UPDATE: Congrats to lucky #15, courtesy of me counting all eligible entries twice and “rolling” on random.org. Grats to SiliconWolf!

The wonderful folks at Gator Games just sent us a review copy of the new Neverwinter Campaign Setting book and guess what? They want one of YOU lucky readers to have one, too.

This D&D Game Supplement is written by Matt Sernett, Erik Scott de Bie, and Ari Marmell.

“A heroic campaign set in one of the most popular regions of the Forgotten Realms world.

Reduced to ruins by supernatural cataclysms, Neverwinter rises from the ashes to reclaim its title as the Jewel of the North. Yet even as its citizens return and rebuild, hidden forces pursue their own goals and vendettas, any one of which could tear the city apart.

Neverwinter has long been one of the most popular locations in the Forgotten Realms campaign world. This book presents a complete heroic-tier campaign setting that plunges players into the politics, skullduggery, and peril of a city on the brink of destruction or greatness. A wealth of information about Neverwinter and its environs is provided: maps, quests, encounters, and statistics — everything a Dungeon Master needs for his heroic tier adventures.” — from the Wizards of the Coast description.

Our very own GGG will be posting his review of the Neverwinter Campaign Setting soon, but for now, how about entering to win a free copy of your very own?

To Receive One Chance At Winning:

Leave a comment below. Be sure your email address is correct, because that’s how we’ll contact you when you win!

Example: I want to win!

To Receive Another Chance At Winning:

Follow @geeksdreamgirl and @gatorgames. Tweet about the contest, tagging both of us and linking to this blog post.  Then add your Twitter name to your comment.

(Twitter has a tendency to eat tweets when I go back to search, so to be SURE your tweet is counted, add your Twitter name to your comment. Who knows, you may pick up more followers!)

Example of a 2 Chances Comment: I want to win!  My Twitter name is @davethegame.

Example Tweet: I just entered to win the #Neverwinter Campaign Setting book from @gatorgames and @geeksdreamgirl. http://bit.ly/ozn6r4 #dnd

Scroll down and leave a comment to enter!  Check out our great sponsor, Gator Games.

Note: This contest is open to residents of the US and Canada only. Contest ends Friday, 9/2/11 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time. The winner will be announced on Monday, 9/5/11.

About Gator Games:

Gator Games is an FLGS (Friendly Local Gaming Store) operating in San Mateo, CA., and if you are in the area then do yourself a favor and make them your gaming store.  But if you are not, it doesn’t matter, because Gator Games has a website with an online store that is certain to satisfy all of your hobby needs with some really great deals.

Gator Games also offers German games and an expanded selection of RPGs, card games, miniatures, dice and boardgames.Visit Gator Games’ website today.

You can also find them on Facebook (Gator Games & Hobby) and Myspace.

Gator Games & Hobby
4212 Olympic Ave
San Mateo CA 94403
650-571-PLAY(7529)

What Is FlipMe?

From their website:

Ever been out somewhere, seen someone you were attracted to and not do anything about it because you were either intimidated or just too shy? FlipMe arms you with the greatest ice-breaker ever. Simply give someone a card. If they are interested, they can use the unique codes on the card to communicate exclusively with you.

You register your pack of cards on the FlipMe website and fill in a few details. If someone who took your card is interested in you, they can ping you through FlipMe’s website.

It’s not a dating profile, so for those folks who aren’t good writers don’t have to worry. Besides, if someone has your card, it means they’ve seen you in real life, and that’s the first hurdle in dating, isn’t it?

A Chat with Founder, Rachel DeAlto

e: Tell me a bit about what inspired you to start FlipMe.

Rachel: It honestly all started with the way I met John, my husband. We were an almost missed connection, but he passed me a note while I was having lunch with my parents. A couple years ago we were talking about how we met and how many other people could meet that way.

It was developed as a way to flirt in those type of situations where you cant just go up and start a conversation (my dad is a big guy!)

e: Is the idea then to slip these to folks you’re afraid/unable to talk with?

Rachel: Exactly – there might not be that perfect moment to strike up a conversation. Plus, it eliminates the fear of rejection that you get when you approach someone without knowing if they are interested, taken, etc.

e: As a shy geek myself, I can see these as being pretty useful at conventions. See someone in an awesome costume, you want to let them know you’re interested…  A lot of guys ask me about how to flirt with girls at conventions. It’s kinda hard since there are strangers from all over the world at the bigger cons.

