We are excited to welcome back Wizards of the Coast as a sponsor for Desert Bus for Hope again this year.
Founded in 1990, Wizards of the Coast has been a powerhouse of the gaming world with their flagship franchises of Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons. With countless numbers of players across the globe, the reach of the games of Wizards of the Coast is endless.
We are incredibly grateful for their generosity, support, and friendship and are excited to see what they are bringing to Desert Bus 2017!
Our next donation drive is a piece from the personal vault of long-time Desert Busser Jeremy Petter. In 2009 Jeremy and our own Matt Wiggins appeared on the much loved podcast “A Life Well Wasted” to talk about weak points of bosses and cheats in classic games. Artist Olly Moss only made 208 of these prints (this being number 201) and is signed by the podcast host Robert Ashley.
This is Jer’s personal poster, there is not a replacement. He has passed it onto Desert Bus and now we are passing it onto you. Until 3:50 PM, any donations of $5.09 or multiples thereof will enter you for a chance to win this piece of Jeremy and Matt history.
Matt can even sign it…if you want.
Gary Whitta will be calling in to Desert Bus on November 18th at 4:00pm (PST)
Gary Whitta is an English screenwriter, author, game designer, and video game journalist. He is known as the former editor-in-chief of both the UK and US editions of PC Gamer magazine and contributor to gaming magazine ACE.
Whitta was the screenwriter of The Book of Eli (2010), co-wrote After Earth (2013) with M. Night Shayamalan, and co-developed the story for Rogue One (2016).
Have a question for Gary? Leave it in the comments below!
Hello friends!
This is your warning that at 2:30pm PST we are going to be doing a Live Auction for a Wizards of the Coast Office Meet & Greet!
If you win this item, Wizards will coordinate with you on a date in 2018 for your visit, and they’ll do their best to ensure members of the company who you’d like to meet are able to come and spend some time chatting with you and possibly gaming with you.
Please keep in mind when bidding on this item!!
Things not included in this prize:
· No airfare to Seattle
· No riding Mitzi the dragon
· No tours of Off-Limit sections of the office
· No guarantee you can see everyone you want to see
· No swimming in the Black Lotus vault
Also, this is your reminder that you should check on your donor account so you are ABLE to bid on things and make sure it’s all good to go! Now go out there and get those….magics.
Our next donation drive is for this HUGE, and BEAUTIFUL Tamiyo canvas print. This piece of exclusive, collectible art came to us directly from Wizards of the Coast.
Donate $6.13, or multiples thereof, anytime before 2:00 pm PST to get your chance to win this thing. Seriously, it’s huge, it’s at least a Pika in height.
We here at Desert Bus would like to take a moment to recognize one of our very generous food and drink sponsors, Cenote. 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!
Located in downtown Victoria, Cenote offers an array of original cocktails and dining creations in a unique urban environment. This year, Cenote has donated some of their delicious nachos to the crew of Desert Bus! Yum!
From all of us here at Desert Bus, we’d like to thank Cenote for their generous donation!
Our next Donation Drive is for a Perilous Myr plush made by our wonderful ex-craftmaster Tally Heilke!
The Perilous Myr plushie is based off of the Magic the Gathering card of the same name, from the Scars of Mirrodin set. This is Tally’s VERY FIRST Myr plush that has moving parts! It’s completely one of a kind and you DEFINITELY want this one.
Donate $6.11, or multiples thereof, before 1:00pm PST to get this masterpiece!
Congratulations to Austinpsycho for your win!
Not only did that Donation Drive push us over $100k, it raised $6,053.92!
We hit $100,000 total for #DB2017!!
Thank you everyone so much for contributing again this year, we greatly appreciate how much all of you give every year, it means so much to all of us and everyone at Child’s Play!
For the Children!!!!
We are very pleased to welcome back Fangamer as a sponsor this year at Desert Bus for Hope. Once again they are our production partners for the Official Desert Bus for Hope 2017 T-shirt.
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.
Many thanks to Fangamer for their continued support of us here at Desert Bus for Hope.