ECOS: First Continent

Anyone close to me knows how excited I am for this release.  Ecos is a John D Clair design that brings together a unique combination of mechanics so that up to 6 players can play simultaneous turns building the world and populating it with mountains, forests, and animals.   I firstRead More →

SUNDAY HISTORY OF AEG ~ WE ARE GOING TO RUN YOUR MONEY TOWARDS A CLIFF . . .

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PUBLISH FEWER GAMES- AUTOPSY #1 DO YOU BELIEVE IN THIS THING?

Yes, I do wake up every day with doubts about our plan to do fewer games.  It has been over a year since we started down this path and it has been exactly as hard as we expected, but it has also been very rewarding.  It is time for usRead More →

Sunday history of AEG- Five Rings Publishing Group

For nine months we scraped, demoed, and clawed to keep the L5R CCG alive.   Making the L5R CCG profitable was Mount Everest, we were on the hardest part of the ascent, and we were looking for an Angel Investor to help us reach the summit (and not die trying).  Read More →

RIP RICK LOOMIS

I just heard today about the passing of my friend, Rick Loomis.  His battle with cancer has ended and another hero has been taken from us by that boss monster we have yet figured out a way to slay on a regular basis.   F$%& Cancer I did not spend aRead More →

The lost art of swagging and bartering

My career, before starting with AEG as a partner, was advertising sales in the golf industry. It was great; I would travel from city to city with my partner Eric Tivoli selling ads, golfing, and looking for fun. Selling advertising to golf courses and golf shops was interesting. A lotRead More →

The Edge of Darkness Journey

The Journey from There to the Edge of Darkness I don’t know if we have ever had a development and production challenge quite like the one we conquered with Edge of Darkness.  Maybe the first time we published Legend of the Five Rings with all the sheets and packaging, butRead More →

Gen Con: The Most Important 4 Days in Gaming

I did just say that we were ready for Gen Con right?  We are, but the chaos that comes the week before the show is here nonetheless. Gen Con and maybe Essen are shows that I think everyone should give publishers a pass on.  There are just certain things thatRead More →

Gen Con 2019 Two Minute Rundown

Wow Gen Con is in 10 days.  Crazy how quickly the time between the GAMA trade show and Gen Con flies but we are ready and excited about the show.   A small piece of useless marketing knowledge.  When Peter Adkison bought Gen Con he called to tell me and IRead More →

Bard Wanted

I am in a tavern….. The GM who runs the reality game about my business looks over his screen at me:  “You have gathered an excellent party, but for this great quest you will need one more.  Someone like minded and with synergistic skills and who speaks your language. John,Read More →