Michael Hammes

Michael Hammes worked for six years in the RPG industry before the reality of family life and home ownership pulled him away. Now he's back, if not as a full-time practitioner, at least as an expert dabbler. Michael's work is most closely associated with Ronin Arts and Green Ronin, but he's been active with numerous other publishers and companies. Recently he's launched a little blog at gmworkbook.com and explored the world of flash fiction on Kickstarter with FlashCity Stories and FleshCity Stories.

Played: Monsters’ Den Chronicles

Posted by Michael Hammes on August 22, 2014 Filed as: Reviews 2 Responses » Topic(s): Monsters' Den Chronicles

Aug 222014

Look, sometimes you just want to grab your gear, head into the dungeon, and slay some monsters. And if you do, you could do worse than to make Monsters’ Den Chronicles your destination as MDC is exactly what you’re looking for…

Played: Cursed Treasure – Don’t Touch My Gems

Posted by Michael Hammes on March 17, 2014 Filed as: Reviews No Responses » Topic(s): Cursed Treasure: Don't Touch My Gems

Mar 172014

Played: Cursed Treasure - Don't Touch My Gems

Cursed Treasure: Don’t Touch My Gems is a tower defense game where you place towers with varying capabilities on the map to try and stop waves of enemies from stealing your gems. The atmospheric twist here is that you’re the evil Overlord using Orcs, Undead, and Demons to stop the heroes…

Played: Kingdom Rush

Posted by Michael Hammes on February 26, 2014 Filed as: Reviews 1 Response » Topic(s): Kingdom Rush

Feb 262014

I play games for two reasons. The first is for entertainment. The second is to take my mind off my work when things just aren’t clicking creatively (for some reason my mind does great work when I’m not thinking about said work). Ideally, a game meets both of those goals at the same time.

A Game Fondly Remembered – Spybot: The Nightfall Incident

Posted by Michael Hammes on January 6, 2014 Filed as: Reviews 11 Responses » Topic(s): Spybot: The Nightfall Incident

Jan 062014

I had (many years ago) stumbled upon a surprisingly excellent hacker game called Spybotics: The Nightfall Incident. So I thought I’d share it with you in case you missed this gem…

Do Castles Have A Purpose In FRPGs?

Posted by Michael Hammes on December 23, 2013 Filed as: World-Building 4 Responses » Topic(s): Adventure Design, Castles

Dec 232013

It strikes me as odd that castles existed in a world where dragons, griffons, manticores, and all manner of large, dangerous flying things ruled the air…