Rain in Southern California is amazing–we all know about STORM WATCH and the absurdity of a little rain being treated as a natural disaster in an age of rapidly expanding natural disasters. But what is not so intuitive is that in Southern California a little rain actually does turn a 20 minute drive into a 45 minute battle with frustration–freeways just stop. For no reason. I mean in Minnesota people drive in the Snow without a huge issue–I know, I have seen it. In CA a little rain destroys everyone’s commute. Forever.
And thus, because of this, last night we went to Mercenary Market in Costa Mesa rather than driving to Fullerton’s Dice House for D&D Encounters.
Mercenary Market is a fairly new shop in the Southern California Gaming Store world, but they have a great staff & clearly are interested in growing the community of gaming for all the right reasons. The shop has a fantastic gaming area with a ton of space. The retail section feels like it is still maturing, there are things on racks but the focus just does not seem to be there yet–I have faith it will come.
The store had a great collection of people playing Magic and just hanging out–very friendly and accommodating. A really great space, though there were signs of concern:
One of the greatest advantages to MM is the amazing about of space in the shop.
Jack was pretty happy to be there–I think he missing the MtG community at Dice House.
But he was stoked to meet one of the greatest role players that has ever lived!
I was playing a Gnome Druid pre-gen. It needs a lot of work.
Jack had a massive crit
The D&DNext crit rules are week, but the confirmed head shot did make it rather sweet
This week I plan to improve my druid & come more up to speed on the D&D Next combat rules–opp attacks, shifting, and parts of a turn are all things that I need a better understanding of before I play again.
David Given Schwarm 
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