We have a surprise call-in with Max Temkin of Cards Against Humanity. We are running a Donation Drive for an Advanced Copy of the new card game Secret Hitler. The winner will be the ONLY person in public with a copy of the game. 

Also a copy of every Cards Against Humanity card ever printed. That’s right, every single card. Anything ever printed by Cards Against Humanity, including the Reject Packs which are not available to the public. Every holiday bullshit card, and every single holiday bullshit gift. The box will also be signed by Max Temkin.

Let’s add in a copy of Slap .45, Max’s other new game.

This donation drive will be for easy donations of $14.99 or multiples thereof until 8:15 PM PST

Oh, and we’re going to be drawing Three Separate Winners for this. 

Formed in 2011 as the collaboration between siblings Steven Dengler and Ash Vickers, MegaCynics is a webcomic that follows the wonderful interactions in their lives. It is a story that encompasses video games, popular culture, hockey, friendship, family, sibling rivalry, nature vs nurture, good vs evil, wealth vs poverty, and giant anacondas vs robot gorillas. Ash can also be found every Sunday night doing art streams on the Megacynics twitch steam.

Steven Dengler is the Co-Founder, Co-Writer, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Megacycnics. Steve is well known to Desert Bus fans as a longtime sponsor and the King of Desertbus.

Ash Vickers is the Co-Founder, Co-Writer, Creative Director, and Lead Artist. Ash is well known to Desert Bus fans as the founder of Shame Tickets, being an awesome event manager, and her not-so-secret love of Speed Racer.

We appreciate everything that MegaCynics has done for us and welcome them back as a sponsor!

We Came!

We Danced!

Some Magic Happened!

And you Donated!

We have hit $3,000,000.00 Lifetime donations to Child’s Play!!!!!!

This blogger is lost for words. The only thing I can say is how amazed we here at Desert Bus HQ are. This event started life as a bunch of folks in a living room playing a really silly game hoping to raise the lofty goal of $5,000.00. Each year we have grown leaps and bounds, both in amount raised and the people involved. It’s hard to believe that we have a volunteer staff of over 45 individuals. This team works year round in order to put this event on, but we don’t do it alone.

We laugh, we cry, we sing, we dance, we sleep (not well) and we bus. But you are the reason that this event works, you are the reason that we put this on year after year. You are the reason that we can continue to help children all around the world. You are the viewers and donors that make this event what it is. Desert Bus for Hope, a bunch of random people from around the world coming together to do something good.

On behalf of everyone here at Desert Bus for Hope, thank you. Let’s keep helping the kids.

Harrison Krix of Volpin Props stopped by earlier in the run, but sadly his giveaway item was held up in the infinite mines of the mail.

It has arrived.

This Magister Stave from the Dragon Age series measures almost 6′ tall and features two snakes entwining together to hold a gem in place. The gem is Tension set, that means no glues or wires. The stave itself is cast urethane resin with steel rods running the length of the handle.

We are offering this as a Donation Drive! Any donations of $8.88 or multiples thereof until 8:00 PM PST will net you an entry for this beautiful stave.

This, is where I would have a photo for inspiration for an art challenge. However the photo is what you NEED TO CREATE.

Paul would like his character, Oknarok from his Pathfinder game, to be immortalized in art by all of you. The reason for this is twofold, Paul wants a a portrait of his character aaaaaand wants the free hero point he’ll receive.

Oknarok is a Hobgoblin Pirate, on a crew of Hobgoblin Pirates, where he is the captain of the ship. He is a musket master who carries around a musket that deals massive damage, and is equipped with a buckler on one arm. Of course, he has a fancy pirate hat as well.

Hornswoggling Hobgoblins is the name of the campaign, that link leads you to all the information I have not supplied here.

This challenge will run until 10:00 PM PST, please submit entries to contest@desertbus.org with the subject line Oknarok. Please include a public name to be used if you are selected as a winner. 

Your prize for this will be The Desert Bus lot! This lot contains a massive list of Desert Bus themed items from our Crafters and Volunteers! Check out the page for a full rundown of what is contained within.

We are starting off Paul’s shift with a bang. We are running a Donation Drive right away for a Full Booster Box of Modern Masters 2015, that’s right, a full 24 Packs of this extremely valuable set.

Any donations of $5.12 or multiples thereof until 7:00 PM PST will net you an entry into this lot.

Want to stream your PC library to anywhere in your house? Maybe the couch looks more comfortable to you than your desk? Well do we have the donation drive for you!

This Valve Steam Lot contains a Steam Controller and a Steam Link, allowing you to stream your Steam library to anywhere in your home. No more being trapped at the computer desk with this lot. In addition both boxes are signed by the team at Valve!

This item is being done as a Donation Drive where donations of $10.80 or multiples thereof until 6:00 PM will enter you to win these signed items.

We have a surprise auction lot from Penn & Teller! This is the rundown of what this auction is going to contain for you.

– Two nights in a suite at the Rio All-Suite Las Vegas Hotel & Casino
– Limousine transport to and from airport.

– Dinner with Penn and Emily Jillette.

– VIP seats at the Penn & Teller show.

You will then hang out with Penn in the Monkey Room after the show.

This auction will begin at 8:30 PM PST.

Remember when you were a kid pretending to have a laser fighting off aliens?

Guess what, you don’t need to pretend anymore…fully at least. This beautiful Desert Buster 9000 Ray-Gun can be yours with our ongoing Donation Drive! Any donations of $9.36 or multiples thereof until 5:00 PM PST will gain you an entry for this space-age laser prop.