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An herbal remedy to stimulate and protect liver function in dogs and cats that exhibit signs of liver stress or toxicity.
Available in 1 oz liquid.
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Country of Origin: USA
Manufacturer: Animal's Apawthecary
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Ingredients - Certified organic dandelion, milk thistle seed, vegetable glycerin USP, distilled water, grain alcohol (ethanol) USP not to exceed 20% by volume.
This product contains Milk Thistle, which may interfere with the update of P450 drugs.
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Maintenance - Dose may be fewer drops, at a once per day dose
Immediate Problem or Infection - Dosage will get better results with a higher, more frequent application.
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Worked wonders for my cat!
By Aranwen
from Athens, Greece
About Me New Pet Owner
Comments about Animal's Apawthecary Animals' Apawthecary Dandelion / Milk Thistle:
My cat has epilepsy and is on Phenobarbital which had put strain on his liver and his previous blood work showed elevated liver enzymes. After 2 months on this product, they dropped by over 50% and are now in perfectly normal range! I've only used the low dosage recommended (10 drops once or twice daily) and as opposed to other milk thistle tinctures I had tried, it didn't give my cat diarrhea. This product has saved me a lot of money that I would give to get the liver support medication my vet prescribed, and now my vet knows about it too and will suggest it to his other patients!
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Bad-smelling, bad-taste supplement
By cat lover
from Pigeon, WV
About Me Long-time Pet Owner
I had ordered this supplement, because my cat had been diagnosed with FIV and I had read where Milk Thistle and Dandelion Root were good for this condition. But I found that my cat refused to take it, even when I mixed it with his favorite food, even salmon or cooked chicken. Even his siblings refused it as well. I tried to force it on him and that didn't happen. I smelled it and I wouldn't want to take it either. It has a very nasty medicinal smell. I was advised to let the alcohol evaporate, but it still did not get rid of the medicinal smell and neither would they have anything to do with it, so I would not recommend it for any animal owner. I would think they would mix it with something other than an alcohol base in order for them to want to eat it.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Merchant response: Alcohol is an excellent carrier to extract the herbs so that is why it used in most tinctures. You can then "burn off" the alcohol just by letting a dose sit out for about 20 minutes.
Have high hopes this will be helpful
By Pam V.
from Bethesda, MD
My 15-year old cat has elevated liver enzymes. I put 10 drops on top of her 5.5 oz. canned food every morning. The product is easy to use and my cat likes the taste. I will find out how effective it is the next time she has blood work done. Make sure your cat has plenty of filtered fresh water at all times as liver problems cause excessive thirst.
Apawthecary Dandelion/Milk Thistle
By Aileen
from Meriden, Ct
I add 2 drops to water (my dog drinks 4 qts water day). Her liver and kidney functions improved by 50 pts and she seems must more energetic
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Dandelion/Milk Thistle saved my Dog
By Bigdaddydon
from Cambridge, MN
I always try to go Homopathic route. Animals and Humans suffer from all the Artifically produced medicines. If you can get the product or medicine naturally, then you don't have to worry about problems. I needed the Dandelion Thistle because my Rescue Dog Matilda (puppy mill throw away) was of no more use to her breeders, so they threw her out into a road that was busy with traffic. Luckly a St Frands Rescue Volunter saw her and picked her up. She is now after two years in much better health as her body was getting full of skin tags caused by her cruel owners and her liver started giving out. Dandelion Milkthistle saved her. She gets an eye dropper twice a day. Thank you for being there for us pet owners.
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By Kittyforreal
from San Diego, CA
Please male sure to gauge the pet's size, weight & age for dosage instructions. My kitten needed less than was suggested because a side effect was Darrhea. The product did allow for my kitten to grow in size because previously her growth was stunted due to early chronic renal failure because she was bred in a "kitten mill" & thereby had been "over-bred."
This helped my kitten
By Whiskey's caretaker
from Morristown, N.J
I used the milk thistle because my kitten wouldnt take the prescription medication the vet gave her for her liver function. We had to get her within normal range before she could be spayed. I put the drops in her food every time she ate. Within a month her liver function was normal, and she had the surgery with no problems., Now I continue to use it every day.
