Daredevil Evel Knievel Dies at Age 69

What bummer to hear this news. As a kid I lived and breathed Evel's every move. I had the toy figure and stunt cycle, I cannot tell how much fun it was to rev that thing up and send him into a flying jump only to slam into a wall. He was an icon. I still remember watching his attempt to jump the sharks live,he broke his wrist practicing so they only showed his practice jumps not the live jump. Come to think of it he wrecked way more than he succeeded in his big publicity jumps. But he was cool doing it.

Holiday Savings at Precis Intermedia

Another sale is posted at the RPG Site. There are going to be some broke gmaers this Christmas season.

Take advantage of Precis Intermedia's Holiday Specials. Check back often between now and Xmas for new specials added to the list.

Disposable Heroes: Ready-to-Use Fantasy Miniatures $19.95

HardNova 2 Portable Softcover $12.95

Diceless Holiday Bundle (Active Exploits Core Softcover and CORPS Diceless Softcover) $29.95

Iron Gauntlets Holiday Bundle (IG Softcover, IG Companion, Steampunk Musha, and 10 dice) $52.95

Deep7's Arrowflight RPG $16.95

Deep7's Island Nations for Arrowflight $12.95

Visit the Holiday Specials Page for more specials in the coming weeks.Virtual Gift Certificates are also available. Add credit to your account for quicker checkouts or transfer credit to friends and family so they can choose their own downloads, printed books, and accessories as gifts.

New Specials Just Added:

Maelstrom Storytelling Classic Softcover $6.95

Maelstrom Storytelling Dogbound Edition PDF $4.95

Dreamwalker: Diceless Roleplaying in the Land of Dreams PDF $2.25

Rune Stryders Revised & Expanded PDF $4.95

WE CAN DO IT!!

I saw this a while back and thought it was a pretty cool Rosie Riveter update. I don't remeber where, sorry to whoever posted it originally.

Thursday Pirate Babes

Just a little photo to brighten you thursday.

Eden Studios $5 Sale

Eden Studios is having a $5, here is the message they sent:

Eden's 5 Days of $5.00 Holiday Thanks Sale to say thank you to all our customers, we are offering the following items on sale for 5 days only for $5.00 each! Starting November 27th 2007 until Midnight December 2nd 2007.
Abduction Card Game
Angel Corebook
Angel Director's Screen
Buffy Director's Screen
Buffy Slayers Handbook
Buffy Monster Smackdown
Eden Studios Presents Vol 1
Eden Studios Presents Vol 2
AFMBE Screen
AFMBE Pulp Zombies
AFMBE Fistful o' Zombies
Book of Archetypes Vol 2
WitchCraft Chroniclers Screen
WitchCraft The Book of Hod
WitchCraft Power and Privilege, The Rosicrucian Covenant Book
d20 Akrasia, Thief of Time
d20 Wonders Out of Time
d20 Secret of the Ancients
d20 Liber Bestarius

I might have to pick up some All Flesh Must be Eaten or Buffy stuff.

Dragon Tiles Teaser

Tom posted a teaser for his new Fat Dragon Games product, Dragon tiles. Looks like 2d tiles that are compatible with othe Fat Dragon Games 3D products. Looks pretty cool. I'm looking forward to actually seeing the product.

Quiet Riot Lead Singer Kevin Dubrow Found Dead at 52

What a bummer this was to hear. Quiet Riot was the first concert I ever went to. They were the opening act for ZZ Top back in the the day. A bunch of us went to the Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio to see the show. My friend Mike and I pushed our way to the front of the stage at the show. You haven't seen a concert until you've been crushed with a bunch of other people at the front. Ah the memories.

Anyway here's what Fox News had on their site:

LAS VEGAS — Kevin Dubrow, lead singer for the 1980s heavy metal band Quiet Riot that scored a hit with "Cum on Feel the Noize," was found dead in a Las Vegas home. He was 52.
The cause was not immediately known.
A neighbor summoned police and paramedics Sunday to the house where he was pronounced dead, police and coroner's officials said.
There was no forced entry, and no suspicious circumstances were reported, police Officer Jose Montoya said Monday.
Quiet Riot was perhaps best known for its 1983 cover of "Cum on Feel the Noize." The song, featuring Dubrow's powerful, gravelly voice, appeared on the band's album "Metal Health" -- which was the first by a metal band to reach No. 1 on the Billboard chart.
DuBrow recorded his first solo album in 2004, "In for the Kill," and the band's last studio CD, "Rehab," came out in October 2006.
"I can't even find words to say," Quiet Riot drummer Frank Banali wrote on his Web site. "Please respect my privacy as I mourn the passing and honor the memory of my dearest friend Kevin DuBrow."
Determination of the cause of death was pending an autopsy and toxicology results, Clark County coroner's spokeswoman Samantha Charles said.

