Support a Great Cause - Get Nifty Loot!

These are the last few days for the con_or_bust auction, "which helps fans of color/non-white fans attend SFF conventions." It closes Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. EST.

Read oyceter's account of her Con or Bust experience here and fantasyecho's here.

An index of what's offered for sale is available too. You could get cool stuff ranging from trinkets like these origami cicada magnets (a set of 3 to the top 10 bidders) or signed copies of books, like this one of Jo Walton's Among Others (nominated for the 2011 Nebula Award!) or a lovely hand-knitted hat to delicious home-made chocolate truffles in your choice of flavors!

Go forth and bid!

Table RPG This Weekend

This is the space opera game in which I am a dog-person medic. We are using the D20 game system, and this week, for some reason, abebooks had several of the books we use for rules etc. on sale for semi-reasonable prices. So I ordered them, and they have all arrived! Yay - not so much tussling over books every time someone goes up a level.

I've been enjoying james_nicoll's write-ups of the sessions of the game he's in. Is there any interest in hearing about ours? (Please don't feel obliged to humor me ... .)