I’ve
been writing and publishing my entire life. Back in high school I
created a fantasy roleplaying game fanzine, though it was
embarrassingly awful. I earned a bachelor’s degree from Hamilton
College with a major in creative writing and a minor in medieval
studies. I worked three years for my hometown’s weekly newspaper,
two years as a reporter and one year as editor. West End Game hired
me to establish the quarterly Star Wars Adventure Journal to
support its Star Wars Roleplaying Game, and I edited the
Journal and contributed to the company's other roleplaying game lines
for five years before West End went bankrupt. Since then I’ve had a
variety of odd jobs, mostly office positions, mostly part-time, while
pursuing freelance and personal game-publishing projects.
Bibliography
During
more than 30 years in publishing I’ve built a long bibliography.
From newspaper articles to game sourcebooks and most recently blog
articles about the adventure gaming hobby, my bibliography offers a
glimpse at the range of projects I’ve created over the years.
Peruse my bibliography.Griffon Publishing Studio
Since
2005 I’ve released roleplaying game material and wargames through
my Griffon Publishing Studio imprint. Most publications come in
downloadable PDFs readers can also print, but a few title are
available through Lulu’s print-on-demand service. You can find them
all on the Griffon Publishing Studio electronic storefronts at
DriveThruRPG, Wargame Vault, and Lulu; but you can read a summary of my works here.Free
Downloads
Over
the years I’ve released a few game offerings just for fun. I’ve
collected them here for reference and download; you’ll find those
related to games released through Griffon Publishing on their
respective pages at DriveThruRPG and Wargame Vault as
“free/pay-what-you-want” products. Check out my free game materials. Accolades
Over
the years I’ve received compliments my writing has garnered from
readers.
“The
author designed Panzer
Kids
to
let grownups run tabletop miniatures battles featuring the most
iconic armored vehicles of WW2 for their little gamers as young as 7.
He succeeds, and at the same time, introduces new gamers to all the
classic concepts of miniature wargaming, making Panzer
Kids
an
effective gateway to the hobby.”
–
Douglas
A.
Read what else people have said about my game design products.
West
End Games
I
worked on the Star Wars Roleplaying Game line with West End
Games during the 1990s before the company declared bankruptcy in
1998. Since then I’ve occasionally discussed aspects of the
company’s games, including
an overview of favorite Star Wars
game products and a brief history of the D6 System.
Read my material about West End Games, the Star
Wars Roleplaying Game, and the D6 System.
