Board Games

Cranium 25th Anniversary Edition

 

Publisher: Funko Games

Release Date: TBD 2023

 

Description: Cranium 25th Anniversary Edition will have you sketching, acting, humming, sculpting, picture-puzzling, and word-unscrambling in a party game that features 800 new questions across 18 diverse activities. I wrote close to half of the prompts for this amazing new, Silver Anniversary version of the classic game.

 

 

The Goonies: Never Say Die

Publisher: Funko Games

Release Date: June 2021

 

Description: I wrote snippets of flavor text for the Goondocks Master to read to the Goonies players as they wend their way through the nine harrowing escapades included in this boxed adventure game for 2-5 players.

 

 

ESPN Trivia Night

 

Publisher: Funko Games

 

Release Date: April 2021

 

Description: Face off against friends and family in this sports trivia game where you Draft question cards from various sports categories. If you answer incorrectly, you can recover points through physical Instant Replay challenges.

 

 

War with the Evil Power Master

Publisher: Z-Man Games

Release Date: July 2019

 

Description: In this Choose Your Own Adventure game, 1-4 players must band together, follow clues, collect items, and face dire challenges to track down and defeat the Evil Power Master before he destroys the galaxy.

           

 

Make It Dirty

 

Publisher: Chronicle Books

 

Release Date: August 2019

 

Description: This game of sinful cinematic parody for 1-4 players is only as dirty as you make it! In this outrageously funny adult party game, players race to come up with the filthiest parody movie title from a deck of beloved Hollywood classics, and compete to see who can brainstorm the dirtiest title. For an  extra chellenge take a Make It Harder card as well.

           

 

Black Mirror: Nosedive

 

Publisher: Asmodee

 

Release Date: January 2019

 

Description: In this combination board/mobile game based on the Black Mirror episode Nosedive, players try to build the picture perfect life in a world where even the slightest slip-up can send your public social score into a nosedive. The accompany mobile app provides more than 1, 000 random, in-game prompts.

Mobile Games

Pocket Platoons

Publisher: En Masse Entertainment

Release Date: August, 2015

Description: Pocket Platoons is your chance to take command of your own pocket war. Deploy units strategically to maximize strengths and minimize weaknesses. Recruit, train, and control an unstoppable military force! Victory is at your fingertips!

 

 

Fruit Attacks

 

Publisher: En Masse Entertainment

Release Date: July, 2015

Description: Fruit Attacks is a fast-paced arcade-puzzle shooter that pits your aiming skills against bushels of fruit attackers. Fire curving "hookshots" through wave after wave of enemies. Customize your team with minion to add some extra punch to your attack.

Computer Games

ZMR (Zombies Monsters Robots)

Publisher: En Masse Entertainment

Release Date: September, 2014

Description: Zombies Monsters Robots is a seat-of-your-pants third-person shooter that pits players against everything but the kitchen sink of enemies, maps, and game modes. No place on Earth is safe from a host of bizarre extra-dimensional enemies that will stop at nothing to destroy mankind.

 

 

HAWKEN

Publisher: Reloaded Games

Release Date: May 1, 2012

 

Description: HAWKEN is a multiplayer first person shooter for PC that places you inside a mechanized war machine on the battlefield of a dystopian world called Illal. HAWKEN features incredible alien landscapes, customizable and upgradable mechs, and dynamic experiences across multiple competitive game modes.

 

 

TERA

Publisher: En Masse Entertainment

Release Date: May 1, 2012

 

Description: TERA is a massively multiplayer online game where skill matters, and not only do you have to aim to hit, but you can dodge enemy attacks. Don't want to get hit by that Big-Ass Monster's (yes, they really have those) massive attack? Don't be there when it lands. I was brought on board this AAA MMO out of Korea during the build-up to it's May launch to provide some extra editing and writing support for both the game and their marketing efforts. And now I'm hooked and playing every day (between writing, of course).

 

 

Marvel Heroes

 

Publisher: Gazillion Entertainment

Release Date: TBD

Description: Marvel Heroesis a massively multiplayer online game where you get to play as your favorite Marvel Comics super-heroes! Stop criminals in their tracks with Spider-Man’s web shooters. Sling Captain America’s famous shield. Or play fan favorites like Cable, Deadpool, Ms. Marvel, or dozens of others. I wrote character dialog for this upcoming MMO and am stoked about the prospect of playing some of my all-time favorite characters.

