So who else….

…. accidentally bought a sword at UK Games Expo this weekend? A story in 4 images...

The stand was Sword Kings. I also saw all the Lord of the Rings swords, and a bunch of swords which are apparently from video games. I was working on our stand a row down, and spent all day Saturday saying I didn't need a sword while humming the Thundercats theme--until my co-workers just told me to go buy the damn sword and get it over with. And so now I own a sword.

I worry that this might form the start of an expensive hobby.

 

[Distracted DM]

That is super, super cool.

 

[cbwjm]

I like the idea of someone getting home from a weekend games expo, dumping their bags on the bed, opening them and going "wtf?" When they find a sword in there.

 

[Kannik]

Accidentally bought a sword from this recent UK Games Expo? Not me.

Has "accidentally" bought a sword-like object at sometime that did started a particularly geometrically growing collection? That... might indeed be me. Yes.

(Humorously, I don't think any of my 20-odd "actual swords" were accidental purchases... though I do have an accidental spear, so there is that!)

 

[ilgatto]

…. accidentally bought a sword at UK Games Expo this weekend? A story in 4 images...

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The stand was Sword Kings. I also saw all the Lord of the Rings swords, and a bunch of swords which are apparently from video games. I was working on our stand a row down, and spent all day Saturday saying I didn't need a sword while humming the Thundercats theme--until my co-workers just told me to go buy the damn sword and get it over with. And so now I own a sword.

I worry that this might form the start of an expensive hobby.

Well, I didn't exactly accidentally buy a sword at UK Games Expo this weekend - although I certainly see how such a thing can happen - but I did have the honor of being given a handmade sword by its maker some years ago, which even achieved a modicum of fame when it featured prominently in an exposition of Gothic paraphernalia in more recent times.

The sword was inspired by an NPC who played a role in my version of Chaos from Mount Dorren (Phil Masters, in White Dwarf 32), but I guess that's another story.

 

[Ryujin]

Well, I didn't exactly accidentally buy a sword at UK Games Expo this weekend - although I certainly see how such a thing can happen - but I did have the honor of being given a handmade sword by its maker some years ago, which even achieved a modicum of fame when it featured prominently in an exposition of Gothic paraphernalia in more recent times.

The sword was inspired by an NPC who played a role in my version of Chaos from Mount Dorren (Phil Masters, in White Dwarf 32), but I guess that's another story.

Very nice that he seems to have hammered out the blade profile. Most modern replicas are just milled straight from a steel blank.

 

[ilgatto]

Very nice that he seems to have hammered out the blade profile. Most modern replicas are just milled straight from a steel blank.

Yup. He started from scratch and went all the way. Very impressive.

 

[Atlatl Jones]

Do your dogs understand the depths of your betrayal? (You cat-loving fiend you. )

The light coloured dog seems to be saying, "Really Russ? A CAT sword? Are we chopped liver to you?"

The black one is thinking, "Mmm, chopped liver!"

 

[Aeson]

I, for one, welcome our Thundercat overlord.

 

[TaranTheWanderer]

No, it means something else where you come from.

But in the case, no. I tripped and found I’d bought a sword. It happens.

I did that with a bass guitar once

 

[maatlock]

That sword is SICK and I am a huge Thundercats fan. I want one so bad