Nothing I Say is Meant to Offend Unless You're a Moron

Trivia contests

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 02:27:24 GMT

My store is running a trivia contest for free tickets to Space City Con. I'm trying out the various questions against you guys to get difficulty ratings. So answer away, though some of these are repeats from previous contests. First up, Dr. Who:

1. Name the second Time Lord to appear on Dr. Who.

2. This villain had the longest gap in appearances between shows

3. Counting radio, this Doctor had the longest run.

4. If Eccleston had turned down the 9th doctor, this well known actor was going to be his replacement.

5. This companion had the longest run in terms of episodes.

6. Which Doctor did the writer try to deliberately sabotage by always adding words they knew would be difficult for him to pronounce?

7. This companion has starred the most number of Doctors.

8. This legendary hair stylist was brought in for the pilot to give the Doctor's companion an unearthly appearance.

9. Which companion was first cast as a character in an episode of the previous Doctor?

10. Which companion was later cast as a villain in a future doctor's episode?

Deja Vu all over again

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 21:09:44 GMT

I will admit I'm pretty disappointed with the latest Dr. Who. It's a rehash of a previous episode, and that one wasn't that good at all either. Remember Idiot's Lantern? Where 10 had to save the world from a guy giving out cheap TV's that then sucked you into the TV? Bells of St. John was the same show, only replace TVs with WIFI and all the plot points are pretty much the same. I don't mind throw back episodes, but don't rehash a bad plot and just change some words.

Phyrric

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 02:41:43 GMT

Well I sold the rights to Decurion, the RPG I wrote a long time ago. It was never getting printed in any meaningful context. I didn't have the money and the heavily political theme didn't appeal to a lot of people. So a friend from another company offered me some cash and I gave him the mechanics. They wanted it for the Chargen system, the ability to build a fully fleshed out character with a full past in 5 minutes and have it be completely different from any other character was their one want. The rest of the system is probably going to be scrapped, but the 10,000,000,000 possible characters you can build with it is going to live on.

Rjagnjar Hjellstjorm in cartoon form

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 02:06:54 GMT

Friend made a cartoon of Rjagnjar, my dwarven metal bard. Explaining to the elf why dwarf sex rocks.

2151-2175

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:21:34 GMT

2151. Just because the dwarf hits name level doesn't mean we owe him a bar mitzvah.
2152. Getting four guys each with a different 25% Mythos Lore doesn't mean we win Call of Cthulhu.
2153. The "fur" and "lust" domains shall never meet.
2154. No reminding my lieutenant that "Neidermeyer" can be used as a verb.
2155. Getting multiple entries in a game's first errata is not a badge of honor.
2156. Even if my metamagician has his twinned, enhanced, empowered, maximized magic missile readied doesn't mean I can tell people to "make my day"
2157. Doesn't matter if we all have different costumes and names, the group is vetoed if its clear we're all Thor.
2158. Using my animal influence ability to send countless animals on a suicide attack is fine, but not to form a chorus line.
2159. Just because my media only but the bare minimum into his journalistic skills doesn't mean he starts at MSNBC.
2160. The ability to calculate Thaco in your head does not increase attractiveness.
2161. Invoking Andre the Giant only works once to win an argument with the storyteller.
2162. Can requisition items nobody in the squad knows how to use.
2163. Before starting an underwear clad pillow fight, I must first make sure the party is not all dwarves.
2164. There will be no further product placement in the mission evaluation videos.
2165. To cut down on the number of Mexican Standoffs, there is only one commissar allowed in the squad now.
2166. The Weeping Angels natural enemy is not the goldfish.
2167. The answer is never "Dwarven River Dance".
2168. No starting a bidding war during character creation to see who the Pet NPC likes best.
2169. Can't use a water gun to make the Aslan follow orders.
2170. Step 1 in the party's preparation for the quest is not a mani/pedi.
2171. Can't reduce the difficulty of an autopsy check by skipping the 'put everything back where you found it' step.
2172. Even if its beneficial, no changing the number of limbs on a character without the other player's consent.
2173. Better benefits doesn't justify alignment conflicts with an organization.
2174. If another PC dies, no bonus xp for going through all 7 stages of grief before the end of the session.
2175. It's best we don't let the paladin anywhere near customs.

Michigan J. Computer

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:54:31 GMT

So I spend a lot of money on a new computer. Only there's no sound at all. I take it in to the shop and they fix it for me. They turn it on and there is glorious sound. I get it home and there is no sound. Now I have to take it back to the shop so they can show me there is sound again. Only when I get it home there will be no sound. It's maddening. Or maybe I'm just deaf in that one room of my house.

