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In 1997, I attended the TSR RPG Writer’s Workshop, in Seattle, WA. In 2000, I applied for job at Wizards of the Coast, and was hired to be part of the RPG R&D team, working on Licensed Products. The three years between those two momentous events in my early career were.... frustrating. I knew I...

I absolutely did not take it as a dig! It's a big undertaking, and customers have the right to consider the implications of that. You may well be right about the popularity. I consider it possible that since I am the former Starfinder Design league, I may have fans who look to me in particular...

Obviously maintaining high quality is an important goal for me. I'll also be VERY curious to see, toward the end of the year, what my customer base wants more of. Will 5e be the most popular thing among my customers? PF2? Starfinder? It'll be great to be able to get some direct feedback from...

We have, in fact, extended the preorder to run through the end of January!

Like so many TTRPG writers, I got where I am now by standing on the backs of giants. But it’s easier to stand on a giant’s back after you meet them, and I am a depressive socially-awkward introvert with self-confidence issues. Instinctively I don’t want to meet anyone, much less giants. In this...

Originally, all I wanted from my game writing was to sell enough RPG game articles to afford a subscription to Dragon Magazine. But once I had done that, I found I wanted to write more. Much more. So, I kept sending pitches to Dave Gross, at Dragon, and began looking for other venues. I had long...

I had just had the Dwarf accepted, though it wasn't published yet. :) Several of us stayed in touch for, what, a year? And then we just all drifted apart. Nice to hear a voice from the past!

In retrospect, I believe you are right about the no-SASE ogre. :)

Yep! Neat! Yep. In fact I did a whole series of "name" articles. "By Any Other Name: Dragon Names" (Dragon 260); "By Any Other Name: Dwarven Names" (Dragon 261); "By Any Other Name: Gnomes & Halflings" (Dragon 262); "By Any Other Name: The Drow" (Dragon 267); "By Any Other Name: Races of...

I never got an adventure in the print version of Dungeon. I DID get a 4e adventure in Dungeon online, which was a nice checkmark for my career. :)

Awesome! (Me too!) I am, essentially, a half-ogre/half-halfling. ... A halfgre, i guess. :) Or one-and-a-halfling

We'll get to the Wallaby. ... It took me SEVEN YEARS to figure out the wallaby.

Welcome to a new column from veteran game designer Owen K.C. Stephens! He's worked at Green Ronin, Paizo, and Wizards of the Coast, as well has his own company, and was co-author of the Star Wars Saga Edition RPG and Design Lead for the Starfinder Roleplaying Game. This first instalment covers...

Thanks!

AGE is not covered by any OGL or CC. That said Green Ronin and I are big fans of seeing what other people can do with our toys, once we feel a ruleset is stable. I expect GR to find a way to let people play with AGE is some official, licensed way, though I don't expect that to look exactly like...

Thanks for the coverage, Egg!