DM for hire

[shieldheart]

And we have the rebirth of Bugaboo's Friends! We really are rehashing all the 3rd ed stuff huh.

Wheeee!

PS. Call your company Bugaboo's Friends.

I'm new to this community. Who are Bugaboo's Friends, Bugaboo himself and what happened? I did a quick search but all I got was that he somehow went bankrupt. What's the story here?

 

[Dlsharrock]

Imagine: being able to claim books, minis, Dwarven Forge terrain, etc. on your taxes as "business expenses".

I ran a very brief model making company selling polystyrene wargame models, terrain and such like on eBay. Had a studio and everything. On my accounts were, among other things, 40k sets I painted and resold, a White Dwarf subscription (I created/sold their self-build each month), and a ton of stone texture spray. I have a friend who did nothing but buy, paint and sell minis for three years. It didn't quite pay enough though and his wife made him quit

Doing what you love has its drawbacks. Your hobby suddenly becomes your job. It's no longer a matter of want to as have to (even when it isn't fun) and that sometimes has an effect on the psychology of the thing. Suffice to say I don't wargame any more.

Not to put a dampener on your dream, though. And don't WotC employ professional DMs to playtest?

 

[Family]

okay I win

I was the Program Director at a halfway house, as part of the recreational program there were some perks, like weekly games of golf at signiture courses, or going to the movies once a week, (we even did stuff like renting PWC, and horseback rides). You know tax dollars helping "integrate" the residents.

Other perks were not as fun, for example playing D&D with pseudo mental and definitly socially challenged murders, rapists, and drug dealers, was downright scary. Even though it was their idea in the first place I had to shut it down, it was that bad.

Since The House couldn't keep the books due to the decision (nor I due to conflict) the local boys & girls club got a very heavy box of gaming supplies.

I still miss the free ski pass though.

 

[Silverblade The Ench]

Nine Hands,
lol!

My dream is, to win th elottery, and buy a castle (fortified manor home) on Scottish coast, 13th century, REAL dungeon, has real secret passages...D&D heaven!! imagine a huge gaming room in the dungeon....ah, paradise!

 

[Tewligan]

Other perks were not as fun, for example playing D&D with pseudo mental and definitly socially challenged murders, rapists, and drug dealers, was downright scary. Even though it was their idea in the first place I had to shut it down, it was that bad.

This demands examples.

 

[Zelligars Apprentice]

I have a friend who said the same thing. Plus the idea of a gamers compound came up. Sort of like a hippie retreat but with showers

Showers? Naw, we're gamers! We don't need no stinkin' showers!!

I kid, of course; merely making fun of the stereotype.

 

[Tewligan]

I'm new to this community. Who are Bugaboo's Friends, Bugaboo himself and what happened? I did a quick search but all I got was that he somehow went bankrupt. What's the story here?

The world will never again know a mad genius like Bugaboo. He started a beautiful DMing pyramid scheme - his players would pay to play in his game. Then when THEY started DMing their own groups, they would pay some of the money they charged their own players to Bugaboo, and so on down the chain as more players became DMs. Eventually, every gamer in his community was a DM, and there was no money coming in from players anymore. Things came to a head one night when every DM was reduced to living on Ramen and staying in crappy apartments, while Bugaboo was dining on expensive cheese and living in a brand new RV he had bought with the sweat of his subordinates. To this day, no one will admit to being in his palatial RV that December night, or knowing anyone who was. However, it is a fact that the police found him the next day with over 250 d4's inside his digestive system. And he hadn't swallowed them, either.

God bless you, Bugaboo - you showed us what it means to truly live the DM's life.

 

[Family]

This demands examples.

I'm sorry but the type of developments that would cause me to shut down programed recreation for these men (which was also government funded D&D for me) is too realworld and beyond all good conscience for me to post online.

Gardening, concerts, museums, paintballing, waterslides, fishing...but no D&D

 

[Imperialus]

The world will never again know a mad genius like Bugaboo. He started a beautiful DMing pyramid scheme - his players would pay to play in his game. Then when THEY started DMing their own groups, they would pay some of the money they charged their own players to Bugaboo, and so on down the chain as more players became DMs. Eventually, every gamer in his community was a DM, and there was no money coming in from players anymore. Things came to a head one night when every DM was reduced to living on Ramen and staying in crappy apartments, while Bugaboo was dining on expensive cheese and living in a brand new RV he had bought with the sweat of his subordinates. To this day, no one will admit to being in his palatial RV that December night, or knowing anyone who was. However, it is a fact that the police found him the next day with over 250 d4's inside his digestive system. And he hadn't swallowed them, either.

God bless you, Bugaboo - you showed us what it means to truly live the DM's life.

SILENCE YOU! The first rule of Bugaboo's friends is always maintain the mystique of a true DM. Use it to lord over lesser beings. Never speak of the martyrdom of the holy Bugaboo to the uninitiated!

PM me to get my paypal address wherein for a small fee I shall initiate you into the secrets of Bugaboo's most holy text and you can become a true Master of Dungeons!

 

[Tewligan]

I'm sorry but the type of developments that would cause me to shut down programed recreation for these men (which was also government funded D&D for me) is too realworld and beyond all good conscience for me to post online.

The voyeur in me is very disappointed in you, Family. VERY disappointed.