The Bird is the Word

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 03:05:36 GMT

So I'm on Twitter, Facebook, Livejournal, Reddit, Boardgamegeek and lots of little sites to advertise Wraith of CON!. We're about $1500 with 3 weeks left. Anybody think of anywhere else to advertise this? If you haven't can everybody link this to get more traffic. I'm pulling hair out at the moment.

Not over this, too cheap to hire a barber.http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1951623800/con2-the-wraith-of-con?ref=home_location

1/5 the way there

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 05:54:15 GMT

My kickstarter is doing well, we're just under 20% and not even a week in. If you want to help if you can't help financially, spread the word. Like the facebook page and post the link on your LJ as well. Only way this is going to hit is if I drag it across the finish line myself. If you guys help with the dragging, all the better. Also I'm on twitter now because of this, GlenWelch@azarkarde.

Your votes please

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 05:47:49 GMT

My artist, the Lovely Mischa, has been accepted into the Minecraft Calendar contest. So while you wait for CON3!, spam votes.

http://www.jinx.com/design_contest_detail.aspx?id=4305&seed=26.

CON2! is live! Buy lots!

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:55:26 GMT

Okay, I'm live! Please help, spread the news, and tell everybody. I've bet the bank, so any help would be most helpful!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1951623800/con2-the-wraith-of-con

Last chance for feedback

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 03:51:16 GMT

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1951623800/815629033?token=7db8fa53

This is the kickstarter right before we go live. Tell me what you think.

New Kickstarter

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 04:49:36 GMT

Mine has been pushed back a day due to a technical glitch, should be launching tomorrow and I will expect everybody to help spread the news. In the meantime, a friend of mine, Kevin Brusky is kickstarting a game. He's the owner of APE Games, the people that make the Order of the Stick game. If you got some spare cash give the guy some help. Plus a card game about pirates that uses metal coins for currency is just too awesome not to be real.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/13415575/island-siege-card-game?ref=home_location

This is a link to my CON! video. Check it out and keep an eye on it when it launches.

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 05:29:24 GMT

https://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?v=10151183068636504&set=vb.387839891285749&type=2&theater

And the band played on...

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 03:11:56 GMT

Got kickstarter video almost finished. Vic, the guy that produced them knows his stuff. CGI graphics, animation, slowly zooming in as the video progresses, even hints at the future sets. I paid him a mint but it was worth it. Some people wanted to know why I paid so much and I had to tell them about an old comic that gave me the inspiration. Two evil bad guys are watching their guys duke it out. One guy brought dozens, the other guy brought 4. The four thugs proceed to curb stomp the opposition to the bewilderment of the other bad guy. Finally the bad guy with all the goons looks at his rival and says
"Your thugs are better than my thugs!"
"For $17.50 an hour they'd better be."

You get what you pay for.

New Card Art

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 04:09:21 GMT

Should have the warning label: NOT FOR NAIVE PEOPLE!

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 03:51:13 GMT

Somebody asked me what my proudest gaming moment was. Had to think, but winning an 7 player game of Diplomacy in under an hour has to be at the top.

Us game designers have to stick together

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 04:13:06 GMT

Friend has a new RPG he's trying to get funded. Help him out, he ain't asking for much.

http://www.indiegogo.com/utherwald

CON2! Wraith of CON!

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:45:27 GMT

I am very very close to getting this thing finished for the kickstarter launch. I have gone full professional, thought my artist and editor have stayed loyal through out. Hopefully it starts up next Wednesday, and I am begging everybody to help. If you don't have money at least spread the word. The target is $5000, that shouldn't be too hard to make but I am trying to network without spamming. Harder than it looks. I will have all the videos up soon.

So I know who I have won with.

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 05:38:59 GMT

Personal restriction on War Machine games, I never take a winning caster to a new tournament. I want to be able to win with all of them, so people won't know what to expect. This is a running list of who's won me swag.

Stryker- Steamroller at Asgard, heavy infantry list designed to run forward with insane armor. Since most of the scenarios were take and hold, the high armor stalls won me most of the games.

Caine- Store tourney at Alpha Centauri, heavy shooting (of course) and teleporting shenanigans to claim objectives. Had a problem with a sore loser at the time, but we smoothed things out later.

Haley- Store tourney at Rogue's Den in Delaware. One of my proudest achievements, 32 people entered and I came out on top. Too bad the ref turned out to be an ass later.