Can't say enough good about this product
By Mary the pet store owner
from Whitewater, WI
I have a chihuahua that was diagnosed about a year ago with MVD. Choosing the homeopathic route of treatment for her instead of the suggested "prescription food" this was one of the supplements I added to her daily routine. I am happy to say that at this point in time her ALT numbers are for the first time within the proper range and she is a healthy, happy, active dog! Thank you for this wonderful product!!
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Great product!
By RJ
from Iowa
This product has really seemed to help my Min Pin. I found this when she started having high ALT readings from her blood work. She has been taking it for almost a year now, and her ALT level has dropped A LOT. The vet even said maybe it is working (and he is not the holistic type). She doesn't mind the taste (it actually smells kind of delicious). Great product!
My dog does well with this product
By Mumma
from Anytown, USA
I have found that this product works very well on my Minn Pinn. He has a Liver disorder that unfortunatly will be with him for ever.. I have found that by giving him the recomended doses daily of this product he is able to maintain a healthy liver. He has his energy back. I highly recomended it!
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When you are buying the game it is like buying into a book trilogy. You have to know about the game quite a bit to know you need the original+cataclysm+Wrath+Crusade+?????!!!! expansions. I think blizzard is going to havr to modify things into having to buy the perscription, then buy the expansion you want and you get all the warcrat. Damn baord is messing ith kystrokes again! It is only happening here......
Anyway they are going to need to lower the cost of joining to base+ expansion without having to have all the expansion packs if they want to get subscribers........
Offering the collectors edition would cause as much of a riot as the pets on the store. Like Lore said, they're limited edition collectibles.
I'd be unhappy if they made them available, but God knows I'd buy the classic and TBC ones I'm missing, feeling disgruntled about it as I do.
I think a large portion of sub loss is due to students. Im a college student and im heavily considering leaving wow for something more casual, not because i cant play wow casually but because I stayed subed this long being bored of Dragon Soul for a couple months hoping MoP would be out in august so i could get to 90 before school starts. Now that MoP wont be out till the end of September ill probably be playing something like Borderlands 2 instead. I know im not the only one who may leave WoW for this exact same reason.
Basically too much Dragon Soul, MoP isnt comming out early enough that I might not be able to level and gear fast enough for my raid group, and to be honest as much as the 1-60 reboot was cool it doesnt fit with BC and WOTLK content and makes leveling feel very much disconnected.
Ive been playing WoW since Beta and love the game but they have taken WAY too long getting MoP out. Sadly as much as i might cancel my sub Ill more than likely be back around xmas holidays so i guess its not a permanent loss to blizz, im too much of a WoW addict to stay away forever.
I think they missed a big point on the subscriber loss story. The majority of the subs lost happened in the East where Cataclysm hasn't launched yet. There was no talk of how that has affected subscriptions. They have been playing Wrath content for the last 2 years.
This loss wasn't unexpected. Long lull pre-MoP, game is going on 8 years old at this point. There are some people leaving not necessarily because the game is bad, but just because it's old. Some of course are leaving because they think it's bad, and they're entitled to think so as much as they want.
Remains to be seen what happens for MoP. I think what gets lost in all the 'they lost subs!!!1111!!' talk is that I doubt even Blizzard ever expected the game to still be as big as it is at this point, 7+ years after launch, so, while losing some subs makes for lots of hits on websites, it's not the end of the world that some make it out to be. When the game drops to within a million of its nearest subscription-only MMO competitor, then, that will be news. Until then, despite any losses, no one else has gotten even close. WoW lost ~10% last quarter, while the most-hyped WoW-killer from 2011 is going F2P before it's a year old.
(The other big 2011 release, Rift, is still profitable, and releasing an expansion soon. It never got as big as SWTOR, but it never took the huge plunge, either.)
No. It wasn't unexpected. Predicted this back in May.
