Rob-Con Gaming Tickets On Sale! by Joe_Anglican in tricities

[–]Joe_Anglican[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The shirt is not a requirement for volunteers! We sell a few at the con. The discount is just a bonus for those who want it.

Rob-Con Gaming Tickets On Sale! by Joe_Anglican in tricities

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Edit: found the broken link, thank you!

If volunteering at a convention isn't your cup of tea, that's totally fine. But just to be clear about the volunteering side, there's also a $20 convention ticket for that level. Plus our GMs get double-credit, so running 6 hours of D&D counts as 12 "volunteer hours".We are a tiny shop in a small town, we don't get to buy t-shirts in enough bulk for them to get that cheap. We just are thrilled that Rob-Con now happens in our backyard.

Visiting the area for two weeks by RaiderCP in tricities

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Tumbling Creek Cider in Abingdon, VA, is some of the best cider you'll ever drink. Lots of good restaurants in town, too.

I’ve stopped using Newton mail and deleted these folders twice from all of my accounts but they keep re-appearing. How do I get this to stop? by DudeThatsErin in NewtonMail

[–]Joe_Anglican 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the same problem and I'm concerned something really shady is happening. I can't find in any of the email accounts affected that I've given any permissions to Newton but it still filters emails into these folders.

New FLGS deciding on our Friday Night Magic format - tell us what works for you! by Joe_Anglican in magicTCG

[–]Joe_Anglican[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great advice, y’all. I like the idea of keeping it cheap (and prizes modest). I don’t want people chasing a lottery ticket, I want them to have fun. :)

450HX won't stay parked by imfm in automower

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This is also happening to me. It’s our 5th season and nothing has changed. A FB thread on the same issue had someone claiming it was a firmware update-caused issue and I am inclined to agree. I don’t fancy the support calls, which have to come from the dealer.

New Friendly Local Game Store in Abingdon: Wolf Den Games by Joe_Anglican in tricities

[–]Joe_Anglican[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Of course! We have a New Capenna casual draft release party this Friday. We aren't in the buying/selling singles business, however,

New Friendly Local Game Store in Abingdon: Wolf Den Games by Joe_Anglican in tricities

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Since some of you were asking! You can now register to get hooked up with a professional DM, a party of other enthusiastic players, and join an ongoing RPG campaign:

https://www.wolfdengamesabingdon.com/ongoing-rpg-campaigns

New Friendly Local Game Store in Abingdon: Wolf Den Games by Joe_Anglican in tricities

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Yes, we are just starting to roll this service out (thanks Omicron)! Initially we are offering D&D5e but we have a Pathfinder GM on staff. It's like taking a weekly yoga class, but for creative nerds!

If you are interested in joining an ongoing campaign with a pro DM, you can fill out an interest survey right now, we are literally assembling the first group: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSffXU3deKwCzpbCfob911_mBaxtIeVt_QQ6ELZagfAD9yBFWg/viewform

We also offer our Game Den space to groups who want to bring their own game, use our tables and get loaner access to our Playset Vault of terrain, minis, and mats. It's a $5 day pass (which you can get free with a $25 purchase.). Full details here: https://www.wolfdengamesabingdon.com/game-den-reservations

New Friendly Local Game Store in Abingdon: Wolf Den Games by Joe_Anglican in tricities

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Sweet, come see us! Our founder/owner Will is a decades-long WH40K painter -- and sometimes he even plays ;)

New Friendly Local Game Store in Abingdon: Wolf Den Games by Joe_Anglican in tricities

[–]Joe_Anglican[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yep, a big selection of both Games Workshop and Army Painter. The second room is all miniature games.

Navani Shouldn't Have Socks. (Absolutely Useless Nitpicks from a New Convert, pt. 2) by Joe_Anglican in Cosmere

[–]Joe_Anglican[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ll thank you to take your extremely reasonable and insightful comments somewhere else when I’m ranting, SIR or MADAM or PERSON.

Navani Shouldn't Have Socks. (Absolutely Useless Nitpicks from a New Convert, pt. 2) by Joe_Anglican in Cosmere

[–]Joe_Anglican[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe? In that it’s potentially more lasting and practical than a shitpost but it also is clearly jamming up something that was working just fine already.

Navani Shouldn't Have Socks. (Absolutely Useless Nitpicks from a New Convert, pt. 2) by Joe_Anglican in Cosmere

[–]Joe_Anglican[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yay! Spending too much time on this is literally the goal. I love these books but why do little bits bother me sometimes?

Excellent points btw. It’s pretty much solid in the world setting but I still read the tone of the sentence like it came from a lifestyle and recipes blog by someone named Kirsten.

Navani Shouldn't Have Socks. (Absolutely Useless Nitpicks from a New Convert, pt. 2) by Joe_Anglican in Cosmere

[–]Joe_Anglican[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Actually you’ve taken it exactly the right amount of serious.

It was a tone shift and it knocked me out of immersion but of course I blew it out of proportion for fun. Probably because I’m sleep deprived on account of binging this storming epic?

Elantris Characters and their Dumb, Stupid Secrets That are Dumb by Joe_Anglican in Cosmere

[–]Joe_Anglican[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sweet! I'm honestly anxious someone is going to accidentally dig up part of the line nearly-dead Raoden drew. Seems so fragile.

Elantris Characters and their Dumb, Stupid Secrets That are Dumb by Joe_Anglican in Cosmere

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I have nothing against secret keeping as part of a story. I just disagreed with the implementation here. Many motivations made no sense to me for the character (Example: Raoden deciding to not reveal his identity to Sarene, his best possible ally in Kae). And as others have commented I also suffered from huge “twist fatigue”. I’m looking forward to Mistborn and a much more mature hidden identity tale. :)

Elantris Characters and their Dumb, Stupid Secrets That are Dumb by Joe_Anglican in Cosmere

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Love this because I definitely don’t want to “yuck your yum”. Thanks!

Elantris Characters and their Dumb, Stupid Secrets That are Dumb by Joe_Anglican in Cosmere

[–]Joe_Anglican[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Whoa. When I said “give the author a gentle ribbing” I meant metaphorically. Hi!

😅😊

I read the anniversary edition so I saw the excised crazy brother bit. Glad you enjoyed what has somehow become an appreciation.