Rachel: Exactly! Its really really hard to approach people sometimes. There are the few that dont have an issue striking up a conversation anytime anywhere, but most of us dont want to put ourselves out there that far. We try to make it the best of both worlds. I am actually a big fan of the wingman(woman) flip – I hand out these cards like crazy for my single friends (John wont let me use them myself – ).

e: Do you do it when you’re out with them? Or do you just find single guys you think your friend might like and give it out then?

Rachel: Both!  I have about 5 left for my one friend that I use without her – the guys get a kick out of it and I get to play matchmaker

e: That is pretty awesome. Do you have a sample page of what someone would see when they log in to see someone’s profile?

Rachel:  Yes, this page has the message center with a screenshot of what the profile looks like when it pops up – right now it has the users picture and username, and we are also adding a feature where (if the member wants to) they can add a bit about themselves. We really wanted to eliminate preconceived notions so we dont use a typical online dating profile.

I think people often automatically eliminate potential dates when their profile says something that they dont “think” they like, ie. you could be allergic to cats but your soulmate could have two. You could realize its worth going on Benadryl permanently

e: So they get a little picture and then a way to contact the person. Do they email through the site first and then through regular email?

Rachel: When they enter the codes on the card they received they get a picture of the person they are talking with and can communicate on the site. The message center is similar to Facebook, where the pictures show up with each conversation. Most of the time people go back and forth a couple times, see if they are interested, and then exchange their personal emails or digits.

e: What’s pretty cool to me about this is that it really doesn’t matter how many people are members of the site in your area. You can be the only flipper in town and it’ll work just as well.

Rachel: Exactly – you aren’t limited to our members like in a traditional online dating site. You can connect with anyone anywhere, and its always free for them.

e: Have you gotten any cool/funny success stories?

Rachel: Well I haven’t been invited to any weddings yet (I LOVE weddings ) but we do have members that are dating. It’s funny, I hear a lot from women using them that they don’t even use the website. The card is the icebreaker, and they end up talking right there in person and exchanging info.

e: Hehehe, well, I guess they work then!

Rachel: Thats exactly what they were intended for, an icebreaker that lets you flirt with people that you normally wouldn’t be able to approach. If there is a chemistry there, it doesn’t matter how you met, but that you met

e: True, true. The privacy thing is there, too, which is nice. Better than a business card.

Rachel: You can get in some seriously awkward situations with business cards. Its a lot of info out there. Before I met John I handed out my business cards a few times, and once had a guy that literally called my office three times a day until I called him back to say it wasn’t going to work, mostly because he was a stalker. LOL!

e: Have you heard anything from same-sex couples or folks interested in non-traditional relationships (polyamorous, etc)? I’d think it would be less awkward to hand someone a card than to flirt in person and make them uncomfortable if they don’t swing your way.

Rachel: We think its a huge benefit for same-sex and non-traditional relationships. It has to be really hard to have to guess someone’s sexual preference, and it can get touchy if your guess is wrong!

e: Is FlipMe a global thing yet, or just US?

Rachel: Right now we are US only, but working on getting it to the UK asap. Canada and UK are at the top of the list, but we have literally had requests from all over the world.

e: Is there any promo code I could give my other readers as an incentive to go sign up?

Rachel: Absolutely – they can use FLIPPINGOUT5 for $5 off!

The Contest!

Rachel’s goal is to have many, many different sets of FlipMe cards, so that people can hand out cards that reflect their personality. I thought it would be great to have some geeky cards that convention-goers could hand out to the folks who pique their interest.

If you…

• Are single (or in a relationship that enables you to have additional partners)
• Live in the U.S.
• Would LOVE to try a 3-month (30 card) membership of FlipMe for free…. and…
• Are willing to be interviewed (anonymously if you like) on Geek’s Dream Girl in a few months about your experience

…then you should enter this contest!

To Enter

Leave a comment that says “FLIP ME, PLEASE!”

To receive an additional entry…

Leave a geeky pickup line (or a bunch!)

