Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Texts to Self Fanime Recap!

Fanime! Day 0: Rode line ride twice. Brought stuff up from car thrice. Ended up sweatin dice.

Day1: Went home. Tacked stripes onto a corset. Came back & ate in room. Got pissed in dealers hall. Went back to room to eat. Walked more. Rovers told me i cant plug in there, but i can plug in here. Had a great night without actually being at con.

D2: shaved, walked, pizza, paneled. Sushi/donuts. Got flyers for store. Dropped them off at dojo and got talked up. Munchkin, pizza. Walked, creeped/chivalried, la vics, MADNESS!

D3: rocked check out. Home, shower, phish, chat, fam med issues, dm prep, promo. Prep & promo turned into playtesting with mom & daughter couple from hawaii, walked, got knapped, pubbed & celtic musicd, walked. Set up for pathfinder, waited, waited, waited, freaked out, waited. relieved. Combat, drop off co-worker, home.

D4: late, artist alley table hi-jack. trio of sexy pokemon. trio of sexy pokemon in dealers hall. Traitor customer "motivated" with phish. walked. Iguana'd. walked. pics. home!

I took . . . 2 pictures total, and they are up HERE, I'm sure T1nk will have a much more detailed, pic-filled post . . by the end of the month?

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Fanime 2011

I'm at Fanime mouthafuggers!

Since our store wont have a booth at fanime this year I will be attending as per normal. We shall see whether or not I hijack a booth like I did last year for some impromptu nerdcoreness. Or if filled wiht enough bravado from friends I might just start busting rhymes at random.

I will also be guerrilla gaming all weekend. Some homeboys who wont break down and pay the cash to attend will try to sneak into the gaming hall for D&D OR we'll just procure some tables on the concourse and play to the sounds of Stage 0 shenanigans.

Also, check out the Twilight Knights Dojo where Master Ben Hsu will be laying down Martial Arts knowledge, and BONUS! My store is doing combo packs for training for that. Get em quick, we will probably sell out.

So keep an eye out for my vaguely famous headgear and say hi. See you web-space cowboys!

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Twilight Can Suck My Neck!

OMFGROFLBBQ ITS VAMPIRE THE MASQUERADE AND I CAN'T STOP YELLING. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

Actually, that's a lie I have many reasons why I'm excited. Let me explain further with a tantalizing Banner, eh?

The Embrace of the creatures of the night did tantalize me at the turn of the century. I longed to stalk the urban decay, a predator, yet . . . something ELSE was out there, ready to destroy me should I make one wrong step.

And, to date, my best GMing was as a storyteller of the one campaign I ran for my old Sunday crew. I believe the most telling session was when two of my players actually held a conversation in character IN SPANISH in order to keep one of the other players from knowing what they were talking about.

I am very torn about whether or not I will have enough cash to purchase this edition or I will have to MAKE enough to purchase it. I have quite a few of the old books, plus a bunch of digital supplements, but, if you're here, and you know me, and you have any fandoms of your own . . . the temptation is great.

At this blog site there is constant updates with crowd source input from old knowledge and I keep getting those old stirrings. I tried to start the mood for campaigns by reciting the back of the Dark Ages core book to my players, even now it takes me back, and makes me long for those nights . . .

"This, my childer, is the Long Night.
The Age of Learning is toppled and forgotten.
The Age of the Empire drowned in its own bile.
This is an Age of Darkness.

Look there, my childer, upon the lightless wild places,
where no law exists save that of tooth and talon.
Behold the human cities, as well,
Where we may be as lords when the sun gutters and dies.

Beware, my childer, of thy eternal enemies:
Of the savage ones, the skinchangers, who hunt as wolves.
Of the knights of fire and sword, the witch-slayers.
Of the burning scions of the pit itself.
But above all, my childer, beware one another,
For we shall always be our own direst foes,

This, my childer, is the Long Night.
It is thine."