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A little chain mail goodness for your Saturday.

Extraterrestrial Abductions Day

Extraterrestrial Abductions Day is today. Keep one eye on the sky. And, be ready to duck, dodge, and to hide. UFO's may be everywhere, looking to abduct humans. If you are not careful, perhaps they will find you! Of course, there are more than a few people out there who are looking to be abducted by aliens, so they can travel to another planet.

Celebrate today by reading and watching science fiction stories about UFOs and Extraterrestrials. And, make sure to keep out of sight of extraterrestrials.

Most lovable alien: "ET"

Favorite alien: "My Favorite Martian"

Cthulhu Invades the Fat Dragon Office!!

FAT DRAGON GAMES TO PUBLISH OFFICIALLY LICENSED CALL OF CTHULHU GAMING TERRAIN

Fat Dragon Games is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with Chaosium to create 3D gaming terrain sets for the Call of Cthulhu role playing game. These cardstock terrain sets will feature some of the best known locations of the Cthulhu mythos, complete with gaming stats using the Basic Roleplaying system.

"It is an incredible privilege to bring these iconic settings to life for Call of Cthulhu fans,"ť said Tom Tullis, owner and lead designer of Fat Dragon Games. "Call of Cthulhu is one of my all time favorite RPGs, and I look forward to working with the legendary creative minds at Chaosium on these model sets."

"I'm looking forward to seeing Call of Cthulhu terrain from our friends at Fat Dragon Games. I've always wanted to own a little piece of Innsmouth. Now I can!" said Dustin Wright of Chaosium Inc.

The first two sets are scheduled for a summer 2009 release, with additional terrain releases slated for late 2009 and early 2010.

Fat Dragon Games is a publisher of 2D and 3D gaming terrain for tabletop games. Celebrating their fourth anniversary this April, they are best known for their award winning E-Z DUNGEONS line of fantasy gaming terrain. http://www.fatdragongames.com/

Chaosium Inc. is a California based publishing company best known for the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game which utilizes the Basic Roleplaying System. You can find out more at http://www.chaosium.com/

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Tell a Fairy Tale Day

This is a day that Fairy Tales are made of (and for). It's Tell a Fairy Tale Day . Today is a great opportunity to read your kids. If the kids aren't around, its certainly okay to read them alone. We all know that everybody loves a good fairy tale.

To qualify as a fairy tale, a story does not have to begin with "Once upon a time.....". But, they usually do. It is a requirement that the story has a happy ending. There's nothing better than a good story that ends with "and they all lived happily ever after".

On Fairy Tale Day, cozy up under a blanket with the kids and read "the good book"....a fairy tale book. Libraries and schools will often mark this day with special fairy tale readings and story hours.

Pistol Patent Day

Did you Know? Samuel Colt invented the revolver, a pistol with multiple chambers for bullets. He patented it in Europe in 1835, and in the United States in 1836.

Gen Con News

From the most recent Gen Con Email:

Badge Registration Goes Live!

Greetings Gamers!

As you probably know this weekend is the beginning of badge registration. We are excited for you to check out the new website and registration system! Please review all of the information below.

Badge Registration - Goes live on Sunday, February 15th

VIG Packages - Are available

Housing - Opens on Tuesday, February 17th

Regards,

The Gen Con Team

-Badge Registration opens this Sunday, February 15th, at Noon (Eastern) If you haven’t already, be sure to create your new RUBI account by going to registration.gencon.com. Everyone will need to create a new account in RUBI in order to purchase a badge.

Badge Prices:

4-Day Badge - $68

1-Day Badge (Thurs-Sat) -

$38 Sunday Badge - will be available for purchase onsite

VIG Package - $500

-VIG Packages available

If you’re interested in becoming a VIG Member, there are over 100 slots available. The package is only $500 and includes merchandise, a VIG Lounge, a separate hotel block, and much more!

-Housing opens Tuesday, February 17th, at Noon (Eastern) When you purchase a badge, you will see your housing code on the screen and receive a confirmation email with additional housing information. Be sure to keep this code handy! You will need it to reserve a hotel room when housing opens on Tuesday. If you have any trouble finding a hotel room, be sure to put your name on the waiting list, and we will let you know when more rooms become available.

