If your grandfather gives you a house so you can rebuild your life out in the countryside, one of the first things you’ll need is a blanket to keep you warm. Fortunately, this Stardew Valley Quilt is the perfect fit for those cold winter nights!
Donate $7.25 or multiples thereof before 7:30pm PST for a chance to win this quilt!
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Rawr! Welcome to the adventures of Alpha Flight! Here’s some of what you’ve missed…
We meet new Alpha Flight entertainer, Cameron Lauder…
Kathleen gives us a sales pitch for Final Fantasy 14…
We have our first Live Auction of DB2021, the Sandman Cross Stitch…
And, we have Session 0 for our Alpha Flight D&D campaign, which you can tune in to every day for the rest of the run…
Remember, for the latest updates, stay tuned to desertbus.org. You can also catch up on the latest #DB2021 happenings around the web…
Earlier today in Alpha Flight’s shift, we challenged the community to create subtractive poetry using the Bard class description. Here’s the winning submission, by Pigeon Rose:
she traces the magic knowledge
of the people
the monument
the saga
Laughing as she tunes her subtle magic words
to inspire minds
create
heal
existence echoes throughout the cosmos
harness those echoes
strength is necessary
to do anything well
Learning from the world
is A life spent wandering
gathering stories
and living on the gratitude
of magic
rarely settle
travel
find new tales beyond the horizon
Every adventure is an opportunity to learn
decipher old tomes
travel to strange places
witness many stories
take these themes to heart
thrive on magical music
strike out on your own
runaway
life
Freedom
Congrats to our winner! Here’s a couple of additional runner-up submissions from our community…
Lore and Lies
A well received scoundrel
Weaves words to manipulate
Words are just vibrations
But with power they shape
Their common jester cavorting
In to the true life spent
accomplishing mighty deeds
Heroic and important
You paint yourself as worthy
But these be dancing charm
Word as simple weapons
Are part of your repertoire
You cast your spell with words
Choose who to attack, who dies
The audience might be honest
And share lore and lies
(by QwertyBird)
By Cole.
Prepare for QYITTime with a super snuggly and ultra colorful handcrafted Rainbow Wrap, which we’re giving away right now!
This hand-woven wrap is made of 100% cotton, with a diamond twill pattern. The twill not only makes it reversible, but it gives it a slight shimmer effect, and the wrap drapes well. It is 27″ x 111″, with an additional 6″ of twisted fringe on each end, for a total length of 10-1/4 ft (3.1 m). It was woven with 2.5 km of yarn but weights only 665 g.
Sign up for or log in to your Donor Account, then donate $7.78 (or multiples thereof) for a chance to win this prize. We’ll run this giveaway until 5:40pm PST.
Of course we’re big fans of Magic: the Gathering around here, and we’re known for some rather special M:tG giveaways. So how about a giveaway for this War of the Spark Japanese Booster Box?
Nicol Bolas’s plan has been set into motion. With his army of eternals he has invaded Ravnica. Worse, he’s lured Planeswalkers from all over the multiverse and trapped them there as part of his plot to harvest all their sparks. Can the Gatewatch rally together to stop the megalomaniacal dragon? Find out in War of the Spark. Containing 36 draft booster packs in Japanese, these packs can include alt-art planeswalkers with manga-inspired art from Japanese artists, including Yoshitaka Amano.
Log in to or sign up for a donor account, then donate $5.36 (or multiples thereof) for a chance to win this prize! We’ll run this giveaway until 2:45pm PST.
It’s almost time for our FIRST Live Auction of Desert Bus for Hope 2021. And oooh boy do we’ve got a super crafty lot up for grabs with this Sandman Cross Stitch, crafted by longtime Craft-Along crafter Sarah Serinde. We’re running this auction starting at 3:00pm PST today!
Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series is full of engrossing stories and beautiful art, and The Sandman: Overture is no different. Based on the book’s gorgeous artwork by J.H. Williams III and Dave Stewart, this cross stitch features Morpheus soaring towards home against the colourful background of the Dreaming. It took roughly 350 hours to stitch over the course of four months, and uses 111 colours of thread. The hand-dyed fabric has an opalescent shimmer to it, and there are hints of sparkle in Dream’s robes. The piece measures 10.25 by 14.25 inches, and is framed in masterwork acrylic, which is lightweight, shatterproof, and protected from UV rays.
It’s been a while since we’ve done a Live Auction, so let’s cover how to participate…
Inspired by the world and characters of the upcoming game Hollow Knight: Silksong, we’re giving away a Matching Silksong Purse and Wallet Set! Battle the denizens of Hallownest and Pharloom in style with this matching purse and clutch wallet set!
The set is completely handmade from vinyl, no animal products used, with custom printed satin lining. The art on the lining was also made by the crafter and printed specifically for these items. The Hornet mask detailing was created via reverse applique, with the white and black vinyl pieces layered underneath the red.
Log in to or sign up for a Donor Account, then donate $6.11 (or multiples thereof) for a chance to win this prize. We’ll run this giveaway until 2:10pm PST.
Grr, grar, the creatures from the Alpha Flight Monster Manual humbly request your word-ly creations composed from the words of D&D, in this our first Creative Challenge of Alpha Flight at Desert Bus 2021!
We’re challenging the community to create their best Subtractive Poetry composed from words in the Bard class description of the D&D Basic Rules/Players Handbook. In case you haven’t created Subtractive Poetry before, you can only subtract words… no re-ordering or modifying! You’ll create a poem from the Bard class description from the remaining words. It’s up to you if you’d like to submit your creation as text only or if you’d like to share a photo of your creation instead.
Send your creations to [email protected] with the subject line Bard Poetry. You can submit your creation as an image (in JPG or PNG format) or as text (as the content of the email). Also, please be sure to include the screen name you’d like us to you in case your submission is shown on air.
We’ll be accepting submissions until 4:30pm PST. The winner of this challenge receives a Desert Bus for Hope T-Shirt and a 2021 DBloon! We’ll also post the winner and a few runner-up submissions on the blog.
We’d like to take a moment to thank one of our Prize Sponsors for this year’s Desert Bus for Hope: Wizards of the Coast!
Wizards is home to Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, and more. Always bringing us legendary games, and lifelong adventures. With their help, you can adventure through worlds beyond imagination, online or at your kitchen table.
Wizards are known for their charity support, and we’re forever grateful they provide us with amazing prizes year after year.
Thank you Wizards of the Coast for your support of Desert Bus for Hope!
We had our first day of coffee pong, played a fun/sad/angering/sleepy/surprised game of Emotional Objectivity, and got serenaded by Paul on numerous occasions!
And of course we had some great DAAAANCE PARTIES!!
Honestly you just had to be there. But that’s ok, because if you weren’t you can always watch the clips and compellations that our VST lovelies make at the Desert Bus Youtube channel!
SEE YA TOMORROW BA BYYYYYYEE!!!!
