their program, and if you can spare any time from shouldering your way through the humidified masses perhaps I shall be an ornament of yours as well. This year, the beloved Ken and Monte Show adds a second session! Also, as of this writing, THREE of my panels look to be ( Read more... )

Some delightful scamp has moved GenCon up by a week or two again, oh hilarity! The good news is that leaves my schedule for the Noir City Chicago Film Fest free and clear this year. The bad news is that it leaves me just a weensy bit slammed, explaining the late nature of this, my annual Ken's GenCon Schedule Post ( Read more... )