To receive an additional entry…

Tweet (and use your Twitter address as your URL in your comment):

Got a geeky pickup line? Add it to the @flipmedating contest on @geeksdreamgirl! http://j.mp/flipgdg #geekypickuplines

Help A Friend!

If you just want to add a pickup line but have no interest in winning, you can still have fun with us!  In your comment, you can sponsor a friend who already entered. Just let me know who you’d like your comment to sponsor and I shall make it so.

…or hey, if you just wanna add pickup lines and not sponsor anybody, that’s cool too. The more, the merrier!

This contest ends on Tuesday 11/9/10 at 11:59 ET and is open to residents of the US only. The winner will receive a pack of 30 FlipMe cards and a free 3-month subscription to FlipMeDating.

Example Entry:

FLIP ME, PLEASE!

Ideas for pickup lines:

• Your costume is almost as cute as you are.
• I like the way you roll your dice.
• My superpower isn’t flirting.

]]> http://geeksdreamgirl.com/2010/11/02/contest-flipme-your-best-geeky-pickup-lines/feed/ 11 http://geeksdreamgirl.com/2010/10/25/contest-its-gammaween-win-gamma-world-from-gator-games/ http://geeksdreamgirl.com/2010/10/25/contest-its-gammaween-win-gamma-world-from-gator-games/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:10:08 +0000 e http://geeksdreamgirl.com/?p=6264 The wonderful folks at Gator Games just sent me my very own Gamma World box set and guess what? They want one of YOU lucky readers to have one, too.

UPDATE: Congrats, Seth White! The random.org gods chose your mutant as the winning entry.

If you’ve been under a rock, Gamma World was just released this month by Wizards of the Coast. It’s set in a world where everything is either crazy or radioactive (sometimes both!) and you get to play fun mutants like a cat-hawk man or a yeti cockroach. As the guys at Penny Arcade have said, you may not go back to playing D&D after you’ve played Gamma World. It’s THAT awesome.

To Receive One Chance At Winning:

Leave a comment below.

Example: I want to win!

To Receive Another Chance At Winning:

In the same comment, add a description of a Halloween themed mutant.

Example: I want to win! For Halloween, I’d like to see a half-pumpkin, half-cat mutant that spits Hershey’s miniatures.

To Receive Another Chance At Winning:

Follow @geeksdreamgirl and @gatorgames. Tweet about the contest, tagging both of us.  Then add your Twitter name to your comment.

(Twitter has a tendency to eat tweets when I go back to search, so to be SURE your tweet is counted, add your Twitter name to your comment. Who knows, you may pick up more followers!)

Example of 3 Chances: I want to win! For Halloween, I’d like to see a half-pumpkin, half-cat mutant that spits Hershey’s miniatures. My Twitter name is @davethegame.

Example Tweet: My half-pumpkin, half-cat that spits chocolate is going to win a free Gamma World box from @gatorgames and @geeksdreamgirl. #gammaween

Scroll down and leave a comment to enter!  Check out our great sponsor, Gator Games.  Use the coupon code GEEKSDREAM for a special discount there!

Note: This contest is open to residents of the US and Canada only. Contest ends Friday, 10/29/10 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time. The winner will be announced on Monday, 11/1/10.

About Gator Games:

Gator Games is an FLGS (Friendly Local Gaming Store) operating in San Mateo, CA., and if you are in the area then do yourself a favor and make them your gaming store.  But if you are not, it doesn’t matter, because Gator Games has a website with an online store that is certain to satisfy all of your hobby needs with some really great deals.

Gator Games also offers German games and an expanded selection of RPGs, card games, miniatures, dice and boardgames. Visit Gator Games’ website today.

You can also find them on Facebook (Gator Games & Hobby) and Myspace.

Gator Games & Hobby
4212 Olympic Ave
San Mateo CA 94403
650-571-PLAY(7529)

Maybe someone who could write your profile, search for matches for you, help you write those pesky first contact emails, tell you exactly what to reply and when to pop the “how about dinner?” question…

Wouldn’t that be awesome?

We’re nearly to the year MMX, and I wanted to give out a very special prize to one lucky geek as a way of saying THANK YOU for all the fun and fellowship we’ve had in 2009.

