[1]: 252  While writing for the magazines, TSR invited Nephew to contribute to projects including Kara-Tur: The Eastern Realms (1988) and Castle Greyhawk (1988), and then the first book he wrote on his own, Tall Tales of the Wee Folk (1989).

[1]: 252  Nephew was one of the Minnesota locals who joined Lion Rampant after Jonathan Tweet and Mark Rein Hagen founded the company in 1987 while they were attending St. Olaf College, the traditional rival of Carleton.

[1]: 252  In addition to supplements for Ars Magica, Underground, and Cyberpunk, Nephew published Tweet's Over the Edge and supplements, including Wildest Dreams which first brought together Robin Laws, Greg Stolze, and John Tynes near the beginnings of their careers in the RPG industry.

[1]: 253  Nephew and Jeff Tidball were the only staff that Atlas did not lay off when the CCG industry crashed in 1996, to pay the final printing bills for On the Edge.

[1]: 254  In addition to his major roles, managing Atlas Games and editing its publications, Nephew wrote supplements for Ars Magica, Over the Edge, and d20 over the next few years.