Car Wars T-Shirt Arrived!

Who's that giddy nerd pictured above?  

That's me, I received my "I made Steve Jackson work on Car Wars" t-shirt today!  It was part of the Ogre Kickstarter rewards and guarantees that SJ will be coming out with a new version of Car Wars, my favorite board game of all time.

I could not be more pleased and am going to have to bust out my Car Wars gear and teach the wife how to play.  Drive Offensively!

Sandy has arrived!

Hey folks,

I hope everyone on the east coast is doing well despite Sandy's worst intentions!  I am hunkered down at home and have yet to loose power, so its been a good day.  Luckily I live away from any flood zones and have few trees close to my house so I have less things to worry about than some.

It looks like the storm just made landfall which means we are probably around halfway through this "storm of the century", fine by me I just wish it would hurry up and blow itself out already.

Take care, keep an eye out for your neighbors and stay safe!

Chris Roberts is back with Star Citizen

Hey folks, I haven't been around here is a while but I figured I would drop a quick post about another juicy Kickstarter campaign!  Chris Roberts, creator of Wing Commander, is back with a new space based PC game.  He is creating a whole new universe with both military and privateer type campaigns.  There are going to be single player, co-op and multiplayer space battles, it looks pretty awesome.

Head over to his kickstarter page here: Star Citizen

From Role Playing game to Video Game

The company that created The Witcher video games, CD Projekt RED, has announced its next game in production will be based on the Cyberpunk 2020 role playing game by Mike Pondsmith.

I've never played either of The Witcher games but they have been well reviewed which makes me excited for a video game version of Cyberpunk.  I guess the big question will be what era will it reside it?  The 1980's version of the future or a new and updated version that more closely matches our own possible future?  Either way I will probably be happy though I could not stand Cyberpunk V3 and found it to be a little to far out there to be a proper cyberpunk game.  Lets hope Pondsmith doesn't push this version!  Above and below are the only two pieces of concept art that are available so far and they look great!

You can see the announcement over on Actiontrip: Cyberpunk video game official

Barrowmaze II Update

Barrowmaze II is close to completion of funding, make sure you stop by and support this project.  Right now its $200.00 shy of meeting the Barrow Mounds Generator goal, and if we can get $7000.00 (or another $1200.00) then there will be a separate Tomb of Horrors style illustration booklet!  Lets not miss out on this!

If you do decide to pledge take a careful look at the pledge options as most of the good stuff starts at Crypt Knight or higher level ($65.00).  If you do not already own the first Barrowmaze (and why not?!), then pledge at the $100.00 level, you will get BM2 and signed copy of BM1!  

Crack those wallets open people, lets get this thing funded! CLICKY HERE!

Back from vacation!

Hey folks, my wife and I got back from New Orleans today (at 5:00am).  We drove straight through the night, twenty hours of driving so I'm pretty exhausted.  We had a wonderful time, I completely fell in love with the city, its an amazing place filled with great food, art and music.  If you have not had a chance to visit I highly suggest it!

I'm off from work for the next couple of days so expect a few posts on various things, I will also be posting a link to some photos of our trip in case anyone wants to check them out.  I hope everyone is doing well, I'm off to bed soon, I have a lot of sleep to catch up on!

Its Vacation Time!

Hey guys and gals (I'm guessing mostly guys though), I'm heading off on vacation for a week to wonderful New Orleans!  My wife and I are celebrating our first anniversary there, we both desperately need time away from work.  While there we are going on a swamp tour, visiting the World War II Museum and exploring as much of the city as we can!

I'm going to be taking my sketch pad along, I hope to do a few sketches while there.  I'm sure there will also be plenty of pictures to share when I return.  I hope everyone has a great week, see you all soon!