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In early 2006, Randy Richards was the subject of an interview<ref>http://spellbindergames.yuku.com/topic/398</ref> for Gloomwing Magazine, a gamingperiodical "geared toward the self-publishing community."<ref>http://www.lulu.com/content/315345</ref> (In February 2009, Publisher David Hoffman of Gloomwing confirmed that "if, art and short fiction periodicalwhen, the second issue of Gloomwing magazine is published, the interview with Mr. Richards will be included.")

In January of On February 3rd, 2009, the Metro section of the Advocate newspaper featured a photoand caption of Randy Richards pretending to talk on a toy Star Trek communicator when he appeared uninvited at a meeting of the U.S.S. Corsair,<ref>http://www.meetup.com/BRStarTrek/</ref> the Baton Rouge chapter of Starfleet International.<ref>http://www.sfi.org/site/news.php</ref> Although the accompanying article does not state the precise reason for the inclusion of this photograph, featuring as it does Randy wearing a Dr. McCoy costume and pretending to talk on a toy Star Trek communicator, it may have something to do with the fact that he was the only person present dressed as a TV character. Neither he nor any of his products, services, or associated organizations are mentioned in the text, the main thrust of which is that Star Trek fans are normal people.<ref>http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/38438679.html?index=1&c=y</ref> and caption of Randy Richards at a science fiction meeting.

In April of 2008, Randy Richards was selected featured as "Business Person of the Month" by the Baton Rouge, Louisiana library system<ref>http://www.ebr.lib.la.us/reference/business/monthlyperson/2008/randyrichards_april08.htm</ref>. Many Baton Rouge science fiction fans consider his interview as part of this feature controversial. In it he claims, ''Sci-Fi fans and Gamers do not socialize much, and have a hard time connecting with others with the same interests.'' He also states, ''[b]efore Katrina, it was hard to find Sci-Fi and Gaming fans in Baton Rouge.'' Randy then proceeds to give credit to Babelcon, a small science fiction convention with which he is associated, with the increase. Some feel that he was stereotyping fans in general and writing off the long history of Baton Rouge science fiction fandom of which he knew nothing.

Randy Richards has been a guest at local gaming and fantasy conventions across the U.S., including Dragon*Con<ref>http://www.dragoncon.org/dc_past_guests.php#R</ref> as a D&D author guest in 1998 and 2006; Gen Con<ref>http://www.gencon.com</ref> where he hosted panel discussions with Gary Gygax in 1998; Crescent City Con<ref>http://www.locusmag.com/2000/Future/Cons2000c.html</ref> as an Gaming Guest in 1998 and 2001; BabelCon<ref name="babelcon">http://www.BabelCon.org</ref> as an author guest in 2006, 2007 and 2008 (scheduled); ConCarolinas<ref>http://www.concarolinas.org</ref> as a Gaming Guest in 2006, 2008 and 2009; CoastCon<ref>http://www.coastcon.org</ref> as a D&D Guest in 1998, 2000, and 2006 and was elected to their board of directors that year. Two months after his election as a member-at-large, he was removed by vote of his fellow governing committee members<ref>http://www.coastcon.org/minutes/2006/052606_SGCM.pdf</ref>. Richards was subsequently elected to the board of directors of the Science & Engineering Education Foundation, the organizers of BabelCon<ref name="babelcon">http://www.BabelCon.org</ref> in 2006. He was subsequently re-elected to his directorship within that organization in 2007 and 2008. In 2008 he became an officer of Star One Delta<ref>http://www.StarOneDelta.org</ref>, a local sci-fi/science organization.