Okay, here is the thing...there is a backlog of games that have been sent to my #MagicPorch, and I don't want to get behind so I am going to do some shorter ones once in a while to catch up for #TableTopGails!
Okay, first, the lovely folks at @wizkidsgames sent these gorgeous painted Pathfinder minis...I enjoy painting minis but I stink at it and am very slow. So we love these PATHFINDER BATTLES minis...look how purty!
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Look at some close-ups here...beautiful sculpts and amazing paintings.
All these minis come out in June, and can be ordered at shop.WizKids.com.
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Close up of some of the PATHFINDER BATTLES minis...I want to play ‘em!
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Next we have the much anticipated next wave of D&D ICONS OF THE REALMS, wave 6.
I can’t believe how much pre-painted minis have improved over the past few years. These are stunning, in foil boxes. Wow. Look! Also f4om @wizkidsgames!
Next is something really entertaining, we can’t stop playing it. Despite winning awards, I think it has been flying under the radar. It’s called @therankgame, and for just a fun, quick game that will make you laugh out loud every time, I can’t recommend it enough.
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The publisher, @ChipBrown, says that he created the game to foster communication, and I can definitely see it used in schools, but we have had a blast playing just the two of us. The idea is simple and the content is wholesome and fun. Lots of expansions!
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One person takes a card with four related items, and Ryan’s them from best to worst, everyone else guesses what the RANKER chose.
It’s so simple, you can be playing in under a minute, but somehow, it’s just hysterically funny.
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I put a few examples of the cards in the previous tweet...try it with a friend, you will be amazed at how wrong your assumptions can be!
We love it...and again, it’s wholesome, even the ‘risqué’ deck is pretty PG at best. :)
Okay, last, and SO COOL, is this deckbuilding game from @PlayRenegade, POWER RANGERS, THE DECKBUILDING GAME.
I’ve spoken about the excellence of their PR stuff.. I mean, gorgeous design and artwork. This is brand new...
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I don’t think it’s even out yet, I believe pre-orders are just getting theirs now, maybe?
It looks fantastic.
I have never played a deck-building game, but this will get me started.
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Okay, as I say every time, I am a newcomer to the TTG hobby. Some people welcomed me in and it did wonders for my family’s mental health.
I do not get paid to do this, I have turned down every offer of monetization. I am doing it because I think others could also benefit.
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So I urge you, if you can to take a look through #TabletopGails, see if you find a game that looks fun, and grab it. Lots of libraries have games to lend, and their are second-hand sellers all over the place. It might bring you some joy!
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DR. PHIL: Now, I’m just an impartial observer, okay?
PENNYWISE: Heh heh heh we all float slobber drool heh
DR.PHIL: You’re an entertainer, You do great work with kids.
PENNYWISE: come down into the sewers Georgie heh heh hee
DR. PHIL: You have a great smile, you know that?
DR. PHIL: I want to thank you for agreeing to an interview, but I warn you, I won’t be pulling ANY punches.
ZOMBIE: …
DR. PHIL: Zombie, why don’t people like you?
ZOMBIE: BRAINS
DR. PHIL: You have a thick skin.
ZOMBIE: SKIN YUM YUMMERS
DR. PHIL: Well, I’M sold.
DR. PHIL: Dr. Lecter, I’m just gonna say it. I think you got railroaded by a ‘woke’ court system and the lamestream media who focused on the word ‘cannibal,’ and—
LECTER: Excuse me.
DR. PHIL: Pardon?
LECTER: My agent set this up. You disgust me. (Leaves)
I have a Roger Corman story. It’s fun, but weird, as I am gathering most Roger Corman stories tend to be.
I was a fan of his movies and his legend and legacy.
At the very beginning of my comics career, his office contacted me.
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I was very new to writing professionally. I didn’t become a writer to make films, comics were not a stepping stone. And I had mostly been drafted, so my sense of value in myself as a writer was a bit shaky and tinged with a lot of, ‘how did I get here? What’s happening?’
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The idea that a legendary movie guy would contact me for anything made no sense. I still had my hair salon. I hadn’t even written very many comics, and I was pretty sure it was all going to go away very quickly.
I remind everyone of this each year, apologies for repeating myself.
This Saturday, May 4th, is @Freecomicbook Day! Please go and enjoy and have a wonderful time. Some great shops have sales, cosplay, events, guests, even treats planned for you, PLUS FREE COMICS!
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Howerer, this is just a gentle reminder that, unlike what many think, the stores DO have to pay for the comics they give away for free. They pay for them in bundles. This year there are dozens of individual comics being given away...imagine how much that might cost!
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But that's not all. They also pay (often outrageous) shipping on all those books.
Stores often pay for extra employees, decorations, advertising, cosplayers, guests, and lots more. It is EXPENSIVE.
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Here is my central core thought while writing Deadpool.
It is no secret that I don't like endlessly 'zany' Deadpool. He was described as 'serial killer Daffy Duck' to me early on, that's the version I don't care for.
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I also don't care for endlessly bleak, 'nothing matters,' kill everyone Deadpool.
I think that could be a thousand other characters, and it's far from the magic potion that makes Deadpool fun.
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So the Deadpool is a subverted version of both of those.
He is a goddamn loudmouth, whose humor comes from tragedy.
But he's so endlessly high energy that it saves him from being insufferable and dreary.
And ALSO so internally sad and broken that he's not a constant punchline.
Today is @Dwayne_McDuffie's birthday. He would have been 62 today, if he hadn't passed unexpectedly one day after his 49th birthday.
To me, and most everyone who knew him, Dwayne was a light we all orbited in someway. There are many great creators.
Dwayne was a giant.
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I've told this story before but it can't be overstated. I absolutely would not have this career I love, and this life I love, without Dwayne.
I am far from the only person he lifted up and put on the stairway out. Out of poverty, out of an unfulfilling career.
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You may have heard some or all of this before. But to this day, when I think of Dwayne McDuffie, I am a bundle of terrible and wonderful emotions. I smile at the fact that I got to meet him at all, and then I cry because his loss is so vast, it still seems insurmountable.
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