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in '07 |
January 6, 2007 |
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Is
it over already?
Many
things have happened in the last month of the year, and especially in the last week!!
To start things off, I have removed the Cartoon and Graphic Design pages
from this site. I really wasn't keeping them up to date, and they will fit
in much better on my new site, Design
by Zorcon! This new site will be a combination of on-line portfolio
and a graphic design resource. I wont bore you with the other events in my
life, but they have had an adverse impact on my family's health, time, and
finances. All I can do is saddle up and carry on! |
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| Chibi
on my mind |
January 2, 2007 |
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Well,
another year has passed. I hope 2006 was kind to you, and I hope 2007 is
better! Happy New Year!! |
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Bikini
Karate Babes Fan Art
- Added 4 fan-art trading cards, and 5 fan-art wallpapers to the Bikini
Karate Babes page. |
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Star
Wars Chibis!
- Added 3 fan-art wallpapers to the Comics Page. |
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| bikini
extravaganza 2!
| December
17, 2006 |
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Bikini
Karate Babes Product List update
- Added more recently released unique BKB products. |
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| bikini
extravaganza!
| December
7, 2006 |
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Bikini
Karate Babes Product List update
- Added recently released BKB products. |
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| May
the force be with you
| November
28, 2006 |
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Battle
Planner Image Library - Star Wars Miniatures
- Added Image Packs for Colossal, Champions of the Force, and Bounty Hunters
in addition to minor
updates to the other image packs. |
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| Go
get yer' gun
| November
24, 2006 |
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Battle
Planner Image Library - Axis & Allies Miniatures
- Added Image Packs for D-Day, Reserves, and all maps in addition to minor
updates to the other image packs. |
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even more
New
stuff
| November
22, 2006 |
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Battle
Planner Resource Page
- The Battle Planner page has been updated with new graphics to make
identifying New and Updated Image Packs from older sets. New
game icons have also been added. |
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Top
Downloads Page
- The top downloads page showcased the Top
10 battle planner image packs, Top
10 gaming resources, and Top
10 image gallery downloads. |
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New
stuff
| November
20, 2006 |
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Battle
Planner Image Library - HeroClix
- Added Image Packs with the ring treatment for all HeroClix Special and
Collector sets. |
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| New
stuff
| November
20, 2006 |
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Battle
Planner Image Library - HeroClix
- Added Invincible, Green Lantern Corps, and Supernova (including the
Marvel Zombie LE's) image packs. I also added to, or updated images for
Sinister, X-Men Danger Room, Hypertime, and a few other image packs. The
Complete Image Library is up to date with all changes. None of these image
packs have the colored ring treatment like on the trial Image
Pak for Marvel Sinister that I posted last week. I will be making a
duplicate image set with the rings and will post them throughout this week
as they are completed. |
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| icon
takes silver |
November
17, 2006 |
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ICON
PRESENTATIONS ANNOUNCES WINNING ENTRY!!
John
E. Hanan III has won a silver award from The 2006 Davey Awards for his
work on the Freesia Frameworks logo. John has been a designer and computer
artist in the Portland, Oregon area for 13 years. The final design
reflects a culmination of efforts with the Freesia
Frameworks owner to capture the essence of a freesia flower. “I am
very pleased with how this logo turned out”, John adds “Winning the
award for this particular project is especially rewarding”.
This
is John’s 3rd award for design this year, and his 6th
in the last 3 years. His work with iCON Presentations, Inc. has brought
many opportunities for excellent projects, and he is looking forward to
many new endeavors.
The
winners of The 2006 Davey Awards have been announced by the
International Academy of the Visual Arts. With over 3,500 entries from
across the US and around the world, the Davey Awards honors the finest
creative work from the best small firms, agencies and companies worldwide.
Please visit www.daveyawards.com
to view the full winners list.
The
Davey Awards is judged and overseen by the International Academy of the
Visual Arts (IAVA), a 200+ member organization of leading professionals
from various disciplines of the visual arts dedicated to embracing
progress and the evolving nature of traditional and interactive media.
Current IAVA membership represents a "Who's Who" of acclaimed
media, advertising, and marketing firms including: Sotheby’s Institute
of Art, Yahoo!, Estee Lauder, Wired, Insight Interactive, The Webby
Awards, Bath & Body Works, Brandweek, Polo Ralph Lauren, ADWEEK, Alloy,
Coach, iNDELIBLE, MTV, Victoria’s Secret, HBO, The Ellen Degeneres Show,
Myspace.com, and many others. See www.iavisarts.org
for more information.
