Mock Man Press

It’s been too long! Hope you’re all well. The cover image, featuring the characters from “The Stiff,” is one I’ve had around my computer for ages but somehow never put online.

It’s been a strange and busy summer in this year of 2017. I’ve been at various conventions, mostly promoting “Mangaka: The Fast & Furious Game of Drawing Comics,” the comic-drawing game made by myself and my partner, Jumana Al Hashal. I have the good news to report that “Mangaka” has been doing well and I’ll be announcing more Mangaka events, conventions, etc. soon! If you haven’t checked it out, please do — I’m thrilled that many recent reviews have pointed out that it’s a “drawing game which doesn’t require any drawing ability,” since that’s exactly what we were going for. (Mwa ha ha! The plan is succeeding!)

Apart from that, I’ve been drawing the usual freelance art and maps for roleplaying games, etc. I should have more work to reveal soon for a variety of tabletop RPG publishers. And of course, I’m working on my own RPG project, “Dreamland”, a tabletop RPG of flowery language, unexplored places and half-forgotten memories set in the dreamworlds of HP Lovecraft and Lord Dunsany. This has been my whenever-I-can-squeeze-time-in hobby project for more than two years now, and I’m really excited with how it’s developing.

On that note, I’m going to be at Necronomicon Providence (August 17-20), where I’ll be running three, count them THREE games of Dreamland! I’m super excited to return to Providence (it’s always so green there in the summer, not dry & yellow like it is here in California…) after two years’ absence. I hope I’ll get to meet lots of cool new people and some old friends from online.

If you’re going to NecronomiCon, you can sign up online for my Dreamland games! Here’s the info:

DREAMLAND: THE PARADISE OF THE UNCHANGING (Thursday, 6-10 PM)
Olathöe, the beautiful city which knows no age nor death, is besieged by a monstrous terror. Can a small group of Olathöeans (you) save the only home you have ever known? Summoned by the king, the task of saving the timeless city falls to a small group of farmers, merchants and craftsfolk… united only by your dreamlike memories of another life in another world…

DREAMLAND: ON THE WINGS OF DREAM (Friday, 8 PM-Midnight)
After a hazy night in the Enchanted Wood, you awaken with strange marks on your bodies and the chattering of birdsong in your ears. What happened to you in those forgotten hours? What sinister bond connects you to the fangs of snakes, the jaws of dragons and the claws of crows? Slipping back and forth between waking-world London and the world of Dreamland, you and your fellow dreamers must solve the mystery before the terror which comes with the rooster’s crow of dawn…

DREAMLAND: TO THE END OF THE WORLD (Saturday, 2-6 PM)
You have traveled far, seeking the legendary edge of the world which no living dreamer has beheld. On your side: the greatest science and magic of the Six Kingdoms. Standing before you: deserts and jungles, monsters beyond belief, and cities of nightmare. Succeed in your quest, and gain fame and knowledge beyond your wildest dream. Fail, and infinities away, your waking-world body will pay the price…

I’ll also be speaking in the Clark Ashton Smith panel from 1:30-2:45 on Friday, and I’ll be in the exhibit hall when I’m not paneling or running games.

If you’re in the area, please come by and say hello! I’ll post here again when I have more to announce, which should be soon! (Oh, I almost forgot! Check out my new “Against the Giants” D&D Adventure Walkthrough Maps if you haven’t already!)