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Wait- won't you contaminate yourself by touching dice given to you from other gamer's chivas regal bags, or worse yet, from the depths of a pocket?
Might be wise to get some bacta in a bowl for pre-transfer dipping
Commented Aug 4, 2010 on Game on: GenCon info, chapbooks, and dice. Lots and lots of dice. at WWdN: In Exile
Game on: GenCon info, chapbooks, and dice. Lots and lots of dice.
I leave for GenCon in about 3d12 hours. While I'm not thrilled about getting up at 4am on Thursday, knowing that the reward for dragging myself out of bed at areyoufuckingserious o'clock is three days of gaming and geeking makes it all worthwhile. I'm blessing dice, taking pictures, and signing ...
Marissa's had so many seizures this week, I can't even count them. I've got a new baby due in two weeks that may or may not also have epilepsy.
This is so excellent and brought so much joy to me today, I thought I was going to cry. Thanks, Wil.
Commented Mar 4, 2010 on The Who's Baba O'Reily, played using only items from Think Geek. at WWdN: In Exile
The Who's Baba O'Reily, played using only items from Think Geek.
I watched this while trying to drink my coffee this morning. I say "trying" because I just sat here with my mouth hanging open until the whole thing was over. This is pure brilliance. Anyway, it seems appropriate to share this as I'm going out the door to start work on The Big Bang Theory: ...
The semi-arcade of choice for me was a bowling alley which was a bit of a hike to get through woods and a sandpit that had a Space Invaders, and Asteroids, a Pac Man and three pinballs.
Many quarters were burned there. I have to confess playing these simple games lately to get a three to five minute gaming fix for steam relief dealing with my sick kid...
Excellent article, Wil. Oh, and this seems random, but thanks for getting mauled by a stuffed bunny at Comicon- picture of the event at marissasbunny.com today.
Commented Jun 4, 2009 on LA Daily: A Gamer's Arcade Memories at WWdN: In Exile
LA Daily: A Gamer's Arcade Memories
This Week's LA Daily was knocked out of my brain by 8 bits of sound this weekend: My son is home from college, visiting briefly before he goes back for his summer session, so I've been making a concerted effort to cram as much writing as I can into limited working hours each day, so my evenings ...
-5 for the dice bag not being a purple crown royal bag.
+5 for it being a SJG illuminati bag.
It all works out in the end.
Commented Mar 17, 2009 on and so the campaign begins... (Part I) at WWdN: In Exile
and so the campaign begins... (Part I)
Over the weekend, I started a 4E campaign for Nolan and his friends. The plan is to take them through the entire Keep on the Shadowfell module, and then probably into Thunderspire Labyrinth, with possible detours into various level-appropriate Delves, or something from Monte Cook's awesome ne...
Could have been worse. It could have been hammertime.
Commented Mar 15, 2009 on From the Vault: the safety dance at WWdN: In Exile
From the Vault: the safety dance
Last night, Nolan went through my iTunes library so he could put some of my awesome music on his iPod. He's been after me for months to give him Radiohead, The Beatles, Tool, Decemberists, and a lot of my 80s stuff. While he looked, the following exchange occurred: Nolan: Why do you have The Sa...
Hm, that wasn't MY red book...
Aha!
http://www.hmtk.com/wp-content/uploads/basic9rule-228x300.jpg
That was mine. No idea of the differences.
Commented Mar 12, 2009 on this isn't a book; it's a time machine at WWdN: In Exile
this isn't a book; it's a time machine
This is where it all began for me: the D&D Basic Rules Set. When I opened this book in 1983, I had no idea that it would change my life. Back then, if you told 11 year-old me that I'd be 36 and wiping tears from my face because reading it brought back so many joyful memories, he would have cal...
Armor Alley (no, not the three-sixty version, the original vector jeeps vs tanks)
Ikari Warriors
Star Trek (sit down)
Sinistar
Pinball? Terminator 2, of course.
(long time reader, first time commenter, nice work, Wil!)
Commented Mar 10, 2009 on nostalgia overload at WWdN: In Exile
nostalgia overload
One of the super-useful bits of advice I picked up somewhere about writing and blogging goes like this: most people can't write for a book and a blog at the same time, because our brains get different kinds of feedback and rewards from each. For most of us, if we had to pick, we'll write in our ...
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