“The
incredible quality and growth of entries again proves that creative
excellence, fresh ideas and great conceptual execution is a hallmark of
the best small agencies and firms” noted Linda Day, a director of the
IAVA. She added, “On behalf of the entire Academy, we are honored to
have judged the 2nd Annual Davey Awards and thrilled to recognize such a
diverse and accomplished pool of creative work.”
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| technical
problems
| November
16, 2006 |
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Gift
Certificates
- The system does not seem to be working yet.... |
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| New
stuff
| November
16, 2006 |
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Gift
Certificates
- Gift Certificates are now available for my eBay store. Check the link at
the bottom of the left navigation pane. Certifacates are available in $20
denominations. |
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HeroClix
- Added a trial Image
Pak for Marvel Sinister. I added a graphical treatment behind the
figure to better indicate the rarity, or "ring" color. |
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| eberron
| November
15, 2006 |
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Restock!
- New items uploaded to the store,
check it out! |
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Dungeons
& Dragons
- Added images of the party for my Eberron
Campaign. |
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| latest
additions
| September
11, 2006 |
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Dungeons
& Dragons
- Added images of some of the handouts used in my Zorcon's
Reprisal Campaign, and started adding the House Rules to my upcoming Eberron
Campaign. |
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| Your
dragon is in my dungeon!
| September
5, 2006 |
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Dungeons
& Dragons
- Made a separate resources pages for the recently ended Zorcon's
Reprisal Campaign, and the new Eberron
Campaign. |
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| let
go of my logo!
| August
23, 2006 |
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Portfolio
Update! - As I
may be moving on to other (better?0 things, I have added my best logo
designs as well as a few other odds and ends to my Graphic
Design Page. I will be adding to this page over the next few updates. |
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Comics
- I have added new images to the Comics
Page. In particular are images of work I did with Dark Horse Comics
and a couple of Spawn images. I must put together some Iron Man art in
honor of the upcoming movie in 2008. Check out Jon
Favreau's MySpace Iron Man Movie Group where he reads and interacts
with Iron Man fans about the movie!! |
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Bikini
Karate Babes -
I removed some of the wallpapers that I thought were less interesting and
creative than the rest. Not to worry, more to come soon!! |
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| Games
| August
1, 2006 |
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d20
Directory 4.2 - The updated directory is
here with over 12,000 newly indexed entries and over 200 books referenced!!! |
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Gameography
- I have added a section to the Gameography
Page that details many of my "honorable Mention" favorite games.
Mostly these games I no longer play, but would like to if I had the time,
space, or opponents!! |
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Bikini
Karate Babes -
I've
added another 11 new Wallpapers, 2 trading cards, and 1 link to the Bikini
Karate Babes Page. This brings the total to 115 wallpapers!!! |
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| UPDATE
| July
21, 2006 |
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d20
Directory 4.2 - The next installment is making tremendous progress.
Many non-WotC books have been added as well as new categories. This next
installment will see over 7,000 additional entries!! |
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Battle
Planner Image Libraries - I am almost done with formatting the new
galleries. All that is left is confirming naming conventions with BP. |
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Blood
Bowl - The
Blood Bowl Page is back!! (with out pictures) |
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Bikini
Karate Babes - I've
added 9 new Wallpapers, 1 trading card, and 3 links to the Bikini
Karate Babes Page. |
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| New
stuff
| July
16, 2006 |
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Bikini
Karate Babes - I've
added 7 new Wallpapers in
the Bikini
Karate Babes Gallery. This brings the total to 97 wallpapers!!! |
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| directory
assistance
| July
12, 2006 |
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Zorcon's
Reprisal Campaign - After 6 years, the battle has finally ended!! It
has been a fun and challenging treat. Look for an overview of what happened to the PC's in the weeks
to come. |
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d20
Directory 4.1 - Fixed 2 major errors recently found in the latest
release of the d20
Directory. More than 1,400 spells fixed and over 900 spells, 1,000 magic items and 1,200 monsters
added - Over 5,000 new entries in total!! New
categories added:
Conditions, Special Abilities, & Types/Sub-types. |
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Battle
Planner Image Libraries - New galleries will be added soon for: Axis &
Allies Miniatures, Dungeons & Dragons
Miniatures, HeroClix Miniatures, and Star Wars Miniatures. |
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| Let
you fingers do the walking!!
| July
3, 2006 |
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d20
Directory 4.0 - The latest version of the d20
Directory is available. Major updates include: 1) Addition of the
Forgotten Realms, Eberron, Dragonlance and Oriental Adventures campaign
settings including most supplements; 2) Every Race, Class, Prestige Class,
and Feat published by Wizards of the Coast has been indexed; 3) The Spell
Compendium has been indexed. |
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| new
stuff!! | June
4, 2006 |
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Restock!
