Yarbicus

I'm sure Mark and I can hook you up Steve!

My heroes!

Yea! You playing Fantasy, Yarb? What army are you playing? I won't be down until late Friday, probably too late to game.

Yeah, Lizardmen.  I'll look for you on Friday! 

See you guys in a few days!  Anyone feel like a game on Thursday or Friday?  I will bring some Space Marines along with my Lizzies and Guild Crew.

Lord knows I could use the practice...

I see that Rage was so embarrassed losing to me last year that he isn't even coming this year!  What about you, Gravedigger?  BardAndDragon?  Are you brave enough to show your faces again?

Christina actually loves to watch YouTube vids of people of opening the dang things!

Cool.

Man, I don't even remember if I signed up for Friday or not. If not can I sign up right before the games begin?

Anyone willing to smuggle some contraband for me? My daughter is dying for Kinder Eggs!  There is a beer or two in it for anyone that can score some for me.

Just ordered a couple of Arsenal packs.

Count me in for Friday.  Not sure about Saturday, though.  I haven't played that format yet.

I know that some of you prefer tipping cows.

Just got back.  Tons of fun!

Seeing GotG in about an hour with son #2!

THERE ARE BOOKS !!!

New Series on the FX channel

Yes, there are books but they suck.  I found them truly disappointing given Del Toro's participation.

Yeah, I think I only read the original trilogy of Thomas Covenant and loved how different it was from everything else.  And if anyone gets a pass on "woe is me" it's a dude with leprosy! 

The books that caught my attention when I was in Jr/Sr High were by Rober Heinlein, Stephen Donaldson (still love the Thomas Covenant series), Madeline L'engle, Andre Norton, and Frank Herbert.  What I have read of WoT so far doesn't even touch the Witch World, Dune, or Thomas Covenant series.

I think the appeal of WoT was that it was a big deal/relatively alone in the ridiculously epic series genre at the time, it grew on people and became a 'thing'. It's like saying 'I'm halfway through Return of the Jedi and I don't get it. Why is everyone so crazy for this series? Lucas' writing is mediocre and the special effects are definitely nothing new...' Well yeah, but at the time...

 

As well, once you were invested in the series and characters, you really wanted to see the end.

Um...are you seriously comparing the first two WoT books to A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back?  Yeah...not so much.

OK, so I am half way through Book 2 of Wheel of Time and...I don't get it.  Why is everyone so crazy for this series?  Jordan writing is mediocre at best and the story is definitely nothing new.  And I am already jumping over huge walls of pointless text and you are telling me that it gets WORSE?

No thanks.  Time to find something else.

Outstanding! Being in the news could mean a lot of different things, but that's exactly the sort of thing that deserves recognition. Thank you for your important contribution to our society, Agent P!

So much this!  Yay Fourth Amendment!

The Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne

Basically, it is a cross between The Dresden Files and Percy Jackson.  Hearne wants to be Jim Butcher so badly!  I want to like it but I just can't.  I bought the first three books in a lot so I am determined to finish all three but it is a bit of slog.  I love that it focuses on Celtic mythos but it is just so internally inconsistent.  Plus, after 2100 years of hiding the main character basically starts to wipe every mythos he can find.  Plus, humans are just so outclassed they are insignificant.  Plus, Hearne's favorite word is "a$$."

Not bad but here I present to you the ultimate game nerd music video:

Dude, I wish Crab Core was an actual thing.

Oh, it's a real thing all right.  A real BAD thing.

LIKE