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Attention riders of Desert Bus, we here at DB Labs would like to remind you that our current implementation of our Digital Presence Robot is still in beta. At no point should you attempt to feed the robot with food or drink. Failure to adhere to this recommendation may result in outages, screen smudging, and enough crumbs on the floor to trigger an immediate emergency vacuum procedure. Thank you for your consideration.

With that bit of housekeeping out of the way, here’s what else you missed during today’s Alpha Flight…

SungWon Cho (a.k.a. ProZD) calls in to hang out with Alpha Flight:

We auction off the M.I.N.I. Agent Field Kit live:

Latest updates in the Kindness War:

Erika runs Session 2 of Alpha Flight’s D&D Campaign:

The weather is a liiiiittle extreme right now:

We look at the winner and runners up of today’s Creative Challenge:

And, finally, did we mention that, thanks to all of YOU, we’ve reached $7.5 Million Lifetime raised for Child’s Play Charity? We did! Thank you!

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Remember, for the latest updates, stay tuned to desertbus.org. You can also catch up on the latest #DB2021 happenings around the web…

• Visit youtube.com/user/DesertBusForHope for the latest video highlights from the Video Strike Team (VST).
• Be our friend on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
• And, of course, the live stream is always available at desertbus.org and twitch.tv/desertbus!

Thanks to the eternal generosity of the Desert Bus for Hope community, we’ve raised $7.5 MILLION LIFETIME for Child’s Play Charity!

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Thank you all SO MUCH for your support of Desert Bus for Hope and Child’s Play Charity. We are eternally grateful!

Earlier today in Alpha Flight, we challenged the community to illustrate the characters starring in our recurring D&D campaign. Here’s the winning submission, from quietcat!

Thanks to everyone that submitted an entry to this challenge! Here’s a few more notable submissions from the community…

By Zombie_Spacer

By Jess.

By toxicspecters.

Question: Do you like cozy crafts? Or colorful crafts? Debate. Or not, because with this giveaway, you can have both in this Cable Knit Panalysts Panel Blanket. In the creator’s own words…

GOOD NEWS! You’re looking at a prize from Desert Bus for Hope! You could have a Panalysts Panel Baby Blanket or a Panalysts Panel Lap Blanket! Which do you choose? (To be clear there is one blanket, it measures 30″ x 50″ and is inspired by Loading Ready Run’s panel show, The Panalysts)

This blanket was made with Brooklyn Tweed fingering weight wool yarn. Brooklyn Tweed yarn is developed, sourced, processed, spun and dyed in the United States, but not all of the colors for this project were available in stores anywhere near the crafter, so some of this yarn has traveled through Victoria, BC’s own Beehive Wool Shop back to Boston to be knit into eight cable knit panels – get it? panels! – in the style of The Panalysts.

If you or your nearest baby is not a fan of The Panalysts, you’ll just see a very cool rainbow. That’s okay!

Log in to or sign up for a donor account, then donate $8.41 (or multiples thereof) for a chance to win this prize! We’ll run this giveaway until 5:45pm PST.

We’re doing a special Magic: the Gathering giveaway this evening that we wanted to preview for you… an ultra-rare and very powerful Unlimited Edition Time Walk! Whether you choose to play the card or display it as a keepsake, it’s an ultra-limited opportunity to add this to your collection and own a piece of Magic history.

Take a trip back in time to 1993 and then take an extra turn after this one with this Unlimited Edition copy of Time Walk. One of the most powerful and rare cards in the history of Magic: the Gathering, Time Walk is included on the Reserve List and has not been reprinted in 28 years. The card is tournament playable with some slight scuffing and whitening around the edges.

Tune in to Night Watch tonight for your shot at this giveaway! We’re scheduled to run this giveaway from 8:00pm to 9:30pm PST for $9.99 (or multiples thereof).

Don’t forget… beginning this year, you need a donor account to win any giveaways. Be sure to log in or sign up for a donor account ahead of time so you’re ready to go.

Incoming Live Auction alert! The M.I.N.I. Agent Field Kit is coming up for auction today at 3:00pm PST!

