Origins Game Fair

We're off to the Origins Game Fair for some fun and uh, games? Find me in BOOTH 121 and if you are going to Origins yourself, stop by and say hi. Sign up for a cruise. Hang out and keep me company. It looks like the event is going to be amazing!!!!

GAMA Trade Show - Vegas, Baby!!!

I have just returned from the GAMA Trade Show in Las Vegas and have to say that the folks at GAMA did a great job with the exhibitor room, the classes, the venue and the just plain fun. The exhibitors were amazing and so incredibly generous about donating games and other perks and swag to my cruises. On the last day of the show, I was walking around with a little luggage-type metal carrier collecting all of the contributions and it was so funny. A little metal rig with ONE bungie cord as I was trying to not only stack the games in a logical fashion but get it all out to my car. I looked like some kind of insane Santa. People were actually questioning the structural integrity of my cart! Once again this community has made me realize that we are all part of a really, really incredible group of people. Logo's and links to all of these amazing companies and individuals will be up on the site as they send me their logos. Thank you so much........

Caribbean Gamer Cruise was Great!!!

We returned from our gamer cruise last month and had a fantastic time! We gamed, saw Mayan ruins, rode horses on the beach, swam with stingrays, snorkeled, zip-lined through the jungle canopy of Belize and shopped til we dropped in the Bahamas! Then, of course, we gamed some more! Meeting new friends and expanding our community was one of the best things about coming together on this adventure. An album of pictures should be available soon and I can't wait to start meeting and greeting new and returning friends on our next cruise in March 2009. Thank you everyone for one of the most fun vacations we've ever had!

Gen Con Australia

GEN CON AUSTRALIA !! “The best four days in Gaming in Australia” is happening in July 2008. Gamer Adventures is honored to have been asked to assist gamers, vendors, retailers and the press getting to GenCon Australia and doing a bit of a “walk-about” too! We’re looking at group rates and fabulous tours to take you “down under”.

HALLOWEEN LARP CRUISE

Attention Larpers!!!! Due to a multitude of questions and some outright demands, Gamer Adventures has scheduled a LARP cruise! When? Well, Halloween, of course!!! We’re looking for experts, volunteers, ideas and groups to help us put together a one-of-a-kind, first-of-its-kind LARP cruise. Email us with your LARP credentials (info about you and your group) and any and all ideas. Spread the word and reserve your spot on the cruise for $25.00! Click on LARP section for details and the form to sign up. This one is going to move fast!!!!! Thanks to White Wolf for the graphics!

GAMER CRUISE PERKS, PRIZES, AND SPECIAL GUESTS:

PERKS

Gamer Adventures is happy to announce that GameTableOnline is sponsoring our gamer cruises by donating a 1 Year Free Subscription to all of you who come onboard!

Go to www.gametableonline.com and take a look. They are a great organization with a website that lets you play tabletop games with gamers around the world. Whether you join us on the cruise or not, Game Table Online is definitely something that you need to check out! Enjoy!"

PRIZES: Skräll The designers of Skrall (www.skrall.com) have committed three games to be placed in our drawings on board! Normally retailing for about $35.00, this is a great prize to go home with! For those of you who enjoy a more traditional venue, Randy Rose of Big Sunday (http://www.bigsunday.com/) is offering a copy of the only football boardgame that teaches you football plays, strategy and lingo. Even if you are not a football enthusiast, you'll at least learn who's faking it around the watercooler! Go Team! Simon Rogers of Profantasy Software (http://www.profantasy.com/) and Pelgrane Press (http://www.pelgranepress.com/) has donated a boatload, pardon the pun, of items to our prize pool! Including Campaign Cartographer software and games from the Gumshoe Collection, Esoterrorists and Unremitting Horror....Thanks Simon! Out of the Box Games is sending a bunch of games our way! They've got lots of variety and deserve a look...go to http://www.otb-games.com/ and check them out. Tons of great games for every age. Knucklebones Magazine has donated magazines and subscriptions to our adventure, check them out at www.jonespublishing.com for a preview of a great, great magazine. Palladium Books (RIFTS) has gone overboard with their donations to both the prize pool and the game library on board! Prize-wise, these signed books are signed by everyone; owner, artists, writers...amazing! Check out www.palladiumbooks.com for more information on RIFTS and the lastest news about ROBOTECH. GenCon Indy is giving out 4-day passes to the "best four days in gaming" in 2008. I might even put in my own name for that one! Check out dates, other GenCon events and get the GenCon fever at www.gencon.com.

SPECIAL GUESTS: Skräll, Paul R. Smith and Anthony Pendleton, the designers of Skräll, have agreed to come along on our cruise and run games of Skräll, . Playing with the designers should be a lot of fun! Paul Smith is also a video game script writer. One of his most popular games is the award winning “Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter”. If have a copy, bring it along and he’ll sign it for you. His most infamous project, and possibly his most difficult and long-term venture to date, is that he is married to me, Kimberly Maita! HA!