Gold d20 Package – worth $249

The Gold d20 Package is a 30 day service package, which includes:

• The Works Profile Creation
• Photo Critique
• Weekly coaching sessions via IMs/email
• “Freshen Up” profile edits
• We find matches for you every week!
• We’ll help you write emails to your matches – 40 first contact emails and unlimited replies to emails you receive during your 30 days.
• Free membership in GeekMMM!

There’s one catch…

You must be a member of GeekMMM to win.

What’s GeekMMM?

• It’s short for the Geek Monthly Matchmaking Mailer!
• Every month you get a newsletter with dating advice that is exclusive to GeekMMM members.
• Every month 2-4 members are featured as Geeks of the Month. You can email them if you find them interesting and perhaps strike up a geek love connection!
• “Office Hours” in our private, members-only chat room with E and/or J to get help with your dating profile, advice about your relationships, or anything you’d like.
• As our list of geek grows, I’ll be able to match you up with other single geeks in your area for friendship and possibly more!

More Info

• About the Gold d20 Package - everything you’d want to know about the awesome prize you could win!
• About GeekMMM – everything you’d want to know about GeekMMM, which you seriously should be a part of anyway! It’s a prize in itself!

To Win

Be registered for GeekMMM before 2010 arrives for the east coast of the USA. A winner will be rolled for using random.org and matched with their number in the GeekMMM database. The winner will be contacted via their GeekMMM email and announced on the blog in early 2010.

Already a member? Awesome, you’re entered. Sit back and enjoy your holidays.

Not a member yet? Better get on it!

Good luck!

My favorite items are the notepads for all situations.  I own the ALL OUT OF Pad where you check off food and household supplies during the week so you’re not doing the shopping list dance five minutes before going out the door to the supermarket.

But the coolest thing are the awesome products for folks in relationships. Here are a few of my favorites for singles and couples:

• Sweet Nothings Pad (to leave a love note for your partner)
• Romance Pros/Cons Pad (great for people with too many romantic options, or who need to decide whether it’s time to dump someone!)
• Things You Must Do To Make Me Happy Pad (I got one of these for free – gotta use it soon! Good for daters or couples.)

There are many more, but you can go check ‘em out yourself.

You Can Win a Freebie!

The folks at KnockKnock.biz are donating a Pickups & Come-Ons for All Occasions book to a lucky reader of Geek’s Dream Girl.

This 112 page book contains over 485 different pickup lines for every possible scenario.  Whether you want to laugh at them or use them is your choice!  Retail value of the book is $7.95.

Leave a comment on this post to enter to win. That’s it. Easy-peasy.

A winner will be drawn at random next Wednesday, 12/9/09 and the book will be shipped to them directly from KnockKnock.  Good luck!

Unlike the edition wars crowd, I enjoy 4e as much as I enjoyed 3.5.  (Though I will admit I enjoy that there are fewer numbers in 4e.  I’ve never been good at numbers.)  I got a chance to play Savage Worlds at ConCarolinas in May and had a blast.  For me, it’s never really been about a system as much as having fun with friends and getting to be part of a crazy story.

So, in the spirit of happy roleplayers everywhere, I’ve teamed with the wonderful folks at Gator Games to give away a free copy of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Core Rulebook.

How To Enter

There are two ways to enter this contest.  Both ways have an equal chance of winning, to be accommodating to those folks who aren’t Twitter addicts.

Due to shipping costs (heavy book!), this contest is open to US residents (and overseas military personnel with an APO/FPO address) only.

Comment Entry

Leave a comment on this post detailing your absolute favorite thing about the 3.x system.  It doesn’t have to be long (unless you want to be long-winded), maybe just your favorite class or feat or spell or magic item.

WARNING:  Comments that are phrased in a way that incite ill will toward 4e will be deleted.  You all are mature enough to be able to do this without being snarky.  As an example of what NOT to do:  “What I loved about 3.x is that it wasn’t like an MMO.“   Got it?  Good.  We want to pick winners, not wieners.

Comments are one per person and are weighted equally with the Twitter half of the contest.   More on that in a minute…

Twitter Entry

Entering the Twitter half of the contest is really easy.   Follow the contest sponsor (@gatorgames), and retweet things you find interesting.  You may RT up to five times per day from Monday through Friday.

Gator Games’ owner, Jean Seaborg, posts from 6-10 game links a day – current news, game updates, reviews, podcasts.  She’s also known to find and tweet cool freebie deals.  The last one was a free cookie at Mrs. Fields… om nom nom.