Nemo- Steamroller tourney at Con Jour. Old man didn't take as many jacks as you thought he would. Won the last round with a simple push of my own jack, opening LOS to his caster.

Epic Nemo- Con tourney at Owlcon. Had Alexia grab my opponent's Bile Thralls way early in the game and purge on his entire army. Opponent when he failed his command check just smiled and offered his hand in defeat.

Epic Stryker- Store tourney at Pandora. Took nothing but cavalry for troops and surprised the opposition with the one sided list. Got a headache from listening to them complain about how unfair the list was.

Gorten- Killbox tourney at Swords Kingwood. Gorten is the king of kill box, and this tourney just cemented that view.

Blaize- Steamroller Beta at Swords Kingwood. Just spammed troops until opponents choked on them. Hot dice really helped.

Guys that are still waiting:
Kraye, Siege, ECaine, EHaley, EENemo, Sloan, Darius, Shay, Bart, Ashlynn, Fionna, Osram, Durgan, McBain. I will have my gold card collection.

White Cards

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 06:03:11 GMT

Kinsbaile Cavalier
Savannah Lions
Angelic Destiny
Mesa Enchantress
Dust to Dust (Dark)
Leonin Arbiter
Equinox (Legends)
Preeminent Captain (foil)
Konda, Lord of Eiganjo
Angel of Serenity
Leeches
Phyrexian Rebirth
Tivador's Crusade (Dark)
Seht's Tiger
Farmstead (Revised)
Karma
Yare
Jeweled Spirit
Tethered Griffin
Celestial Ancient
Abu Jafar (Chr)
Kor Spiritdancer
Planar Guide
Devoted Caretaker
Day of Judgment
Aegis Angel
Knight Exemplar
Soraya the Falconer
Celestial Kirin
Sacred Mesa
Crovax, Acendant Hero
Dearly Departed
Celestial Force
Justice
Personal Incarnation
Reverence
Odric, Master Tactician
Debt of Loyalty
Sustaining Spirit
Drought
Null Chamber
Runed Halo
Three Dreams
Cho-Arrim Alchemist
Karmic Justice
Seance
Sigil of the Empty Throne
Aven Brigadier
Witch Hunter
Benalish Commander (foil)
Festival (Dark)
Pull from Eternity
Herald of War
Elite Inquisitor
Open the Vaults
Serra Angel (4th)
Puresteel Paladin
Riders of Gavony
Herald of Serra
Galepower Mage
Angel of Jubilation
Touch of the Eternal

Red Cards

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 05:55:49 GMT

Krenko, Mob Boss
Lu Bu, Master at Arms
Latulla, Keldon Overseer
Hoard-Smelter Dragon
Lightning Dragon
Fumiko the Low Blood
Eron the Relentless
Aladdin (chr)
Undying Flames
Urza's Rage (promo)
Comet Storm
Simian Spirit Guide
Leyline of Lightning
Devil's Play
Leyline of Punishment
Hand to Hand
Flowstone Slide
Thundermare
Bringer of the Red Dawn
Heretic's Punishment
Lightning Serpent
Ball Lightning
Manabarbs
Ancient Hellkite
Kird Ape (Revised)
Lightning Surge
Clickslither
Smoke
Koth of the Hammer
Rockchard Elemental
Anarchy
Land's Edge (chr)
Pillage
Hamletback Goliath
Brand of Ill Omen
An-Zerrin Ruins
Fury of the Horde
Lightning Bolt (revised)
Earthbind (unlimited)
Warstorm Surge
Charmbreaker Devils
Rukh Egg (Arabian Nights)
Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician
Goblin King
Antagonism
Ash Zealot
Firewing Phoenix
Slumbering Dragon
Zealous Conscripts
Falkenrath Marauders
Jaya Ballard, Task Mage (promo)
Lightning Cloud
Hero of Oxid Ridge
Curse of Bloodletting
Inferno Titan
Urabrask the Hidden
Hellrider
Rite of Flame
Seething Song

