In my role as editorial manager, I work closely with the fiction in every stage, from brainstorming to outlines to drafts—sometimes all at the same time, with different pieces in different stages. It can get a little crazy, and I’ll admit I become a bit punchy at times. That may explain my penchant for writing limericks to summarize our stories. (Or maybe I’m just goofy that way.)

HORDES: Domination has me psyched about the new possibilities to expand my Blindwater Congregation force. What can I say, having been born and raised in Louisiana, I think flesh-eating gator monsters are cool. Especially flesh-eating gator monsters with a voodoo flair!

Greetings Priva-teers! (What should I call our players? Priva-trons? Priva-tites? Priva-trogs? I'll work on it and get back to you.) So, in an effort to bring you, our players (Priva-tors?), the best con experience possible, I tracked down Jason Martin (Privateer's convention coordinator) to discuss the possibility of doing something cool for our conventions.

Those of you that picked up Jarl Skuld, Devil of the Thornwood at the San Diego Comic-Con two weeks ago might have noticed the alternate pre-release stat card that came with him. This week at Gen Con, we will be unveiling pre-release cards for four more HORDES: Domination warlocks: Master Ascetic Naaresh, Kallus, Wrath of Everblight, Grayle the Farstrider, and Maelok the Dreadbound. This is our way of saying thanks to everyone that comes out and supports us during our summer convention season. Meeting the enthusiastic players of our games each year really fuels our passion for what we do here at Privateer Press.

I joined Privateer Press as the concept and illustration art director in early June of this year. Immediately, I jumped hip-deep into projects in process and heard whispers of cool things to come. One of these much-anticipated projects was the new edition of the beloved Iron Kingdoms Role-Playing line. When I sat down with Matt Wilson and Ed Bourelle, we outlined what we wanted to see and which artists had the chops to take on the task of creating what would end up being the iconic image of the IKRPG. We decided on a “new guy” who had only just started working for Privateer Press, an amazingly talented artist named Néstor Ossandón.

Last time, I mentioned I’d be building a new Rhulic Mercenary army. However, I’ve decided that isn’t enough of a challenge in itself, so I’m setting my sights a little higher. My modified plan is to have enough Searforge to field an Unbound army by the time they get their third warcaster next year. I had initially been torn between Searforge, the Blindwater Congregation, and the Thornfall Alliance for my new army. The two new warlocks coming out for the Minion pacts in HORDES: Domination are going to be a lot of fun, but I’ve wanted to play as the dwarves of Rhul for a long time. As a bonus for me, Searforge is the last contract that will have enough warcasters to field an Unbound army. That will keep my slow-painting speed from hindering things as much.

One of the best things about working for a gaming company is sometimes your nerdy hobbies can offer you better insight into certain aspects of your job. Recently, I had an opportunity to put my love of full-contact medieval recreational sports (SCA, Belegarth, etc.) to work while I was working on WARMACHINE: Wrath.

I've been looking forward to this insider since March. Today I get to show the final WARMACHINE battle engine, the mighty Vessel of Judgment!

A lot of folks have mentioned Lock & Load on recent Privateer Insiders to discuss classes or hobby elements or their games on the tabletop field of battle. One part of Lock & Load that had particular significance to me was the Saturday night announcement panel.