Caption Contest #6

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Ryan

Welcome, to our sixth Caption Contest. From now, until February 20th 2011 you can leave your suggested captions for this image on this post, replying to us via Twitter, or by commenting at our undisclosed location for the picture on Facebook. This piece of artwork is “Gangland Hitter ” brought to life for us by Amy K. Cyrway Amy K. Cyrway.

Contest Rules are rather important, here they are, in an order determined by fate.
7. You may comment as many times as you like while the contest is ongoing, only your latest comment will be used to determine the ‘best’.
10. This contest runs until February 20th, 2011.
2. Comments need to be safe for children under the age of twenty-nine. Indecent, hateful or otherwise offensive comments will not be considered for the contest, and may also be removed.
12. Paradice Inc (aka “Paradice Games”) reserves the right to use your entry in an upcoming card game, called “SIN”. If you win, among other information we will need to know, is how (and if) you want your name to appear in the credits. We do not guarantee that we’ll use the winning entry, only that we have the option to do so. Failure to communicate with us after winning will cause us to have to pick another winner.
4. Your entries need to be specific to the particular contest. If we can’t figure out what you’re referring to in an entry, regardless of how cool the phrase is, we’re going to skip it, if we feel there’s no connection between your comment and the image.
8. Have fun and enjoy the contest! There is no restriction of who may participate.
5. One winner will receive a print of the artwork.

If you have questions or comments, please Contact Us.

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Kickstarter project for the 44th piece of artwork is now underway…

Posted on January 21, 2011 by louis.lamp

So, I’ve been a bit slow in posting here; and if you didn’t already hear about this from five other places on the Internet, know that we’re on to our 3rd piece on Kickstarter (we just had to start with the 42nd piece of card art for SIN). We changed up a thing or two with this one as per usual.

I’d love you for backing Paradice Games; though if you can’t afford to pay attention, much less backing us, then I invite you to help spread the word. For your convenience, here’s a link to the piece on Kickstarter. The artwork itself will be kept secret, though we may reveal a detail or two as the funding bit is underway.

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Caption Contest #5

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Ryan

Welcome, to our fifth Caption Contest. From now, until January 20th 2010 you can leave your suggested captions for this image on this post, replying to us via Twitter, or by commenting at our undisclosed location for the picture on Facebook. This piece of artwork is “Real Estate Agent” brought to life for us by Georgia Horesh.

Contest Rules are rather important, here they are, in an order determined by fate.
11. You may comment as many times as you like while the contest is ongoing, only your latest comment will be used to determine the ‘best’.
2. This contest runs until January 20th, 2011.
1. Comments need to be safe for children under the age of twenty-nine. Indecent, hateful or otherwise offensive comments will not be considered for the contest, and may also be removed.
15. Paradice Inc (aka “Paradice Games”) reserves the right to use your entry in an upcoming card game, called “SIN”. If you win, among other information we will need to know, is how (and if) you want your name to appear in the credits. We do not guarantee that we’ll use the winning entry, only that we have the option to do so. Failure to communicate with us after winning will cause us to have to pick another winner.
7. Your entries need to be specific to the particular contest. If we can’t figure out what you’re referring to in an entry, regardless of how cool the phrase is, we’re going to skip it, if we feel there’s no connection between your comment and the image.
12. Have fun and enjoy the contest! There is no restriction of who may participate.
14. One winner will receive an outdated t-shirt for Paradice Games, that advertises our old website and that we cannot otherwise sell. We have most sizes, but if we don’t have your size, we’ll send you the next size up.

If you have questions or comments, please Contact Us.

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We have a winner for Caption Contest #4

Posted on January 3, 2011 by louis.lamp

Daveosaurus is the winner of Caption Contest #4. Anybody named ‘Brian’ should be wary, because of this. We don’t know why… anyhow, it is up to us to get a print of “Full Moon” off to Daveosaurus soon. Just so that you’re aware, Caption Contest #5 is about to begin!

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The IRC Golf League rules are updated for 2011.

Posted on December 24, 2010 by louis.lamp

A number of small changes to our league’s rules will go into effect for the Paradice IRC Golf League Rules on January 1st, 2011. This is the reader’s digest version of the changes:
Birthday Rules are added.
Number of players per game is changed from 3-5 to 1-7.
Added rules for how mistakes in play are handled.
Added ability to purchase additional games for the league.
10% of all proceeds through the IRC Golf League are donated to Return to Honor.

