Hello and Welcome to Hydra Hobbies! 

Happy 4th of July to all my fellow Americans! What a great day for the first post and introduction to Hydra Hobbies to coincide with the celebration of the ratification of the Declaration of Independence. This is the first post about the company, what we will be producing and some of my thoughts on gaming. My name is William Toporek and I've been playing and running RPGs since around 1982. For a time I worked in the RPG industry for Steve Jackson Games in the very early 2000s. I co-wrote GURPS Special Ops 3rd edition and helped produce and playtest many games and products during my time there including being one of the original playtesters for a little game called Munchkin.

Why this blog? Well, I believe this will become a great platform to highlight the products we will be producing here at Hydra Hobbies. It will also serve as a hub of information highlighting the progress as I develop several gaming products for various companies that I have a fondness for and who happen to have OGLs. To wet your appetite, the first product is planned for Goodman Games' Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG and I have secured a commission for a cover by the brilliant artist Peter Mullen. The product is written, cartography acquired, art has been purchased, the book has been laid out and playtesting is underway. Come back here for an upcoming release date!

I have many more products planned and even an entire line of products in the pipeline. There is much more to come and I'm excited to share this grand adventure with you. In the beginning this blog will be pretty plain but I intend to jazz it up and add a whole lot more content, customize the look, and fill it with not only information on upcoming products but my thoughts on gaming over the years as well. Stay tuned!