Inspired by the world and characters of the upcoming game Hollow Knight: Silksong, we’re giving away a Matching Silksong Purse and Wallet Set! Battle the denizens of Hallownest and Pharloom in style with this matching purse and clutch wallet set!
The set is completely handmade from vinyl, no animal products used, with custom printed satin lining. The art on the lining was also made by the crafter and printed specifically for these items. The Hornet mask detailing was created via reverse applique, with the white and black vinyl pieces layered underneath the red.
Log in to or sign up for a Donor Account, then donate $6.11 (or multiples thereof) for a chance to win this prize. We’ll run this giveaway until 2:10pm PST.
Grr, grar, the creatures from the Alpha Flight Monster Manual humbly request your word-ly creations composed from the words of D&D, in this our first Creative Challenge of Alpha Flight at Desert Bus 2021!
We’re challenging the community to create their best Subtractive Poetry composed from words in the Bard class description of the D&D Basic Rules/Players Handbook. In case you haven’t created Subtractive Poetry before, you can only subtract words… no re-ordering or modifying! You’ll create a poem from the Bard class description from the remaining words. It’s up to you if you’d like to submit your creation as text only or if you’d like to share a photo of your creation instead.
Send your creations to contest@desertbus.org with the subject line Bard Poetry. You can submit your creation as an image (in JPG or PNG format) or as text (as the content of the email). Also, please be sure to include the screen name you’d like us to you in case your submission is shown on air.
We’ll be accepting submissions until 4:30pm PST. The winner of this challenge receives a Desert Bus for Hope T-Shirt and a 2021 DBloon! We’ll also post the winner and a few runner-up submissions on the blog.
We’d like to take a moment to thank one of our Prize Sponsors for this year’s Desert Bus for Hope: Wizards of the Coast!
Wizards is home to Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, and more. Always bringing us legendary games, and lifelong adventures. With their help, you can adventure through worlds beyond imagination, online or at your kitchen table.
Wizards are known for their charity support, and we’re forever grateful they provide us with amazing prizes year after year.
Thank you Wizards of the Coast for your support of Desert Bus for Hope!
But we shall see you on the morrow, for the Dawn never stops and neither do we.
We had our first day of coffee pong, played a fun/sad/angering/sleepy/surprised game of Emotional Objectivity, and got serenaded by Paul on numerous occasions!
And of course we had some great DAAAANCE PARTIES!!
Honestly you just had to be there. But that’s ok, because if you weren’t you can always watch the clips and compellations that our VST lovelies make at the Desert Bus Youtube channel!
SEE YA TOMORROW BA BYYYYYYEE!!!!
We’ve already gone over this before this morning, but just so you’re aware…..HERE’S YOUR SECOND CHANCE TO WIN!!!
Donate $15.15 or multiples thereof by 11:45am PST for a chance to get into this server and have some fun with other Busians!
A total of 15 winners will be selected (8 from the early morning giveaway, 7 from the late morning).
We have found a nice 30 chunk x 30 chunk area for them to call home. The borders are fixed, and the players can’t leave that area. Lots of biome diversity and plenty of resources to go around.
At the end of our shifts on Sunday through Wednesday we’ll have a quick check-in/server tour.
if at the end of every shift we raise a Desert Buck, James and Serge will join the server and the players will receive……. seeeeecrets.
We’ve got a giveaway for you wonderful MtG lovers out there!!
If you’d like a chance for this wonderful creation, donate $8.12 or multiple thereof by 11am PST for a chance to win!
Perfect for air plants or summoning eldritch beings from the Blind Eternities, this hedron vase will suit many of your lithomancy and decorative needs. Handmade, glazed and painted, this vase is about 17 inches long, 8 inches tall and 8 inches at its widest point. It also has some kintsugi touches done in dark gunmetal and copper. As with most magical things, this hedron is not dishwasher or microwave safe, and must be washed by hand only. Must supply own plant/saproling.
We have hit the next set of silent auctions, so let’s take a look at what’s on the docket….
First up….DBFued Book!
As many of you know, we have a tradition on Dawn Guard of playing Game Shows! One of our favorites is Family Feud. And thanks to Noy222 for all the work that’s been put into these over the years.
The Desert Bus Feud Book is a 344 page book containing all 50 questions and over 48,000 answers surveyed for Desert Bus for Hope 2020 starts with page 724. This single print hard cover book is part 2 of the sometime-ending series aiming to collect semi-useless information from YOU, the DBfH viewer.
And then next we have these beautiful Legend of Zelda Embroidered Tea Towels
These tea towels are 100% cotton huck toweling hand embroidered with cotton DMC embroidery floss (except for the Triforces, which are a polyester embroidery floss). Each towel measures 26 inches by 14.5 inches and has the character’s name on one end and their respective Triforce on the other. Wash cold on the gentle cycle or by hand.
Would you like to have a fun adventure with your Desert Bus Brethren? Or just generally like some really amazingly painted minifigs? If so, donate $6.66 or multiples thereof by 9:45am PST!!
A 10×10 ruined temple base on which 4 figures battle a massive python. The 4 warriors battle heroically to keep the fight going just a little longer than last year for the best of all causes, Hope.
The figures are:
A Cleric of the Dawn Guard
A Squadron Leader of the Alpha Flight
A Nightwatcher Wizard (and his little frog friend)
A Rogue from the Zeta Shift Guild
Giant Python Omega
Each figure can be removed from the base if you want to include them in one of your tabletop adventures as friend or foe.
Each fighter is a Reaper metal mini and the snake “mini” is a Magic the Gathering Cosmos Serpent.
This giveaway is quite a doozy….
James and Serge have set up a Minecraft server JUST FOR YOU!
Well, 15 of you. And only during Desert Bus. Buuuut!
A total of 15 winners will be selected (8 from the early morning giveaway, 7 from the late morning).
We have found a nice 30 chunk x 30 chunk area for them to call home. The borders are fixed, and the players can’t leave that area. Lots of biome diversity and plenty of resources to go around.
At the end of our shifts on Sunday through Wednesday we’ll have a quick check-in/server tour.
if at the end of every shift we raise a Desert Buck, James and Serge will join the server and the players will receive……. seeeeecrets.
So donate $15.15 before 8:30am PST to get a chance to win one of these spots!
HELLO AND GOOD MORNING BUSIANS!! We’ve got some great plans for all of you this week, but we’re here to discuss our sportsball.
And by sportsball I mean COFFEE PONG!
To start this tradition, James and Serge have a wonderful set up in Kate’s, aka Billsmom, basement! Every day we will have a breakdown of stats from our newest additions, the Sports Talk team Matt Wiggins and Jordan Hopkins.
Day one Serge took an early lead, and even though James started to get into his groove he was quickly overtaken again. So that means our day one winner is…..