Okay, so, I have been looking with avaricious eyes at the Nat20 Dice Books from @Nat20_DiceBox, they are gorgeous books that fold open to reveal a dice tray...and they went and MADE ME ONE.
It’s in walnut, so it will match the gaming table we have coming!
I’m sorry, but I am now officially too fancy for normal RPG gaming.
One must attire appropriately and extend a pi okie when killing orcs!
The thing I love about this is, it’s hand-made, by a family of craftspeople.
Seriously, there’s just this whole world of these beautifully crafted rpg and tabletop accessories out there, I had no idea about at all until just a couple years ago.
We were stranded at a con once, and Susan and Brian Grau, two lovely readers, volunteered to come get us and drive us to the airport. But then the weather turned bad and we were at their house and they kindly invited us to stay.
Their entire basement had become this rpg haven...
With a custom table and shelves for minis and huge hand painted landscapes to use, they had had games going for years and years.
We were completely unaware that there was this movement of high quality craftspeople doing this stuff, it’s incredible!
So I first heard about the Nat20 book boxes from @Feliciaday in a video, and I knew I had to get one. You choose the wood, the binding, the interior, and the design. They are really affordable for the level of craft...
I have been thinking this forever but this morning it really hit me.
@stephenking is a badass.
Just a combustion engine. Love that guy.
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There have been a dozen times where the thing getting me through a tough time was simply having a Stephen King novel or anthology or movie adaptation to enjoy.
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When I was a kid, the very first novel I ever read (I was probably a little young for it) where the cast was all female and took all roles from villain to tragic hero and everywhere in-between was Carrie. To this DAY, I still haven't read many novels that can make that claim.
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I hear all the time, and have thought it myself, why does the world fear and hate mutants, but love the scary-looking oddballs in, say, the Fantastic Four?
Here is a thought about that.
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The Fantastic Four comes to save you.
You look out, and you see standing around you;
A woman who disappears
A man on fire
A rock-like golen creature
and the ultimate stretchy body horror.
OR.
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You look out and see
A great-looking guy with sunglasses
A beautiful woman with a cool fire bird effect
A goddess controlling a storm
A slightly hairy Canadian.
Why are citizens afraid of THIS four, and not the others?
When I was in second grade, our teacher read us, over the course of several days, an adaptation of Cool Hand Luke.
None of us knew anything about prisons, Southern culture, road gangs, prisoner abuse, or crime in general, really. We were seven years old, and enthralled.
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I remember, NO ONE missed school after the first day.
It starts with Luke, played by Paul Newman in the movie, getting drunk and busting up parking meters, for no good reason, so your introduction to him, in a child’s’ view, is bad, not revolutionary.
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Spoilers, but Luke ends up paying a heavy price for simply not being able to go along with what he is told to do, the falsehoods he is told are true. It is inevitable, even as kids we knew there would be no happy ending.
And we know it was wrong, the escalation. As kids.
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One of my favorite moments of the #DeadpoolAndWolverine World Premiere night.
The actual event was loud and flashy, the movie was bombastic. And I’m shy.
After it was over, walking back to my hotel with my beloved hubby…
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We saw Chris Claremont (resplendent in his pink jacket) in a quiet spot in a little park across from the huge event facade.
He took a photo, I think, and it might just be my fangirl imagination, but it seemed to me he was contemplating the spectacle and his role in it all…
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I didn’t want to interrupt.
So I just said hi, in passing. But he had some musings which I will treasure to have been there to hear.
And he talked a little about Hugh Jackman and the choices they made with the writing and performing of the character.
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All right, so this will take a bit, but this is a thread I have wanted to do for a while.
This is it, the X-MEN: FROM THE ASHES mega-thread!
Interested in the upcoming X-books but a little overwhelmed by the new characters, creative teams, and titles?
Well, I had an idea!
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In this thread, I am going to give an unapologetic personal opinion about each of the upcoming titles, starting with tomorrow's X-MEN #1.
I admit up front I am biased, okay? These are MY opinions, I have not consulted with the creative or editorial teams.
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I have read all the issues of all these books so far. They are all creative teams I like. They are all pushing for the best books they can. And I am on a bit of an X-Men high and don't deny my OBVIOUS enthusiasm.