Alexander Macris Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

Check for Traps

Check for Traps #1 – Starter Set

When I started playing tabletop games in 1981 (at the mighty age of 6 years old), the hobby was accessible. A young guy ...

By Alexander Macris Legacy AuthorMarch 30, 2010

Publisher's Note

Articulate? For a Gamer

In addition to publishing The Escapist, I serve as president of the Triangle Game Initiative, commonly called “TGI”, a not-for-profit trade association that ...

By Alexander Macris Legacy AuthorFebruary 16, 2010

Publisher's Note

Algorithmize This!

There has been some heated debate as of late within new media circles as to the future of content. The opening salvo was ...

By Alexander Macris Legacy AuthorJanuary 18, 2010

Editor's Note

Best Of

The Escapist was created back in July 2005 with a very small team – 6 people, to be exact. Today, 36 people work ...

By Alexander Macris Legacy AuthorDecember 29, 2009

Publisher's Note

Play Life and Live Games

The Escapist has two slogans, one official and the other informal. Our official slogan – which appears in our ads and signs – ...

By Alexander Macris Legacy AuthorNovember 16, 2009

Interviews

Designing the Dragon Age Tabletop RPG

Bioware’s Dragon Age: Origins promises to be the most exciting new computer RPG release of the year. But Dragon Age isn’t just coming ...

By Alexander Macris Legacy AuthorNovember 4, 2009

Editor's Note

The Front

When people ask me the secret of my success, I like to say, “Wargames – you can never play too many wargames.” I ...

By Alexander Macris Legacy AuthorNovember 3, 2009

News

A Wedding at The Escapist

Kara Japhet and Gregory Lincoln, both long-time staffers of The Escapist, were wed at sunset on October 3 at the Sarah P. Duke ...

By Alexander Macris Legacy AuthorOctober 12, 2009

Publisher's Note

If They Are Persistent, Why Do They Need Sequels?

I recently activated a subscription to Champions Online. Champions, of course, is the new massively multiplayer game by Cryptic Studios in which you ...

By Alexander Macris Legacy AuthorOctober 12, 2009

News