Mike & Tifa Robles will be calling into Desert Bus at 6:30pm PST on Wednesday, November 18th.

Tifa Robles is the organizer and founder of The Lady Planeswalkers Society, a group that creates welcoming, friendly environments for all genders to learn and play Magic with over 60 chapters in the world. For the last two years she’s been the Editorial Games Producer for the Xbox Dashboard, creating and managing content for the Games section for Xbox One and Xbox 360 around the globe. Tifa was formerly a Brand Manager for Magic: The Gathering. She can be found on twitter and writes about her personal experiences on tumblr.

Mike Robles is an internet personality and experienced host. He was formerly the Community Manager for Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, Killer Instinct, Minecraft, Age of Empires, and more. Nowadays he does reviews for Marooner’s Rock and streams on Twitch. Mike can also be found on tumblr, twitter, moderating panels at conventions, and doing improv in Seattle.

Together Mike and Tifa make videos for their Youtube channel, Video Time with Mike & Tifa, where they discuss their lives, review games, and talk about all things nerdy. They also created Rock Band 4 Charity, a 24-Hour live stream with proceeds going towards the Child’s Play Domestic Violence Shelter Initiative.

Have a question for Mike & Tifa? Leave it in the comments below!

It’s Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl…and Steven! These puppets come to us from Featherweight of Stolen Jokes and Temple of The Lava Bears art fame.

These puppets can be yours as we are running this giveaway as a Donation Drive. Any donations of $7.22 or multiples thereof  until 4:15 PM PST will net you entries into this drive. Be a part of the Crystal Gems with these felt defenders of the world.

Tally has decided to use her previous art challenge as fuel for her next Art Challenge! This post will contain links to the PDFs of all the shortlisted selections.

Pictured here is Schala-Kitty’s but you may use ANY of the links we provide here.

Daniel Bowman Eric Johnson Schala Kitty Helen Merav Ortlieb SuperDuckyWho SquishyRedMonkey Shoebox Warrior

Our prize for this challenge will be your very own Desert Bus for Hope 9 T-Shirt from Fangamer!

This challenge will run until the End of Tally’s Shift. Submit entries to [email protected] with the subject line Colouring Book. Please include the name you’d like to be used if you are selected.

Schala Kitty

Our winner for Tally’s Line-Art Colouring book is, Schala Kitty! Congratulations!

The PDF links for our short list will be available for your download in our next post!

Founded in Seattle in 2011 by Tifa Robles, the Lady Planeswalkers Society aims to create welcoming, friendly environments for women (and everyone) to learn Magic: The Gathering. They host events for all genders and skill levels to battle Magic in an alternative space!

With over 50 chapters in the world, the group has been very successful and continues to grow. Outside of running tournaments in stores every week, the group also teaches Magic at many conventions with a large, dedicated staff of experienced teachers. Taking their teaching role a step further at PAX Prime 2015 in Seattle, LPS was the Official Learn to Play MtG teachers for Wizards of the Coast.

We thank Lady Planeswalkers for their continued support of Desert Bus with their multiple MTG-related prizes!

DONATION DRIVE

$10.15 (or multiples) until 2:30pm

Cozy up under this colourful commemorative quilt, consoling yourself by playing games with actual plots, mechanics, characters and even scenery. The quilt will remind you that Desert Bus, while the best of games, is really also the worst of games. While sadly not watching it, you can rest content in the fact that you are also not playing it. The quilt’s detailed stitching shows off the bug splat, the road, the pine tree air freshener, the steering wheel and the Sega controller.

Lovingly crafted by Tally’s mom, Tara Heilke!

Donate increments of $10.15 until 2:30pm to be entered to win!

DONATION DRIVE

$9.01 (or multiples) until 1:05pm 

Relive the hair-raising, geo-active adventure of The Temple of the Lava Bears, LRR’s epic D&D adventure, with this sensational prize pack! Our winner will receive an 11″ x 14″ appliquéd Lava Bears fabric piece, seven original party drawings, and a one-of-a-kind Lava Bear plush toy!

For this donation drive, donate $9.01 or a multiple thereof until 1:05pm Pacific time today!

ART CHALLENGE!

Line Art Colouring Page!

Remember colouring books? Those things were crazy, huh? Here at Desert Bus for Hope we say they’re always in style, and we’d like you to help us recapture the magic!

We’d like you to create the colouring page you wish you had as a kid! Now, we have some specific regulations for this one, PLEASE make sure you follow them:

• MUST MUST MUST be Black and White, Line-Art! Like a page from a colouring book! No colour!
• The image must include a Desert Bus reference or tie-in
• The image must be in PDF format; 8.5″ x 11″ (aka, 2550 x 3300 pixels @ 300 dpi)
• Get your submissions in to [email protected] before 2:00pm Pacific, and include your screen name!

The contest winner will be delving into the world of Cosplay with their very own copy of Cosplay World! This gorgeous book is filled with professional photos of cosplays from around the world, and examines the phenomenon of cosplay and its journey from a niche enjoyment to ever-more mainstream practice and attention.

Bolivian Rosewood Hero Vault

Donation Drive!

$8.64 (or multiples) until 11:30am !!

We’ve got a beautiful Bolivian Rosewood Hero Vault to give away, and we thought, why not a Donation Drive?!

Get in your donations of $8.64 or multiples thereof before 11:30am to be entered to win! Remember that multiples of $8.64 gets you multiple chances to win!

This beautiful wooden box is the perfect way to carry your painstakingly painted miniature or your favourite set of lucky dice to the gaming table. The box closes firmly with rare earth magnets, and its interior features foam to pad your valuable contents, so your dice will not rattle and your miniatures will not chip! Made of lovely Bolivian Rosewood.

Congratulations to Rose Nightshade! Cam loved Rose’s illustration Nathandriel the Elf, so Rose will receive the fantastic Fantasy Lot!

Adorably murderous! We had a few entries make the Honourable Mentions list too!

And all the excellent submissions we received!