Author’s Notes: Designers & Dragons Lost Histories (opens in new tab)

I finished work on Designers & Dragons 2e, the four-volume set produced by Evil Hat, in 2013. At the time, I was working full-time for a computer game company, which meant that Designers & Dragons was something that was written in evenings and on weekends. Lake Temescal in the East Bay Hills was one of my favorite writing spots, because I could get up there on my bike after dinner in about 20 minutes and have a few hours to write and edit (at least in the summer months). During the winter, it...