 

 

Guild Wars 2

Publisher: ArenaNet

Release Date: August 2012

 

Description: After publishing Guild Wars: Eye of the North, the final Guild Wars expansion, ArenaNet began retooling the world of Tyria for brand new experience. Guild Wars 2 begins 150 years after the the events in Eye of the North. But this is no expansion, but an entirely new game, built from the ground up. Players will get to explore a huge, open world while playing one of five different races. I spent three years on the development of this game and am just as eager as every other Guild Wars fan to see it in stores.

 

 

Guild Wars: Eye of the North

 

Publisher: ArenaNet

Release Date: August 2007

Description: This is the Guild Wars expansion that sets the stage for Guild Wars 2. Earthquakes reveal a hidden world beneath Tyria, allowing savage Destroyers to erupt from below and force the dwarves and asura out of their homes. Humans cannot face this legendary nemesis alone. They will have to forge alliances with new races and old foes to prevail.

 

 

Guild Wars Nightfall

 

Publisher: ArenaNet

Release Date: November 2006

Description: This is the Guild Wars game I left Buffalo to work on. Guild Wars: Nightfall takes you to the continent of Elona, for epic role-playing and fantasy adventure! Elona is a land of wealth and power, protected by its champions, the Order of the Sunspears. In Guild Wars Nightfall, Elona has fallen under the shadow of an evil, outcast god. Against the encroaching desolation of an infernal realm, the people of Elona will need more than a hero to save them, they will need a hero to lead them... For nightfall is at hand.

Role-Playing Games

Heroes of Battle

Publisher: Wizards of the Coast

Release Date: May 2005

Description: This is a Dungeons & Dragons handbook I wrote with David Noonan and Stephen Schubert. It is the first hardcover book I have ever worked on. This handbook has rules, feats, spells, prestige classes, and more to help you create a war-time setting for your gaming group's adventures.

Magic: The Gathering Books

Urza's Destiny Game Guide

 

Publisher: Wizards of the Coast

Release Date: July 1999

Description: This is the third strategy guide I wrote for the Magic: The Gathering TCG while I worked as editor on Duelist magazine. This guide gave card-by-card descriptions and strategies for the Urza's Destiny card set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. It includes images of each card in the set as well as original short fiction titled "Phyrexian Autopsy" that introduced the story behind the set. This was my third published short story, and it can be read from the Short Stories page.

 

 

Urza's Legacy Game Guide

 

Publisher: Wizards of the Coast

Release Date: April 1999

Description: This is the second strategy guide I wrote for the Magic: The Gathering TCG while I worked as editor on Duelist magazine. This guide gave card-by-card descriptions and strategies for the Urza's Legacy card set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. It includes images of each card in the set as well as original short fiction titled "Scars of the Legacy" that introduced the story behind the set. This was my second published short story, and it can be read from the Short Stories page.

 

 

Guide to Urza's Saga

 

Publisher: Wizards of the Coast

Release Date: November 1998

Description: This guide gave card-by-card descriptions and strategies for the Urza's Saga card set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. It includes images of each card in the set as well as original short fiction titled "A Time for Remembrance" that introduced the story behind the set. I consider this to be my first published short story, and it can be read from the Short Stories page.

Pokemon TCG Books

Let's Play Pokemon

 

Publisher: Wizards of the Coast

Release Date: May 2000

Description: This is an expanded, full-color version of the Pokemon Made Simple! handbook. Dubbed "The Ultimate Manual for Parents & Kids," Let's Play Pokemon adds information about how to build decks, along with some advanced strategies such as card combos, an FAQ and a glossary to help explain terms for parents, as well as a special Pokemon for Parents section.

 

 

Pokemon Made Simple

 

Publisher: Wizards of the Coast

Release Date: March 2000

Description: I co-wrote this official Wizards of the Coast guide to the Pokemon trading card game with Stan! Brown and Michael Mikaelian while working as editor-in-chief of TopDeck magazine. It was designed to be a handbook for parents and kids to help them better understand the Pokemon trading card game phenomenon. Inside is information for parents to help them deal with such issues as trading and how Pokemon can aid in learning. There are also sections on how to play the game and information about the Pokemon TCG League.

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