As for why, in general, people are discontent with it. You can say it's just old.... or that it's "bad".... or whatever. In the end, to a lot of (former) subscribers, they are not happy with WoW presently, and not happy enough to the point where many of them are actively choosing to turn off the automatic subscription renewal.
That's something I think that deserves attention. This isn't just people letting their subs "lapse", like, "Oh... I forgot to renew my sub to Playboy! Dammit!" This is people actively going into the system and saying, "no thanks".
Blizzard might not have expected it to run this long/far, true. It's not the end of the world either. HOWEVER...... one thing you need to always keep in mind is, the company that is used to bringing in $150mil in cash PER MONTH now seeing those numbers drop to $135mil per month..... HOW ARE THEY GOING TO REACT?
It's not so much an issue of, how the fellow customer is going to react to this news, but how will Blizzard react? Or.... more importantly.... how will Activision react to having their income drop so dramatically? This is a company that is used to seeing X amount of profit per month. Now, they're seeing ten percent less (roughly). Will Blizzard/Activision sit and say...... "Hey, we're still making money hand over fist. Sure, it's not as much, but we're still doing well, and we can continue to offer a high-quality product for our customers!"....... or will it be, "We need to keep profit margins where they were. Time to cut stuff!"
I'm HOPING Blizzard/Activision will realize they are still making a solid profit, not freak out, and continue to try and do right by their customer by aiming high and trying to produce a high quality product. They'll still make fat cash, just not as much, and they can hold onto the numbers better.
But..... if they go the route so many companies seem to do, and cut quality to try to maintain profit margins (despite still operating at a profit), I predict the situation will only worsen, as they will end up turning-off more loyal customers to their product, which could effectively worsen the downward spiral.
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WoW..... is Activision/Blizzard's LIFEBLOOD. Vivendi is already trying to drop it's ownership as it sees problems. The article continues........World of Warcraft (WoW) has helped ATVI maintain its stock price, with this one single game providing roughly 30% of the revenue for the entire company via its expansion packs and monthly payments. Subscription revenue alone totaled $1.2 billion both in 2008 and 2009, and an additional $1.36 billion in 2010. Corresponding costs (the overhead cost of maintaining WoW's virtual world) totaled a mere $404 million in the first two years mentioned, and $241 million in 2010. This means that WoW subscriptions have generated gross margins over 80% consistently. Since WoW has very high operating leverage any decline in revenue will have dramatic effects on the bottom line.
This is correct, based off of projections... IF they lost those subs. Here's the rub though..... they are still making $779 million in profit, off of an 8 year old game. They are not having to organize and construct from scratch.... they have an established infrastructure and are simply "adding on"to it. The money they are making in PROFIT is after all of the balance sheets are settled.Let's examine what would happen to ATVI's business if WoW subscription and software sales were to decline by an estimated 25%. We believe this to be a conservative estimate because games like EA's new Star Wars MMORPG have had a significantly greater turnover than 25% in the first 6 months since the game was released.
This is a clear example of how bad games fail and how subscribers tend to voice their preference rather quickly and mercilessly. We estimate that ATVI's gross profit of the subscription business could drop to $779 million from the current $1.12 billion and software gross profit could drop to $75 million from $100 million if a mere 25% of current subscribers stop playing WoW. With the combination of these numbers, we project ATVI could experience a drop of up to $366 million in gross profit in the 6 months following the release of Guild Wars 2 at the end of August 2012.
My view on this?
Again, if Blizzard continues to "create" content like Dragon Soul for us, at the tune of $779 MILLION (or the $1.12 BILLION) in profit, I'm probably NOT going to stay loyal to Blizzard. I'm sorry, but this is not a company that is "hurting for cash reserves".
So, my message to Blizzard: Do what you did that got you here. Take care of your customers. Take care of your fans. You do that..... you will minimize the damage an maybe even come out ahead. If you follow the standard business model that is "trendy" and cut into the product you make, and offer an inferior product...... then prepare for disaster.
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No one tanks in a void.........
