Hi All,
As the subject says, I'm doing the happy dance because I got a job. My first day was Tuesday of this week (4 days ago). Now that in and of itself is nifty, but perhaps not nifty enough to merit sharing with y'all on the BGDF. Yeah, I post here fairly regularly and I've gotten to know many of you from your forum presences (and a few of you in person). Even so, just saying, "Hey, I got a job!" doesn't really merit a post in the Off Topic forum. There really needs to be something more to it.
...And there is.
My new job is at Steve Jackson Games. Although I'm uncertain of my exact official title, my job roughly boils down to being a non-Munchkin board game development lead. If it's a board game, and it's not part of the Munchkin universe, I'm responsible for shepherding it along from concept/submission to production. I'm also adopting most (if not all) of the play test coordination duties.
So, in a tremendously ironic twist, after months and months of contacting (or trying to contact) the game submissions person at various game companies, I've become that person.
That said: Please refrain from sending me unsolicited submissions for games you'd like SJG to consider for publication. The board game queue at SJG is already full for the forseeable future. In fact, I was hired to get the queue moving. Once the queue is open again and SJG is able to accept unsolicited submissions, I sincerely promise that y'all will be among the first to know.
Woo hoo!
Yeah. It's pretty freakin' awesome. I consider myself very fortunate.
Also: Just received a copy of Terra Prime for my birthday. I really, really like it!
Thanks again for all your congratulations and questions, everyone. I'm a very happy designer. =)