Jordan Weisman’s CV is something to behold. It begins in 1980, when he co-founded FASA Corporation, maker of the enduring tabletop games Shadowrun and BattleTech; in the early 1990s, the latter series birthed a chain of BattleTech Centers, pioneering virtual entertainment venues with 3D networked combat. He’s also at least partly responsible for the MechWarrior videogames, the Crimson Skies universe, collectible miniatures company WizKids, and Harebrained Schemes, developer of assorted videogames, primarily based on Weisman’s creations.
In short, then, he is something of a serial entrepreneur, always looking for the next big idea. His latest is Adventure Forge, a creation tool that lets