It’s donation drive time! Need a place to store all your dice? How about a giant d20?  Donate $5.20 before 11:15pm (pst) to get entered into the draw for this magnificent prize! Remember, you can donate in multiples to get more chances to win!!

This is one of only 3 such boxes crafted, each with unique iconography, but the first to be available publicly. This box features the numbers 1 to 20 engraved and burned on the outside faces. The idea came a few years ago as a unique way to store a collection of dice and other small gaming components and as a challenge of woodworking skill. The box has enough capacity to hold several standard sets of dice, and will stand out from the crowd at any gaming table.

see more photos of this amazing prize right here!

Driving: Friday Nov 17th, 10 pm – 10 am

Ian has been driving for: 5 years

Points: 5

Crashes: 4

Things he hopes to do on shift: Late night dub fight, karaoke competition

Purveyor of quantified bullshit by day, LoadingReadyRun streamer by night, Ian lives each day hoping his next leap will be the leap home.

Ian on the Tweets, Ian on twitch, and more Ian!

We welcome back MomoCon as a sponsor to Desert Bus 2017!

MomoCon opened it’s doors to the public for the first time in 2005 as a free convention in Atlanta, GA. Since then, MomoCon has risen to become one of the largest anime conventions in North America.

MomoCon is an all-ages convention with a focus on Japanese and American animation, comics, video games and tabletop games.

Thank you, MomoCon, for your continued support of Desert Bus for Hope!

Hey all you fans of the Maaaaaaagical cards. Graham’s shift is wrapping up but that’s no reason for us to slow down here. Until 9:30 PM PST any donations of $8.24 or multiples thereof will enter you for a chance to win a BIG OL’ BOX of Iconic Masters. Included with that sick value is a splash of dinosaur flavour in the form of a bundle of Ixalan!

We’ve got an hour and a half left on the first driver shift, let’s crush it!

Randy Pitchford from Gearbox called in a bit earlier and we did a pretty BIG donation drive for them.

That wasn’t our only Gearbox, Box of Gear.

This Gearbox Loot Pack contains a BUNCH OF STUFF but chief among them would be the SIGNED BUTT STALLION STATUE, the most glorious of Queens. (oh and a REMOTE CONTROLLED CL4P-TRP!!!!!)

Any donations of $7.29 or multiples thereof until 8 PM PST will enter you for a chance to take home this big ol’ box of loot!

We here at Desert Bus would like to take a moment to recognize one of our very generous food and drink sponsors, Fernwood Coffee.  As most of your know, a lot of the Desert Bus crew are stuck here for many MANY hours during the run and, as as it turns out, we need food and drink to survive (who knew, right?).  We couldn’t make it through this event without the generous support of sponsors willing to provide us with the sustenance and energy we need!

Fernwood Coffee has been a long time supporter of Desert Bus.  For many years they have generously donated coffee and brewing equipment, ensuring that our crew can stay warm and caffeinated throughout the run.

Thank you, Fernwood Coffee, for your continued and very much appreciated support!

Described by Graham as the “Dark Souls” of tabletop games, Kingdom Death: Monster is a cooperative tabletop horror game that is 17 pounds of spooky, This sold out title was a smash hit on it’s recent Kickstarter having raised over 12 MILLION DOLLARS (a bit more than their $100,000 goal) and we have a copy for a donation drive.

Any donations of $12.17 or multiples thereof until 6 PM PST will enter you for a chance to win this HEFTY box of horror.

These cookies are REALLY good, I need to preface everything with that. We’ve had them for a couple of years and they get annihilated by the crew each year.

So let’s get you the chance for 24 custom cookies from the Rocky Mountain Cookie Company with a donation drive. Any donations of $5.24 or multiples thereof until 4:40 PM PST will enter you in this drive.

Good luck and happy nomming.

We are excited to have Gearbox Software as a sponsor for Desert Bus 2017!

Gearbox Software is an award-winning game developer that has distinguished itself as one of the most respected and recognized independent video game makers in the world. With titles like the always-awesome Borderlands franchise and Brothers in Arms series (among others), Gearbox Software focuses on bringing fun and excitement into the lives of gamers. Since their inception in 1999, they have created content across genres, subject matters and platforms.

Thank you to everyone at Gearbox Software for your generous support of Desert Bus 2017!

You’ve got the touch, you’ve got the powaaaaaahhhhhhhh….to release Desert Bus VR whenever YOU want. Gearbox software has completed a VR version of Desert Bus (that you’ve been able to see James and Matt play on stream) and the only thing left to do is figure out a release date.

That’s where you come in.

Any donations of $6.90 or multiples thereof for the next 45 minutes until 4 PM PST will give you a chance to be the one to release Desert Bus VR. That could be today, that could be a week from now, it could be six months from now (It’s gotta be before May 31st 2018).

That’s not the biggest thing though. You will get access to the game immediately, with the ability to give keys to as many people as you want. Your name will be on the STEAM page for the game as the person credited with releasing the game. Your handle will also be the default user name for the driver.