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Here's a selection of some of my favorite websites.

Writer's and Editor's Workshop Page

Game Designers

Game Companies

Artists We Like

Other Friends of Malhavoc Press

Gaming Related News and Reviews

Cool Sites With Material for Your Game

Places to Buy Games Online

Reference Sites Worth Checking Out

Miniatures

Funny and Interesting Stuff

 

Writer's and Editor's Workshop Page

This is a page that Sue maintains for writers and editors, as well as those hoping to break into the business. Check out the job leads and associated notes. The idea for this page came up at the workshops we have conducted at Gen Con.


Game Designers

Andy Collins' Home Page
Andy is another talented game designer at Wizards. His website has both interesting new material and information on his current design projects.

Bruce Cordell's Home Page
This is the website of my favorite game designer, Bruce R. Cordell. Bruce and I have been friends since the ninth grade.

Mike Mearls ' Home Page
Check this out for some ramblings and original content by one of the d20 System's most prolific designers.

Jonathan Tweet's Website
Jonathan's not only a friend of mine, you've also most likely seen his name on some books -- like, say, the Player's Handbook, for example. He was the lead designer for the new D&D game. His site has some interesting material, including frequent updates to his Elysombra D&D campaign.

James Wyatt's Home Page
James Wyatt, author of the new edition of Oriental Adventures, is another great designer.


Game Companies

Atlas Games
I really enjoyed working with Atlas. They publish good stuff.

Chaosium
Creators of Call of Cthulhu!

Dungeons & Dragons Website
This is the game's official site, featuring daily updates from Wizards of the Coast.

Fantasy Flight
Dragonstar, Traps and Treachery, mmm, mmm.

Fiery Dragon Productions
Nice guys, great adventures, cool counters.

The Game Mechanics
Four former Wizards of the Coast employees, all friends of mine, have started their own game company. Give them a look.

Green Ronin
Chris and Nicole are not only friends of ours, but they put out great products.

Mystic Eye Games
This is a d20 company to watch. They publish good products and are nice guys.

Necromancer Games
Nice guys, great adventures, funny logo.

Sword & Sorcery Website
Sword & Sorcery is a family of game design studios, including Sword & Sorcery Studios, Necromancer Games, and now Malhavoc Press.

 

Artists We Like

Toren "MacBin" Atkinson Gallery
Not only is Toren a great guy and fun to hang out with, he's a great artist -- and you should check out his band, too! See his interiors in If Thoughts Could Kill, Book of Eldritch Might II, The Banewarrens, Mindscapes, and Arcana Unearthed.

The Creative Works of Edward Bourelle
Check out the website of this talented illustrator, whose maps really make you sit up and take notice. He's featured in Cry Havoc, The Diamond Throne, Mystic Secrets: The Lore of Word and Rune, and more.

Brom's Website
Okay, so we haven't worked with him yet. But he's one of my favorite artists.

Kev Crossley
Kev's interior work dazzled us in Legacy of the Dragons, so we asked him back for Beyond Countless Doorways, The Book of Iron Might, Hyperconscious, and other books.

Todd Lockwood
We were so glad to feature the work of this fantasy master on the cover of Cry Havoc.

Eric Lofgren's Grave Sight Graphics
Eric does very evocative work. Look for his black-and-whites in Cry Havoc, The Diamond Throne, and many more of our books.

Jennifer Meyer Online Portfolio
This artist's delicate work appears in Arcana Unearthed, the DM's Screen and Player's Guide, The Diamond Throne, Book of Hallowed Might II, and more.

Alan Pollack
I'm no art critic, but I know what I like -- and I LIKE Alan's work. You can see his illustrations on the cover of The Banewarrens, Mindscapes, and When the Sky Falls.

rk post
rk post has a wonderful, skewed way of taking a description and making it way weirder than you could have imagined. See what I mean on his cover of The Book of Hallowed Might, Book of Hallowed Might II, and Beyond Countless Doorways.

Scott Purdy
Scott's fabulous black-and-white art is featured in The Book of Iron Might, plus some forthcoming releases.

James Ryman
You've seen James' fabulous color work in many issues of Dragon and Dungeon magazines. Now you can see his black-and-white work in Mystic Secrets: The Lore of Word and Rune

Stephen Shepherd
This illustrator has been with us since the beginning. His latest work appears in Arcana Unearthed and Cry Havoc.

J.P. Targete
We are thrilled to feature the work of this talented fantasy artist on the covers of Mystic Secrets: The Lore of Word and Rune. and our Arcana Evolved line.

Tyler Walpole
Tyler's distinctive style appears in Beyond Countless Doorways and many other books of ours.

Kieran Yanner Gallery
Kieran wowed us with his covers for If Thoughts Could Kill, Book of Eldritch Might II, Requiem for a God, and The Book of Iron Might.

Mark Zug Illustration
This talented artist created the cool imagery you see on the cover of Arcana Unearthed.

