About Me...

I am an aspiring author that was side-swiped from that destination by the purchase of a local gaming shop. I've managed All The Fun Stuff for about four years now, but I've been involved with the store in one way or another for over 20 years -- since I worked here when I was in high school. I miss the creative outlet of writing very much, but lack the ego neccessary to tout my own work.

Some of my writing accomplishments are:

- I have had articles printed in Polyhedron ("Stench Cow Recipies" #133, "Of Sigil and the Sea" #137) and Dragon Magazine ("Extra Healing" #269).

"Of Sigil and the Sea" is of particular pride to me, as it was illustrated with a map by one of Wizards of the Coast's Planescape setting cartographers, Rob Lazzaretti. You can find an archived, COLOR copy of the map on the D&D's Map-a-Week page for 12/21: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/mwa/archive2001

I won the 1997 RPGA Adventure Writing contest with "Heirs of Elemental Evil" that was the two-round Team Event at Origins 2000. I included the various styles of adventures -- puzzle, combat, mystery, and roleplaying -- all in one adventure where they meshed seemlessly. I still think of this as my best adventure written, even if the main idea is a little on the silly side -- babysitting kids. The PCs from that adventure can be found here at the AD&D Hall of Heroes: http://www.hallofhero.com/npc/Etiquette.cfm?id=1

I contributed the third part to the Kargatane's Children of the Night: Demons project with "Marasmos". As always, this adventure was heavily editted, dropping out whole sections using the Nightmare rules and in-depth infection rules. A copy can still be found on the Kargatane's web site: http://www.kargatane.com/

Online, you'll find various articles and pieces written by me, ranging from the serious commentary on gaming and comics to the whimsical fanboy-ishness of filks.

Beside writing, another of my skills is tinkering with a pencil, as can be seen here at my Elfwood page: http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/art/w/j/wjcuffe/wjcuffe.html