Its not like WoW has been overtaken by some game in its own market - pretty much every mmo seems to be in decline. If I were looking to find the lost mmo players I'd be looking at where the bajillion people playing LoL came from.
It seems like its the genre becoming less popular, not something WoW is doing wrong.
I'd argue the genre is becoming less popular because right now, the genre IS WoW, and MMO's modeled after WoW.
It's not that WoW is "doing something wrong". It's just that..... it's damn near all there is anymore.
WoW in Space (SWTOR).
And WoW with less Saturday Morning Cartoon graphics (Rift).
It'd be like me saying.... you may have your ice cream in vanilla, french vanilla, or vanilla bean.
They're all vanilla.
No one tanks in a void.........
I love articles like the Forbes one; first he says "what would happen if WoW lost 25% of it's sub base: then he makes it a fact that WoW will lose 25% of it's sub base to GW2. Nothing like supposition being turned to fact to make the conclusion work.Fair disclosure, I think Forbes is a hack magazine - they never met a fact they didn't distort or get wrong.
I think the genre is becoming less popular because tastes change. I don't think its shocking that MUDs aren't as popular as when I started playing them in the early 90's. Some of that is attributable to technological improvements that have no analog when assessing the change in popularity of MMOs but some of it also is just that preferences in genres change.
League of Legends has a bajillion people and some of those are (imo) bound to be people who would have selected an MMO otherwise. If Blizzard were losing market share to a direct competitor it would be a different story, but if they're just losing players to a different type of game they can't exactly morph world of warcraft into something that looks more like League of Legends. Some of the issues are unique to China as well and really its a bit silly to worry about those as they essentially play an entirely different game (which of course makes all of those '12 million subscriber' numbers look pretty silly as well).
8 years, hmmm..... D&D 6th grade thru High School graduation+2 "Unbusy" years= 8 year run on the Chainmail thru AD7D versions. so that would be the beta thru 2.0 versions, life got too busy for D&D after a 10 year span. I am thinking a bunch of 14-16 year old beta WoW types are discovering they have kids, work, wife, yard, and a bunch of other tasks to juggle and are dropping the game in lieu (Rightly so) of spending time with their "Younger Family" that has kids that need levelling before they can join dad/granpa in the real world of warcraft. Blizzard ia likely catering to a new generation of players with the pet battles and farming aspects. I think was may be coming up on a full rewrite of all the quests and progression to better sclae magic items, and make the feel of the game be less of a patchwork. Make a "Strictly Azeroth" version that is levels 1-60 and ALL the Races/Zones but the huigher level zones above 60 require the expansion packs to get in. It would make the game much easier for a new gamer to learn since there are fewer exceptions/ deceptions related to basic levelling of the races. (If someone thinks a pandaren would be what they want and they buy the base software only to discover they have to buy Crusade and Wrath AND Mists!? C'mon son surprize addon expenses to play the gane/race combo of you faavorite choice is kind of expensive.
To bad the farming aspect doesn't come with a Gardener's shed feature..........a "stash whatever you want here as long as it is a Mat." might be a nice way to free up bag and bank space? Have a possibility of a Rogue hitting your shed the longer you stay away?
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I have no doubt WoW will lose some subs to GW2 and to the expiration of the annual pass, but it will gain subs also and I don't think the net decline will be 25%; they may even get a bump of a few hundred thousand.
The biggest issue for WoW is securing and retaining fresh blood. How do you entice a person to buy a game for the first time and put up with leveling a character to 90 before they get to the "really cool stuff"? Espeically a game that's complex in its own way. Face it, if you want to play the game well you need to invest time, research rotations, learn what the stats do, learn how they interact, etc. All the while doing this in an otherwise unhelpful in game community. It's not a FPS where you can pick it up and start blasting your way to the end game on day one.
It's kind of a daunting task for Blizzard. 90 level before the fun begins is a huge mountain to climb for the first timer; for those of us that are altaholics leveling has never been easier and it's pretty much auto-pilot, but for a band, spanking new player it's a lot to ask.