- Many new items uploaded to the store,
check it out! |
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Desktops
Rejoice! -
Its been a little while since the last batch, but checkout the10 new Wallpapers in
the Bikini
Karate Babes Gallery. |
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HeroClix
Image Library - I have enhanced all card and token images
(including standard object tokens) for the following sets: Infinity
Challenge, Hypertime, Indy, Mutant Mayhem, Legacy, Fantastic Forces,
Icons, Armor Wars, Collateral Damage, and Sinister. The Sinister image
library is current with what is available. |
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| Happy
birthday!!
| May
26, 2006 |
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Games
of Zorcon turns 2! - I can't believe that I've been doing this for 2
years!! A lot has happened, and I expect the next few months will be big.
Oh, and its worth mentioning that my son just turned 3!! |
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| Complete
image libraries
| May
2, 2006 |
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Battle
Planner Image Libraries - For those that are needing to download many
sets at one time, I have added a ZIP file containing the entire image
library for the following games: Axis &
Allies Miniatures, Crimson Skies
Miniatures, Dungeons & Dragons
Miniatures, HeroClix Miniatures, Shadowrun
Duels Miniaures, and Star Wars Miniatures. |
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| 41
pictures are worth looking at
| April
28, 2006 |
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HeroClix
Image Library - I have updated HeroClix Sinister image library to
include all current images. |
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| 1024
pictures are worth looking at
| April
24, 2006 |
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HeroClix
Image Library - I have uploaded an absolutely complete HeroClix
image library for Battle
Planner Inventory Software - From Infinity Challenge through Giants
(all currently available Sinister and Danger Room images too)!! All
tokens, cards, and LE's are present for every set. I have also found that
a 200 x 200 image size works better than a 150 x 150, and have re-sized every
image accordingly. |
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| Accolades
| April
12, 2006 |
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Winning
Designs - My design firm, iCON
Presentations, won two silver and a bronze design award in this year's The Communicator Print Media
Competition. Two of the awards were my designs - A brochure
for Coastwide Laboratories took silver, and a logo
design for Diamond Financial Group took bronze. These two pieces as
well as my other award-winning designs can be seen on my Graphic
Design Portfolio. |
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| All
fools need a day of rest
| April
3, 2006 |
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WebRing
- the d20
Directory is
now a featured site on the Dungeons and Dragons Resources
WebRing. A network of sites promoting free resources for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons. Include free modules and maps to new feats and magic items all the way to new campaign worlds, and much MUCH more. If your site can be included with the description above, you are free to join. |
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Fantasy of a Geek Dad
- OK, it would be an understatement to say that
I am a HUGE sci-fi fan (amongst other geeky things). In particular, Star
Wars has had a tremendous influence
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| New
products
| March
29, 2006 |
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EnWorld
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d20
Directory
has been added to the EnWorld's
resource section. If you like what you see here, please go to my link at EnWorld
D&D/d20 Links Directory and rate my site or drop me a reply. |
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A little blurb about games
- 2005 was a very interesting year for the gaming industry. RPGs took a 45% hit in sales last year (following a 20% loss in '04)! The standbys are still producing (WoTC, WW, Palladium, & SJG), but on a lighter schedule.
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Grand Re-Opening!
- After nearly a 2-month hiatus, Games of Zorcon's eBay Storefront is open for business again! Expect daily updates over the next few weeks
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More
new stuff!! There are 3 new Trading Cards and 11 new Wallpapers in
the Bikini
Karate Babes Gallery. This brings the total to 32 trading cards, and
80 wallpapers!!! |
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| Grand
Re-Opening
| March
20, 2006 |
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In
addition to finally uploading new listings, I
have added "quick links" to the navbar (see Storefront left) for
the most common categories and searches entered at my eBay
store. |
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Too Much Drama
- Too much drama... yes, that seems to be the theme for my life the last 2-1/2 years! Last Wednesday, my wife called me when she got home from work (I was still at work). She asked if I had seen Patches
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Murphy's
Law - Well, I'm in the home stretch of a 2-month plus period of 100-120 hour workweeks. Last night my son's cold took a turn for the worse, and I took him to the docs today. When I finally got to work (the *one* day in the last two months I show up in the afternoon) I had messages from just about
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There
is a new section in Other Interests called Graphic
Design. Here you will find samples of my favorite design projects, pieces
that have won international competitions, and a link to my design firm's
web site. |
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This
week sees the addition of 4 new Trading Cards and 1 new Wallpaper to my Bikini
Karate Babes Gallery. |
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I
have added more comic themed wallpapers to my Comics
Gallery in the Other Interests section. |
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| PIXELPAPER
| March
12, 2006 |
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I
have added a few comic themed wallpapers to my Comics
Gallery in the Other Interests section.
