Prize #8: Awesome and Unusual Q-Workshop Dice!

What would role-playing games be without dice? Well, they would be Cowboys and Indians…

What would role-playing games be without dice?  Well, they would be Cowboys and Indians (a very fun game in its own right).  But there’s just something about throwing dice on the table that makes one giggle with delight (or worry with anticipation) that just can’t be beat.

To round out the prizes for the 2012 RPG SOTY, Q-Workshop has donated FIVE sets of their awesome and beautiful dice.  This isn’t the first time that they’ve donated dice to our contests, and I’m sure it’s not their last (those elves working over at Q-Workshop are just pretty darn cool).

  • 5d6 Metal Steampunk Dice Set
  • 5d6 Metal Dwarven Dice Set
  • Forest Dice Set (d4 – d20)
  • Dragon Dice Set (d4 – d20)
  • Elven Dice Set (d4 – d20)

What’s even cooler is that this time around, of the five sets of dice, two of them are made of metal!  I’ll tell you now, I already have a favorite of the bunch – and as prize #8 of the 2012 RPG Site of the Year contest, one lucky winner will soon have five favorites!  Thanks Q-Workshop!

5d6 Metal Steampunk Dice
5d6 Metal Dwarven Dice
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Prize #7: Completely Iconic, Totally Useful, and Absolutely Cool

What do you use to hold your dice?

Is it a bag?  Is it a pencil holder?  No! It’s Dragon Chow’s Tall Pencil Strap Flat-Bottomed Dice Bag!

What do you use to hold your dice?  A Crown Royal cover bag?… Too common.  A chain-link bag?… Too expensive.  What you need is a dice bag from Dragon Chow…  Completely iconic, totally useful, and absolutely cool.

It stands upright so your dice don’t fall out all over the table, it has a pencil strap to hold, well, your pencils, and you can turn it inside out for two different styles.

Gamer = Dice Bag = Dragon Chow

Seriously, that’s just how it is.  Thanks to @GeekyLyndsay from Dragon Chow Dice Bags for donating one of her awesome dice bags to the contest.  You rock!

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Prize #6: Deluxe Adventurer’s Bundle – from Stuffer Shack

If you haven’t been following along, we’re hosting the 2nd annual RPG Site of the Year contest.  It’s a contest meant to celebrate gaming, but more specifically, those that blog about it.  If you have an RPG blog, submit it for the contest now, because the winner gets to take home ALL of the prizes, like the one we’re talking about today…

The sixth prize come from us, and it’s the Deluxe Adventurer’s Bundle.  This is one of our most popular orders we get, and for good reason, cause it’s cool!

This particular bundle comes with:

  1. Mini Counters 1-20, so that you can easily  number and keep track of your miniatures
  2. 10 Bloodied Markers, so you can easily mark which miniatures are bloodied or otherwise hurt, and
  3. All 12 of our Horse Minis, because your PCs and enemies will often be riding horses!
Mini Counters 1-20
10 Bloodied Markers
All 12 Horse Minis

 Hurry – submit your RPG Blog today!  Open submission ends soon…

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Prize # 5: Dice Tower from Roving Band of Misfits!

Hirst Arts is probably one of my absolute favorite tools for helping to make table-top gaming so much fun – and we’re lucky enough to have Benoit from Roving Band of Misfits donate one of his amazing creations for the 2012 RPG Site of the Year contest!

Check out the Dice Tower, intended for those rolls that really matter…

The actual prize may look slightly different

The dice tower is about 6 inches tall, with a 3×3 inch tray. It’s cast in high quality Merlin’s Magic stone, with a cork layer under the base so you don’t scratch your gaming table. Retails for $30. Roving Band of Misfits love the arts & crafts side of the RPG hobby, and Hirst Arts in particular. For more Hirst Arts projects, you can check out the Arts & Crafts tag on their blog, or the Dungeon Accessories article series (link is also in their menu bar).

Go check out Roving Band of Misfits – they really help inspire gamers in their creative endeavors.  Thanks guys, for the prize and the blog!

Prize #4: The City Builder Generator Pack from Chaotic Shiny!

The prizes just keep coming!  Chaotic Shiny is graciously providing a free City Builder Generator Pack for the 2012 SOTY contest.  The City Builder is actually several generators in one: information about a random city, names within a city, taverns, crowds, rumors, merchants, and maps!  This is a fantastic tool for anyone looking to make a city in their game – it’s fast and simple, and can practically create an a infinite number of variations.  Check out a couple of pics below…

Really, I love Chaotic Shiny.  It’s one of those role-playing game websites that simply adds to your game.  It must have around 100 free, useful generators – and they’re accessed right on the site, without any kind of membership.  They’re just right there waiting for your use.