As someone mentioned above, the whole leveling paradigm is going to have to change if they want new subscriptions.
I'm the "treasurer" of my guild and basically in charge of making sure the bank is stocked up and in order, i love the idea of the farming aspect in MOP not just being herbs. it means that some items might be easier to get and help me organise the bank and my own items easier than spending 2k on a random mat. love it, love it, love it.


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Fight Back: Self Defense Schools Respond to Recent Attacks on Women in North Seattleon March 13, 2013 @ 4:31 pm (Updated: 5:26 pm - 3/13/13 )
Last weekend at Northgate's MKG Martial Arts International they held a free self defense class.
"The attacks that were happening in Seattle were right around the school," says MKG owner and head instructor Andy Wilson. "We really felt, as a school, this is our neighborhood and the person is still at large so we just planned an impromptu self-defense work shop and we had 110 people show up."
Andy says the huge response has encouraged them to set up another class on April 27th. He says every woman should learn self defense, even if it's a single class.
"We try to make sure the moves that you learn are simple. That they don't require learning leverage and balance and it's all focused around the vital targets which are your eyes, your throat, your knees, groin and feet. Attacking those targets as quickly and as aggressively as possible to create enough space to escape."
Hanan Judeh had taken self defense and martial arts classes at MKG for three years when she was attacked in downtown Seattle, across from the police station, in broad daylight.
"I was getting in my car and I put my stuff in my passenger seat. I turned to close the door and all of a sudden this guy comes rushing in and pushes me further into my car, so I'm in between the armrest and him. He said he was going to take my car and my money. I said, 'No, you're not.' I had my keys in my hand and that's when I started going for his eyes and just trying to attack him."
Her attacker had a knife, but she continued to stab him in the eyes with her keys, honk her horn and eventually get away. Hanan says self defense classes gave her the confidence to attack and run away.
"It did save my life, for sure. I've always thought I was a pretty strong person. Had I not known anything about the sensitive eyes, or where the targets are, I don't know if I would have been able to make it."
Andy says we need self-defense more than ever, since so many of us are fiddling with our smart phones and not staying alert and aware of our surroundings.
"A classic example is running, listening to headphones," Andy says. "You're completely shutting out one sense. Jogging at Greenlake, you're not going to hear somebody coming. You have to scan more. You have to scan ahead, you have to look up more."
He says they teach more than just fighting skills.
"Trusting your intuition. If you feel threatened, crossing to the other side of the street or going into a business rather than staying out on the street. All of these different avoidance mechanisms, and things that you can do, are vital."
Often times the attacker is going to be bigger and stronger than you are, but that doesn't mean you can't fight back.
"It was a very traumatic event and I do think that every woman should definitely take at least one self defense seminar," says Hanan. "We need to be able to protect ourselves. To me, that's the only way. I mean, I don't carry a gun, I'm not really into weapons."
You can find out more about MKG's upcoming self defense seminar here.
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American Ted Ligety won the second gold medal of his career Wednesday by besting the competition in the giant slalom.
French skiers took the other two podium spots, with Steve Missillier taking silver and Alexis Pinturault winning bronze.
Of the other Americans in the event, Tim Jitloff finished 15th, Jared Goldberg was 19th and Bode Miller was 20th.
Miller, who won bronze in the super-G on Sunday for his sixth Olympic medal, tweaked his surgically repaird knee during the event and withdrew from this weekend's slalom competition, the last of his events at the Sochi Games.
Miller, who at 36 became the oldest medalist in Olympic alpine skiing history with his super-G performance, hasn't indicated whether he plans to retire from the Olympics after Sochi.
Wednesday's medal for Ligety was his first of the Sochi Games after finishing 12th in the super combined and 14th in the super-G.
Ligety, a 29-year-old Park City, Utah, native, came up big in his Olympic debut in 2006, winning gold in the super combined. He also competed in the giant slalom and the slalom in Turin, but failed to complete either event.
