Derp. Derp derp derp derp.

We totally have some auctions, and they’re AMAZING, so you should check them out!

The following silent auctions will be ending at 6am PST:

The Legend of Zelda Fairy Queen Cross Stitch

 

And these customized Nerf Guns in an awesome box set!

 

And these auctions will expire at 10am!

 

This Big Bag O’ Dice.

 

Steve Blum character posters!

 

Perler bead Pokemon sprites!

AND at 5am, there will be a live auction for this outstanding Doctor Who scarf.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We stood and watched the numbers climb up and up and up, and then…it happened.

We are….floored. We are overwhelmed. This is wonderful and…happy doesn’t even begin to describe how it feels to reach $1.5 million lifetime donations for the children. We couldn’t have done it without you.

BigGiantCircles made an OUTSTANDING remix of the LRR theme called Desert Busception. Go buy it here, and remember that all proceeds go to DB007. And stick around because we’re launching into a Zeta shift to remember.

But reaching $1.5 million…what else is there to say? I think the photo speaks enough.

Heather Dery, AKA LunarJade, is the wonderful wife of our very own Beej and a HIGHLY skilled crafter. How skilled? The entire team is drooling over this giveaway lot: a Kuribo’s Show crocheted blanket and a gorgeous quilted Goomba pillow.

 

Donate in increments of $19.88 until 12:30 for your chance to win this prize; Heather’s blankets, in the past, have auctioned for over $4000!! The team is trying to get in on this too, so donate away!

We haven’t so much sweetened the pig as smothered it in sugar and then smothered it some more and there’s just a room full of sugar with a tiny pig inside.

Donate increments of $9.80 to get…ohmygod.

Murder in Baldur’s Gate Pack 5

Majora’s Mask Stamps

A Desert Bus logo made of Perler Beads

Ladies of Ragnarok bookmark

D20 Dice Pouch

Molly Lewis album

Imposter Nostalgia album

The giveaway runs until 11 and it is pushing us steadily towards our goal of that sweet, sweet $1.5 Million mark! GO GO GO!

Tonight we break $1.5 million in lifetime donations.

Let’s do this.

 

Fan Eric Tortora Pato sent us some super-cool fan art that’s just too awesome not to share.

First up we have this hip-hop style portrait of Tally’s R2D2 cosplay. As a competitive b-boy (retired, so don’t ask me to demonstrate it) I especially appreciate this.

 

As well as this picture of guest Mikey Neumann and his fabulous cache of prizes.

 

Now, onto Tally’s art contest from earlier this evening. Tally has weighed in on the R2D2-meets-monster art and we have some winners!

Mike Antrim won first prize for this excellent illustration

 

Daniel Zeder claimed runner-up honours for this colourful creation.

The rest of the entries can be seen after the cut. Nice work everybody!

 

 

 

 

It happened again.

We again are reminded that glory and shame are but different parts of the same elephant. In a brief moment of psychic ecstasy, our driver lost control of the bus long enough for it to crash a second time in the same shift.

Could this have been brought on by the soaraway success of our two Mikey Neumann auctions, which went to Omega_Aggron and mugenity for $6,412.63 and $3,015 respectively, for a grand total of $9,427.63? It seems likely.

 

Mike Mearls will be calling into Desert Bus on November 19 at 9:00pm PST.

Mike Mearls is the Senior Manager for D&D Research and Design at Wizards of the Coast. He has worked on the Castle Ravenloft board game along with a number of supplements for the D&D RPG.

Rumour has it that he may also be calling in from his personal D&D game so there may be another surprise guest or two…

If you have a question for Mike, you can post it below in the comments.

Fire up your motivator unit as it’s time for an R2D2 themed art contest, courtesy of Tally.

The challenge is to draw R2D2 crashing into a monster. That’s all there is to it. It’s pretty open ended so let your imagination run wild.

One interesting thing about this contest is that there are two prizes up for grabs. The winner gets a Special Edition Limbo prize pack, while the runner-up receives a Murder in Baldur’s Gate adventure pack.

Get those entries in because the deadline is 6:30! Good luck pilot!

  

200,000

TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND

Scott Kurtz’s PVP auction has propelled us into the rarefied air of the 200-thousand dollar range. From this altitude, you can see the peaks of Desert Bus 1 through 4.

And ever onward do we bus!