Happy New Year Folks! This would be a good time to update everyone on what has been happening with me and my plans for the upcoming year.  Personal I was diagnosed with Type II diabetes a few years back. This wasn't unexpected, as my family has a history of the disease. But I didn't do myself any favors being overweight. However, I caught a break when my doctor switched me to Mounjaro. It controlled my blood sugar better and I dropped a lot of weight (100 lbs). So things are looking good in the health department. Plus, as an added bonus, I can better enjoy the outdoor activities my ..read more

Most years, I save up my vacation time and spend the last week or so of the year with my family. Outside of the holiday celebrations this gives me some time to do various projects.  While my main focus is on finishing up the draft of Into the Majestic Fantasy Realms, I try to do one or two small projects. This year, I worked on updating the Classic Traveller Character Generator that I host on my Bat in the Attic Games website.  Originally written by Phil Gorman with contributions by Frank Filz, I modified the original source code to include the 12 Citizens of the Imperium career ..read more

 I have been a fan of Traveller for a long time and have bought various books over the years from just about every Traveller licensee, as well as from Marc Miller himself from Far Future. I also support the Citizen of the Imperium forum, which is the main hub for chatting about Traveller.  Earlier today, I got this email from Marc Miller about the future of Traveller. It good to hear that there is a plan in place. Some years ago, fellow game designer Greg Stafford died, and I was impressed that his company announced almost immediately that he had a succession plan in place, and th ..read more

 For those of you who are unsure about How to Make a Fantasy Sandbox, tomorrow, June 27th, the PDF version will be the Deal of the Day on DriveThruRPG. For 24 hours starting at 10 a.m. Central Time, the PDF will be $3 instead of the normal price of $14.99.   If you want print copies How to Make a Fantasy Sandbox is offered in both softcover and hardcover. While the Deal of the Day doesn't effect the print price, the PDF is offered as a free option if you purchase a print copy. Plus check out the other things I have on my Bat in the Attic Storefront.  Bat in the Atti ..read more

The Release With the successful conclusion and fulfillment of my Kickstarter, I am releasing How to Make a Fantasy Sandbox and The Isle of Pyade to the public on Friday, April 12th, during the livestream of the Random Party Generator at 8pm EDT. Special discount coupons will be available for those joining the live stream, along with a live drawing for at-cost print copies of both Blackmarsh and at-cost hardbacks of both books. The discount coupons will be active for one week after the show. Until they go public during the live stream you can monitor the Bat in the Attic storefront on DriveThr ..read more

 Happy New Year I wish everybody a Happy New Year! I have much to be thankful for in 2023, especially family, friends, and work. I want to thank everyone who supported my How to Make Sandbox Kickstarter. I appreciate the outpouring of support for my project. How to Make a Fantasy Sandbox Because of my backers' generosity, I was able to increase the size of my art order. I commissioned 17 additional pieces from Rick Hershey of Fat Goblin Games. I also got back the cover art from Richard Luschek, who did an outstanding job! Once I get the interior pieces back I will be able to complete ..read more

The print version of Blackmarsh is now available again both in softcover and hardcover feature cover art by Richard Luschek. Many of you will know him from his work on various Harn products available from Columbia Games. The books are using the new digest size layout. The full map of Blackmarsh is still inside the book and the book fold has been taken into account for its presentation.  Softcover Digest edition - $6.99 Hardcover Digest edition - $11.99 Again appreciate the support of all of you have given me over the years and the kind words in your reviews ..read more

We are in the last 48 hours of my Kickstarter for the book about How to Make a Fantasy Sandbox. The level of support far exceeded what I expected from my Basic Rules for the Majestic Fantasy RPG Kickstarter. I am humbled and appreciative of the support that has been shown.  There is still time to sign up just click on the link below. The beta PDFs of both How to Make a Fantasy Sandbox and the Isle of Pyade are available to backers.  How to Make a Fantasy Sandbox Kickstarter Because of the level of funding, I was able to upgrade my art budget and commission some pieces from Ric ..read more

How to Make a Fantasy Sandbox Beta Layout I am pleased to share the first beta layout of How to Make the Fantasy Sandbox Kickstarter for my backers. Some of the art are placeholder pieces. I have been buying stock art over the years but there are gaps, particularly in pieces that depict various characters. Thanks to your generosity I can not only cover those gaps but also expand the amount of custom pieces I can order.  I want to give a shout-out to Fat Goblin Games, and The Forge Studios where I bought much of my art from.  They both have Patreons and I recommend them if you are lo ..read more

  How to Make a Fantasy Sandbox Kickstarter Starting in 2009, I wrote a series of 24 posts on this blog covering the different aspects of creating a hexcrawl-formatted setting.  Over 150,000 views later I have finished the series. Along the way, many of you thanked me for writing the series and told me how it helped your own efforts. Now that the last post has been completed, I combined and rewrote these posts into a single 150-page book. I also consolidated the small fantasy setting I was using, the Isle of Pyade into its own document that you can drop into your own campaign. Ma ..read more