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Zack's 2014 Gen Con Blog!

Started by Zachary The First, August 13, 2014, 08:20:31 PM

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VengerSatanis

Quote from: JamesV;779702I have a dice tray from Wyrmwood, and though it's a little on the small side for my tastes, they're nice-looking and well made. Good for games and really good for Yahtzee as a matter of fact.

Those do look fancy!  

Now that The Islands of Purple-Haunted Putrescence kickstarter is over and done with, I can start making more custom dice trays...



They were an upper tier backer reward.  12" x 12".  Sigils are wood-burned, stained, and sealed by me.  

Email me if you're interested.  $50 + $15 for shipping/handling within the U.S.  It also comes with a sigil key-code so you know what each sigil means... sorcery, chaos, luck, etc.

VS

Zachary The First

OK, back at it. Talked with the folks at Columbia Games. They have a Gen Con special for the new HarnWorld Overview and Map, which includes the Harndex in pdf for $25 total.







There were some demos going on of the new Robotech RPG at the Palladium booth. I tried to get a few closeups of the minis:





Oh, and my daughter demoed the My Little Pony card game...and I joined. So hopefully there's no photographic evidence out there. That's Dad Sacrifice to the thousandth power, right there.

Picked up Regular Show Fluxx at the Looney Labs/Steve Jackson Games booth. I asked after the Car Wars game, and they said they did have it as a prerelease here, but had sold out--they only had a few reserved/spoken for left. So that was that.  



I still can't get into the (expletive) Savage Worlds rows to take any (expletive) photos because its about 8 feet square, can fit two gamers at a time, and has boxes on the other side blocking it. Irritated somewhat.

A bit blurry on this one. Apologies.




This guy was soon back, and in greater numbers:



So many minis at Iron Wind Metals:



RPG Blog 2

Currently Prepping: Castles & Crusades
Currently Reading/Brainstorming: Mythras
Currently Revisiting: Napoleonic/Age of Sail in Space

Zachary The First

The obligatory Geek Chic shots. Still amazing, still expensive:





More later! If there are any requests for today or tomorrow, just let me know--no promises, but I'll do my best!
RPG Blog 2

Currently Prepping: Castles & Crusades
Currently Reading/Brainstorming: Mythras
Currently Revisiting: Napoleonic/Age of Sail in Space

Sacrosanct

I could spend all day at that minis table.

sigh...
D&D is not an "everyone gets a ribbon" game.  If you\'re stupid, your PC will die.  If you\'re an asshole, your PC will die (probably from the other PCs).  If you\'re unlucky, your PC may die.  Point?  PC\'s die.  Get over it and roll up a new one.

3rik

Cubicle 7, Modiphius and Eden Studios?
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jcfiala

Quote from: Sacrosanct;779972I could spend all day at that minis table.

sigh...

When I go back to Gen Con, I'm probably going to block out a couple of slots for going through the dealer's room.  For both the "check every booth" pass and the "deep delve into inventory' pass.
 

Omega

Quote from: jcfiala;779864I need a new keyboard, I think I just ruined this one from drooling over this picture.  How do I buy this?  I need to buy this.

(Well, I need to buy two.  One for my daughter to play with, and one for me to enjoy.)

You get them from the site store or Drive-thru.

They make quite a few interesting sets now.

http://www.fatdragongames.com/fdgfiles/

You print them to, or mount them to cardstock from the PDFs.

flyerfan1991

How much traffic does Columbia get these days for Harn vs. their block games?

jcfiala

Quote from: Omega;779980You get them from the site store or Drive-thru.

They make quite a few interesting sets now.

http://www.fatdragongames.com/fdgfiles/

You print them to, or mount them to cardstock from the PDFs.

Yeah, I hit up google to do a search once I found a replacement keyboard, and now I'm considering it.  I need to see how well my current printer prints on cardstock, or at least on stiff paper.  (Hard to say, it's an older printer.)
 

Saplatt

Cthulhu Wars just made my Christmas wish list.

estar

Quote from: Zachary The First;779969OK, back at it. Talked with the folks at Columbia Games. They have a Gen Con special for the new HarnWorld Overview and Map, which includes the Harndex in pdf for $25 total.

Thanks Zach!

estar

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Does the fact that I know what that shield means makes me a hard core Harn nerd :)

It is the heraldry of the Order of the Checker Shield, a fighting order of the Church of Larani. It was sponsered by a King of Kanday to guard his northern border against the depredations of the Kingdom of Rethem which is dominated by the "evil" church of Agrik. The order faces off along the border against it archrival the Agrikan Order of the Copper Hook.

Yeah I guess I am a Harn nerd.

YourSwordisMine

Quote from: estar;779994Does the fact that I know what that shield means makes me a hard core Harn nerd :)

It is the heraldry of the Order of the Checker Shield, a fighting order of the Church of Larani. It was sponsered by a King of Kanday to guard his northern border against the depredations of the Kingdom of Rethem which is dominated by the "evil" church of Agrik. The order faces off along the border against it archrival the Agrikan Order of the Copper Hook.

Yeah I guess I am a Harn nerd.

You are a Harn Nerd

Harn is one of those games I've always known existed, but never owned or had a chance to really look through the books. Their maps are always awesome though.
Quote from: ExploderwizardStarting out as fully formed awesome and riding the awesome train across a flat plane to awesome town just doesn\'t feel like D&D. :)

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YourSwordisMine

Zack, can you stop by the Flying Buffalo booth and check on status of the Tunnels and Trolls Deluxe
Quote from: ExploderwizardStarting out as fully formed awesome and riding the awesome train across a flat plane to awesome town just doesn\'t feel like D&D. :)

Quote from: ExploderwizardThe interwebs are like Tahiti - its a magical place.

Larsdangly

Quote from: YourSwordisMine;780003Zack, can you stop by the Flying Buffalo booth and check on status of the Tunnels and Trolls Deluxe

I second that motion!