Oh, oh dear, we’ve got another Alpha Flight tomorrow and we’ve run out of DMs. Time to call in for some help… somebody tell Dale? Oh, he knows? Cool. Dale, who you may know from Dice Friends and past Desert Busses, will be DMing tomorrow’s Alpha Flight D&D session, so tune in at 4pm PST tomorrow!
Here’s what else you missed during today’s Alpha Flight…
Victoria Tran joins us via robot to participate in conversation and hijinks:
Alpha Flight Airlines would like to remind you of our safety procedures:
Jacob and Erika read some Hamlet:
We have D&D Session 4, DM’d by Jacob:
We review some really cool Dracula cards:
And we review the winner and runners up of today’s Creative Challenge:
Remember, for the latest updates, stay tuned to desertbus.org. You can also catch up on the latest #DB2021 happenings around the web…
- Visit youtube.com/user/DesertBusForHope for the latest video highlights from the Video Strike Team (VST).
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- And, of course, the live stream is always available at desertbus.org and twitch.tv/desertbus!
Earlier today during Alpha Flight, we challenged the community to create their monument to the Kindness War. Here’s the winning submission, by MalcomS:
The plaque reads:
This is a memorial to all who fell victim to the 2021 Alpha Flight-Zeta kindness war.
These people include:
- The entire Alpha Flight crew
- The entire Zeta crew
- Twitch Chat
- Night Watch (briefly until the chocolate treaty)
Let us all not forget the sacrifices and acts of kindness that were made
Congratulations! Here’s a few more honorable mentions from the community…
By DarthParadox.
By Roverrandom.
By sareaesque668.
Alpha Flight is starting a giveaway for this Chainmaile Dice Bags in LGBTQ+ Colors! In the crafter’s own words…
A set of 2 large and 9 small dice bags woven in European 4 in 1 chainmaile featuring the varied colors of the LGBTQ+ and Trans communities. The large bags are about 7 in. in length and the smalls are about 4 in. The rings are of Frosted Anodized Aluminum sourced from Canada’s own “The Ring Lord” (theringlord.com) and are 16 Gauge 5/16 in. size. The small bags can easily hold 2 sets of polyhedral, or 1 set of polyhedral and 12 large D6’s. The large bags can hold much more. Please note the images of the bags filled with dice. Personally, I love the feel of these rings, the frosted anodizing makes them almost, “soft.” In addition, the fidgeting aspect of these items cannot be understated. I love fiddling with mine while at the gaming table. Also, “Dice Not Included.”
Log in to or sign up for a donor account, then donate $9.41 (or multiples thereof) for a chance to win this prize! We’ll run this giveaway until 3:50pm PST.
We here at Desert Bus for Hope would like to thank one of our sponsors of this year’s event: Fangamer!
Launched in 2008, Fangamer specializes in creating unique accessories, apparel, figurines, and other merchandise based on your favourite games and geek fandoms. They have made it their mission to do more than just sell wares, they want to build a better community. Through their attendance at conventions and their support of charity events like Desert Bus, they strive to celebrate the art of gaming.
You might also know them as the place where you can get your very own Official Desert Bus for Hope 2021 T-Shirt! Check out shirt.desertbus.org to get your t-shirt today.
Thank you to Fangamer for your continued support of Desert Bus for Hope!
It’s time for another Magic: the Gathering card giveaway! We’re kicking off this giveaway for a set of five Commander 2021 ready-to-play decks.
Commander is back for 2021 and this year we are taking a trip to Strixhaven University. Try out each college of magic and harness its power to defeat your friends. Will you play politics and attack with the wordsmiths of Silverquill, master spells with the artists and performers of Prismari, gain life and master death with the mages of Witherbloom, search for ancient artifacts and secrets with the archaeologist of Lorhold, or summon powerful fractals with the numeromancers of Quandrix. All five decks are ready to play out of the box and contain 17 cards new to Magic, including 2 new Legendary Creatures in foil!
Log in to or sign up for a donor account, then donate $5.55 (or multiples thereof) for a chance to win this prize! We’ll run this giveaway until 1:50pm PST.
Today during Alpha Flight, we’ll be joined by special guest Victoria Tran! She’ll be joining us by way of telepresence robot today at 2:00pm PST.
Victoria Tran is the Community Director at Innersloth, creators of Among Us and The Henry Stickmin Collection. Previously, she was the Communications Director at Kitfox Games, working on projects like Boyfriend Dungeon, Dwarf Fortress, Pupperazzi, and more. When she is not exploring ways to create kinder game community spaces and how tech and compassion interact, she co-organizes Game & Colour MTL, a group that supports and amplifies game developers of colour in Canada.
Tune in live today at 2:00pm PST at desertbus.org or twitch.tv/desertbus.
Posted by azninsect.
The Kindness War between Alpha Flight and Zeta has been going back and forth all week. Let us remember the eternally grateful and the beneficiaries of the Kindness War.
We’re challenging the community to develop a monument to the Kindness War, all the stickers and baked goods and lovely words that have been exchanged back and forth over these past few days.
Submit your creation attached as a JPG or PNG to contest@desertbus.org with the subject line Kindness War Monument. Be sure to include the name you’d like to go by should your submission be shown on-air.
We’ll run this Creative Challenge until 4:30pm PST. The winner of this challenge will receive a Desert Bus for Hope 2021 T-Shirt and Gold DBloon!
Dawn Guard is about to go, but we’re leaving behind a few wonderful silent auctions!!!! Just gotta…find them….hold on….
THERE WE GO!
First we have a For The Love Of Q*Bert Purse
This Q*Bert themed purse is just what you need to carry all those things you must take with you. On the front, we have Q*Bert (on his pyramid of course!), Coily and Magic Ball – along with those famous “bad words” that come out of his mouth! On the back, you’ll find Slick admiring the adorable heart reminding you of the great cause your purchase supported.
Next up we have some Needle Felt Nat & Flick figures from ACNH!
They are both made from wool roving felted around a wire armature for shape and posability, with hand-sewn clothing. The accessories and details are made from all sorts of materials, including wood and felt nets, polymer clay horns, a resin bug-box, a felt-covered straw hat, and some thrift-store earrings. Nat stands at 17 inches (42 cm) tall, and Flick stands at 16 inches (40 inches) tall.
Now Dawn Guard is off, but we will see you again tomorrow!!! And until next time…
Donate $6.78 or multiples thereof before 11:45am PST for a chance to win these MtG Secret Lair drops!!
Sometimes you don’t need your Secret Lair to be filled with rare or niche cards. Sometimes you just need the bread-and-butter staples. Mountain, Go features four different alt-art printings of Lighting Bolt (In foil, BYO basic Mountain). A Box of Rocks helps you keep your mana fixed and ramp you to your big cards. This set includes alt-art versions of Arcane Signet, Commander’s Sphere, Chromatic Lantern, Gilded Lotus, and Darksteel Ingot (in non-foil).
Thank you so much to another one of our wonderful sponsors, Gehenna Gaming!
Gehenna Gaming provides unique horror gaming experiences to fans of TTRPGs with a focus on safety, consent, and inclusivity. We produce a variety of actual plays on our Twitch channel, such as Gehenna Academy (Monsterhearts 2) and our Saturday Night One-Shots (SNOS) educational series where we teach viewers new game systems. We also create an ongoing Horror podcast where we interview game developers and writers, horror movies actors and directors, ghost hunters, paranormal investigators, and other horror aficionados! Our bread and butter, however, is live gaming events where we organize and run hundreds of tabletop RPGs for horror fans at game stores and conventions around North America.