I’ve been a bad, bad boy. I’ve let Sword’s Edge grow very, very quiet. July and August were quite the months for me. Prepping for Gen Con, then getting “Crossing the Millers” out the door, and finally—this month—finishing a re-write and update of my soon to be released RPG of Viking mayhem titled Kiss My Axe: Thirteen Warriors and an Angel of Death, kept me very, very busy.

But Gen Con is done. “Crossing the Millers: A Sword Noir Adventure” is available for sale. Last night I delivered the completed manuscript for Kiss My Axe to Rob Wakefield for layout.

It’s all done.

That doesn’t mean I have nothing more in the hopper. “Suffer the Witch: A Viking Adventure” is scheduled for an update, as it will be the product that follows up Kiss My Axe. But I have time. And the adventure is short.

I have hopes to get Sword’s Edge moving again. It’s never been particularly busy, but I’m going to try to cast Raise Dead on this mofo.

First up: I have a dilemma with a modern military campaign I’ve been planning.

Stay tuned. And welcome back.

You can find ”Crossing the Millers: A Sword Noir Adventure” here.

You can find more information on Kiss My Axe: Thirteen Warriors and an Angel of Death here.

I have been busy, it’s just been over at the Sword’s Edge Publishing website.

Yes, I’ve been very quiet. I got the manuscript for Kiss My Axe: Thirteen Warriors and an Angel of Death RPG. That’s a Viking RPG based on Sword Noir . . . which continues to sell relatively well. I’m almost done a Sword Noir adventure called “the Kheufer Scrolls.” When that’s done, I need to do the one-shots for Gen Con—yes, there will be one-shots for both Sword Noir and Kiss My Axe to play at Gen Con. Those one-shots will then be released post-Gen Con as products.

So, yeah, things will likely continue to be quiet until those projects are all wrapped up. On the up side, there’ll be Sword’s Edge Publishing stuff to buy. Great, eh?

Sarcasm? Maybe.

Buy stuff here.

Sure is quiet around here. Maybe too quiet.

I wish it was because a storm of posts was a-headin’ this way, but that just ain’t so.  No, I’ve been heavily invested in getting some stuff ready for Sword’s Edge Publishing. Two of those things are games, one is a supplement, and one is a short story compilation. If you follow the SEP website, you’ll have seen the announcement already.

I’m in the middle of writing the final parts of Kiss My Axe, which is a role-playing game set in the Viking Age. The part I’m writing now looks at different times and places in which one could run a Viking game—though, when one looks at the historical eras preceding the Viking Age, one isn’t actually playing, y’know, Vikings. In any case, I hope the section will prove of interest and give people some inspiration for running their games.

What does that mean for SE? I’m going to try to do at least two posts a week in the future. Hopefully, you’ll all stick around. The deluge of people seeking pictures of Odysseus, which really skewed my Google Analytics numbers, has passed, so I now have a fair idea who is actually interested in what I’m saying here. Frankly, I’m kind of surprised so many of you are still around.

Thanks! And I’ll see you soon.

You can find my SEP plans here.

Those of you who have been here before are likely aware there can be extended periods between updates. This time, I have a “good” reason for it. I am the victim of a laptop issue. I honestly don’t know what’s going on, but I do have a temporary workaround. If you have any technical knowledge at all, read my blog and let me know if you have an answer to my dilemma.

I’ll be back once I figure this out.

All the back issues are up. There are likely link issues that I’ll have to go through and fix, but for now, all the old files are back and all the old stories and articles can be read. Still haven’t finished re-formatting the earliest of issues, but that will wait until the final issue is up.

Now, I have some free time to spend with my daughter, which sounds like a good plan to me.

Well, this looks a little bit different, doesn’t it. I’ve heard a lot about WordPress, and actually it’s a much easier way to keep the site updated, so this is how I’ll do it.

There is a final issue still to come, but all the old back issues are still around, and I’ll be putting up links and all sorts of things very soon.

The last issue, promised more than a year ago, will be coming soon, and after that, this will be my primary place to talk about speculative fiction and RPGs. So I hope you’ll drop by more often in the future. I promise regular content.