Adventurer's Quarter Grand Opening

About a month ago Arvada, CO got a new store in it's Olde Town district. This store, called Adventurer's Quarter, is the first store of it's type in the area. It is a full service board game, table top, RPG, and card game store. The store is located off of Ralston Rd and Olde Wadsworth Blvd. They have a ton of different games with plenty of room for events in the main space of the store. During the Grand Opening they had 7 tables set up; 6 with different games and the 7th had 2 strategy games on it. All were welcome to play and learn games at their leisure, and will continue to be welcomed. This is easily accomplished with a number of store demo copies they keep on hand for visitors. The store also offers a discount on special orders they can get that do not have in store. If I remember right the amount was between 5% and 10%. This can give them an edge over the online market place. Want to know more about the people that started the store? Watch the video.

Christmas Gift Giving Ideas

Well, we only got 20 more days till Christmas and sometimes we all can just sort of hit our head against a wall for some Christmas gift ideas, so here's a couple ideas to get you started.  Hopefully I'll have more to come for you!

First off is World of Dice.  These guys usually do the convention circuit, so some of you out there might have seen their stuff.  Others of you maybe not, but they are really great people and have a lot of fun products.  They make jewelry and other fashion accessories out of dice.  They have close to 100 different colors, plus the different sided dice to make a wide range of choice selection.  I have mentioned before that I bought a scarlet d8 phone charm that's still going strong.  These item's a great if you're looking for a stocking stuffer or small gift to give your pen & paper player. 

If playing dice is more what you're looking to get for someone, then I recommend you head over to the guys at Gamescience Dice.  They might seem a little shocking when it comes to the price of their sets, but I can say with experience that the dice they make are some of the nicest ones I have ever rolled.  These dice are not tumbled so they have really sharp angles, making for more even rolls.  You can also by sets that haven't had their numbers painted in and save a few bucks doing it your self.  All you need is a white crayon and some paper to polish up the edges. They also have a wide variety of colors.  I have a set of crystal blue and red myself.  If you have any doubts about these dice and their claims to more random rolls, then I recommend watching the Youtube videos located a bit lower on the front page.

Hopefully these sites give you a couple of ideas to get up and running and I'll be back with some more ideas!

Dungeons and Dragons - Song for Ulvaak

Many of us (or so I hope) play Dungeons and Dragons when we can. Well these two girls wrote a really nice song about Dungeons and Dragons that is very meta.  The titled Song for Ulvaak  recounts the tales of a hardened warrior that has been paid to kill a ghoul.  It starts out seeming like it is a normal adventure, but takes a nice turn.  The two singing it did a great job so give it a listen in the embedded video.