PAGE 2 - It's Almost a Wrap!

 

Yep, they had me warming the bench this morning for none other than Zeb Cook in the Autograph Booth ;)

Afterwards, I tried to tae a picture of every booth in the Vending Hall, but I know I missed a handful, especially GaxLand - Heidi and Erik's booth was constantly mobbed, and that's a damn good thing! I may swing by the Vendor Hall tomorrow in the AM.

This afternoon's SWL/B&A game was in Conference Room A at the Hilton Garden. One small problem - there was no Conference Room A at the Hilton Garden. There was, however, a board room, and by an 8 to 0 vote, we designated the Board Room "Conference Room A". Problem solved ;)

Sad to see the con is already wrapping up. Ah well, Total Con in a month. One needs to pace one's self ;)

PAGE 2025 - This Con Glows!

 

I received the above "Gelatinous Cube" at the Severed Books table (far left vending aisle, next to the Frog God table). The Cube, to me, is a great representation of PAGE 2 - it has some hidden features you didn't quite expect at first, but damn, its special!

For as many tables, and people, that I saw at Day One of PAGE, the noise was surprisingly controlled. And yes, there were tons of people, way more than I could ever hope to name, but it was great to finaly meet friends from The Tavern's Discord, our YouTube Channel, and even ENWorld.

At 3PM. I hosted, along with YouTubers and authors, Jistin Alexander & Mike Shes, a panel on "Starting a YouTube/Teith Channel After Using Other Media." Blogging might not be dead, but much of the blogging world has moved on to other ventures.

I wish the panel had been recorded, as the questions asked were good oned, as were the answers from the hosts in my opinion. If you take home just a single lesson from the panel - if you want to start a YouTube Chnnel, just do it. Unless you stsrt, it will never haaen.

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PAGE - 2025 - Woot!

 

Rach and I made it to PAGE 2, and I'm impressed - and we haven't made it yet to the convention site, just the main hotel.

If nothing else, I've been reminded how awesome the gaming community is in general and the OSR in particular.

I wish I had thought of taking pictures with everyone, but hopefully I'll remember tomorrow ;)

OSR Christmas 2024 - Days 9 & 10 - Gifts and More Gifts!

Alright! I'll be at PAGE 2 tomorrow through Sunday morning. If you will be there, please track me down and shake my hand :)

In the meantime, it's time to put up the gifts for OSR Christmas Days 9 & 10. More gifts are more better! Comment below before 6 PM, Sunday, January 20th, to be considered for a gift!

Gift 1 - Dragonlock Lost Caverns: Master Set FDG0410 ($50.00)

Gift 2 - Dragonlock Lost City of the Dwarves: Master Set FDG0411 ($25.00) 

Gift 3 - Frog God Games 50% off Coupon

Gift 4 - A 2nd Frog God Games 50% off Coupon

Gift 5 - What Price Glory

Gift 6 - Worlds Beyond

Gift 7 - $10 DTRPG Gift Cert

Gift 8 - Another $10 DTRPG Gift Cert

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Bundle of Holding - Solo Rules!

The current Solo Rules! Bundle from Bundle of Holding perfectly fits Matt Jackson and his YouTube channel.

Adventurer! You can play many of your favorite tabletop roleplaying games by yourself with the solitaire rules expansions in this all-new Parts Per Million Solo Bundle. Solo play can help turn any rulebook into a quickstart. Learn a new game, test your first adventures, and get a feel for play before presenting it to new players – or just enjoy yourself! Indie game developer Peter Rudin-Burgess at Parts Per Million has designed dozens of separate solo rules supplements for many RPGs large and small, as well as play aids and books of helpful solitaire tips. Using techniques such as the flexible "oracle" method (where you roll dice to answer questions) along with "cut-ups" (short texts that inspire creativity), you'll play full-featured, surprising adventures that push your creativity and keep all the action centered on you alone.

(Caution: These Parts Per Million third-party supplements add solitaire options to a wide range of games, but the core rules for those games aren't included in this offer. To use any of the solo supplements in this offer, you must already own the original games they support.)

For just US$7.95 you get all seven titles in our Starter Collection (retail value $44) as DRM-free ebooks, including Players Guide to Solo Role-Playing; three volumes of helpful tips in the Easier Tools series – Easier Solo Play, Easier Solo Game Journals, and Easier Solo Mystery Play; and three sample solitaire rulebooks: Basic Solo Roleplaying System (for Basic Role-Playing, Call of Cthulhu, and other percentile systems), Hunter (for Monster of the Week), and Masked Hero (for Masks: A New Generation).

And if you pay more than the threshold price of $20.68, you'll level up and also get our entire Bonus Collection with twenty-five more titles worth an additional $108, including 11 more solitaire rules sets – 13th Solo (for 13th Age), Alone in the Loop (Tales From the Loop), Dungeon Crawl Solo (DCC RPG), Lone Star (Mothership), Mastermind (The Between), Old School Solo (Old-School Essentials and other OSR games), Solo Adventures for Stars Without Number, Solo Core (2D20 System games), Solo FASERIP, Solo in a Lost Cause (Silent Legions), and Trophy Solo – and 14 Cut-Up Solo books with thousands of text snippets to help inspire your solitary creativity.

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OSR Christmas 2024 - Awarding the Gifts for Days 7 & 8

Yep, this is overdue. The past week has been - challenging. Challenge accepted! In the meantime, let's award the gifts for OSR Christmas 2024 Days 7 & 8. If you see your name/handle down below, please email: tenkarsDOTtavern at that gmail thing, use "OSR Christmas Days 7&8" in the subject, and in the body of the email, include your real name, your "google" name below, and the gift you are claiming.

NOTE: outstanding OSR Christmas emails will be addressed tonight and tomorrow - I appreciate the patience - Tenkar

Days 9 & 10 will go up tomorrow...

FDG0349 DRAGON TILES: Dungeon Core Set ($25.00) Brian S.

FDG0351 DRAGON TILES: Caverns Core Set ($25.00) Jeff Bernstein, 

Frog God Games 50% off Coupon X TWO! RhinoDino1973, FallenAngel

Sir Pellinore's Game PDF Nathand Christenson

Castle Perilous PDF Mike Bauer

$10 DTTRPG Gift Cert X TWO! Rob F. & David T. (via Discord)

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Humble Bundle - 5e Adventures, Crafting, Monster, Monsters & VTT Assets Bundle

I'd happily convert the 5e content to OSR on the fly. As for the VTT assets, this would be a goldmine for DM's like JoetheLawyer :)

25 Bucks for 58 books, maps, token packs, and more with the 5e Adventures, Crafting, Monster, Monsters & VTT Assets Bundle

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