http://swingpad.com/dustyboots/wordpress Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:20:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi! My name is Ben Lehman. I write tabletop role-playing games and sometimes other sorts of games. This is the webpage for my company, These are our Games. You can find detailed information on each game using the links on the right, or news in the posts below. Despite the name, ... http://swingpad.com/dustyboots/wordpress/?p=273 I was interviewed by the Ninja's v. Pirates podcast I really enjoyed this interview: the guys there are very technically savvy and asked me some good questions about the games underlying structure. I recommend it to anyone who wants to know more about the underlying structure of the game or ... http://swingpad.com/dustyboots/wordpress/?p=289 For the last few days, the paypal links have been horribly broken due to a problem that Paypal had with me. Fortunately, today I was able to work it out, and the links should be working again. Thank you all for your patience. http://swingpad.com/dustyboots/wordpress/?p=288 "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." -- MLK I'm holding a game design contest. The contest is: Write me a game about love. The constraint is: Express your unique creative vision. The deadline is: next Sunday night, where-ever that is ... http://swingpad.com/dustyboots/wordpress/?p=287 From now until Sunday midnight, I'll donate all profits from PDF sales (which is basically the amount you paid) to Haitian earthquake recovery organizations. Additionally, I will donate $5 from each copy of Drifter's Escape. So if you've been thinking about buying Polaris or Bliss Stage, now's a great time. If ... http://swingpad.com/dustyboots/wordpress/?p=286 My friend Sushu made me an excellent piece of fan art. Left to right: The Drifter, street lugers, two knights of the stars, a remnant, a pilot and anchor, two men with pots on their heads. Off camera: hot guys making out, the Tripitaka monk. It adds a certain aura of mystery. http://swingpad.com/dustyboots/wordpress/?p=285 I've been working on a revised text for the new version of Bliss Stage. It has been two and a half years since the last text was written, and despite the fact that it's pretty solid, there's definitely a few places that things are going to change, in some cases ... http://swingpad.com/dustyboots/wordpress/?p=281 Thanks to the hard work for Vincent Baker, the Forge Bookshelf is now back up. I have filled all extant orders, or at least I think so. If you have bought a PDF from me and you still need a bookshelf authorization please contact me ASAP. That's for people who have ... http://swingpad.com/dustyboots/wordpress/?p=280 The Forge Bookshelf is down, which means I can't approve people for PDFs and, if you bought one previously, you can't redownload. It should be back up by Wednesday. If you bought from me in the last few days, I will be mailing out PDFs by hand sometime this evening. This ... http://swingpad.com/dustyboots/wordpress/?p=279 After four years in development, the Drifter's Escape is available for purchase. I'm really happy with the book. It's sharp looking, and has both excellent stories and a good game. I'm really happy to be able to offer it for sale. Now all I have to do to is ... http://swingpad.com/dustyboots/wordpress/?p=278