The Randomness

On Saturday, I will roll for the two finalists… one from the comments section here, and one from the week’s Twitter entries.  To determine the winner, a coin will be flipped.   A post announcing the winner will be made on Monday morning, October 12, 2009.

About Our Sponsor

Many thanks to Gator Games of San Mateo, California for sponsoring the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Core Rulebook contest!   If you’re close enough to make them your Friendly Local Gaming Store, please go check them out in person.

If you’re clear across the country like me, Gator Games has an online store full of used games, cards to build your ultimate Magic or Yu-Gi-Oh deck, minis, and all sorts of goodies.

You can also sign up for the weekly newsletter to get a quick review of all the new releases of the week.  Last, but not least, feel free to friend them on Facebook (Gator Games & Hobby), Myspace, or FriendFeed in addition to Twitter.

Thanks Jean for donating this prize!  I’m looking forward to reading some great comments below and giving away this book to a lucky reader!

(Note:  I know my audience well, so I’m going to say this before someone points it out.  I realize this is in the D&D category of posts and that Pathfinder is not D&D. The reason it is categorized D&D is because RPGBloggers only grabs my posts in that category’s feed – and I wanted to be sure this post got put up there.  If this gets your tightywhities in a wad, I apologize and will try to still love you even though you’re anal.  Much love, e.)

In this post you’ll find:

• The winner (you?)
• My favorite entries from the week (you? You won’t win a prize – sorry! – but maybe you’ll gain some new Twitter followers who like the way you think!)

Here we go…

The Winner

Mateodefuego is our winner!!

Email me with a snail mail address where I can send your Dungeon Master’s Guide 2!

The Suckups

Honorable Mentions

These are the #famousDMs that made my day:

