Roll Some Dice

So hey, this happened: My Game Chef entry, The Eleventh Hour , is a Finalist . Pretty cool! I was more than a little surprised to discover that, to be honest -- not because I'm not proud of my work, but because seriously, there were 96 other entries this time around. And 15 of them were in Italian! How'm I gonna compete with that? Apparently, the answer is "Somehow." The bell pepper symbolizes games. Anyway, I'm pretty psyched about this turn of events, because it means I've made the Finals three years in a row now, which certainly feels like a feat. I kinda don't really count 2010's Action City , which may be unfair, but the Finals for that year didn't even involve any peer review or any real critical process. Still, I did get positive feedback about it, so I'm not dismissing it altogether. I do not expect to win, nor do I care one way or the other about winning (honestly!). There were a ton of really interesting, innovative entries t...

A number of readers wrote in about Game Chef , and both of them asked, "Hey, when does the next Game Chef start?" The answer: Last week! Next question: When's the submission deadline? Answer: About 90 minutes ago! Yeah, sorry I didn't mention anything about it until now. Honestly, I've just been busy with stuff, including my own Game Chef entry, and ended up not getting around to posting about it in time. So... I hope you found out about it on your own and submitted something, because I was useless in that regard. Anyway, the theme was "Last Chance," in honor of the imminent demise of The Forge . I'm sure it'll produce a lot of lighthearted, fun little games. Like my game. This is a game about four cultists working in the shadows to bring about the end of the world. The Grand Convergence – an alignment of heavenly bodies that only occurs once a millennium – approaches, and with it a rare opportunity to call forth an otherworldly e...