ADKISON, DANCEY JOIN BASTION PRESS BOARD

(Seattle, Washington) - December 19, 2001

Bastion Press, Inc., a developer of innovative intellectual properties and roleplaying games, announced today the formation of its Board of Directors. Cathleen Adkison and Ryan Dancey join the board along with Jim Butler, President & CEO of Bastion Press, Inc. 

“I’m ecstatic to have two such noteworthy people sit on the Bastion Press board,” stated Jim Butler. “I look forward to a long and fruitful relationship with both Cathy and Ryan, using their experience to take Bastion Press forward in this exciting marketplace.” 

Cathleen S. Adkison was a Founder, Chairman of the Board, and served in a number of executive capacities at Wizards of the Coast, Inc., including VP of Sales and Marketing, Events, Public Relations, Production, and Human Resources. Currently, Ms. Adkison is a director on the board of Eleventh Hour Productions, a non-profit company in Seattle that specializes in the promotion of poetry events. She also sits on the Board of Directors for Tracker Business Systems, Inc., a medical technical company in the Tri-Cities area of Washington and is currently serving as the interim CEO of that company. 

During the early 1990s, Cathleen served as a Continuous Quality Improvement Analyst for Boeing. In 1998 and 1999, Cathleen finished the University of Washington's Poetry, Advanced Poetry, Fiction and Advanced fiction programs. Also in 1998, Cathleen finished the University of Washington's Executive Management Program. 

Ryan Dancey is the former Vice President for tabletop RPGs and the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS(r) brand manager at Hasbro's Wizards of the Coast division. He was a co-founder of Five Rings Publishing Group (a hobby game publishing company sold to Wizards of the Coast), co-designer of the Legend of the Five Rings trading card game, and a co-founder of ISOMEDIA, a multimedia/internet business management company. In 1997 he oversaw the acquisition of TSR, Inc. by Wizards of the Coast, and subsequently sold Five Rings Publishing Group to Wizards of the Coast as well. He was involved with the strategic planning process that lead to Wizards of the Coast licensing the Pokémon trading card game from Nintendo. Prior to co-founding Five Rings Publishing Group, he wrote and developed the DigiFiche enterprise data processing system at ISOMEDIA.

In his position as a Wizards of the Coast Vice President, Ryan was responsible for reviving the failed business of the former TSR, Inc, overseeing a global business management team which generated annual revenues in excess of $50 million. He was the executive responsible for the successful re-launch of DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, including placing the Player's Handbook as the 3rd best selling item on Amazon.com during August 2000. He negotiated and signed the first Star Wars license between Wizards of the Coast and Lucasfilm, Ltd. and launched the Star Wars roleplaying line. He developed the concept of Open Gaming, wrote the Open Gaming License, created the Open Gaming Foundation, and developed the d20(tm) System trademark concept and d20 Trademark License. 

Jim Butler has edited and designed a number of D&D game products, as well as serving as Brand Manager for the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS worlds for Wizards of the Coast. While at Wizards of the Coast, he worked on the relaunch of the 3rd Edition D&D game as well as the relaunch of the FORGOTTEN REALMS(r) campaign setting. He also worked with Interplay and SSI on their various computer game releases. He has degrees in both English and Business Management.

Bastion Press is a Washington State corporation specializing in the creation of innovative D20 products and new intellectual properties. It's headquartered in Seattle, Washington. For additional information, contact Jim Butler (email: jim@bastionpress.com) or visit the Bastion Press Web site at www.bastionpress.com. 

After leaving Wizards of the Coast in April 2001, Jim Butler formed Bastion Press, Inc. to craft high-quality D20 game products. His company's first product, a 96-page full-color monster manual, entitled Minions: Fearsome Foes, hits stores in December. Bastion's January release is Arms & Armor, and in February they release Villains into the d20 world. Additional information is available at the Bastion Press Web site ( www.bastionpress.com). 

CONTACT INFORMATION
Phone: (206) 763-3368
Email: jim@bastionpress.com 
Mail: P.O. Box 46753, Seattle WA 98146
Website: www.bastionpress.com 

Copyright 2001 Bastion Press, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Permission granted to distribute this release in its original and unaltered form.

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