Recent content by Matt Forbeck

Days of High Adventure: How to Write a Tie-In Novel Matt Forbeck delves deeply into the process of writing a tie-in novel from concept to finished product. Read Full Article

Days of High Adventure: The Art of Writing Tie-In Fiction Do you ever wonder how exactly your favorite game or series makes its way to the Barnes & Noble bookshelf? Matt Forbeck, author of of over a dozen tie-in novels, is here to walk you through the arcane art of the tie-in. Read Full Article

You seem to be limiting the term games to mean only and exclusively video games. If you broaden that a bit to include tabletop games, particularly tabletop RPGs, as I discuss in the article, my meaning should be clearer.

Days of High Adventure: Gaming Fiction From H.G. Wells' wargames to Dragonlance, games - video and tabletop both - have inspired further narratives. This week, games author Matt Forbeck starts a series pulling back the curtain on the art of the gaming tie-in. Read Full Article

The Play?s the Thing Some roleplayers are childish - why aren't more? Read Full Article

A Bunch of Characters Even the simplified D&D 4th Edition could do some things to make it easier to create characters for a group of kids. Read Full Article

Game of Choice Matt has decided to run a D&D adventure for his kids, but now comes the hard part - which edition to play? Read Full Article

Back in the Game When tabletop gaming becomes a job, it's time to go back to the source for inspiration Read Full Article