He failed to medal in 2010 in Vancouver, but later became the first man since 1968 to win three gold medals at a single world championships, topping the super-G, giant slalom and super combined in 2013.
That giant slalom world championship was the second of his career, after his first in 2011, and he also can lay claim to four World Cup championships in that event.
In fact, of his 21 World Cup event victories, all but one came in the giant slalom, with the one remaining coming in the super combined just last month in Wengen, Switzerland.
Ligety came into the Olympics No. 3 in the 2014 World Cup giant slalom standings, having earned three victories and a third-place finish in six events so far.
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Mozzarella sticks are always a crowd favorite. We transformed the popular bar snack into mini-footballs using just a cookie cutter. Don't have a football-shaped cutter? No problem: Just print and cut out a football shape using scissors and use it as a template; cut around it using a sharp knife.
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Other findings: (1) local schools continue to be regarded favorably, with 70 percent of public school parents giving the school their oldest child attends either a grade of A or B; (2) the public supports adding rigor to the high school curriculum, with 78 percent favoring at least four years of English, math, and science in order to receive a diploma; and (3) while 54 percent of those surveyed oppose vouchers, given a full-tuition voucher, 56 percent of respondents would choose a private school for their child.
National Preparedness Month
Throughout September 2004, the Department and more than 50 national organizations will host a series of events to highlight the importance of emergency preparedness. Schools and communities are encouraged to get involved by learning how to prepare for emergencies (try http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/crisisplanning.html), offering volunteer opportunities in preparedness efforts, and receiving training on first aid and CPR. For more information, please go to http://www.ready.gov/ or call 1-800-BE-READY.
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During this week's "Ask the White House" chat (http://www.whitehouse.gov/ask/20040824.html), a parent asked Secretary Paige what could be done to increase children's awareness of the importance of a "great education." As part of his answer, the Secretary recommended the "Education Pays: Stay in School" web site at http://www.educationpays.org/. Here, parties can access a calculator that allows them to select (1) an occupation they would like to pursue and (2) how much school they plan to have when they enter the workforce. The result is a fact sheet providing information about expected income and unemployment for different educational attainment levels. To really accentuate the point, earnings may be converted into CDs or movie tickets. For example, compared to physical therapists with a two-year college degree, those with a four-year degree could buy 1,201 more CDs or 2,644 more movie tickets every year.
One World
Created through the support and vision of the NFL and the NFL Players Association and developed in collaboration with Scholastic, One World is an interdisciplinary, multi-tiered program for teachers, students, and their families in grades 4-6 that "tackles" prejudice and stereotyping and teaches diversity and understanding. The program builds upon ten key lessons; the lessons (from "Understanding Who We are Through Identity" to "Roots of Stereotypes and Prejudice" and "Choices and Consequences of our Actions") may be taught in the days preceding or immediately after a 9/11 commemorative event or at any time during the school year where there is a need to build community. And, the lessons are designed to be taught individually as well as in sequence, allowing teachers to incorporate single lessons into their lesson plans as needed. For more information, please go to http://www.scholastic.com/oneworld/.
ACT Scores
For the first time since 1997, the national average score for the ACT exam increased, from 20.8 (on a scale of 1 through 36), the average each of the past two years, to 20.9, a statistically significant gain. English, math, reading, and science scores also rose one-tenth of a point over last year. At the same time, the scores indicate that an "alarming number" of graduates are not ready for college math and science courses. In fact, only 26 percent earned a score of 24 or higher on the science test, while just four in 10 earned a score of 22 or higher on the math test. (Students who reach these scores have a high probability75 percentof earning a "C" or better and an even chance of earning a "B" or higher in college biology and algebra courses, respectively.) This data is unchanged from 2003. For more information, please go to http://www.act.org/news/releases/2004/8-18-04.html. (Secretary Paige's statement is available at http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2004/08/08182004.html.)
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"In the coming weeks, children across our nation will begin a new school year. They're looking forward to meeting new teachers, learning new subjects, and making new friends. And, thanks to good schools and good policies, we can be confident this year will be a year of achievement for America's students and families.... The pattern is clear and encouraging. The No Child Left Behind Act is bringing progress and hope to America's students, parents, and educators. We are gaining momentum, and we will not turn back."
