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This is the business blog of Mr. Jesse Covner, CEO of EOS-Sama. This blog is about the “geek-game” industry, and specifically, Jesse’s (possibly fruitless) efforts to introduce “geek-gaming” to Mainland China.

Why do I want to introduce “geek-gaming” to China? Because Chinese kids need it. Nuff’ said.

About Jesse Covner

Long story short. I used to be in high-tech marketing in the United States. I came to China for the second time in 2004. From 2004 to 2010, I was a China-based Management Consultant. I helped companies troubleshoot organizational and management problems. In 2011, I had a career change. Now I’m the CEO of my EOS (www.eos-sama.com), a small publisher which publishes table-top hobby games and table-top Role Playing Games.

I used to be a geek-gamer. I played Basic Dungeons & Dragons back when I was 11 years old. I went on to AD&D, Gamma World, Traveler, Champions, Runequest, Paranoia, Vampire, and Mage. I never admitted that I played games; I come from a generation in which being a geek was not considered cool. I stopped playing games when I was around 25 years old. I just had too many real-life games I had to play. But in my heart, I’ve always been a gamer. So becoming the CEO of a game publisher is basically just going back to my roots.

In my personal ( non-business, non-gaming) life, I’m married to a beautiful woman. My wife Ikuko Haga and I have two beautiful young boys, Akiva and Kenaz (born in 2005 and 2006).

The Covner Family of Suzhou (not at home in China)

Taikongren means “spaceman”.  When I attended Beijing University in 1991, my friends thought I appeared to dream often.  A friend said he thought I look like I’m on a voyage in outer space.  So they gave me this nickname. I think it is very apt description for my life in China