I-CON 25 (March 24–26, 2006). Both Mike and his son Cody run various games during different gaming conventions. Pondsmith also appeared on stage to talk about the Cyberpunk 2077 video game during two of CD Projekt Red's conferences. Academic career Between years 2010 and 2011 Pondsmith was working in the Department of Game Software Design and Production at the DigiPen Institute of Technology in Redmond, where he taught game design classes. The two courses he taught were Game History (GAT 110) and Game Mechanics I (GAT 210). Awards and recognitions Various games designed or co-created by Mike Pondsmith received awards over the years. Teenagers from Outer Space received the RPGA Gamer's Choice Award. Castle Falkenstein received the Best Roleplaying Rules of 1994 Origins Award. Castle Falkenstein received the 1995 Nigel D. Findley Memorial Award for the Best Role-Playing Product. Six Guns and Sorcery for Castle Falkenstein written by Edward Bolme, James Cambias, Eric Floch, Angela Hyatt, Jim Parks, Derek Quintanar, Barrie Rosen, Mark Schumann, and Chris Williams received the Best Roleplaying Supplement of 1996 Origins Award. Teenagers from Outer Space received the Best Other Category Role-Playing Game of 1987 Origins Gamer's Choice Award. Cyberpunk received the Best Science-Fiction Role-Playing Game of 1989 Origins Gamer's Choice Award. Kara-Tur: The Eastern Realms written by Jay Batista, Deborah Christian, John Nephew, Mike Pondsmith, and Rick Swan received the Best Role-Playing Accessory of 1989 Origins Gamer's Choice Award. On July 1, 2006, he was inducted into the Origins Awards Hall of fame, along with Jolly R. Blackburn, Rodger MacGowan, Dennis Mize (posthumously), Aaron Allston, and the game Star Fleet Battles. On September 12, 2020, Pondsmith was presented with the Jerry Lawson Lifetime Achievement Award at the fourth annual Black in Gaming awards. Board games designed In 1990, during his time with TSR, Pondsmith co-designed three, two-player board games for the publisher. Attack in the Asteroids with Paul Lidberg and Kim Mohan Battle for the Sprawls with Paul Lidberg Craters of Tharsis with Paul Lidberg Additionally R. Talsorian Games released Pondsmith's board game GoDice! in 2006. The initial release of Mekton is also considered to be a board game. Bibliography Mike Pondsmith worked on or contributed to various R. Talsorian Games' and TSR's products over the years and wrote several articles in gaming magazines.For R. Talsorian Games:For TSR''' Kara-Tur: The Eastern Realms (Oriental Adventures) (1988) with Jay Batista, Deborah Christian, John Nephew, Rick Swan ()