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Thanks :) I enjoy writing those sorts of articles. My favorite was probably when I got do the D&D zodiac.

I'm almost at the 60 day mark for my first five 4e related pitches to the DDI. I don't find the lack of response all that surprising. Back in the print days over at Paizo my ratio was about 10 pitches for every greenlight. And about half of those eventually resulted in a sale. Considering I...

I wrote an article on playing really old (1000 years or so) characters that used that idea as one of the rationales for how you could start off at first level. It's something I'd like to try if I ever get a chance to play (which I never do since I'm the eternal DM, sort of like the eternal...

When designing aliens I like to start by working out what their pre-sentient ancestors were like and extrapolating from there. Consider how they got food, avoided predators, etc and build that into their instincts and behaviors in the present day setting. David Brin's Uplift books had a major...

Thanks for pointing that out! :) I'll have to keep an eye out for the upgrade (assuming I don't crack before it comes available).

I was going to give them sixty bucks for the year subscription but wanted to use paypal. Couldn't find any way to do. Looks like credit card is the only payment method they're accepting. I thought paypal was going to be one of the options. Didn't I read that somewhere or was it my imagination...

I had not heard about this. If someone actually is working on it that's an equal mix of "Damn!" and "Awesome" since I'd love to write it as well as read it. :) I've only done a couple true20 books up to now but the system is really flexible and liberating.

I'll echo that. There's some great ideas in RoD that really harken back to the glory days of space opera.

Kobold Quarterly is fantastic. I find that the covers, the artwork deliberate throwbacks to the early days of Dragon, sends a powerful message. Wolfgang is trying to build something with this little magazine, and I'm looking forward to tagging along for the ride.