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November 18, 2021, 4:07 am
Posted by: Matthews

pride pins

Wear your pride on your sleeve, your hat, your fanny pack, or wherever else you can safely stick pins into with this colourful set of pride pins from www.pin-ace.com! This lot includes 10 pins, ranging in size from roughly 2 to 4 cm across, with representatives from Pin-Ace’s Body Positivity, Pride Animal, Social Justice, and Dungeons & Dragons collections. All of Pin-Ace’s pins are made in brightly coloured hard enamel with secure rubber backings, ensuring that the only thing popping off is you.

Sign up for or log in to your Donor Account, then donate $6.13 (or multiples thereof) for a chance to win this prize. We’ll run this giveaway until 5:30am PST.

November 18, 2021, 3:25 am
Posted by: Matthews

all in games

We want to give a GIANT thank you to one of our prize sponsors, All in! Games!

All in! Games‘ goal is to support unique games and ambitious, skilled studios and to get wonderful games in front of players. They want to make great game ideas become a reality and so that everyone can enjoy them. They care both about developers and communicating with players to give you the best experience—so don’t hesitate, and go all in!

All in! Games was kind enough this year to donate the Chernobylite Collector’s Edition giveaway prize. Thank you so much All in! Games!!!

 

November 18, 2021, 2:12 am
Posted by: Matthews

bright magic

Brighten up your battlefield with these bright and unique collections of Magic Cards. Both sets are in premium foil.

The Valentine’s Day 2021 collection includes Goblin Rabblemaster (with Goblin token), Monastery Swiftspear, Boros Charm, and Gisela, Blade of Goldnight, all featuring art by Brandi Milne. (Due to a production error the copy of Heliod, Sun-Crowned that was intended to be in this pack was not included).

Faerie, Faerie, Faerie Rad includes copies of Spellstutter Sprite, Mistbind Clique, Glen Elendra Archmage, and Vendilion Clique, all with bright and colourful borderless art by Jen Bartel, Maria Abagnale, Rian Gonzales, and Maria Poliakova.

Sign up for or log in to your Donor Account, then donate $8.08 (or multiples thereof) for a chance to win this prize. We’ll run this giveaway until 3:45am PST.

November 18, 2021, 12:48 am
Posted by: Matthews

xenomorph

In space, no one can hear you craft.

This 8″x8″x2.5″ light box is comprised of 6 layers of black paper cut to depict the terror of escaping from a Weyland-Yutani space freighter while being hunted by a Xenomorph. Red LEDs illuminate the back to heighten the tension and fear.

The best place in your home for this lightbox is on a shelf alongside books or other objects. It is not suitable for hanging from a wall.

Sign up for or log in to your Donor Account, then donate $6.24 (or multiples thereof) for a chance to win this prize. We’ll run this giveaway until 2am PST.

November 18, 2021, 12:41 am
Posted by: Soraya

For one golden, glorious moment, Team Order achieved their ultimate limit break: seven sevens, or $7,777,777 earned across Desert Bus history. But for the rest of the evening on Night Watch, Chaos reigned.

A screenshot of the Night Watch crew (from left: Andrew, Ian, Cori, Graham). In the top left corner, the lifetime total reads $7,777,777

Opening Credits

Ambassador “Andrew” Rae Jepsen seemed strangely perturbed to find out that he’s not the only ambassador aboard. Apparently nobody told him that the mission of the USS Tucson is to boldly shuttle ambassadors across a barren stretch of space! But many ambassadors and otherworldly beings joined us tonight.

For starters, our perpetually lost Ensign Ben has apparently morphed into a being called ZorBen and he’s recruiting teenagers Night Watch to help the children.

We got a return visit from Ambassador Joe, who was kind enough to help drive the bus for a bit.

Then a being calling himself Skeletor invaded our bridge BUT FORGOT TO TURN ON HIS MIC.

Even Harry the Creepy Doll, who has always been here silently watching, took inspiration from all these visitors to throw an impromptu dance party. It was… viscerally disturbing.

Harry the Creepy Doll (puppeted by Ian) dances wildly, flinging their arms up, down, and everywhere around. Joe looks on in calm dismay.

Literally: viscerally disturbing. Harry’s guts started to spill out.

The camera is focused on the Desert Bus logo while Ian (barely visible at the bottom of the screen) throws Harry the Creepy Doll repeatedly into the air. Pieces of cloth and material fly out of the doll's bottom.

Naturally, we attempted to report all these strange visitations to Starfleet Command. Our call went straight to an automated answering machine apparently called What the Dub, but we waded through multiple sci fi clips with great patience. When we finally got a real person on the line, they told us “Sir, this is a Wendy’s.” No wonder Command hasn’t been answering our hails!

So we guess we’ll just go back to watching TikToks and eating from dump trucks.

