James M. Ward on James M. Ward

Obviously, he was born, and not quite as obviously, he has lived a pleasantly long time. He married his high school sweetheart and she’s put up with him for 40 years. He has three unusually charming sons, Breck, James, and Theon. They in turn have given him five startlingly charming grandchildren, Keely, Miriam, Sophia, Preston, and Teagan.

In that same stretch of time he managed to write the first science fiction role-playing game, METAMORPHOSIS ALPHA; he worked for TSR and did lots of D&D and AD&D things; and designed the best selling SPELLFIRE and DRAGON BALL Z CCGs.

He has written all manner of things that he is unusually proud of–the DRAGON LAIRDS board game, the novel HALCYON BLITHE, MIDSHIPWIZARD, the MY PRECIOUS PRESENT card game; and the RPG supplement OF GODS & MONSTERS. He’s working with three others in a new company called Eldritch Enterprises.

He reads a lot, he greatly enjoys fencing with a rapier when he gets the chance, and he constantly gets beat in board games with friends in the area.

Currently, he is writing role-playing products for his small company.

Here we are going to post frequent news of the company.

This is a historic moment. Eldritch Entertainment—a game publishing company launched by TSR alumni Frank Mentzer, James M. Ward, and Tim Kask, together with long-time friend and fellow game designer Chris Clark—now has a home on the Web. Watch this page for further news of the new company’s upcoming activities!