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I was looking through an old Dungeon magazine: issue #12, July/August 1988, to be precise.
(The one with the cover showing a leprechaun painting cows green.)
After reviewing that (rather silly) adventure, I just flipped through and my eye caught a name in a different adventure...possibly because I'm running a Shattered Star PbP.
The name was Alaznist, an archmage who is the mysterious patron for the whole adventure
I double checked the spelling, then...recognized the name of the author.
Any guesses?
The author's name was
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If I remember, that's Master Jacobs's first entry into the world of game writing. :D
Cool. We own a piece of Paizonian history!
I was ten....
I was ten....
I was ...considerably younger.
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I was 14. OMG I'm looking at the magazine RIGHT NOW! This is bizarre. It also gives a guy hope, y'know?
That is pretty Awesome :D
I was... a little bit older.
August of 88... I was a little over 7 years old.
August 1988... I was about two months shy of 30. And had been playing D&D for 14 years and 1 month. Getting older and better. And crankier :)
i was 19 and thought Dungeon was the best thing coming out of TSR since their published modules really started to suck..Childs play, puppets..castle greyhawk spoof..
I turned 3 in August of '88.
I turned 3 in August of '88.
June here.
Back then I was an age. Sorry Mr. Jacobs, I think what everyone here is hinting at is that you come from antiquity :P
Turned 4 in December. Father used to have old Gama Worlds laying around
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In '88 I was rocking acid-washed button downs, a near-mullet to my shoulders and just headed into my freshman year in HS. I'd been playing D&D for 8 years. I'd already had several successful stints as both GM and player. I was also running Marvel Super Heroes, Star Frontiers, and a slew of little mini-games.
My older brother had a job at a hot-dog place and with that got a subscription to Dragon. I used my allowance to buy comic books constantly but knew OF dungeon so I picked up some here and there. I even wrote an adventure and submitted it but didn't make the cut. Between that, not making the school paper and placing only third in a poetry contest all in that freshman year I figured I'd never be a writer and gave it up...for decades.
Then at the end of '05 my wife got me a subscription to Paizo's Dungeon mag. She saw old issues on my shelf and thought she'd cheer me up with the gift. This started a resurgence of that old dream. Who's the last Editor-in-Chief I read the zine under? Double-J himself.
I didn't know the connection at the time. But now, after this thread, Its really cool to know that if you work at it, get published and do good work we all have an example of success right here. Even better; every once in a while he freaking chimes in on the boards and has his own dedicated thread for questions!
Seriously - I played D&D for decades and toward the end felt so disenfranchised that I never bothered to know any of the personalities or lore of the game. It wasn't until Paizo and Pathfinder that I felt a real connection to the game, the industry and the community. Now, in part because of that, for lack of a better term "Renaissance" in my own gaming experience I've gotten the courage to try my hand at writing again. I've submitted a couple places and got accepted to a free fanzine. It's not a major contest or anything but I'm really proud and honored.
I plan to keep at it; keep trying. I don't know if I'll achieve Paizo-level success, but its possible. Whatever the case I really just want to thank Paizo and especially James Jacobs. Not just for the game, or even their excellent writing and publishing efforts over the years. Thanks for being the folks who you are and making yourselves and your products accessible to your fans. I use the term "classy" a lot in my life, usually in a sarcastic way but in talking about Paizo I mean it - you are a classy company with a great bunch of folks.
Keep writing Mr Jacobs. I for one am still a fan.