One of them is from a comic book cover I colored while I worked at Dark
Horse Comics - Girl Crazy #1. |
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This
week sees the addition of 4 new Trading Cards and 2 new Wallpapers to my Bikini
Karate Babes Gallery. The "Guess
the Bikini" Game that I am running on the BKB forums are getting
converted to their own trading card series! |
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The
Lost Worlds section is back up on the site -
with a new wallpaper to boot!! The Product
List is mostly complete. It looks like all I need to ad is the newest
books and thumbnail images of the covers, |
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I
will be starting new listings today, and thought the week, at my eBay
Storefront. |
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| Isis
| March
4, 2006 |
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SCOOOOOORRRRREEEEEE!!!
I won an eBay action
for one of the Bikini's used in the video game Bikini Karate Babes. The
bikini was worn by Isis, goddess of Childbirth, Death, Earth, Fertility,
Healing, Home, Magic, Marital Devotion, Motherhood, and the Moon. Here is
a <pic> of the item. |
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This
week sees the addition of 2 new Trading Cards and 20 new Wallpapers
to my Bikini Karate Babes Gallery.
In commemorating my recent win, 7 of the wallpapers this week are of Isis. |
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My
eBay
Storefront is still temporarily closed. Demands from my real job have
delayed my progress in getting the store back up and running. |
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| MySpace
| February
26, 2006 |
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I
now have a MySpace.com page.
The focus will be more on my personal life and other interests than on
games. However, since games seem to be a large portion of my life, there
will be some cross-over with this site. Check out my image gallery
over there (you'll have to register first) to see pictures of my son and
some caricatures of me throughout the years!! |
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My eBay
Storefront is temporarily closed while I finish up inventory and price
adjustments. I expect new listings to be posted later this week. |
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Well
I slowed down a little bit this week and I
have only added 5 new Trading Cards and 4 new Wallpapers to my Bikini
Karate Babes Gallery. (actually, I started working on other
projects for this site) |
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I
made a small update to the Comic Books page. |
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| ALL
THE WORLD'S A BIKINI 3!
| February
19, 2006 |
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I
have added 12 new Trading Cards and 10 new Wallpapers to my Bikini
Karate Babes Gallery. You will find new designs, and 2 new themed
series. I will continue to create and upload more wallpapers and trading
cards each week over the next few months! |
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I
am still in the process of updating shipping charges, and checking inventory at
my eBay
Storefront. Please be patient over the next few weeks as selections
will be limited. In particular this week, where I will be removing the
remaining few items from my store. |
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| ALL
THE WORLD'S A BIKINI 2!
| February
13, 2006 |
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I
have added 11 new Wallpapers to the Bikini
Karate Babes Gallery. You will find all new designs and new themed
series. more wallpapers will be added each week over the next few months!
I also updated the BKB Products List to
include the most recent releases. |
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| ALL
THE WORLD'S A BIKINI!
| February
06, 2006 |
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I
have added 16 new Wallpapers to the Bikini
Karate Babes Gallery. You will find all new designs and new themed
series. more wallpapers will be added each week over the next few months! |
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I
am in the process of updating shipping charges, and checking inventory at
my eBay
Storefront. Please be patient over the next few weeks as selections
will be limited. |
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Seahawks
Lost!!! Nothing else to say about that! |
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| HELLO!!
| January
30, 2006 |
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Happy
New Year!!! Welcome back to Games of Zorcon Episode III: The Return
of the Procrastinator!! The last year has definitely NOT been lacking
in events, but I'll have to say that there were still a few opportunities
to continue working on this site. With all of that behind me, I look
forward to the new year: my 10th wedding anniversary (18 years together),
my son's 3rd birthday, this site's 3rd year, and my game store's 2nd year!