• ComputerSherpa: #famousDM Capt. Kirk. Almost every session would have a fist fight, a Bluff check, and one or more alien babes. Somehow, he’d rip his shirt.
• Ooze: #famousDM TMNT: Cowabunga! Forget the game, It’s Pizza time!
• kenhall57: Wiley Coyote – #famousDM – Intricate Traps that never work. ACME Swords that Shatter on Impact.
• countingku: #famousDM Scooby-Doo: Rut ro, rayers. Rooks rike rouble! Roll for rinititive! Roy rese ronsters rawr rarwy! *hides under table shivering*
• Ooze: @geeksdreamgirl #famousDM Mr. Magoo: I cant see the number you just rolled, player… Another natural 20? Well Done!
• allgeektout: Dilbert’s Boss- Although he’s incompetent, he understands you refer to all failed checks as “opportunities”  #famousdm
• JesterOC: #famousDM Trix Rabbit. He would create wild complex plots for the PC’s to eventually unravel. Nat 20′s invoke phrase “Crits are for kids!”
• bpsymington: #famousDM – The Kool Aid Pitcher Guy – would be an expert on strength skill checks to burst through walls
• countingku: The Doughboy: Nothin’ says lovin’ like PCs in the oven! Get in the oven! *pokes belly* teeheee! Maybe this isn’t such a good idea? #famousDM
• Siliconwolf: #famousDM: Burger King, cause he knows how to run a great sandbox game, so you can really Have it Your Way.
• jatori:  #famousdm Nietzsche: Pelor is dead.
• betterwithmayo: Barney Stinson: because every encounter would be Legen…wait for it…DARY! #famousDM
• SagaciousT: @geeksdreamgirl Stewie Griffin: “Hello, I’ll be your Deehemm for this evening” Player: “Why are you saying lit like that?” #FamousDM
• KenofGhastria: #famousDM Sylar, because when he says that zombies are going to rip open your PCs’ skulls & eat their brains, you know that he means it.
• pseckler: #famousDM Dwight Shrute from the Office.. he obviously plays, and I would get bonus points for saying I am bringing beets as rations.
• d20monkey: Gordon Ramsay: Why didn’t you roll your thievery? Bloody hell, Donkey! #FamousDM
• jlfergus: #FamousDM Dr. Horrible: This dungeon is EVIL muhahaha… it’s evil, right guys? Totally evil and devious…. ?
• Siliconwolf: #FamousDM Sheldon Cooper: The game will be played RAW, but really do you want this rules lawyer as a player? No just make him the DM
• JesterOC: #famousDM Jack Chick:Magic spells have authentic rituals certified by satanic cults.Players constantly humiliated until they become suicidal
• bartoneus: Optimus Prime would be a great DM, because in the end I know all I’d have to do is put the cube in his damn chest! #famousDM
• cicero753: Daddy Warbucks would be an amazing DM think of all the gold he could hand out #famousDM
• LucasPuryear: #FamousDM Paris Hilton, all NPC’s can be won over with a new pair of boots or outwitted with an intelligence roll of 1
• doctor_madu: #famousDM Will Shakespeare: “All the world’s a table, and those at it merely players — they have their crits and their saves….”
• toddster: #famousDM Iago’s games always seem to devolve into PvP combat but he swears he’s got nothing to do with it…
• Zonk: Know who I’d want for my #famousDM? My boy Charles Darwin. Dude would recognize the importance of a slow story buildup.
• DarthKrzysztof: #famousDM People keep showing up for Uwe Boll’s console-adapted campaigns, but they can’t explain why. They don’t admit to it, either.
• JohnduBois: #famousDM Yakov Smirnoff only runs games in Soviet Russia, where roles play you.
• JohnduBois: #famousDM HAL9000 can’t let you do that, Dave.
• Hellzon: #famousDM Sigmund Freud. “Jeez guys, sometimes a purple worm is just a purple worm.”
• aquelajames: My #famousDM: Gandalf. Kind, wise, and leads you into the most terrifying adventure of your life while letting you think it’s your choice.
• tonydowler: #famousDM Caligula: all Bachannal Larp, all day!
• jaredsorensen: #famousDM Spielberg: Door to the dungeon opens and bathed in light is a orphaned goblin eating Reeses Pieces. Oh, and yer sword is a torch.
• AVJax: #Famousdm President Bush All evidence points to the dragons of Argonessen being able to unlease massive destruction on Sharn in 45 minutes
• toddster: #famousDM Holden Caufield won’t let his players roll Drow characters cause he thinks they’re “phony”.
• jaredmcfarland: #famousDM Christopher Walken: “And then. You can see. THE DRAGON. It’s breathing fire. Scales. Everywhere. Roll. For initiative.”
• UFLawJoe: #famousDM Morgan Freeman. His voice can make any narrative epic. Also, he has experience as a God.
• majyc: #FamousDM Bugs Bunny “You fall in the trap 20′ deep into a gelatinous cube; the cockatrice chasing you falls too… Ain’t I a stinker?”
