Speaking of RPGs...

It just occurred to me that we're only about three weeks away from the release of Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition!

I don't know about you, but I'm pretty darned excited about it. So excited that I will DEFINITELY be picking up KEEP ON THE SHADOWFELL when that comes out next week (that is next week, isn't it, Seth?). This is the first adventure for the new edition of D&D and I believe that I will need to run this on the 6th of June when D&D4 hits the store.

It's been too long since I've run D&D. I miss it. It's time to get back to it.

Hey, you know you can preorder the books at the store if you're concerned that we may run out before you have a chance to get yours. Ask Seth.

JiffyCon is Coming - June 21st 2008

Possibly one of the best kept secrets in Greenfield is JiffyCon:

JiffyCon is a one day mini role-playing convention. Focusing on small-press, independently published and story-oriented games, JiffyCon is a whole day devoted
to nothing but having fun playing games.

It's been running for a couple of years now and takes place at the Unitarian church just down the road from the store.

If you're a roleplayer, you owe it to yourself to attend this event. Not only will you get to play some great games but you'll also get a chance to meet some of the people who design indy rpgs (Games like Dogs in the Vinyard and 1001 Nights!).

BTW - Although it's billing itself as a one day event, this year there's a second day devoted to actual game design that you may also be able to take part in.

So, do yourself a favor and check out the website and register today!

Decals - The revival

I don't know how many of you know this, but the decal printing part of the game store business actually pre-dates the game store by about three years.

I started the decal business as an independent online store called "Tangents" in (roughly) 1996/97. At the time I had picked up an ALPS printer to do some personal modeling projects and started selling some of my creations on the side to interested modelers. That line of decals grew to include decals aimed at the 40K gamer (which quickly became the most popular part of our selection) as well as small-run model kits from garage outfits and even the distribution of hobby magazines. Which all led, eventually, to Griffon Games (now Greenfield Games).

I was thinking about that history again today because the decal business is about to take another step forward.

Today I confirmed our first reorder of the original "Pro Series" decal set. That's the Black Cross set that you see above. This is a professionally screen-printed decal set printed by Microscale Industries. Shortly thereafter we're going to be bringing back a number of our most popular designs in this screen-printed format.

The new decals are going to be a better quality product than we've ever offered before. Hopefully we'll be able to bring the line back to the same quantity of designs that we had before, but that may take some time. In any case, I'm really excited to see things moving forward again. When the ALPS supplies dwindled to the point that we couldn't really afford to continue with the old line I was afraid that it was signaling the end of the decals. As it turns out, it was only the beginning.

BTW - We're still selling the final bits of the old stock of decals. Not everything is up in the store yet, but we're working on it. Once these are gone, they are gone and there's no guarantee as to how long it's going to take to bring back any of the specific designs in these sets so if you want them I recommend not waiting to pick them up.