Whew! That being said onto the good stuff... |
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The
Bikini Karate Babes page in the Gameography
section has been re-launched with all new material!! With the release of
the next edition of BKB on the horizon, I have created many new desktop
wallpapers in honor of this important event! |
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I
have all new complete and almost complete galleries for HeroClix,
specifically for use with Battleplanner
software on my HeroClix Gameography page. I have removed the bases in the
images so the figures can be larger, and so the same image can better
represent the various REV/Unique versions. |
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I
also have complete galleries for D&D
Miniatures specifically for use with Battleplanner
software, on my D&D Gameography page. I
have left the bases on these images, but I have sized the figures
"roughly" to scale. |
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New
at my eBay
Storefront are HeroClix
Grab Bags and D&D
Miniatures Reserve Packs! Both of these lots are an excellent value
for any collector or player. The HC Grab Bags sell for $13.99 for 30
figures!! There is guaranteed to be 1 unique or LE in every lot, at least
1 transporter/giant, and never a repeat! The D&DM Reserve packs
contain are an excellent choice to bolster your favorite faction. You will
find between 10-15 common and uncommon figures. Another great benefit is
gained when you buy 1 reserve pack for each of the 4 factions from the
same set - you will get a complete set of uncommons and 2 complete sets of
commons!! As always Games
of Zorcon Storefront sells many great gamming accessories, so check it
out! |
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| VARIOUS
HAPPENINGS
| June 28, 2005 |
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Features
Update | A
brand new version of the d20 Directory is
available, with many new sorting categories, and a complete indexing of *all*
non-campaign specific (read: non-Forgotten Realms or Ebberon) rule
books for all Races, Classes, and Prestige Classes. |
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eBay
Update | New
prices and new listings for Return of the Sith are now available at the Games
of Zorcon Storefront. |
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eBay
Update | New
prices and new listings for Deathknell and Aberrations are now available
at the Games of Zorcon
Storefront. |
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Features
Update | New
images of the D&D Miniatures terrain tiles specifically sized for use
with Battle Planner software, a management and tracking aid are in the D&D
Resource Section. |
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| SITE
UPDATE
| May 7, 2005 |
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Features
Update | The
newest versions of the Magazine Index and
the d20 Directory are now available! Class
books have been indexed, and more categories have been added to aid
sorting and filtering. |
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| SITE
UPDATE
| May 10, 2005 |
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Features
Update | The
newest version of the Magazine Index and
the d20 Directory is now available! Take a
look at the ever growing game resource section - Gameography. |
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| SITE
UPDATE
| April 26, 2005 |
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Magazine Index |
Many of you have emailed me asking when it would
be uploaded, and the highly anticipated Magazine Index is finally here!
Find an obscure variant rule, or a past deck strategy, or even game report
to improve your strategy. |
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| eBAY
| April 23, 2005 |
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Happy
Birthday! | Games
of Zorcon turns 1 this week! Holy cow, has this been a challenging year! I
have many plans for site improvements and for increasing my eBay
offerings. As always, I will keep you all informed as I make progress. |
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| eBAY
| April 19, 2005 |
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Restock
Two! | More
new product
and at my eBay
store this weekend! Both D&D minis and Star Wars minis are in the
mix, as well as some Magic: the Gathering. |
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| SITE
UPDATE
| March 23, 2005 |
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Rebuild
| Started the
rebuild process on a few of the games found in the Gameography
page. |
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| PERSONAL
NOTE
| March 16, 2005 |
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2
Burritos and a Mountain Dew! | I
am spending my fifth day* within the last year, with a beeper
clipped to my shirt, sitting in a hospital cafeteria, waiting for a surgeon
to tell me my wife has been moved into the recovery room. We had high
hopes that 2005 would be a new beginning, after a troubling year with
cancer. Unfortunately, the first quarter has turned out not to be.
We have already been scared with a possible reoccurrence (benign), and as
I write this, our hopes for a second child are being "snipped"
away. Fortunately, we HAVE been blessed with family and friends, and I
thank them all for their support! (* surgical biopsy, lumpectomy,
surgical biopsy, surgical biopsy, and a tubal ligation) |
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| eBAY
| March 15, 2005 |
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Restock!
| New product
and new prices at my eBay
store every day this week! I will be posting many D&D Miniatures
Deathknell auctions, as well as a huge assortment of Star Wars Miniatures
Revenge of the Sith auction!! |
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