Stardust Publications Presents...On Common Ground

I saw this over at RPGNet and though it looked cool:

On Common Ground is an American Civil War Miniatures Wargame, brought to you by Stardust Publications. Its goal has been to take the complexity of playing out the battles and make it easy for the average wargamer to understand, there by making the entire experience enjoyable for all participants.
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Congratulations Saskatchewan Roughriders!!

A big congratulations on you 23-19 Grey Cup win over the Blue Bombers. Since I am really not impressed with the cheerleader pictures I can find for the Roughriders, I'm sending a congrats out from their rival Felions!! Here is the cover to their 2007 calendar.

And one from the Outriders:

This week’s Grey Cup match up is going to be exciting. The Saskatchewan Roughriders and The Winnipeg Blue Bombers, two teams that were underdogs in their finals went into their opponent’s stadium and came out with a win. The final scores make them look like close games but Winnipeg and Saskatchewan dominated the finals. The prairie is going to be rocking this weekend. This will mark the first time these two have met in the Grey Cup. Both are hungry for a cup, neither team has won the cup in over 15 years.

The Roughriders pulled off the biggest win, knocking off their biggest rival the BC Lions. I don’t think anyone but the Riders seriously thought they were going to win. It’s always cool to see the underdog win, even if you are a fan of the other team. Interesting fact, all 26 points the Riders scored in the final was made by Canadians. The win gives the Roughriders their first Grey Cup berth since 1997, and a chance to win their first since 1989. The last Roughriders win was in Toronto, with current coach Kent Austin playing quarterback. They won that game 43-40 over the Hamilton Tigercats. The Riders green will be out in full force, they are already saying that Toronto will be shaded green this weekend. If they win it will be the teams third in their 98 year history.

The Blue Bombers also had a big game knocking the Toronto Argonauts out of their chance for a home field Grey Cup game. The Bombers have made the playoff a record 53 years; have more playoff appearances, 109, and more playoff wins, 59, than any other franchise. The Bombers have 10 Grey Cup wins, but they also have 12 losses. The Bombers last Cup appearance was in 2001 and their last win in 1990 a 50-11 win over Edmonton. The big news for Winnipeg, starting quarterback Kevin Glenn will be out of the game with a broken arm. There were some real exciting things in that game, like Keith Stokes 81 yard punt return TD, but the game will be remembered for Glenn’s broken arm. The only way they will forget about Glenn’s broken arm is if Ryan Dinwiddie can take the Bombers to a Grey Cup win. This will be Dinwiddie’s first CFL start. He threw all of 24 passes in the regular season, and went 4-for-4 for 80 yards in the final Sunday. If you are going to win a game in your first start, make it a championship game.

As for my prediction, my heart says go with the Bombers. I always loved watching them back in the 80’s. How could you not like a team that has a beer, Labatt Blue, named after it, and had a quarterback named Indian Jack? The Roughriders will make this their 16th shot at the Grey Cup, with only two wins so far. They have the worst Grey Cup win percentage in the CFL. That said, I’m going with the Roughriders to win. I think Dinwiddie will be a good quarterback, but after seeing how the Roughriders defense tore up the Lions last week I’ll go with them this weekend. I get the funny feeling Dinwiddie is going to have a very long day in Toronto. Winnipeg has more weapons than Kevin Glenn, but I’m sure even they do not want to go with a quarterback in his first start. I also think after knocking the Lions off (this is the CFL's equivalent to the Red Sox finally beating the Yankees) The Roughriders aren't going to let anything stop them.

For cheerleaders first up is Nichole from the Blue Lightning. Nichole is student who wants to go on to be an elementary school teacher. Where were the teachers who looked like this when I was in school? Nichole's biggest pet peeve when cheering is when her hair gets stuck on her face and she cannot fix it.

Then we have Jade from the Roughriders squad. Someone has got to work on the cheerleaders web page. I really think someone has a thing against the cheer team looking good. Jade is a student and cheers for the University of Regina Cheer Team. When Jade gets nervous she just tries to breathe. I thought that function came naturally.



I'm also going to include Melayna from the Blue Lightning stunters. Melyna works full time in retail and plans on going to college. When asked what skills/things she learned being on the team she said, "I can do push ups now!"


Also from the riders, Jess U. and Jess P. Jess U. says she dances in her bedroom, someone get a web cam set up now!!