• amyunbounded: #FamousDM Elmer Fudd: Your wanger cweeps up on the wascals! Woll to see if he’s vewy, vewy quiet!
• reveal74: #FamousDM Steve Jobs: Every week, he’ll have new rules to make his setting fit his vision perfectly. No one else can ever use his setting.
• Siliconwolf: #FamousDM @donttrythis , Adam Savage, there is always a myth to solve, and the props man, the PROPS!
• profpope: #FamousDM John Lennon “This is my new girlfriend. She’s just going to hang out and watch us play.” Group disbands 2 weeks later.
• majyc: #FamousDM Lucy van Pelt “You swing your stupid sword and you hit the stupid orc. That will be 5 cents, please.”
• unclebear: “It puts the miniature on the battlemat. It does this whenever it is told” = Buffalo Bill #famousdm
• newbiedm: Samuel Jackson: No Mother F’er you CAN’T make a MutherF’ing strength MotherF’ing Check. Don’t you speak MotherF’ing English? #famousdm
• countingku: Mystique would be the greatest DM ever, she really BECOMES her NPCs, or her PCs, sowing fear and distrust in the group #famousDM
• chgowiz: #FamousDM Bob Barker: “Now step right up and spin the wheel and let’s see what we go. Oh no, 1, that’s a fumble! I’m sorry, bye-bye!”
• reveal74: #FamousDM Jerry Seinfeld: “And what’s the deal with trail rations? You usually eat them in a dungeon. Shouldn’t they be dungeon rations?”
• Milambus: #FamousDM Jeff Probst. Each campaign takes place in different exotic location, and after each session a player is voted out.
• ChattyDM: #FamousDM, Macgyver; “All right guys, you have 20′ of rope, a Tinderbox, 2 pints of Oil and a Donkey. You have to destroy that Drow citadel”
• kleedrac: #FamousDM @ThatKevinSmith: Tons of foul language but the campaign is d20 modern and you always end up in a mall for some reason.
• newbiedm: Barbara Walters: She’d make you cry and confess to anything as she questions your pc. #famousdm
• Mateodefuego: #FamousDM Monte Python would be a fun DM, “You see a cute little bunny, You all fail your reflex and are dead” “But we didn’t roll?”
• Dice_Girl: #FamousDM Codex from The Guild would be a fun DM. She would try her best to always keep the party together and awesome magic items (+5 Dex)
• LucasPuryear: #FamousDM Joss Whedon, the campaign would be fun and have great characters but would ultimately be cancelled too soon or played out of order
• trollsmyth: #FamousDM Mr. T – “I pity da fool who enters my dungeon without a 10′ pole. Roll a save vs. pain, suckas!
• BrotherMagneto: Quentin Tarantino as DM: 4 hour session of which 3hr50min is PCs talking to NPCs and the other 10 minutes are single-roll combat #famousDM
• Serok42: Emeril would yell BAM! every time he hit your character. That would get annoying fast. #famousDM
• creativedv8tion: #famousDM Adolf Hitler who wanted to run everyone else’s games. Also known for agree to co-DM a game with Joe S, but then backstabbing him
• waiwode: #famousDM Joe McCarthy. Continually accuses his players of playing in another game with Joseph Stalin
• newbiedm: Dick Cheney: Because his monsters will “accidentally” shoot each other while hunting you. #famousdm
• DMingNicholas: #FamousDM Barack Obama: He’d be great with description and political drama. Plus he always says yes, you can to your crazy ideas!
• ve4grm: Wash from Firefly. The great imagination, voices, and, of course, sudden but inevitable betrayals! Mal would need to be a player. #famousDM
• countingku: Lucky the Leprechaun: You know he has to be inventive because they’re always looking for his Lucky Charms! #famousDM
• countingku: Pinky, are you pondering what I’m pondering? I think so, Brain, but shouldn’t the bat boy be wearing a cape? #famousDM
• Atras126: Q from Star Trek: no need to use minis! #famousDM
• thuranraven: I would love to have Vicini from the Princess Bride as my GM. I just know it would involve Italians and a Land war in Asia! #famousDM
• reveal74: Dora the Explorer’s games would be nothing but a railroad. You go from point A to B to C with no way to get off-track. #FamousDM
• dumas_drift: Chuck Norris, because the speed of his wits is only surpassed by that of his roundhouse kick. #famousdm
• DaveTheGame: Kanye West played in Taylor Swift’s game once, but kept interrupting to say Beyonce was the best GM of all time. #famousDM
• maialideth: Batman, the batcave would make the perfect gaming room, and he’d have holographic battlemats and minis #famousDM
• WyattSalazar: Lord Voldemort would be an awesome DM. He’d rip up the module and hide it in 7 places in the house. “I am invincible now, PCs!” #famousDM
• ChattyDM: #FamousDM My name is Inigo Montoya, you have destroyed my carefully prepared, overly complex, railroad story, prepared to DIE!

