Girl Geek Week: The Story Behind “Games for Girls”

Every once in a while, you hear the obligatory: “Well, this would be a PERFECT game for girls…” I felt I could NOT have a Geek Girl Week and avoid the topic, so I’m going to dive in with both feet. The truth of the matter is — neither men or women are idiots. Games […]

The Games I’ve Been Playing

An avid gamer, I play a range of games usually for two reasons 1) have fun and 2) pick apart their design. While most of my design skills are focused on the hobby games industry at the moment, I still try to play a variety of games. Because I wanted to branch out of the […]

[Game Design Concept] Politically-Based Card Game

You’ve heard me talk about how life inspires me to write short stories like Lady Yellowbird and the Flight of the Sad Panda, but I haven’t discussed how things around me also inspire me to design, write or play games. The recent events here in Madison have made me wonder if political tactics and issues […]

Announcing Scenes of the Embrace and Our Design Notes

Hi everyone, I am pleased to announce that Scenes of the Embrace was just released from White Wolf Publishing for only $2.99. This was a stand-alone project that I had worked on with developer Eddy Webb, who was the developer. To celebrate the release, Eddy and I compiled a few of our design notes for […]

Hack/Slash Card Game and my Role as a Developer

Hi everyone, I am excited to announce that I am one of the developers of a card game based on the horror comic HACK/SLASH by Tim Seeley! Produced by Eden Studios, the game was designed by Matt Papa and the development team includes M. Alexander Jurkat, James Lowder, who is also the current editor for […]