I craft games and stories. You can download my CV to learn more about my skills and career. Below are my publications, my writing portfolio, and several of my plaudits.

My previous clients include dScryb, Ghostfire Gaming, Onyx Path Publishing, Paizo, Playgig, Schwalb Entertainment, The Rolistes, Wizards of the Coast, and Undead Labs among others.

I offer freelance game design, writing, and editing, including indexing and consulting. See my pricing here. Feel free to send me a query.

Publications

You can see a comprehensive list of my publications.

Portfolio

I’m pursuing my career in design and writing for games and film. The following are speculative works along those lines.

Triskele is a short urban-fantasy interactive story. I wrote and scripted this tale with the help of my editor friend, Cal Moore. You can play it on my itch.io page, play it in its original inkle format, or download it as a choose-your-path ebook for Kindle.

Dem Bones is a sample Borderlands 2 quest script with q cutscene intro entitled “Lost!”

Inner Light is a training-mission script and spiritual sequel to Triskele.

Over Here is a script about starting an exploration of life after death.

Unblooded is a prequel script for Skyrim, referencing a tragedy discovered in that game near Ivarstead.

“World Building: Explain a Game” is a blog post on creating a game from three random elements.

Plaudits

The following are the most recent awards I or products I’ve worked on received. This list is limited to awards relevant to my contributions.

2019

Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes; editorial assistance; Origins Award for Best Role-Playing Game Supplement Fan Favorite

2017

Artist in Residence, November; game design; MuseumsQuartier, Vienna, Austria

Volo’s Guide to Monsters; design and writing; Golden Geek for Best Supplement

2016

Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide; editorial assistance; Judge’s Spotlight ENnie

Volo’s Guide to Monsters; design and writing; New York Times Best Seller

2015

Wizards of the Coast; Gold ENnie for Best Publisher

D&D Player’s Handbook, fifth edition; development; New York Times Best Seller, Gold ENnies for Product of the Year, Best Game, and Best Rules; Silver ENnie for Best Writing; Origins Award for Best RPG, Origins Fan Favorite for Best RPG

D&D Dungeon Master’s Guide, fifth edition; development; Gold ENnie for Best Supplement

D&D Monster Manual, fifth edition; design and development; New York Times Best Seller, Gold ENnie for Best Monster product; Origins Award for Best RPG Supplement, Origins Fan Favorite for Best RPG Supplement

D&D Starter Set, fifth edition; development; Gold ENnie for Best Family Game

D&D Basic Rules, fifth edition; development; Gold ENnies for Best Electronic Book and Best Free Product

Triskele; writer and designer; runner-up, Write a Game Challenge