And my all-time favorite:

• Siliconwolf: #FamousDM Dos Equis Guy: He can roll a 20 on a d12. He can play D&D–in GURPS. He IS–the most interesting DM in the world.

Thanks to everyone who entered the contest!  Check out Visible Tweets to see a cool animated version of the #famousDMs.  And seriously, even if you don’t play 4e, there’s plenty of great stuff in the DMG2 that you’ll want to at least give it a flip through at your FLGS… or seriously, just buy it.  Really.

As a fairly new DM, I’m excited about the DMG2.   At the moment, I am planning out an Eberron campaign that I’ll eventually get around to running.  The DMG2 is a candy store full of awesome ideas and things I definitely want to steal and use as part of my campaign.

I’m also excited about D&D Game Day this Saturday!  DaveTheGame and I are going to play at a FLGS and then (hopefully) play again at home with more friends that night!  And arrrrr, perhaps talk like a pirate too.

There are tons of great reviews about the DMG2 out there, so how’s about I do the contest part and I let you read the previews and reviews some of my good friends have written?

Read Up on WHY You Want a DMG2

• Critical-Hits – Review: Dungeon Master’s Guide 2
• StupidRanger – DMG2 Review, aka Why I Love Robin Laws
• DungeonMastering – Video Review by Nick
• Fist Full of Comics & Games – Crushing Wall Trap
• At-Will – Hellbound Soldier template
• Icosahedrophilia- Swinging Rope or Vine terrain
• GeekDad – Customizing Monsters

(Got a DMG2 review on your blog?  Leave your link in the comments and I’ll add it up here.)

Enter The #famousDM Contest

Unlike ChattyDM’s #aboutmyPC contest, I only have one prize to give away, so entering (and winning) will be easier on all of us!

Here’s the question…

What famous character (book, TV, movies, etc.)
would you like to have as a DM and why?

Answer that question via Twitter and tag it #famousDM.

For example:

Stewie Griffin would be the ultimate sadistic DM. After all, DMing is world domination, right?  “Victory is mine!”  Poor PCs. #famousDM

Be sure you tag it #famousDM, otherwise I won’t see it to enter you into the contest.

To Win

To be eligible your entry must:

• Be posted to Twitter before Friday, September 25th at 11:59 pm EST.
• Be tagged #famousDM.
• Give the name of a famous character and a reason why you’d like to see them as your DM.

You can enter as often as you like, but if your reasons start to get lame like “…cuz it would be fun” or “…because I’d want to see what he’d do” then I have the right to exclude that entry because you’re a lazy bum.

All eligible entries will be tossed in the Hat of Randomness (aka an Excel spreadsheet), and the Hand of Randomness (aka random.org) will draw the number of the winner, which will be announced on Monday, September 28.

Good luck and let the fictitious DMs roll!!

Well, non-voter, I’m here to tell you that you need to march your fingers over to the ballot box and vote, if only for the fine gentlemen of Critical-Hits.com.

Here are 3 perfectly good reasons to vote for Critical-Hits.com and 3 totally random ones that you can use if you need alternative motivation.

The Legitimate Reasons

1: Critical-Hits is the epitome of journalistic excellence in a gaming blog.  While other blogs are full of off-topic and inane posts, Critical-Hits always delivers on-topic, well-written news and reviews about gaming culture.

2: Critical-Hits has been around for nearly 4 years and they’re not going anywhere.  I’m not sure if that makes them the oldest website in the ENnies Best Website category, but it might.  The younger sites have plenty of time to win!

3: DaveTheGame, Editor-in-Chief of Critical-Hits, just got his Masters degree in Publications Design.  What does this mean for you?  It means that he’s committed to making his website even better!  So much so that he’s paid good money to get the education necessary to take it to the next level.

Illegitimate Reasons

1: I’m dating DaveTheGame and would have to console his sorry ass for the rest of GenCon if he didn’t at least get a Silver award.

2: Bartoneus has an adorable puppy.  Witness the cute:

3: Because I said so, and as my loyal minion, you really should do as I say.  Oh, this one time, I got to write a post for them.

Go vote for Critical-Hits in the ENnies.  You don’t have to vote for ANYTHING ELSE if you don’t want.  (Tho I do recommend voting for Dwarven Sweatshoppe – I have one of their dice trays and it is beautiful!)

CLICK HERE!  ROCK THE VOTE!

(Vote 1 because Critical-Hits is #1!)

Clarification:  I care lots about the ENnies and love Morrus and his work at ENworld.  The post title was clickbait.  If you’re reading this, I guess it worked!

Stabbie the rogue did a flying ninja flip up onto the dragon’s head and force-fed it the antidote to the evil curse!  It was totally awesome.

…and I won a prize I totally didn’t need.

Well, other than for getting more traffic (hooray, honesty!) and giving stuff away to people!

Want to win the Eberron Player’s Guide?   Post a comment below!

This contest is open to those in the U.S. (or active military personnel with an APO/FPO address!).

I’d love to open it up to everyone, but sending one book to somewhere as close as Canada is over $20.  If you live outside the U.S. and want to pay your own shipping, feel free to enter (but I think it would be cheaper for you to just buy the book!).

CONTEST ENDS 7/17/09, 11:59 PM EST.