All Hail Empress Aurora, Lord and Savior of the Hive!

[Relique du Madde]

Just got home from a business trip in NY.

So, what'd I miss?

Nothing much. Things been quiet during the last week.

 

[kenobi65]

I'm sure LARPers love it. I saw a couple of wizards and some hot elves at this one. They're all customers and not part of the fair itself.

At the ren faire near us, there's always been a lot of customers who come in costume, and, as a result, there's quite a few crafters there who sell costume pieces. You always see a fair number of groups of teenagers, all in "bathrobe wizard" costumes -- when we see them, we feel nostalgic, because we know that that was us, 25 years ago. And, we're also all pretty sure that those groups are D&D groups.

I spent most of my summer weekends in the 1990s working there -- a friend of ours ran a blacksmith shop. I tried to learn blacksmithing (and was horrible at it), but I was really good at selling stuff, so at least I had a role to play.

 

[Aeson]

At the ren faire near us, there's always been a lot of customers who come in costume, and, as a result, there's quite a few crafters there who sell costume pieces. You always see a fair number of groups of teenagers, all in "bathrobe wizard" costumes -- when we see them, we feel nostalgic, because we know that that was us, 25 years ago. And, we're also all pretty sure that those groups are D&D groups.

I spent most of my summer weekends in the 1990s working there -- a friend of ours ran a blacksmith shop. I tried to learn blacksmithing (and was horrible at it), but I was really good at selling stuff, so at least I had a role to play.

There were a number of people selling leather armor and other leather clothes. All sorts of costumes also. You could buy swords, axes, daggers, staves, canes.

Most of the costumes I saw were really good. There were some cheap ones.

The blacksmithing was very informative. I don't know if I could do it either.

 

[Aeson]

Just got home from a business trip in NY.

So, what'd I miss?

What kind of business takes you all the way across the country?

 

[Tinker Gnome]

What kind of business takes you all the way across the country?

He is hunting Relique du Madde.

 

[Relique du Madde]

He is hunting Relique du Madde.

He's looking in the wrong state and should really be searching closer to home.

 

[Darth K'Trava]

Yeah we know you're a pirate.

Speaking of pirates. The Tortuga Twins were hilarious.

It was a nice cool but windy day for a trip to Ren Fest. I got a little wind burned and a little sun burned but had a good time. Got to catch some shows this time around. I wish I had more money to spend. There were so many nik-naks I wanted.

I never have money for 'nik-naks' when I go.

Tortuga Twins: not for children. Definitely.

There's an act that shows up at the Charlotte one, Don Juan and Miguel who are quite hilarious.

 

[Darth K'Trava]

How's it goin hive? We started the BIG fight tonight. We took a pic of the mat with all the bad guys on it. I'll have to post it So far we have only had 1 of our party die. He was imploded. He was brought back though.

We've got back into gaming. Finally. First game I missed due to the flu. Last week's game, DM threw a small green dragon at us and nearly wiped the party in one fell swoop. We went from full HP to about half in one breath attack.

Never could get the Implosion spell to work. Only used it once to no effect...

 

[Darth K'Trava]

It's odd. We only get 3 of the Tortuga Twins in AZ. They're pretty fun though.

I also enjoy Dexter Trip, an acrobat. And Zilch the Torysteller, who does spoonerized fairy tales.

We've only gotten 2 of them.

 

[Darth K'Trava]

I'm sure LARPers love it. I saw a couple of wizards and some hot elves at this one. They're all customers and not part of the fair itself.

We wear our pirate garb there, how much depends on how warm it is that day....

At one time a couple of us went there dressed as Klingons, touting as "Shore Leave on a Primitive Planet".