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6 Reasons to Switch to Streaming
Our Switch About 1-1/2 years ago we realized that we were wasting money every month paying a cable bill just for fun. The realization came on night when we looked around and discovered that no one had turned the cable on in a whole month. What a waste of our…
Modern day wands
What is a wand? According to my recently purchased copy of The Element Encyclopedia of Secret Signs and Symbols by Adele Nozedar, a wand is a symbol of power. Adele writes “The wand is an essential tool for anyone who aspires to a position of authority and power: witches and…
Train your evil geekling
Welcome to another addition of Wacky Wednesday where I bring you one crazy item or article I have read online. This week I wanted to share with you the perfect way to start the early training in ultimate destruction of, well, everyone for your young geekling. I bring to you…
Cheap and Easy Sci-Fi Convention Costumes
Costumes galore… One of the aspects of the Science Fiction convention we go to each year, Orycon in Portland Oregon, is that people dress in all sorts of great costumes. And while most of them are more inclined to be grouped with a genre, such as Steam Punk or Pirates,…
Get your geek on for less
For many of us our Library is an untapped resource for getting our geek on. Today I started small and borrowed my first DVD’s from the library. So, for the price of nothing beyond the taxes I pay anyways, I brought home 4 movies that we can watch for free. …
A Seamstress’ tribute to the Safety Pin
A Brief History of the Safety Pin I have been gone from my site for a while as my attention has turned to costuming and prepping for our upcoming convention. But tonight I felt that I needed to put into pictures why I love the safety pin as part of…
Favorite Sci-Fi author – Sheri S Tepper
I discovered Sheri S. Tepper as an author when I was in middle school. My mom had taken me to the Downtown Portland Public Library and in the Young Adult section I found the book Jinian Star-Eye sitting on the display racks. The cover intrigued me, and the Title and…
Plots from the Past
There are so many places to gain inspiration for the plots that a DM throws their character group into. For me I find much of my inspiration comes from the books have read as well as the movies I have watched, that combined with my own vivid and active imagination….
LARPs in Pacific Northwest
LARPs in Pacific Northwest Before you head off into the land of LARP you need to understand the two basic types of LARP that exist. The first is Boffer LARP and the second is Non-Boffer LARP. Let’s look at these a little bit closer. Boffer LARP Most Boffer LARP’s I…
Floor Plans for Modern RPGs
All in the setting One of the things that really helps with the atmosphere of any RPG is having the setting down right. In the fantasy based games I run that is fairly easy to accomplish as they are not required to stick to any hard laws of anything, including…