We represent an organization called MINI – the Multiversal Incident Neutralization Inititative. We’re a secret organization tasked with tracking super-powered entities across the multiverse, to keep fights between them from disrupting the peace here in our world. Haven’t heard of us? That’s a testament to our success!

This briefcase is standard equipment issued to new recruits as part of the M.I.N.I.A.T.U.R.E.S. project, recruiting gamers, role-players, and the like to simulate multiversal conflicts. Included are:

• 47 customized and fully-painted gaming miniatures, representing a broad lineup across the Desert Bus and LoadingReadyRun multiverses. Scale is “28mm heroic”, used in many RPGs and wargames.

• Full-color poker-sized deck of 53 character cards. Cards double as ‘token’ cards for a popular trading card game.

• Dossier with agency ‘Welcome’ letter and assorted character sheets.

• Durable metal-walled briefcase with custom foam inserts.

This item represents months of research, crafting, and love. Agent, it is your duty to give it a good home!

Be sure to log in to Twitch chat to you’d like to bid on this! Remember, you’ll need to link your Donor Account to your Twitch account to bid, so be sure to do that before the auction begins.

Time for a giveaway! We’re giving away this Varia Starter Set to kickstart your next game night.

So, you get to a game night and you’re ready to throw down some battle cards! Sometimes, it’s fun to break out a few booster packs and build a couple of decks. But, sometimes… you just wanna skip all that and get down to battling. If the latter speaks to you, you might be interested in the Varia Starter Set, published by Guildhouse Games.

Varia is a card-and-dice-based dueling game designed to provide an accessible experience right out of the box. Just pick a class, grab some dice, and start playing with a pre-constructed deck. Or, if you feel like shaking things up, you can mix and match for a customized experience.

The Varia Starter Set comes with two classes: the Volcanic Warrior and Shadow Assassin. Each class includes the cards, dice, and tokens you’ll need to start playing. The Starter Set also includes a rulebook and a full-color comic to introduce players to the Varia lore. And all this comes in a beautifully illustrated card storage box. On top of that, you‘ll receive four Varia Promo Cards: Ebon Cloak, Bowie Knife, Molten Ravager, and Thorium Crusher.

Log in to or sign up for a donor account, then donate $7.77 (or multiples thereof) for a chance to win this prize! We’ll run this giveaway until 2:45pm PST.

We here at Desert Bus for Hope would like to thank one of our Prize Sponsors for this year’s event: Take This!

Take This is a mental health nonprofit; their mission is decrease the stigma, and increase the support for, mental health in the game enthusiast community and inside the game industry. The foundation of all of their work is the principle that hope is healing in the journey to mental wellness. They provide resources, training, and support for individuals and companies that help the gaming community improve its mental well-being and resilience. The organization addresses the underlying conditions that can create and perpetuate mental health challenges: stigma, harmful studio culture, harassment and toxicity, lack of diversity and accessibility, and problematic game and community design.

Thank you Take This for your continued support of Desert Bus for Hope!

Yesterday, the intrepid adventurers of Alpha Flight embarked on their quests through the multiverse. Today, as our adventures continue, we’re challenging the community to come up with portraits of the party!

As a quick refresher, the adventuring party includes…

• Waywocket (Gnome Wizard) and Vulp (Fox Familiar)
• Bepis (Loxodon Paladin)
• Boom (Gnome Artificer)
• Issac (Tiefling Rogue)

Of note, you don’t have to draw all four characters, and feel free to use whichever art style you prefer!

Send your submissions as a PNG or JPG to [email protected] with the subject line Character Portraits. Be sure to include the screen name you’d like to go by should we show your submission on air or on the blog.

We’ll run this Creative Challenge until 4:00pm PST today. The winner receives an Official Desert Bus 2021 T-Shirt and Gold DBloon!

Coming up very soon, SungWon Cho (a.k.a. ProZD) will be joining us live during Alpha Flight via the latest DB Labs hybrid robot technology!

SungWon Cho is a voice actor. You also may know him as ProZD online where he makes videos on YouTube/Twitter/all the social medias. He loves his cats Effie and Sophie very much.

SungWon Cho will be joining us starting at 1:00pm PST. Tune in here at desertbus.org or at twitch.tv/desertbus!