Lands

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 05:47:04 GMT

Scorched Ruins
Pillar of the Paruns
Veldt
Urza's Mine (chr)
Gemstone Caverns
Stensia Bloodhall
Deserted Temple
Kher Keep
Hellion Crucible
Emeria, the Sky Ruin
Safe Haven (shifted)
Windbrisk Heights (foil)
Cathedral of War
Arena (shifted)
Tolaria (legends)
Icatian Store
Starlit Sanctum
Unholy Grotto
Crypt of Agadeem
Gargoyle Castle (foil)
Grim Backwoods
Clifftop Retreat
Steam Vents (RtR)
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
Boseiju, Who Shelters All (Vault)
Shivan Gorge (Vault)
Cephalid Coliseum (Vault)
Desert (Vault)
High Market (Vault)
Hallowed Fountain (RtR)
Glacial Chasm (Vault)
Isolated Chapel
Inkmoth Nexus
Zendikar Plains, Full art
Zendikar Mountains, Full art

Gold Cards

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 05:41:00 GMT

Indrik Umbra
Selenia, Dark Angel
Retaliator Griffon
Kron the Dawn-Clad
Vile Consumption
Invoke the Firemind
Karona, False God
Ghave, Guru of Spores
Vhati il-dal
Tor Wauki (legends)
Dread Slag
Rubinia Soulsinger (Chr)
Maelstrom Wanderer
Barrin's Spite
Sol'Kanar the Swamp King (Chr)
Lobotomy
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Elderwood Scion
Void
Asimira, Holy Avenger
Abrupt Decay
Ghostly Flame
Stangg (chr)
Vaevictis Asmodi (chr)
Chromium (chr)
Gabriel Angelfire (chr)
Stormbind
Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Jacques le Vert (Leg)
Horde of Notions
Growing Ranks
Axelrod Gunnarson (chr)
Bartel Runeaxe (Leg)
Doran the Siege Tower (Vault)
Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter
Teneb the Harvester
Karador, Ghost Chieftain
Johan (chr)
Silent Blade Oni
Nicol Bolas, Plainswalker
Sedris the Traitor King
Clarion Ultimatum
Sharuum the Hegemon (Vault)
Wort, Raidmother

Green Cards

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 05:33:45 GMT

Allosaurus Rider
Life from the Loam
Predatory Rampage
Thragtusk
Mana Bloom
Greatbow Doyen
Jolrael, Empress of Beasts (shifted)
Ritual of Subdual
Hurricane (Revised)
Silklash Spider
Aspect of Wolf
Baru, Fist of Krosa
Terastodon
Lost in the Woods
Channel (revised)
Sakiko, Mother of Summer
Phyrexian Hydra
Tsunami
Gutter Grime
Putrefax
Elderscale Wurm
Deadbridge Goliath (promo)
Krakilin
Quagnoth
New Frontiers
Camouflage (unlimited)
Autumn Willow
Gaea's Herald
Instill Energy (revised)
Stunted Growth)
Muragana Petroglyphs
Troll Ascetic
Tinder Wall
Fyndhorn Elves
Golgari Grave Troll
Caller of the Hunt
Yeva, Nature's Herald
Feed the Pack
Concordant Crossroads (chronicles)
Hidden Path
Awakening
Predatory Urge
Worldly Tutor
Thelonite Monk
Spawnwrithe
Skinshifter
Cockatrice
Primeval Titan
Mythic Proportions
Multani Maro-Sorceror
Melira, Sylvok Outcast
Birds of Paradise
Rites of Flourishing
Hornet Queen
Predator Ooze
Primordial Hydra

Blue Cards

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 05:21:10 GMT

Sharding Sphinx (foil)
Kaho, Minamo Historian
Mindlock Orb
Braingeyser (revised)
Sakashima's Student
Dichotomancy
Merchant Scroll
Deep Spawn
Mimeofacture
Mind Unbound
Hyrkyll's Recoil
Web of Inertia
Psychic Trance
Rooftop Storm
Time Reversal
Psionic Blast (shifted)
Patron of the Moon
Misthollow Griffin
Dissipation Field
Azami, Lady of Scrolls
Mass Polymorph
Unnatural Selection
Bazaar of Wonders
Jace, Architect of Thought
Weaver of Lies
Ancestral Memories
Stormtide Leviathon
Lone Revenant (foil)
Cognivore
Blue Sun Zenith
Havengul Runebinder
Energy Vortex
Illusions of Grandeur
Sphinx of Uthuun
Prismatic Lace
Teferi's Curse
High Tide
Control Magic
Polymorph
Meloku of the Clouded Mirror
Braids, Conjurer Adept
Higure, the Still Wind
Mystic Decree
Giant Oyster
Taniwha
Traumatize
Winter's Chill
Whirlpool Warrior
Distant Memories
Spellshift
Selective Memory
Mitotic Manipulation
Counterlash
Shape Anew
Captain of the Mists