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Elemental Evil–D&D Encounters S20 S19
Ready for another week of D&D Encounters! We started at Chipotle We had 6 tables and 35 players at Comic Quest this week–amazing! DM Chris table was on fire running Princes of the Apocalypse DM Chloe is closing in on the Hoard of the Dragon Queen / Rise of Tiamet story arc. Tiffany, Brian, &…
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DM Summit @ UCI Chipotle
DM Chloe, DM Spencer & I meet this week at the Chipotle by UCI We spent some time planning the transition to the next season And then gossip’d a lot about what is going on in our life. Fun week.
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Preparation for Out of the Abyss
The next season of D&D Encounters is based on Rage of Demons Out of the Abyss–basically, Demons in the Underdark, which is just an awesome topic! Here is the blurb Rumors of demonic activity in the Underdark have reached the surface through whispers and hushed tales of violence. King Bruenor sends his friend Drizzt Do’Urden…
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Shakespeare by the Sea @ IVC
Lisa and I left the kids and had a great night at Irvine Valley College watching The Tempest. One of the themes I got from this performance was that the play is about fathers dealing with their daughters getting married. The storm that proceeds it, the sense of control & ownership, the familial resolutions are…
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Elemental Evil–D&D Encounters S20 S18
Another perfect night in Orange County for D&D! We started in the night at a Sushi Place–the decorations were awesome! There was this massive case with incredible treasures! Brian, Chloe, & Jeffery were there After sushi we headed to the shop. John continues to paint some fantastic mini’s I joined DM Chris this week–his table…
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DM Summit @ Twisted Noodles
Spenser, Chloe, and I had lunch at Twisted Noodles today to discuss D&D Encounters at Comic Quest. Actually, I needed to hit the Starbucks there to earn some stars to regain my Gold standing. And actually, we spent more time talking about Spenser’s upcoming Babymoon to Portland–I was that old guy with kids giving too much advice,…
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Your Creativity Is Born of Boredom — Felicia Day
From a creativity standpoint, the fact that everyone is always reflexively going to their phone and checking it means that you don’t get bored. And basically your creativity is born of boredom. So your brain starts to connect things that they wouldn’t connect normally. Taken from the Gaming the Brain episode of Takei’s Take.
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Elemental Evil–D&D Encounters S20 S17
Another great week of D&D Encounters starts at Chipotle. We saw an amazing Kragle license plate! It was DM Chris’ birthday and his amazing wife sent this incredible Dragon Cup Cake Cake! We got some Video of the birthday cake presentation Here is a close up of my amazing USA Kick’s Ass lighter More birthday…
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David Given Schwarm 