I need to clear it. After Andrew masterfully fixed my laptop, I tried logging on to roll20. (For those that missed what happened: I have a giant balloon in the living room that was given as a perk for running the lightboard at a dance recital. It got sucked into the ceiling fan, which startled me an...

Game 47: Ares vs Artemis ROUND ONE Ares starts out with the creation of a veinfire borderpost. The two gods keeps things quiet for a bit, but eventually Artemis summons a Shelkin brownie; Ares follows with a desert drake. Artemis adds a willow satyr to the field. Ares begins attacking with the drake...

I hope the quote that gets published is, "How awesome is DMDarcs?"

Game 46: Anubis vs Hercules ROUND ONE Anubis enlists a vampire, a child of night. The vampire begins the assault, draining Hercules of life while lending life to Anubis. Hercules summons a fire juggler, and lets the vampire continue the attack. Anubis summons a pillarfield ox to defend. Hercules' fi...

It should take just shy of 5 days to get from Turtleback Ferry to Magnimar by boat, provided the barge is up and running, and then a day's travel to get to Sandpoint. If taking horses, it should take 6 days to get to Sandpoint, then another day of travel to Magnimar. So, roughly the same amount of t...

Tomorrow starts the Excellent Eight:

Anubis vs Hercules
Ares vs Artemis
Odin vs Pan
Aphrodite vs Apollo

Greek pantheon may have this one in the bag.

Last game of the day.... Game 45: Aegir vs Apollo ROUND ONE Aegir summons a cloud sprite. It swings in for an early hit, and is joined by merfolk (Vodalian soldiers). Aegir continues to beat down, and summons an assembly-worker. Apollo adds some presence to the board in the form of a pious kitsune. ...

Game 44: Aphrodite vs Thrym ROUND ONE Both players start out summoning goblins to the field: Aphrodite's was a recruit from the Boros legion, while Thyrm's is just a raging goblin. Thrym summons some Keldon Marauders, while Aphrodite creates a thornbite staff. The marauders get in a hit before they ...

Game 43: Uller vs Pan ROUND ONE Pan starts with the advantage of a leyline of lightning under his control. Uller summons a cloud crusader (knight on a griffin), and Pan summons a grazing kelpie. The cloud crusader attacks in the air, then summons a giant spider. Pan summons a marshdrinker giant. The...

Game 42: Demeter vs Odin. ROUND ONE Odin brings an egg to the battlefield - specifically an egg from Innistrad that was being used as a test subject by a researcher named Ludevic. Demeter summons shinen of stars' light, kami from Kamigawa. She then summons a thrashing mossdog, while Odin focuses his...

Game 41: Artemis vs Hestia ROUND ONE Hestia brings out a Krosan wayfarer. As soon as Artemis summons a Shelkin brownie, Hestia sacrifices her wayfarer to increase her mana connections, then summons a knight of glory. Artemis, having nothing to lose attacks with the brownie, then summons a diving gri...

I'm going to need to do 2 of these a days to get everything done by my timetable. So here goes! Game 40: Ares vs. Imhotep ROUND ONE Imhotep summons a shapesharer, a changeling form the plane of Lorwyn. Ares brings out a Vulshok sorcerer from the plane of Mirrodin, who strikes out with a bolt of fire...

(I am assuming that detect magic spells are cast and that all attempt to make Spellcraft checks to identify.) The corpse of Lamatar Bayden was retrieved, along with a +1 chain shirt and a +1 icy burst composite longbow . Nothing of interest was found on the first stone giant other than an ordinary l...

Game 39: Heimdall vs Hercules ROUND ONE Hercules summons a sunflare shaman, while Heimdall summons a venerable monk. The sunflare shaman singes Heimdall, and Hercules summons Adamaro, First to Desire. Heimdall seeks some aerial support in the form of an angel, the voice of duty. Hercules presses the...

Down to the sweet sixteen. Game 38: Apep vs Anubis. ROUND ONE Apep summons birds of paradise while Anubis summons an elite vanguard. The vanguard gets a quick hit in, and Anubis summons an undead minotaur. Apep brings his own minotaur to the party, a deathforge shaman from Zendikar. The shaman attac...

Here's everything on my list with a few notes on some that may not be as well known/mentioned. Put in alphabetical order. 99% Invisible All Games Considered All Songs Considered - Their recent episode on worst song every had me cracking up. It also made me come to the realization that I like a lot o...

I (and Mrs. Darcs) will not be available on the 14th. We are surprising the kids with a trip to Disney World. They'll find out when we land in Orlando. I am definitely planning on being there tomorrow night, and would like to move the game on the 14th to the 7th if that works for everyone.