For more information about RUBI, our new registration system, go to our RUBI Updates page at RUBI Updates

Gen Con Banruptcy News

Good news in an email sent by Gen Con Indy:

Gen Con Scheduled to Emerge from Chapter 11!Gen Con LLC announced today that the US Bankruptcy Court of Western Washington has confirmed the company’s plan of reorganization and approved the company’s rejection of a hostile takeover bid.“This is bright day for us”, said Adrian Swartout, CEO of Gen Con. “The entire team is looking forward to 2009 and continuing our growth as a stronger, more focused company. Our emergence from Chapter 11 is a testament to the skill and perseverance of our employees and the strength of the phenomenal Gen Con brand. Everyone here is excited to begin working outside of Chapter 11.”Since filing for bankruptcy protection in February of 2008, Gen Con has significantly reduced its expenses and increased its cash position. The company’s cash flow is positive and prospects have never looked better. Under the confirmed plan, Gen Con will pay all of it creditors in full over time and will continue to operate. A three-member Advisory Committee will assist the company and its board, and Peter Adkison will retain ownership. “This is an extremely successful case,” said Shelly Crocker of Crocker Kuno, Gen Con’s bankruptcy attorney, “largely due to the efforts of Ms. Swartout and her team, and the cooperation of the Creditors’ Committee.”Gen Con Indy 2009 will prove to be one of the best shows yet with thousands of events and hundreds of exhibitors. Gen Con attendees can expect to see all of their favorite programs such as the Costume Contest, Auction, Art Show, Family Fun Pavilion, eGame Arena and much more!

Chain Mail Girl Partner Sai Sword Girl

If you like Chain Mail Girl you'll like Sai Sword Girl.

Gen Con '08

Gen Con '08 is just around the corner and to get you ready here are some pics from Gen Con '07.

Zombie Preparedness Day

I can't believe I missed it!! April 3 was Zombie Preparedness Day. Someone did a real bad job of getting the word out about this. I cannot stress how important this is for all of us. I was recently quoted in our local paper about the importance of having a plan in case of a zombie infestation. It is just as important to have a zombie infestation plan as it is to have a fire escape or hurricane escape plan.

D&D 4TH Edition

As most gamers know by now Wizards of the Coast is putting out D&D 4Th Editon this year. I wanted to post on it and was putting together what I wanted to say, but came across this post and this post on Trollsmyth's Blog which pretty much sum up what I wanted to say. Thanks Trollsmyth.

Have a Good Weekend

How could you not after seeing a picture of Chain mail Girl!!

Chain Mail Girl

I recently found a couple pictures of Chain Mail Girl and thought "I need to share these" so here she is in all her chain mail hotness.

Gen Con Heroscape VI Last One!!

Here are the last of the pictures I took of the Heroscape stuff at Gen Con. Man there is a lot of cool stuff for this game.

Some more Swarm of the Marro Figures:

Jotun and Grimnak about to fight it out:

My favorite Unique hero (a big thank you to this Hasbro employee for being a good sport and humoring me):

Don't forget October 20 is national Play Heroscape Day. Play Heroscape October 20 even if you get together with a few friends. If you organize a big event contact House Mouse Games for some cool free Heroscape name tags.

Gen Con Babes Part 6

Here we have a Gen Con staple, Duct Tape Girl as she was referred to last year. Here she is back with another cool costume. Then we have one of the ladies that were promioting belly dancing at Gen con. It was absolutely amazing to see the way they moved.

Gen Con Babes Part V Attack of the Booth Babes

Booth babes, God love em. It takes a special gal to be a booth babe. Here are a three I liked.

Gen Con Babes Part 4, I Love My Geek

I love this shirt. Any gamer, fan boy, or geek has a duty to buy this shirt for your wife or girlfriend.

Gen Con Babes Continue

Here we have Tiger Girl's partner School Girl.

Tiger Girl

Yet another Gen Con babe, Tiger Girl. Of course she did mention that 2006 will be the last year as Tiger Girl. Let's hope she comes up with something just as cool for next year.