The Ghost Library: Game Writing & Ludology

Game Writing

Sandy is known as a game industry expert for the tabletop RPG business. Tabletop work is now an IP-rich environment also suitable for paper prototyping for computer and mobile gaming. In addition, Sandy brings experience from the LARP segment of gaming to produce training and simulation exercises within the context of work sites, projects such as Destination Imagination, and to make the world a more interesting place.

Sandy co-founded the top-ranked RPG site rpg.net, build the first online ebook mall for RPGs, and has served twice as executive director for the board of the not-for-profit Game Publishers Association. He's also created less successful ventures and is happy to talk candidly about lessons learned.

Published work includes RPG adventures, rulebooks, encyclopedias, games for childrens, and far too many essays about game design and the industry. Sandy also consults for start-up game ventures.

Current Projects

coming in 2024, 'Pioneer', a Mongoose near-future RPG of humans versus space

Random Projects

Tales from the Floating Vagabond, 2nd edition
251 monthly columns at RPGnet
much of the online Miskatonic University website is (with permission) from my out-of-print book
co-author, Faery's Tale
Some of my stuff is at (DriveThruRPG) (note I don't get $ for this).

Partial Bibliography

Traveller: Pioneer, 2024
"Roleplaying with Kids", Technomancer Press, 2007
"Ace Reporter" for Adamant Entertainment, 2005
"Ace Reporter", 2005
Co-author, "A Faery Tale", 2005, 2007
"What's in Her Name", 2004 (free PDF adv. for 'Redhurst Academy')
Pyramid Survivor (four weeks finalist), 2004
Pyramid Iron GM (third place), 2003
"The Book of LARP", contributed adventure, 2003
"Rules to Live By", co-author, 2001
Monthly column "Soapbox", RPGnet, 1996-2005
"Magic & Temptations", comic book, pending
"Lyrean", comic book, pending
Cyberthulhu, Arcane, 1997
S. Antunes and M. Grossman, "Priceless", Shadis, 1996
S. Antunes, "In Search Of: The Gaming Writers and Artists Market Guide", Metagame, V9, 2, May 1996
S. Antunes, "Miskatonic By Day", The Gamer's Connection, #24
S. Antunes, "Miskatonic University" (Chaosium Press), 1995
S. Antunes, "Leaping into Cross Gender Roleplaying", 1995, Interactive Fantasy, 3
S. Antunes, "", Green Goblin, 1995??
S. Antunes, rev. 'Through the Cracks', The Gamer's Connection, #23
S. Antunes, column/rev, Cryptych I/V
S. Antunes, column/rev, Cryptych V
S. Antunes, "A Recipe for Live Roleplaying", Cryptych, I/V
S. (or A.) Antunes, various articles, Chaosium Digest, listed herein: V1.6, "Spells for Starting Characters"; V1.6, "New CoC Skill for Mythos Readers"; V2.4, "Review: Grace Under Pressure"; V2.6, "Special Effects in CofC"; V2.6, "Sanity and More Sanity"; V2.10, "Call of Cybercthulhu"; V4.2, "Cthulhu Without Cthulhu"; V4.3, "Dolphin Tides"; V4.4, "A Keeper's Guide to Small Group Combat"; V6.1, "Japan Background Notes"; V10.11, "The Third Order, Part One"; V10.12, "The Third Order, Part Two";
S. Antunes, Guild Notes, various 1992-1994