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Doctors Without Borders

Sometimes it just feels awesome knowing you belong to a community of people that do great things. Today is one of those days. Early this morning I received the RPGNow!/DriveThruRPG newsletter and it contained the following announcement:

As far as I know, and as far as anyone I’ve talked to knows, there’s never been anything like this accomplished before.

We raised $178,900.00

That is the amount we wired to the fine folks of Doctors Without Borders. When I spoke with their representative about this recently, she was literally moved to tears (as was I). And now I want to point out each and every one of our incredible publishers who contributed to the package that accomplished this incredible feat:
4 Winds Fantasy Gaming, A Terrible Idea, Adamant Entertainment, AGES Gaming, Applied Vectors, Arc Dream Publishing, Art Fantasies,Bards and Sages, Basic Action Games, Berengad Games, Better Mousetrap Games, Black Snake Studios, BoxNinja, Brave Halfling Publishing, Cellar Games, Chaotic Shiny Productions, Crafty Games, Creative Conclave, Dane of War, Day Dreamer Interactive, Dork Storm Press, Encompass, Erisian Entertainment, Evil Hat Productions, Fabled Worlds, Fat Dragon Games, Fiery Dragon, Fire Ruby Designs, FJ Gaming, Flames Rising Press, FSpace Publications, Fuller Flippers, Game Monkey Press, GameVein, Generic Universe Publishing, GMC,Grasshopper Games, Green Ronin, Greg Stolze, Gun Metal Games, Hex Games, Highmoon Games, HinterWelt, Jessup Games, Jon Brazer Enterprises, Justin Achilli, Kallisti Press, Keck Publishing, Knowledge Arcana, Lamentations of the Flame Princess, Machine Age Productions, Magique Productions, Malcontent Games, Marcus L. Rowland, Margaret Weis Productions, Mesozoic Press, Mystic Ages Publishing, Nevermet Press, Nomadic Delirium Press, Open Design, Open Game Table, OtherWorld Creations, Palladium Books, Paper Make iT!, Pelgrane Press, Peryton Publishing, Planet Thirteen, Point of Insanity Game Studio, Polgarus Games, Prince of Darkness Games, Red Anvil Productions, Rhallen Enterprises, Rite Publishing, Rogue Games, Shield of Faith Studios, Silent7Games, Silver Gryphon Games,Skirmisher Publishing, Skortched Urf’ Studios, Sonic Legends, SPQR Studios, StoryWeaver, Sword’s Edge Publishing, Tabletop Adventures,The Le Games, Thenodrin Presents, Third Eye Games, Tricky Owlbear Publishing, Troll Lord Games, WorldWorks Games, Wydraz, Ye Olde Gaming Companye

Listening to: Rob Zombie – Hellbilly Deluxe 2 – Jesus Frankenstein

If you haven’t heard about OneBookShelf’s (RPGNow! and DriveThruRPG) charity bundle for the Haiti relief effort then you must only be reading my blog or you have just climbed out of your dungeon.

OBS and the small press publishers they partnered with, like my own Nevermet Press, are doing a great thing. And the gamers that have contributed, well, I am simply in awe at what we’ve been able to do. Besides crashing the OBS sites with our massive response, we also managed to raise more than $50,000 dollars in a single day. As I write this, OneBookShelf, publishers, and gamers have raised $85,560 that will go to Doctors without Borders. That’s damn impressive!

OBS is matching $5 and $10 donations but have also supplied a charity bundle for those who donate $20. The bundle retails for $1,481.31 and consists of more than 150 products.

Even if you’re not the charitable type, how can you pass on a deal like that?

DONATE NOW!

Gamers Helping Haiti

Listening to: In Flames – Clayman – Only for the Weak

KQ's Adopt-A-Soldier

It is no secret that I am a veteran, having spent four honorable years as an active duty Marine. So whenever I see programs that help bring a little piece of home to the troops, I try to support it as much as I can.

Kobold Quarterly has the Adopt-A-Soldier program that allows people to sponsor our airmen, marines, sailors, and soldiers stationed all over the world. Trust me when I say that receiving items like this when you’re deployed really makes a difference. It allows you to remember why you made the commitment and the people that are safe at home (because of your service) really do appreciate what you’re doing.

The best part is that KQ is running the AAS Holiday Contest which allows sponsors or just people who want to spread the word to win prizes for their efforts. It’s what we call a freakin’ win-win situation.

So help out our service members by sponsoring a subscription to Kobold Quarterly or by spreading the word through your website or Twitter account.