 

 


Other Friends of Malhavoc Press

Code Monkey Publishing
These guys are producing official Arcana Unearthed data sets for the PC Gen and E-Tools lines of character generation software.

Cumuli di neve
The folks over at this Italian website have recently translated my OGL new ranger class and the litorian character race.

Dead Gentlemen Productions
These filmmakers produced a great movie called The Gamers and are hard at work on a sequel. I can't wait!

Dundjinni
Created by Fluid Entertainment, this is one of the coolest software products I have seen for RPG players and DMs. The interface makes it easy to create professional-looking maps. And there's a lot more to it!

The Gamer's Bag
I have one of their "yuan-ti skin" bags with an elegant red drawstring with gold tips. It's big enough to hold 300 dice, and sturdy enough to do so for a long time. I'm hooked.

Monte's Message Boards FAQ
Carthain has created a FAQ for the message boards. Please read!

Open Gaming Foundation
Here's where you'll find the SRD and info on the d20 license.

The Stannex
If you haven't seen the website of game designer and cartoonist Stan!, then what are you waiting for? A great site, and a great guy.

Unseelie Court Home Page
This is the website of my favorite web designer, JD Sparks. Jay and I have been friends since the ninth grade -- Bruce Cordell, Jay, and I played D&D together.

Wyrd Edizioni
These friends of ours in Italy have an excellent site, plus they create official Italian translations of our PDFs!

 

 

Gaming Related News and Reviews

EN World / d20 Reviews
This is a great place for D&D news, reviews, links, and community. You'll see me post on those boards all the time.

Gaming Report
A good source for news for all games. I frequent the message boards.

RPG United
An ever-growing resource. Lots of reviews.

Mortality.net
Large community and downloadable installments of an Internet radio show about gaming.

Spel-Info
Good Dutch site.

O Grimorio
Nice Brazilian site (in Portuguese).

 

Cool Sites With Material for Your Game

Dungeons & Dragons Adventures
This is a really nice site that I visit often. You can't beat it if you're looking for new adventures, classes, and more written by other fans.

The Planewalker Website
This is the official Planescape setting website. I did a lot of work on the Planescape line back in the day and am still quite fond of it. This is a great site as well.

DnD World
Lots of good content here.

Roleplaying Tips
Updated often with tips to aid in your game.

Inzeladun,
Astorian,
Farland,
and Meln

These are some great homebrew campaign websites.

Realms of Evil
Lots of good game material, often with an evil bent.

 

Places to Buy Games Online

Fantask A/S
A cool independent game shop in Copenhagen, Denmark. They do lots of online sales.

GAMA Retailer List
Here's a whole bunch of quality retailers to check out.

Noble Knight Games
An online retail store specializing in new and out-of-print RPGs, board games, miniatures, novels, and more.

RPGNow
You can find our stuff there, as well as all sorts of other PDF products.

RPGShop
Another good source for Malhavoc titles and other products.

Serenity Studios
Australian readers, order your Arcana Unearthed and other Malhavoc Press books here!

Source Comics and Games
This great full-line comic and game store in St. Paul, Minn., also does mail order!

Sword & Sorcery/White Wolf Online Catalog
Shop for Malhavoc print titles and PDF releases all in the same visit.


Reference Sites Worth Checking Out

Armor and Warriors of the Silk Road
Lots of good info about armor.

Fantasy Writer's Resources
A veritable DM's toolbox all in one site.

Fantasy Name Generator
A nifty little tool.

Village Generator
Worth playing around with. Creates village maps to your specifications.

Dan Smith's Fantasy Fonts
For handouts and things.

Castles of the World
Lots and lots about castles.

Legolas' Fantasy and Medieval Maps
Great map site.

Elfwood
Fantasy art. Some of it is actually good.

Worldbuilding
Nice resource.

A List of Occupations
Who lives in the city in your campaign?

 

Miniatures

Armorcast
Buildings, vehicles and stuff you never knew you needed.

Epicast
Terrain and buildings. Cool.

Iron Wind Metals
The folks responsible for the classic Ral Partha miniatures have formed their own company. As part of their new fantasy line, they're producing official licensed Arcana Unearthed figures!

Miniatures Building Authority
Makers of gorgeous prepainted plastic buildings for a fantasy city.

The Miniatures Page
Good general miniatures info. Great for keeping up on upcoming and new releases.

Reaper
Some of the best fantasy miniatures, period.

West Wind Productions
Check out the Gothic Horror miniatures. I have a bunch.


Funny and Interesting Stuff

PvP
I go there every day.

The Onion
I go there every week.

Eddie Izzard
My favorite stand-up comic.

wilwheaton.net
Yes, that Wil Wheaton. As in Wesley Crusher on Star Trek. I know, the character annoyed me too. But Wil's grown up now. He's about my age and, after reading through his site, he seems like a cool guy. And he's into gaming.

D&D Online Games
A cool place to play D&D online.

 
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