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Tuesday, 3/14/06: Thank You. Thank you very much!
Because sometimes you just can't get enough
Elvis! And so started Day Two of our adventure. After an
early morning meeting with Wizards of the Coast to discuss D&D in 2006
and the Year of the Dragon! It was off to a meeting with WizKids
and then the show floor. We learned a ton of cool things today!
Dragons are cool!
This is a bad picture of the new Colossal
Red Dragon Due out in September.
Ed is not a Jedi. (So Sorry...)
We also learned a few very cool things from
our friends at WizKids! Some of you may have heard of their new
product call HorrorClix. It looks amazing. They've managed
to capture the feel of all those classic horror flicks in this game
which is also compatible with HeroClix! And with this first set
they are also offer a huge figure that you can purchase if you "Buy
HorrorClix by the Brick!" We were the first people in the world to
see the...
WizKids wasn't done with the announcements
at that point. They also announced ToonClix. Yeah, that's
correct a light cool kids game based on cartoons. What's that you
ask? Which cartoons? That's the really cool part! They
managed to secure characters from the entire Warner Brothers catalog,
Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and Hanna Barbera! Scooby, Daffy,
Dexter, Space Ghost and the Power Puff Girls just to name a few!
Pretty Cool Stuff! More tomorrow!
Wednesday, 3/15/06: Guten Tag!
Another busy day here in Las Vegas! We
started the day with Breakfast with the good folks from Bandai.
Which want me to remind folks that All Things Fun! will be taking part
in the Navia Drapt New Guy Weekend at the end of the month. (Come
in buy a starter and get two boosters free!) We then visited with
our friends at Looney Labs. They have just released a new game
that involves the Ice House Pieces. When we get back come on in
and we'll show you how to play! I managed to get a few pictures of
the tradeshow floor.
And then we managed to find time for a quick
lunch before our afternoon meetings!
(Yummy german food...schnitzel....)
More tomorrow!
Wednesday, 3/15/06: The End of the road...
Ok, so it is the last day of the show and we
had just a few things to wrap-up before the publishers went home.
On my way through the Exhibit Hall the Wizards guys call me over.
Last chance to try a demo of their new game, Dreamblade. The game
is played on a 4x4 grid. You summon creatures from the mystical
dream realm. These creatures all have special powers and
abilities. I'm still going to wait to see how the game is promoted
by Wizards. The game mechanics are pretty good and the Brand
Manager at Wizards seems committed to the game!
So how does this work????
And then we managed to stop by and visit the
folks at Upper Deck and got a sneak peek at the artwork for the new
collector's box from the VS DC Comics' Infinite Crisis and Marvel's
Heralds of Galactus Expansions. Gorgeous!
And with that the show came to a close.
We've got dozens of leads to follow-up on when we return. But for
the next few days we plan on visiting with family and trying to relax a
bit! See you all soon!!!!
-Dina & Ed |