Jess P. says if she won a million dollars she would take a vacation somewhere hot and exotic!!

For a bonus I'm including Blue Lightning team assistant, Stacy!! Stacy's career goal is to be a middle school teacher, once again where was teachers who looked like this when I was in school? Since being on the team one of things/stuff she has acquired is public speaking and the power of philanthropy.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

I hope everyone has a Happy and safe Thanksgiving!! Eat lots of turkey, watch some football, and enjoy the company of friends and family.

Tuesday Poster

Thanks to the Evil DM for posting this.

Classic Grey Cup Moments

To get geared up for the game this Sunday here are some of the best moments.

The past 50 years have produced a number of memorable moments for followers of Canadian football. Some of the plays currently available include:

1955: Edmonton Eskimos fullback Johnny Bright runs over three Montreal Alouettes tacklers on route to a 42-yard touchdown run.

1956: Montreal Alouettes receiver Hal Patterson makes spectacular catch on a pass from quarterback Sam Etcheverry for a 37-yard touchdown.

1957: After a leaping interception, Hamilton Tiger-Cats defender Ray 'Bibbles' Bawel speeds his way down the sideline, only to be tripped by a spectator.

1958: Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Jim Van Pelt hands off to Leo Lewis, who in turns passes to Van Pelt to runs into the end zone for a touchdown.

1961: Hamilton Tiger-Cats quarterback Bernie Faloney connects with Paul Dekker for a 90-yard pass and run for a touchdown, tying a record.

1962: Garney Henley of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats runs 74 yards from scrimmage for a touchdown.1963: Hamilton Tiger-Cats receiver Hal Patterson breaks free and scores a touchdown on a long pass from Bernie Faloney.

1964: B.C. Lions backup quarterback Pete Ohler fumbles the ball as a holder on a field goal attempt, and then passes to Jim Carphin for an unexpected touchdown.

1965: Hamilton Tiger-Cats quarterback Bernie Faloney hooks up with Willie Bethea for a long pass and run touchdown.

1966: Ottawa Rough Riders quarterback Russ Jackson rolls out and hits a streaking Whit Tucker for an 85-yard touchdown.

1968: Ottawa Rough Riders running back Vic Washington bobbles the ball after a short pitch but turns the play into an 80-yard touchdown run.
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Visit CFLGreyCup.ca

I got this from the CFL web site but feel they left out some really good ones. Here a few:

1912 The Hamilton Alerts won the Grey Cup, be Alert because the world needs more Lerts.

1927 & 1930 The Toronto Balmy Beach won the cup. I didn't know Toronto had balmy beaches, their tourism department needs to get this news out.

Wikipedia has Hamilton winning the cup 8 times but the Tigercats web site says 15.

1995 A dark day for the CFL, the Baltimore Stallions won the Grey Cup. The only tiem a team not from Canada won.

And for fun Lauren S. from the Hamilton Tigercats cheer team

Lauren is a personal trainer, who if she could play in the CFL would be an inside linebacker. To all the people who have never been to Ticat game she says "Oskee Wee Wee."

Congratulations Roughriders & Blue Bombers

The Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers won their final Sunday to advance to the Grey Cup this weekend in Toronto. Both were good games. I was 1-1 again this weekend in my picks on who would win. I'll have to make my Grey Cup pick later this week. Here are the cheer teams from both teams.

CFL Finals

In the finals we’re going to have some good games that’s for sure. The top two teams from both divisions are meeting to see who goes to the Grey Cup on November 25 in Toronto.

First up I’ll go over the West, the BC Lions vs. The Saskatchewan Roughriders. This has the makings of a classic match up. The defending Champions playing the team they beat to get to the cup last years semi-final 45-18. These two have met in the semi-final two of the last four. The Roughriders have played in the final three of the last five seasons. If there has ever been a team that is due for a win it’s the Roughriders. The Lions won the regular season series 2-1, including a last minute 37-34 win on 9/22. If you count preseason the teams split 2-2. The Roughriders just came off their first home playoff win in 30 years, their last cup appearance was in 1989, and the last win in 1987. Of course they have to go through the Lions who have the best regular season record and posted there best record in team history. This is a team that is hungry to repeat as champs. The Lion’s fans will be rocking the stadium this weekend. I will say if the Roughriders win they will win it all this year. I should pick them but I’ve got to go with the Lions. What can I say I’m a Lions fan and have got to stick with my team.

For your viewing pleasure a couple pics of the Felions:

And a couple of the Riders Cheer team:

Diana who says to "Bleed green baby."