President George W. Bush (8/21/04)
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Going to Gen Con? Read This!
This is also the first Gen Con after Dave Arneson's passing. Will he be honored in the same vein as Gary Gygax was last year? Can any product being released capture the starter market or take a chunk out of 4e's market share?
To quote Tennyson, "Tho' much is taken, much abides". That is, it seems like every year there are a few faces no longer with us at Gen Con—though there are always plenty of new friends as well. But there is still so much history, personality, and legacy that persists at Gen Con. Even as it evolves, you can still touch history. And that becomes a tremendous thing, I think, as we gamers get older and gain a greater sense of what a legacy can bring.
Just a few things I'm looking forward to, from the "G" section (otherwise in no semblance of alphabetical order):
Gen Con Scavenger Hunt (Zack's): I do a scavenger hunt for my group, one that gets them around the hall, interacting with and visiting booths they may otherwise have overlooked. This year, if you're looking for something to do, I will be offering the scavenger hunt as a free download on this site! Once it's ready, download it, take it with you, and see if you can find me first to turn it in! I think I'll be doing some prizes for the top (and bottom) finishers. If you're interested having your company on there or have a suggestion for an item, let me know at mail.rpgblog(at)gmail.com.
Gygax, Return to the Tower of: Yep, it's back this year. Starting every two hours and running around the clock at the convention, this is perfect for getting a taste of classic gaming with friends. If you find yourself strapped for time, you should still be able to make one of these events. You won't want to miss it!
GM's Jam 2009: If you haven't already, make sure to sign up for this one. Game Masters from such sites as this one (that'd be me), Chgowiz's Old Guy RPG Blog, Stupid Ranger, and RPG Centric are hosting what should be a free, friendly, informal give-and-take for novice and expert Game Masters alike.
GOLD: I just found out some of the guys from the excellent RPG Web Series GOLD will be making the trip to Gen Con this year. GOLD is one of the few shows about gaming to be filled with genuinely funny parts, well-written dialogue, and some nice acting. I'm excited to meet some of the people behind the show--if you haven't seen GOLD yet, do yourself a favor and check it out beforehand.
GameScience: The only dice endorsed by yours truly. If you're going, look for Lou Zocchi—supposedly, last year was his last Gen Con, but this year he is an industry guest of honor! Find Colonel Lou. Have him give you the Dice Talk. It is a rite of passage, and part of all that is wonderful about Gen Con.
Gaming Paper: It might seem silly to be excited over what seems to be a pretty straightforward product, but I love my Flip Mats, my hex mats, my Tac-Tiles, and so it should come as no surprise I'm looking forward to a roll of nicely graphed gaming paper on a roll. At $4, I can afford to pick up a roll to try it out.
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Gaming: Man, oh man, do we have some games to try out. I'm really looking forward to trying out Hackmaster 5e for the first time, I hope to get a good look at Eclipse Phase, and of course, there is the Pathfinder release, which if I'm reading things right, should be an absolute frenzy.
I'm not sure if me and the lads will be able to rock the Castles & Crusades tourney, but I sure hope so. I'm running one Microlite 74 game that's on the schedule, and if your group needs an emergency short dungeon crawl fix, I may be able to oblige as well. And I know there will be a few new games this year that will just totally surprise me.
This will be my 5th consecutive year of coverage at Gen Con, and I will be liveblogging both here and at theRPGsite (as well as sporadic Twitter and Facebook updates). If you have a booth, product, or event you'd like covered, drop me a line (mail.rpgblog(at)gmail.com).
Likewise, if you're a reader that can't make it and want something covered, let me know—my team and I even try to get and post pics, so you can feel like you're right there as well (minus the gamer stench). Our coverage between my personal sites and theRPGsite usually ends up past 10,000 hits (I'm still not sure how), so you can guarantee some eyeballs will land on it. I work hard at our coverage—it's my hope that every single one of you can make it to Gen Con one day, but until then, I'll be here, sharing as much as I can with you. And if you're on the fence and trying to make it affordable, well, I might be able to help with that too, cagey Indianapolis native that I am.
