I started playing table top RPG's with D&D 4e. My group was also almost entirely composed of players new to D&D. We learned with 4e and so I think it has a special place in our hearts. Our game ran for about three years and I chronicled a lot of it here on the site. As time went on and I got more comfortable with the rules I started doing some pretty crazy shit.

The challenges of player power in Gabriel's campaign ("Pursuit Of Destiny," which I always liked as a name) are such that we're hauling in ideas from every attainable source - availing ourselves of every lash, every hot brand.

It has been a long time coming but our Buy a Print option is back on the site! These are large prints usually 11x17 and come from the original 600 DPI comic file. They look super crisp! The feature has been missing from the site for a while so you might want to take a trip back through the archive and see if there was anything you wanted. I made a little list of some recent strips that I think are especially print-worthy.

We wrapped up an old Iron Kingdoms adventure after a lull of several months, and getting around a table only stoked a fire that was already threatening the roof. It is approaching obsession levels very quickly, surprising in its ferocity. Sleep is no refuge; some unconscious process is always at work, sharpening my knives.

We have a few special deals going on in our store that I wanted to share with you all.

I like to roleplay, but the full graph this data resides in is three dimensional and denotes a wealth of additional data. For example, I like roleplaying more than I like being chased through the savannah by a leopard, but just barely. What I like is doing worldbuilding, creating characters, and writing dialogue, which are all things you can do from that side of the table but aren't necessarily your place. The BDSM term is, I think, "Topping From The Bottom."

Gabriel put his Dungeons & Dragons campaign on hiatus almost a year ago, which happens, and is more often than not a euphemistic device for "never playing again." He wants to fight that common arc tooth and nail, and I've committed my entire mind to his holy task.

A production timeline wiggled, so we've had a couple more days to offer the... well, offer, I guess it would be, but tonight is super duper it for a signed copy. Remember, the packages are:

The second page of our Zelda: Skyward Sword comic is now live over on Nintendo’s site.

I'll start drawing Wednesday's comic live on Ustream in just a few minutes.

In case you can’t tell I’ve been a little bit obsessed with Zelda recently. I’m about 50 hours into Skyward sword and I think I’m pretty near the end. I’ve also been working on the Zelda comic that we announced last week. The second page of that will go up tomorrow by the way. One of the things I did when I first started the Zelda comic was to get a little sketchbook just for the project. So I’ve been doodling and making little water color paintings in it for a couple of months now. One of the sketches I did I actually really liked and when I looked at it I felt like it should be a painting.

Penny Arcade TV season 3 kicked off last week and hopefully you checked out the first episode. Meanwhile the PATV season 2 DVD is now available for pre-order. Originally we had set Sunday as the final day for ordering your special signed copy but we've pushed that out a couple of days. So now you have until tomorrow Tuesday Nov, 22 at midnight to pre-order a copy of the Season 2 DVD. We will be signing all the pre-orders so hit the store and grab yours today.

We've already explained in absolute terms why you might find the occasional rupee spirited away. I found a Link inside a Wind Waker gashapon that I ostensibly got for my son, and the figure included a little rupee inside the egg, and they're just as desirable in real life. I took it. Oh, don't look at me like that. He has no idea what it is.

As promised:

We - we as in "everybody at Penny Arcade" - will sign any sets purchased in the next few days! What kind of sets? I'm so glad you asked.