There’s also a few downloadable paid-for generators.  They include several generators in one, plus have a little extra punch.  Also a big plus: they’re so very nicely priced. The City Builder Generator Pack comes in at a very modest $3.95, and that’s simply a steal.  Make your way there and you’ll find several other generator packs similarly priced (like the Kingdom Generator, Puzzle Converter, and Martial Cultures (an ebook).

Kudos to Hannah for creating Chaotic Shiny, and for helping support the 2012 RPG site of the Year contest.  Thanks Hannah!

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$50 Gift Certificate from DriveThru RPG: Prize #3!

Hey gamers, Tourq here, and it’s time to tell you about one of our prizes for the 2012 SOTY contest.

There have been a couple of things that have helped reinvigorate the gaming industry in the last decade – downloadable gaming products being one of them.  DriveThruRPG is at the top of the list when it comes to downloading RPG ebooks, and for good reason… they have a HUGE selection, fantastic prices, and a very informative and helpful newsletter.  I honestly look forward to the newsletter every week – tons of reviews, new stuff, awesome stuff, free stuff, it’s great!

DriveThruRPG is back again this year to help reward that top gaming blog.  They’ve graciously donated a $50 Gift Certificate to the prize pool!  Thanks, DriveThru!

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Prize #2: Hardcover RPG Books from Voidstar Games!

Hardcovers: $44.99 and $34.99

If there’s just one thing that I like about gaming, it’s great characters and great stories.  Okay, that’s two things.  However, there’s one game out there that really delivers when it comes to great characters and great stories, and that’s FATE.  If you check out our Playing with FATE series, you’ll understand why.

“Strands of Fate contains everything you need to tell stories of adventure, action, horror, and intrigue set in any genre. Whether it’s classic fantasy, urban mystery, dashing super heroes, or far future action, this book is your guide.”

Voidstar Games put out the very well-written Strands of FATE, and then followed it up with the equally deserving Strands of Power.  Power is an incredible addition, making a great game even better.

Hardcover books for both Strands of FATE and Strands of Power have been donated for our 2012 SOTY contest.  I have to give a big thank you to Mike McConnell, not just for supporting the contest, but for creating these two books – they’re a great gaming product, and will make an awesome addition to our contest winner’s  collection.  Thanks Voidstar Games!

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Prize #1 for the 2012 RPG SOTY Contest – from Kobold Quarterly

The RPG Site of the Year contest is underway, and it’s time to start announcing the prizes!  We have several sponsors this time around all donating prizes, and right now we’re going to talk about one of them…

If you haven’t heard of Kobold Quarterly (and I’m sure you have), then you’d be missing out.  They’re a great RPG blog and gaming resource, and offer a fantastic print magazine.  In an effort to help  make the 2012 SOTY contest bigger than last year, as well as help reward the hard-working RPG bloggers out there, KQ has donated a very nice set of prizes:

A 1-year print subscription to Kobold Quarterly in the US, or a PDF subscription anywhere in the world. ($30)

A copy of the hardcover book “Complete Kobold Guide to Game Design” by Baur, Stackpole, Cook, Greenwood, etc. ($30)

A copy of the ultra-rare print edition of “Red Eye of Azathoth” for Call of Cthulhu ($100? Depends on whether you are a collector.)

I’d like to give a big thank you to Wolfgang Baur and everyone at Kobold Quarterly for sponsoring the 2012 RPG SOTY contest.  These prizes are sure to make the winning RPG blogger very happy!

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Winners Announced for our $44 Giveaway!

All right…we had a giveaway for two Tourqen Panther Exotic Mounts, and then we upped the prize pool (an additional $15 worth of stuff from our Store, total of $22 worth of stuff, x2 winners). All you had to do was leave a comment, and you got extra chances by following us on Twitter @stuffershack, becoming a Tourq Stevens Facebook Friend, or a Tourq Stevens Google+… person.

Our winners were picked randomly, and they are

Sean Holland

and

Capn Frank

Sean Holland runs Sea of Stars RPG Design Journal, and Capn Frank is… well, an avid gamer! They both win a Tourqen Panther, plus $15 each worth of stuff from our Store.

Congratulations to both of you!