Next up the East, The Winnipeg Blue Bombers vs. The Toronto Argonauts. The Argos are on a roll winning seven straight to end the season as the top team in the east just edging the Bombers out. The Argos are also 2-1 this year against the Bombers. How long can they keep the win streak going? If the Argonauts win they will have the home field advantage in the Grey Cup game with the game being played in Toronto. I’m going to go with The Blue Bombers in this one. It just seems like Toronto put all they into taking first place.

In this contest we have the Blue Lightning vs. The Blue Thunder:

First up the Blue Lightning:

Angie a student who's pet peeve when performing is "My hair blowing across my face."

The Blue Thunder:

Rookie Ashley who is a dance teacher and her favorite song is is constantly changing, but anything with a banging beat that gets me moving!

And veteran Meaghan who is an ER nurse at The Credit Valley Hospital and if was on a deserted island would want her Surfboard, Music, and a Hammock. A cheerleader and a surf chick, it doesn't get much better than that.

Pirates of the Caribbean Pocket Model Game

I missed this over at the Wizkids site so it's about a week late:

WIZKIDS ANNOUNCES
DISNEY’S PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN IN STORES TODAY!
November 7, 2007 (SEATTLE) — WizKids Inc. announces that Disney’s Pirates of
the Caribbean PocketModel Game is available in stores today!

Pirates fans will recognize their favorite constructible strategy game with a
new look and name. The Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean PocketModel game
brings to life players’ favorite ships and characters from all three Disney’s
Pirates of the Caribbean movies. Experience the adventure by building the
Black Pearl and setting sail with Captain Jack Sparrow! The Disney’s Pirates
of the Caribbean PocketModel game is completely compatible with all previous
WizKids Pirates releases.
Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean PocketModel game packs (MSRP $3.99) contain
two Pirates of the Caribbean PocketModels, one island/whirlpool card, one crew
or treasure card, complete game rules and one die. To find a local hobby or
gaming store near you, visit http://www.wizkidsgames.com/.

Everyone's favorite pirate girls Elizabeth Swan gives her approval:

Free Role Playing Games!!!

Head over to RPG Now this week if you want some free games. Every day this week they are giving away a variety of games free. You can check out the games they are giving out on the free games page. I know I'll be grabbing X-Crawl core rule book on Thursday.

CFL Playoffs

I picked one right and one wrong. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers took out the Montreal Alouettes 24-22. Here are some of their cheerleaders, The Blue Lightning, doing what they do best:

The Saskatchewan Roughriders beat the Calgary Stampeders 26-24. Both were good games and could have gone either way. This was the one I picked wrong. I guess I should have known better that to pick a team that actually started Akili Smith this past year. In addition to that how can you go against a team that American Idol Carrie Underwood roots for? Here is Carrie with her Roughriders jersey:

My predictions for the second round will be coming later this week.

CFL Playoffs Game II

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers and The Montreal Alouettes will be going on Sunday. I have fond memories of watching the CFL back in the day and my dad saying "How can anyone root for a team named after a kid's song?" So this will be an easy one, I'm going with the Blue Bombers, and yes I know an Alouette is another name for a skylark. It's also a French cheese and the name of Canada's first satellite. The Alouette's web site is kind of cool equally divided in French and English with French as the main language.

The Blue Bombers were a perfect 3-0 against the Alouettes, including the last game of the season. It's going to be hard to beat someone four times in one year and twice in a row but I think the Blue Bombers can do it. Also you got to like a team that has their own theme song:

Blue Bomber Victory March

We’re proud of the Blue Bomber name, So proud of its glory and fame.We’re the best in the West And We’ll taken on the rest,When we get to the East-West game!Fight! Fight!

Let’s fight through that line,Down the field Our Blue Bomber teams never yield Let’s fight on to victory,For great is your destiny,So fight on Blue Bombers fight!

We’ll shout as you go charging by,We’ll send up our cheers to the sky.Behind you we’ll stand,You’re best in the land.And we’ll shout out our praise on high.Fight! Fight!

Let’s fight down the field yard by yard Let’s fight down the field hit ’em hard!For we want a touchdown team,And we want a chance to scream,So fight on Blue Bombers, fight!

So that's my picks for the game, now my picks for cheerleaders.

The Blue Lightning Team, sponsored by Labatt Blue (beer & cheerleaders, does it get any better than this?), has this really cool poster:

They also have the amazingly hot coach Dena:

She looks just like some chick I hit on in a bar in the 80's.