If you are going, one word of advice: PocketMod. I use one for booth numbers, and one for my calendar and contacts. It's tons better than flipping through your program, and you can recycle it when you're through.
However you get there, whatever it means to you, I hope to see you at Gen Con this year!
16 comments:
- ChattyDM said...
I'M glad you can make it this year. I'll try to show up for the GM Jam. Looking forward to seeing you for the 1st time!
- July 22, 2009 at 8:03 AM
- Chgowiz said...
We will have fun at the GM Jam! :) And you are invited to the non-scheduled, underground playtest of the Ultima S&W game. Perinia awaits you... :D
- July 22, 2009 at 8:48 AM
- ATOM said...
Thank's for the post.
I have to wait until next year to attend, but I will be soaking up the GenCon ambiance from afar, to get me in the mood for 2010.It will indeed be interesting to see the attendance this year owing to the recession & economic downturn.Commuting from the U.K is obviously expensive, so I will be saving for a few months at least.
- July 22, 2009 at 8:54 AM
- Dave The Game said...
No love for the RPG Bloggers Network panels?
- July 22, 2009 at 9:14 AM
- Zachary The First said...
Of course! They just weren't filed under "G". :)
I can't wait for the RPG Bloggers meetups--I've been telling a lot of folks about them.
- July 22, 2009 at 9:59 AM
- Tony Law said...
So exactly how drunk can we be during the GM Jam? On a scale of 1 to 10.
- July 22, 2009 at 11:25 AM
- Dyson Logos said...
Unfortunately, last year is probably my last GenCon for some time. My work has me busy this year, and I've taken an active dislike of the new border-crossing policies put in place by the US Government to restrict access.
- July 22, 2009 at 11:30 AM
- Chgowiz said...
@Tony - my vote is YES! :D
- July 22, 2009 at 11:35 AM
- Tony Law said...
@Chgowiz - So on a scale of 1 to 10, the answer is "yes"? I can live with that. ;)
- July 22, 2009 at 11:39 AM
- Chgowiz said...
@Tony - one never scales the amount of drunkness that is acceptable. Especially to a bunch of gaming guys!
Word verify - "lazzat" - clearly that is the way to say "LIGHTNING BOLT" when at 10 on the drunken scale...
- July 22, 2009 at 11:49 AM
- Zachary The First said...
@Dyson: Well, that stinks! I hope this Gen Con is extra-special for you, then!
@Tony, Chgowiz: Do we need to have a designated sober panelist? 1 2 3 not it! ;)
I can see the headline now:
"Drunken Game Mastering Advice Dispensed Freely; 7 Arrested In Dowtown Hotel Brawl"
- July 22, 2009 at 12:01 PM
- Tony Law said...
@Zach - More like "Drunk Virgins Involved in Slap Fight at Star Trek Convention."
- July 22, 2009 at 12:10 PM
- Chgowiz said...
@Tony - imagine the Youtube videos...
- July 22, 2009 at 12:13 PM
- Tony Law said...
@Chgowiz - We'll make millions!
- July 22, 2009 at 12:15 PM
- Zachary The First said...
You know, remind me to tell you the full story at Gen Con—for the past 3 years, I have either stumbled into or interrupted a LARP after drinking. Considering I am remarkably sober for most—most--of Gen Con, this seems an even greater streak.
Last year, I was playing Oregon Trail on my phone in a hotel lobby with the sound on while 2 Vampire clans plotted each other's demise all around me. It wasn't until afterwards I thought my slovenly presence may have been somewhat of a detractor.
The year before that, it was some Victorian murder mystery thing. They were taking up the whole hallway, so I didn't have a choice. I got glared at by a guy with a monocle.
- July 22, 2009 at 12:28 PM
- Gaming news said...
Great review!
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