Posted in Conventions and Events Featured

Gamestorm – a quick rundown

So I know I keep mentioning Gamestorm so I thought I would take a moment to explain what it is and why I love it. So to star the explanation, Gamestorm is a convention held annually in the Greater Portland area and is currently on its 13th year. The convention…

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Old school dungeon mapping

So to kill some time today I was on Cafepress again cruising for new shirts to wear to this year’s Gamestorm Convention. I have already found my shirt for this year (see earlier post), but now I need a new on for my husband and our friend that comes too….

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Instant Eye Shadow
Posted in Costuming Featured Nifty Gadgets & Gizmos

Instant Con Costume Eyeshadow

So being perfectly honest, make-up was one of those things I never did really figure out. Sure I know the basic idea of what goes where, in what order, and how to apply it. But I never went through middle school looking like a peacock with all the other girls,…

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Gamer Girls are different

So the season gears up for the great holiday of love, romance, and everything that simply isn’t me that we call Valentine’s Day. Thankfully we have ditched cable and the radio is now my only source of commercials and there I just change the station. I simply hate hearing one…

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The Perfect Gamestorm Shirt!

So as I am sure you are well aware I will be attending Gamestorm again this year in March. So I am looking to find a new shirt to wear at con, to go with my collection of gamer girl shirts. This year we are adding to our collection of…

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Life as an RPG

It was mentioned to me the other day by a friend (I think as a quote from someone, but can’t locate the comment) that going to work is like being in a live action RPG. I couldn’t agree more. For many of us, too many of us, we get up…

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Gaming books on the cheap

So you want the latest gaming book but don’t or can’t pay the off the shelf price at your local gaming shop? Perhaps the answer is half.com, this is the site we used to buy our 4th edition D&D books at just less then 1/2 off the shelf price. And…

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Tech support made easy

I came to this link from my friend Lori Chance, author of Who Am I?, via her Facebook profile. Though I typically do not share these sort of things I felt obligated to share this one as it is so accurate. Xkcd have a number of other comics too, and…

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Wi-Fi Shirt

So after a discussion during dinner tonight we determined that the game room needs a clock. This is something that had not occurred to me as I could look through to the microwave in the kitchen and read the time just fine. However my near-sighted husband can not perform this…

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A Fun Family Game
Posted in Board Games Featured

Cheeky Monkey

>Another game we added to our ever growing collection this Christmas was the Cheeky Monkey Game . This is a kids game that my in-laws picked up for my 6 year old daughter. The game is one I discovered at this last Gamestorm and was excited for us to add…

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