A close-up of Graham. He succeeds in looking serious for about two seconds before dissolving into laughter, as a disembodied thumbs-up appears first from the left and then from the right side of the screen.

To Be Continued…

November 17, 2021, 9:55 pm
Posted by: Soraya

Curl up comfortably at night or fend off your fear of the dark? Get you a blanket that can do both: the MTG Theros Gods Constellation Quilt.

A large black blanket with a outlines of the Theros gods in different colors of the rainbow.A close-up of a black blanket, pictured at night. The outline of the griffin, surrounded by stars, is glowing faintly green in the dark.

Visit Nyx, the land of night and home of the gods, from the comfort of your own bed AND light up your room at the same time. All 15 of the Theros gods (does not include Xenagos; that jerk is dead) have been created with two colors of metallic heat transfer vinyl and enhanced with a hand painted glowing aura, on top of which they have twinkling LEDs connected by steel conductive thread and powered by a replaceable AND removable battery pack, so you can turn the lights on or off at will without sacrificing a single ounce of cozy blanket cuddlability. We made that sentence exactly 75 words long because there are 75 total LEDs in this blanket and we wanted a visual reference for how sparkly that is!

But wait! There’s more! Tuck your head under the covers to reveal a secret collection of 16 mythological creatures quilted in glow-in-the-dark thread amidst a scattering of stars.

Donate $7.50 or multiples thereof before 11:00pm PT for a chance to join (and snuggle) the gods!

November 17, 2021, 8:40 pm
Posted by: Soraya

We’d like to take a moment to thank one of our Organizational Sponsors for this year’s Desert Bus for Hope: Tiltyhouse Media!

Tiltyhouse Media logo: a black circle on a white background. Inside the circle is the white silhouette of a house tilted at an angle that intersects the straight line of the ground.

If there’s one thing you need to successfully entertain a stream watched by thousands of people for over a week, it’s a camera. If there are two things you need, the second one is funny people! Thanks to the funny people at Tiltyhouse Media for joining Desert Bus (and Night Watch in particular) in the form of Ian “Hamfather” Horner and Coriander “no relation to Emily” Dickinson. We’re so lucky to have you here!

November 17, 2021, 8:25 pm
Posted by: Soraya

If you want a different approach to Magic: the Gathering, whether as a newcomer or as an experienced player who simply wants to mix it up, you might enjoy this Varia Starter Set!

Four Magic: the Gathering cards stand up right, facing the camera, in front of a box with a giant gold V on it. The words" Varia Starter Set are visible at the top of the box.

Skip the draft and get straight to the battle: that’s Varia’s goal. Varia offers character classes with pre-built decks that each has their own playstyle. The starter set comes with two decks for the Volcanic Warrior (hit things go bang) and Shadow Assassin (think plan get stab), and has everything you need to start playing right out of the box.

Donate $9.23 or multiples thereof before 9:30pm PT for a chance to win!

November 17, 2021, 7:27 pm
Posted by: Soraya

Hey there, you strong silent type. We’ve got some auctions for the likes of you, so how about you take a seat and check these out?

LRR Twitch Emote Cross-Stitch

A framed cross stitch with the blue dots + arrow logo of LRR featured near the top. Around it are familiar faces from Loading Ready Run and one text emote that reads "Everything is Fine"

Are you already experiencing mid-run Desert Bus withdrawal? Is the thought of not spending every day looking at these humans’ faces starting to ache in your heart? Good news: many of those faces can be on your wall, all the time, thanks to this cross-stitch of the Loading Ready Run Twitch emote collection.

Current Bid: $1,696.96

 

Planeswalker Soft Sculpture Dolls

Three cloth dolls are arranged in front of a white sheet. From left to right, they are: Jace Beleren (blue), Chandra Nalaar (red), and Liliana Vess (purple).

These three Planeswalkers all strode into the Soft-and-Squishy plane, and you know, they fit right in. Each of these 20″ (50cm) tall dolls has a special feature unique to the character they represent, which means that yes, of course, Jace can strip off his cloak. Meanwhile, Chandra carries a fireball and Liliana’s Pact markings glow in the dark!

Current Bid: $1,500.00

November 17, 2021, 6:32 pm
Posted by: Soraya

Who can resist a baby critter with those big, sweet eyes, just begging to be picked up and snuggled? Certainly not us, and hopefully not you!

A felted, 3D owlbear stares at the camera. Its legs are dark brown, and one forelimb stretches towards the cameera. It has a white belly and face, which is owl-shaped complete with beak.

This Needle-Felted Owlbear Cub is 10”x11”x12” in size, but feed them right and maybe they’ll grow even bigger! Just be aware that it does have a tendency to strike at small, fast-moving creatures like dogs, cats, and adventuring parties.

Donate $7.21 or multiples thereof before 7:45pm PT and you could provide this sweet cub’s forever home!