Category: Muskrat Ramblings

Judith and I took an early-morning walk today, picking wild flowers for a funeral. Unfortunately, mortality seems the theme for the day. **** Tim Hildebrandt, RIP. The Brothers Hildebrandt were about as influential to my generation as they come. Tim Hildebrandt passed away Sunday, at the age of 67. **** Jack “Jaxon” Jackson, RIP Austin […]

Matt Forbeck isn’t just an extremely talented, award-winning writer and game designer, nor is is simply the single nicest guy in the entire gaming industry. No, he’s also a great pal of mine. He’s doing an interesting series of articles for Games Quarterly magazine on Celebrity Gamers. His preliminary list is pretty interesting. If anybody […]

For Immediate Release Kovalic Takes on the Games Business in ‘ICv2 Retailers Guide to Games’ Award-winning Editorial Cartoonist bites the hand that fed him! MADISON, WI – Harvey Award-nominated cartoonist John Kovalic has become a regular contributor to the ICv2 Retailers Guide to Games. He will create an editorial cartoon for each quarterly issue, commenting […]

Here’s the official bit. Thursday, June 1 – Dork Tower was nominated for two prestigious Harvey Awards: Best Cartoonist (John Kovalic) and Special Award For Humor in Comics (John Kovalic). That out of the way? Good. Now…here’s my honest reaction: HOLY freaking CRUD! This is…odd. Stunning. Weird. I didn’t even know the Harveys were announced […]

I spent much of the Memorial Day holiday here in the States working on Munchkin Impossible, which I am now calling Deadline Impossible, as we’ve just learned that this is needed for a GenCon release. But I think I’ll have the art done in time. Of course, I’d hoped for a bit of a break, […]

Tower #33 should be in most stores now. Dork Tower #34 and Dr. Blink #3 are at press, too. Huzzah, huzzah! Can’t wait for DT 34, either…one of my VERY favorites…PLUS, more Koboldy goodness! **** More Out of the Box Games winning more awards… Harry’s Grand SlamBaseball Game – 2006 Parents’ Choice Classic Award Squint […]

For the fashion-conscious gamers out there, Boss Lady Lory of Pegasus Games, the inspiration behind Pegasuarus Games of Dork Tower, has let me know she’s printing up some gen-u-ine Pegasaurus Games T-shirts! Even better, a portion of the proceeds will go towards helping Palladium Games! So you can be super-groovy and charitable, at the same […]

12th May 2006 – For immediate release SHORTLIST FOR 2006 DIANA JONES AWARD ANNOUNCED An RPG, a board-game, a TCG, an ARG, a contest and a charity vie for hobby-gaming’s most exclusive trophy London – The committee of the Diana Jones Award has released the shortlist for its 2006 award. This year the shortlist contains […]

My back’s gone out, again, following eight hours on a plane crossing the Atlantic. Well, technically, my lower back and left leg. Sciatica I believe the kids are calling it these days. But there’s far too much work to get done to complain too long or two loud about it. Still, I can curse Swiss […]

Home now. And as much as I miss London, and miss bumping into Belle and Sebastian on Parisian elevators, it’s wonderful being back, waking up early on a lovely Wisconsin spring morning. There’s an enormous amount of work to get caught up on this week, and a bit of time needed to peruse the Russian […]