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Hook Horrors? Lich in Ooze? Just Another Wednesday Night in Thay! Dead in Thay–D&D Encounters S18 S11

Another Wednesday night at Comic Quest. We started the night with Jack’s great ceramic project then we had dinner at Pei Wei who has changed the menu all around. There was only DM Alan tonight & a ton of players–Andy, Lisa, Ramin, Nathan. Magic Judge Eric is in the background–he is mentoring brian and I and…
Preparing to Run D&D for 13 Year Olds

So I am running a game on Thursday for Jack’s friends.1. Get the latest free rule set & print it out. Be sure to get the Printer friendly version. 2. Post on Google+ looking for prebuilt one off adventures. I am thinking that something tied to the upcoming Tiamet stuff would be awesome. 3. Tweet…
Mana Source Free Playmat Contest

So Wedge is having a contest to give away a playmat if you can create the winning design. The catch is that you have to use the Island Draw drawing program to create the mat, & Island Draw is very hard to use. here is the video the describes the contest & how to submit…
M15 Planeswalker Ad Cards

So M15 boosters include these cards with some background on the First Five. Ajani Goldmane Ajani Goldmane is a Planeswalker who wields whit magic. His specialty is magic that purifies the body and soul: spells that heal and strengthen his allies and evoke their inner spiritual essence. Jace Beleren The Planeswalker Jace Beleren wields mental…
M15 FNM @ Majestix

Jack, Alexander, & I went to Majestix in Costa Mesa for Friday Night Magic M15 Draft. We started out holding hands with Garruk–this picture does not really capture the passion. We bought a new mat for Jack–I got my old mat back, which is considered by many to be the worlds worst mat I am…
M15 Draft Preparation.

So my prep work was horrible for M15 Prerelease–lets see if I can do better for Drafting! 1. Post request for help on Google+ Magic Community. 2. Tweet at Chapin, LSV, & WotC asking for advice. 3. Read Confessions of a Games Master M15 thoughts 4. Watch the Star City Games Review https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/77vBsX4TMYU&source=udsThese are all one hour…
Opeth – Cusp Of Eternity (Audio)
Heart of Oak by ANCIIENTS

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Doesn’t Golem Mean Clay Golem? Dead in Thay–D&D Encounters S18 S10

Fun night of encounters–we started by picking up Andy who is new to the group…. Brian got his Garruk picture taken Winning!Jack attacked me during the shoot & thus came out blurry as I ducked the axe DM Scott was fired up and ran a great table I was in video mode for the first…
The Tome Show–The Sentinel Part 1 (Book Club)

Jeff, Eric, & Tracy talk Sentinel.One of these days the WotC Novel Club & the Tome Show Book club will read the same book and it will be awesome.Jeff is in the zone in this episode with his Realm’s knowledge.Tracy seems to struggle a little–when her traditional gender role arguments fall flat she brings up…