The Blue lightning have stunters like Crystal:

Who is a professional student and has gotten a concussion two years in a row at Grey Cup during a performance and kept on going! Keep going Crystal, damaging your brain won't be a problem later in life. Note to the photographer, when we look at pictures of cheer babes we don't really care who took the picture, we don't want to see DAVE over top of our girls.

They also have dancers like Mickaela:

Mickaela is an Articling Accountant / Dance Instructor, and admits to being "a bit of a nerd. I graduated high school when I was 15 years old and had a straight-A average in University, where I recently completed my Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree." Please tell me you are into gaming!! Maybe Fat Dragon Games can hire her as a booth babe for next years Gen Con.

Just to be fair I'm going to throw in Nadine from the Alouettes:

Nadine is a professional student and a dance teacher and hates spiders and mustard. Her motto is a quote from Einstein, “Everything happens for a reason” and “Life is like riding a bike… you have to keep moving forward or you’ll fall down” – Einstein. As a side note did you know that cheerleader in French is cheerleader?

CFL Grey Cup Playoffs

The playoffs start today and I thought I would throw my picks for the day out there. First I have to put up an ad from the Winnipeg Blue Bombers site:


The Canadians lover their football.
The first game up is Calgary Stampeders at the Saskatchewan Roughriders. This is a tough pick, my heart says go with the Stampeders. The Roughriders had a better record, but this is also their first home playoff game in 20 years, and the fans are going to be rocking the stadium. Including preseason the Roughriders are 3-1 against Calgary this year. They have a poll on their web site asking the fans what they thought of their record this year and here are the results:
What are your thoughts on the Riders finishing the regular season with a 12-6 record?
It surpassed my expectations
64.92% (1723)
It's what I expected
20.91% (555)
It's disappointing
5.54% (147)
I didn't know what to expect
8.63% (229)
Total Votes: 2654

65% said it surpassed their expectations!! Doesn't inspire much confidence to pick them.
The last game of the season Toronto came in and beat them, badly 41-13. That is not how you want to go into the playoffs. While Calgary played a tough last game of the season against BC, the Stampeders missed a last second field goal. The Outriders make it hard to go against the Stampeders, so I'll go with the girls on this one, GO STAMPEDERS!!!

Ceilynn of the Outriders, a full time student who lists her hobbies as, Reading, Dancing, Hiking, Traveling- I like anything outdoors- laying on a beach, skiing, surfing, kayaking- you name it I will probably like it and says that Television Rots your Soul and Eats Your Mind.

Here is one from the Rider Cheerleading Team Janessa:

Unfortunately the Riders don't put much in the bios. I do have to ask, "Were they looking for the ugliest outfit ever to take their cheerleading pictures in?" The only thing I can figure is it was something the guys on the team could also wear. Yes, the Riders have a group of guys on the team.

What were they thinking with this one? Fire the outfit designer, NOW!!

New Releases From Fat Dragon Games

Fat Dragon Games is at it again releasing some new models to add to your game. First up is the Dungeon Ruins Set. Here is the description from the forums:

Fat Dragon Games will be releasing the next expansion set for our award winning E-Z Dungeons line in two weeks. This new set, DUNGEON RUINS, will feature crumbling walls, broken pillars and new floor tiles to modify your E-Z Dungeons Basic Set.


And a couple pics:

They have also released the Hillside Dwelling. Perfect for a halfling village or a LOTR campaign. Here is the description from the forums:



The newest addition to our growing fantasy line is a halfling hillside dwelling. Pics of the prototype will be posted next week. The finished set will include enough options to build at least five distinctly different halfling holes complete with hillside, front and back walls, chimneys, etc. This set is perfect for your halfling PC to live in or perhaps you're adventure group is a few XPs short of that next level and just need some easy targets to push them over the top-either way this set is just what you need!


And the picture:

Definitely some cool stuff!!

USS Denver Gift With Purchase Promotion!

Some news for those of you who play the Pirates CSG:

Pirates CSG Online is proud to offer players the USS Denver digital and physical promotional ship as a gift with purchase. For each purchase of $25 or more made from the Pirates CSG Online between November 1st - 25th, 2007 players will receive one (1) digital copy of the ship added to their online collection and a redemption offer for one (1) physical copy of the USS Denver promotional ship. This physical ship redemption offer is only available through Pirates CSG Online courtesy of WizKids and SOE.

USS DenverType: ShipPoint Value: 20Collector’s Number: SOE 07Rarity: SpecialCargo Space: 4Cannons: 4x 3LMove: LNumber of Masts: 4

Special Abilities: Friendly ships within S of this ship get a +1 on their cannon rolls.