Dice in Mind

Jamie Perez is a co-founder of STATIONS. Robert Silverberg was his first scifi love and these days he’ll take a day off work when Ann Leckie puts out a new book. He lives and believes in Baltimore. Adam Good is a co-founder of STATIONS. Douglas Adams was his first sci-fi love, with a close second being the book (and movie) Contact; “they should have sent a poet.” He is probably just a collection of language fragments. He lives in Pittsboro, North Carolina. Infinity of Ships and Instant Star Ships (Use the code "adastra" at check-out to get a free Ad Astra Per Ludar sticker!)Ad Astra Per Ludar StickerJames Bond 007 Q ManualThe Disinformation Phase by Chris TollStar Trek Adventures: Second Edition 60th Anniversary Box Set Welcome to Dice in Mind, a podcast hosted by Bradley Browne and Jason Kaufman to explore the intersection of life, games, science, music, philosophy, creativity, and literature through interviews with leading creatives. All are welcome in this space. Royalty-free music "Night Jazz Beats" courtesy of flybirdaudio. Please follow us: Twitter/X: https://x.com/diceinmind Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/diceinmind.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/diceinmind

Keith R. A. DeCandido is an author of around sixty novels, more than a hundred short stories, a mess of comic books, and a ton of nonfiction. The fiction is in both more than thirty different licensed universes, as well as his own original stuff, genre fiction that takes place in the fictional cities of Super City and Cliff’s End as well as the mostly real cities of New York and Key West. Please check out these relevant links: DeCandido.netFacebook Fan PageBlueskyTwitterDisclosure Day Welcome to Dice in Mind, a podcast hosted by Bradley Browne and Jason Kaufman to explore the intersection of life, games, science, music, philosophy, creativity, and literature through interviews with leading creatives. All are welcome in this space. Royalty-free music "Night Jazz Beats" courtesy of flybirdaudio. Please follow us: Twitter/X: https://x.com/diceinmind Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/diceinmind.bsky.social

Raised in the mild climate of Northern California, Christopher Griffen's steady diet of Marvel comic books, Star Wars, Dungeons & Dragons, and all the sci-fi he could read turned him into the man-child that he is today. Now a writer of both role-playing games – Traveller, from Mongoose Publishing is his game of choice – and comics from Markosia Publishing, he is living the dream, collaborating with some of the best in the business to create narratives for all to enjoy. Please check out these relevant links: Pioneer RPGChristopher Griffen on DriveThruRPGChristopher Griffen on Amazon Welcome to Dice in Mind, a podcast hosted by Bradley Browne and Jason Kaufman to explore the intersection of life, games, science, music, philosophy, creativity, and literature through interviews with leading creatives. All are welcome in this space. Royalty-free music "Night Jazz Beats" courtesy of flybirdaudio. Please follow us: Twitter/X: https://x.com/diceinmind Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/diceinmind.bsky.social

Ben Robbins has spent most of his life elbow-deep in role-playing games. He created Microscope, Kingdom, and In This World, writes the ars ludi blog, and spent years running Story Games Seattle to bring total strangers together at the table. He's working on his new game, This Means War, as soon as he finishes writing this bio. Please check out these relevant links: This Means WarMicroscope 2 KickstarterArs Ludi (blog) Welcome to Dice in Mind, a podcast hosted by Bradley Browne and Jason Kaufman to explore the intersection of life, games, science, music, philosophy, creativity, and literature through interviews with leading creatives. All are welcome in this space. Royalty-free music "Night Jazz Beats" courtesy of flybirdaudio. Please follow us: Twitter/X: https://x.com/diceinmind Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/diceinmind.bsky.social

Dr. José P. Zagal is a game scholar and Director of the School of Interactive Games and Media at the Rochester Institute of Technology and avid game player as well. He teaches courses on game design, ethics in video games, and experimental games. Professor Zagal taught his first university-level class in 2000, has since supervised multiple award-winning student projects, and many of his former students work at leading game studios worldwide. Dr. Zagal has edited and authored numerous books and articles on game ethics, games education, game design, role-playing games, and more. He most recently co-authored Seeing Red: Nintendo’s Virtual Boy (MIT Press 2024) and co-edited Fifty Years of Dungeons & Dragons (MIT Press 2024) and The Routledge Handbook of Role-Playing Game Studies (Routledge 2024). He was honored as a Distinguished Scholar by the Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) and named a Fellow of the Higher-Education Videogame Alliance (HEVGA) for his contributions to games research. He also serves as the Editor-In-Chief of DiGRA’s flagship journal Transactions of the Digital Games Research Association (ToDiGRA). Please check out these relevant links: RIT School of Interactive Games and MediaThe Quiet YearProf. Zagal's Google Scholar ProfileTabletop Role-Playing Games in Chile: Early History, Context, and AdoptionCyberpunk 2020Ghost Busters (West End Games)Phoenix Dawn Command Welcome to Dice in Mind, a podcast hosted by Bradley Browne and Jason Kaufman to explore the intersection of life, games, science, music, philosophy, creativity, and literature through interviews with leading creatives. All are welcome in this space. Royalty-free music "Night Jazz Beats" courtesy of flybirdaudio. Please follow us: Twitter/X: https://x.com/diceinmind Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/diceinmind.bsky.social