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I'm a big fan of Elle Cordova's online efforts. If you're not familiar with the name, you may well have stumbled on her work via social media, with tunes such as "Modern Day Typographer (a parody of "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General") and her ode to...

You ever hear the expression "forever DM/GM?" Well, that's this guy right here.  I have been running RPGs off and on, of one sort or another, for friends and playgroups for almost four decades.   Don't get me wrong, I love crafting a narrative environment and building a story collaboratively...

I don't know who needs to hear this, but there's just about 60-something days until 2027. This means that there aren't too many days left to plan something fun and geek-related before the end of the year. Whether you're devising a Halloween-themed game night, a Thanksgiving get-together of blessings and...

Christopher Rice, GURPS author, is hosting a special contest on the GURPS Discord server: Halloween Player Fright Fights . . .  and there's a prize!   Halloween Player Fright Fights challenges you to adapt a creature from mythology, or your own original abomination, with a full stat block and a...

This recent BBC article focuses on toys, but many of the same manufacturing considerations apply to the board game industry. Since so many game publishers manufacture overseas, it's worth understanding the shipping options available and how they can affect both costs and release schedules.   For anyone less familiar with...

Our friends at Game Industry News recently interviewed SJ Games CEO Sabrina Gonzalez and COO Allison Page about their new roles at the company. Check out their chat with Colin Flanigan to learn more about their plans for the future of the company. -- Michelle Richardson

I do a lot of writing for Steve Jackson Games, including – um – these very words you're reading. In my free time, I also do more writing. Currently, I'm part of a crowdfund campaign for a new book of movie essays called Cinematic Obsessions. To borrow from its subtitle,...

I'd like to take a moment to introduce our newest team member, Arianne Hutchins!   Arianne joins us with a wonderfully varied background spanning project management, account management, logistics, operations, business strategy, and manufacturing. Most recently, she served as VP of Marketing and Sales at Grand Prix International, where she...