But with the advent of Mielka on Monday, something new TBA on Wednesday, and Phighter on Saturdays, I’m finding that I’m using almost all of the flavors of dice, which makes for one overcrowded penguin.

That’s when I read the review that Martin over at Gnome Stew wrote about Marsbarn’s dice bags.  It was such a glowing review that I just had to go over there and buy one for myself.

I scanned through the offerings and fell in love with two of the fabrics – the green celtic fabric (I have blindingly white skin and dark hair – kiss me, I’m Irish!) and the black monster eyes fabric.

The problem?

There was not a bag for sale that involved the two fabrics together.  I emailed the seller to ask if it was a possibility.  To my glee, Heather wrote back and said that it was and if I went to the site right at that very moment, I’d see an item with my name on it.  Sweet!

My dice bag arrived in less than a week, even with the custom order.  Because I have yet to find the cord that connects my camera to my laptop and my phone’s camera would not do the bag justice, I have yoinked some pictures from Heather’s Etsy page to show what my bag looks like.  I’m sure she won’t mind since she’s getting free publicity!

Celtic side:

Monsters side:

Inside (monsters in!):

What’s Awesome About This Bag:

• Size:  It’s huge.  4″x4″ on the bottom and 5″ tall.  I had to go buy two more sets of dice so it would look more full.  The green set is rolling very well!
• Crafts-woman-ship:  It’s sewn together very well.  Having made several feeble attempts at sewing, I can tell you that this bag is well made by someone who knows what she’s doing!
• Drawstring & Toggle:  Not only does the bag close tight, you can slide up the toggle to lock it shut.  The ends of the drawstring are sealed so they won’t fray – a nice touch.
• Fully Reversible:  If I’m in an Irish mood, I can have the green side out.  If I’m in a Monsters, RAWR! mood, I can have the monsters out.
• Square Bottom:  The bag has a square bottom, which means it stands up on its own.  I can fold down the sides and have a nice view of all the dice.  On Saturday I was able to shuffle all the dice around so they were vaguely grouped by type.  Very handy.
• Price:  $12 & $3 shipping – A steal for such a well-made and totally awesome bag of dice holding.

Go Get One, Geek Friends!

What are you waiting for?  Go to Marsbarn at Etsy to order yours today!  Because really, don’t you want to have something in common with people as awesome as Martin Ralya and me?  (Was I gutsy enough to group myself in with the god of the gnomes?  Yes, yes I was.)  Seriously, tho, this bag is the best one you’ll find anywhere on the web.  Buy one so you can be like the cool kids.

D&D Related

• Dante at StupidRanger reviews the 4e Dungeon Master’s Guide.
• Shelly Mazzanoble of Wizards of the Coast (and Confessions of a Part-Time Sorceress fame) is a Dungeon Master.  May the gods help us all.
• John at Gnome Stew had a totally awesome post entitled: What Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog Can Teach You About GMing.
• Dave at Critical Hits would like some tips from GenCon veterans about True Dungeon.  (Note to my GeekBoy – you’d better get over there and comment, dear!)
• Happy blogiversary to Yax and Expy of DungeonMastering.  By the way, YOU (yes, you!) should be sure you’ve voted for DungeonMastering in the ENnies!  When you’re done, check out Things You Ought To Know About Your DM.  (My advice – know his favorite cookie variety and bring them!)
• Propagandroid at The Gamer Dome is working on an index to the 4e PHB, since the existing one, well… sucks.

General Geekery

• Felicia Day of The Guild and Dr. Horrible fame was interviewed at ComicCon by Mahalo Daily.  She’s going to be on an episode of House!  I’m so excited.  Now, if we can just get her on an episode of Big Bang Theory, my life would be complete.
• GeekNews (and GDG Commenter Alan!) pointed out a great tool to see your website as colorblind people do.
• GeekSugar had the neatest little thing – The Hang On Outlet.  It holds the plugs of things you don’t want plugged in, but also don’t want dangling around everywhere.
• Geekologie presents: Geeky Stained Glass and 25 Gesture Rock-Paper-Scissors.   Warning:  The latter will cause you to kill way too much time.
• Get fit and get a piece of Internet History!  Hawty McBloggy points the way to get a Wii Fit that is signed by the Wii Fit Girl!!  Get it now on ebay – before August 1st!
• Phil at ChattyDM just finished a four part series on RPG Blogging.   Trask at Living Dice was nice enough to tack on a 5th installment about SEO.

That’s it for the feedin’ this week!  Hope you’re full of geeky goodness!

D&D Related

• Happy 100th PostDay to GnomeStew!  This blog is really excellent, so if you’re not subscribed to their feed, you are a total loser.  For a taste of the awesome, read about how NPCs are filthy liars.
• The more of Dante of StupidRanger‘s posts I read, the more I realize that he is The Man!  Check out Better Character Development Courtesy of Bruce Willis.  Don’t forget to go to the Stupid Ranger crew’s GenCon events and cheer on StupidRanger as she competes for Queen of the Geeks!
• After reading this post by Dave of Critical Hits, I’m very sad I won’t be at GenCon to take advantage of drunk RPG bloggers.   Then I read this one and realized that I will probably never be awesome enough to DM. Too much pressure!!
• Congrats to Yax at DungeonMastering for being nominated for an Ennie!  Sadly, I will never be uber 1337 enough to get an Ennie, unless my profile writing services get hundreds of geek boys into the arms of geek girls… in which case, maybe I do deserve an award of some sort!
• Chris Sims at Wizards of the Coast gives some insight into the Ecology of the Dragonborn.  Am I the only one who has no desire to play a dragonborn or tiefling?
• The Propagandroid at The Gamer Dome got his hands on a bunch of Against the Giants minis.  Check out his review.
• Phil at Chatty DM asks: What’s your dice fetish? Mine is penguins.

Random Geekery

• A hilarious post at LivingDice about a Gamer’s Pre-Nup.  I thank the various gods that when I marry, it’ll be to a gamer, so we won’t have to worry much about that!
• Hawty McBloggy always finds the best stuff.  Check out the Wii Fit Boy, but warning, it’s YouTube safe but potentially NSFW.   If you require eye cleansing after seeing it, just search YouTube for WiiFit Girl videos and you’ll be all set.  Oh, and why play Guitar Hero when you can play Saxophone Hero?  (They really should make Big Band Hero with sax, trumpet, bass…)
• Geekologie offers a new way to accessorize for a dinner party.
• This XKCD comic totally reminded me of my jetlag problem.
• Courtesy of Neatorama:  The new iPhone? Yep, it blends!  (Warning: Video will make Mac fans very squeamish.)  Maybe you’d rather have a cursed iPhone with a burning hot screen? (Courtesy of Geekologie.)
• Shamus of TwentySided examines the World of Warcraft.  Then OMG!SHOCKING!, receives backlash from diehard WoWCrack addicts.  (BTW, Shamus, I totally agree with all your gripes.  I never did understand eye-less Murlocs or headless boars.)