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Rogue Mage review available

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Timothy Brannan has posted a review of Rogue Mage up on his gaming blog, which you can read here. He has a lot to say about the game, so it may help those of you still sitting on the fence about this game make up your minds. I find it interesting Timothy draws a comparison to Eden Studios‘ Armageddon: the End Times, my favorite post-apocalyptic game (no surprise, considering Misfit Studio’s previous license to release products for Armageddon.) The one thing about Timothy’s review I personally want to clear up is his credit to Misfit Studios in the closing paragraphs. Misfit Studios is the PDF publisher, and I’ve personally spoken to Christina about the game on and off during its development, but Misfit Studios is just facilitating the PDF sales in this case. Any credit for the book’s quality goes to Christina, Spike, Faith, and the rest of the development …

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Christina and Rogue Mage at GenCon!

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>p>I’m back from a whirlwind vacation at GenCon, where I served as an Industry Insider Guest of Honor. I served on some great panels, and ran two games, one of which was a pick-up game of Rogue Mage with several Open Design fans. My favorite panel was called How to Get a Woman (to Play your Game). Jess Hartley, Michelle Lyons-McFarland, Susan Morris, and Elizabeth Shoemaker Sampat discussed things that gaming groups should do to cultivate a welcoming atmosphere for women gamers. It was an historic moment at GenCon, for there have never been as many women game designer guests of honor at the show before. I had someone snap the following picture of us all to commemorate it. Also, like Steven (Congrats, buddy!!!), I ended up winning a gold Ennie at the show for Best Adventure for Streets of Zobeck for Open Design (Wolfgang Baur’s publishing company, also called …