DarkThreads at Origins 2010

Dark Threads Military & Tactical Gear, along with Skirmisher Publishing LLC, will be vending at Origins Game Fair, booth 332, Greater Columbus Convention Center, June 23-27. If you are planning on going to this event, please stop by and say hello! We'll have lots of cool military and tactical gear, t-shirts, morale patches, and more. Here's a little teaser:

Please check out our Web store, and follow along on our adventures on our blog, facebook page, and twitter. Thanks.

Skirmisher Now on Facebook and Twitter!

Skirmisher Publishing LLC now has an official page on Facebook! To check it out and become a fan, either search against "Skirmisher Publishing LLC" on Facebook or go to http://www.facebook.com/pages/Skirmisher-Publishing-LLC/124697687559095.

Skirmisher is now also on Twitter! To follow what Skirmisher is doing, go to http://twitter.com/skirmisherllc.

These are two great new ways to stay up-to-date with what Skirmisher is doing and get exclusive benefits available only to members.

Flying Buffalo Releases New 'Poker Deck'

Following on a tradition it started in 2008, Flying Buffalo Inc. has announced the imminent release of its third-annual "Poker Deck" promotion.

"Each year I honor four famous game designers by making them a 'king' in my poker deck," said Flying Buffalo's Rick Loomis. "The other 48 cards are advertisements from various game companies, game stores, game artists, and game conventions."

The company will be producing 6,000 of these decks and using them as part of an associated game it will be running in conjunction with the various advertisers in the deck.

Skirmisher Publishing LLC will appear as the 3 of Clubs in the deck and will be participating in the "Poker Deck" games at both Origins and Gen Con. Skirmisher will also have a special freebie for anyone with one of the Poker Decks who comes by its booth as part of the promotional game.

To see samples of cards from this and previous years and all the companies participating this year, go to http://www.flyingbuffalo.com/pokerdeck.htm. For more information or to comment on this announcement, go to to page associated with it on the Skirmisher Forum.

Roll 'd-Infinity'!

“d-Infinity” is a new multi-platform gaming supplement that will cover a wide variety of rules systems and include content that can be universally applied to many different sorts of table-top, live-action, and role-playing games.

Features of each issue will include free paper miniatures, tips on practical modeling, interviews with the luminaries of the gaming industry, new rules, stats, previews of upcoming product, and all sorts of other bonus content.

Look for a free preview of the publication, which will include a self-standing game, at a game store near you that is participating in Free RPG Day. Plus, subscribe now and get five issues instead of four, along with a free book from sponsor Skirmisher Publishing!

To subscribe or for more information, go to http://Skirmisher.Cerizmo.com.

Live from the GAMA Trade Show!

LAS VEGAS -- Skirmisher Publishing is on the ground for the GAMA Trade Show! It looks like it is going to be a great event and we are here covering it for our Skirmisher Online Gaming Magazine, Skirmisher Update, and new "d-Infinity" quarterly magazine, as well as Brutarian magazine.

Over the next five days, we will be meeting with hundreds of publishers, retailers, distributors, and other members of the game industry. We will also be attending seminars, social events, and much more of what this great show has to offer.

To keep track of or comment on what Skirmisher is doing at GTS, go to http://skirmisher.com/forum/index.php?topic=2105.0. And if you are going to be at the show, reply to the post at the above link so we can meet and chat a little face-to-face!

Adventures in Wonderland: A Sourcebook for OGL Roleplaying Games

Welcome to Wonderland, a strange, sometimes creepy alternate world that incorporates aspects of a fairytale land, the elements of children’s nightmares, and a demi-plane of chaos!

Skirmisher Publishing LLC is pleased to announce the release of Adventures in Wonderland: A Sourcebook for OGL Roleplaying Games ($7.99, SKP E 1011, 58 pages; authors Michael J. Varhola and Shane O’Connor). It is available as a PDF download through several online sales venues, including DriveThruRPG (http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=79282&affiliate_id=200677).

This game book is inspired by the works of Lewis Carroll, among them his Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and a number of poems. It includes:

* More than 20 monsters, races, and NPCs native to Wonderland.

* Chapters of Wonderland Skills, Feats, Spells, and Magic Items.

* A Wonderland Gazeteer

* Wonderland Adventure Hooks

* Tables for selecting Random Wonderland Items

To comment on or discuss Skirmisher's Adventures in Wonderland, go to the dedicated section on the Skirmisher Forum, at http://skirmisher.com/forum/index.php?topic=2049.0.

For more information, contact Skirmisher Publishing LLC, 499 Mystic Parkway, Spring Branch, TX 78070; http://www.skirmisher.com; sales@skirmisher.com.

Who's Happy? Experience vs. memory in our selves.

If you are pursuing happiness (and yes, it's constitutionally mandated in the good ol' US of A) and fancy yourself a life hacker, then you'd do a lot worse than watching this talk by the pioneer in of field of Behavioral Economics.

Daniel Kahneman: The riddle of experience vs. memory | Video on TED.com