The league has 19 players at this time of writing. Let the games begin!

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It’s already been a year?

Posted on December 18, 2010 by louis.lamp

Time travels fast. Or, perhaps it is we that travel fast through time. As 2010 comes to a close, we look back at what we accomplished and what we are already planning on accomplishing this next year. So, here we go…

Stuff we did in 2010:
Two benefit tournaments resulting in $60 to Outside In and $250 to Return to Honor.
Built pages for Facebook and Twitter.
Finished our first project on Kickstarter successfully. (info on our Backers page)
Moved from a fully manual to semiautomatic IRC Golf League

Stuff we expect to do in 2011:
Continue one on-going tournament (IRC Golf) and host two tournaments in May.
Finish card artwork for SIN, our upcoming card game.
Automate IRC Golf.
Resume “The Story So Far”
Win the lottery.
Conquer the world.
Build a base on the moon.
Mandate that Norwegian as the mandatory global language.

For any (or all) holidays you celebrate this season, may they be full of win!

Louis Lamp & The Paradice Games Team

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Caption Contest #4

Posted on December 16, 2010 by louis.lamp

Welcome, one and all to our fourth Caption Contest. From now, until the end of 2010 you can leave your suggested captions for this image on this post, replying to us via Twitter, or by commenting at our undisclosed location for the picture on Facebook. This contest’s artwork is “Full Moon” by Kimber Grey.

Contest Rules are rather important, here they are, in an order determined by fate.
3. You may comment as many times as you like while the contest is ongoing, only your latest comment will be used to determine the ‘best’.
8. The contest runs until the end of the current calendar month. This contest runs until the end of December, 2010.
2. Comments need to be safe for children under the age of twenty-nine. Indecent, hateful or otherwise offensive comments will not be considered for the contest, and may also be removed.
20. Critical hit! Paradice Inc (aka “Paradice Games”) reserves the right to use your entry in an upcoming card game, called “SIN”. If you win, among other information we will need to know, is how (and if) you want your name to appear in the credits. We do not guarantee that we’ll use the winning entry, only that we have the option to do so. Failure to communicate with us after winning will cause us to have to pick another winner.
15. Your entries need to be specific to the particular contest. If we can’t figure out what you’re referring to in an entry, regardless of how cool the phrase is, we’re going to skip it, if we feel there’s no connection between your comment and the image.
6. Have fun and enjoy the contest! There is no restriction of who may participate.
12. One winner will receive a signed print of the artwork you captioned.

If you have questions or comments, please Contact Us.

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We can’t kick the can… we’re kicking starters instead.

Posted on November 13, 2010 by louis.lamp

A few days ago we began our first project on Kickstarter; the 42nd card for SIN, our first card game. We did not want to leave anyone out of the loop, and are making desktop wallpapers and signed prints of the artwork available to those who back us. At time of writing, only $26.50 is needed to hit 100% funding. Get in while the gettin is good!

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Rollin’

Posted on October 25, 2010 by louis.lamp

Before it was converted into a pile of bloody goo, a somewhat strong and illiterate creature ignored the magical splashes of blood on the outside of the boulder. It could here interesting sounds coming from the inside of the cave, and the smell of brimstone somehow reminded it of what it had for dinner a few weeks ago. Oh, it was hungry. It walked uphill the last couple of feet to the boulder and shoved it aside. Unfortunately, this hapless creature had not developed a firm sense of the process by which gravity works.

The boulder began to roll and the hapless creature backed up, tripping over a pair of fluttering butterflies in the middle of a long-standing domestic dispute. The butterflies wanted to live longer than the hapless creature, and flew out of the way of the advancing rock. Crack! Snap! Crunch! (we can’t follow that with ‘Pop!’ unless we’re referring to breakfast cereal…), and the boulder ran amok on its way down the hill. There are some small settlements in the valley that owe the GM some dexterity-based saving throws. A boulder covered in blood left a gooey mess behind that was once a hapless creature. Work stopped inside the cave, as everything there looked outside to see what disturbed their work…

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Author’s Note: This story updates on Mondays.

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Do Not Disturb

Posted on October 11, 2010 by louis.lamp

Back at the cave, the old beast lay sleeping. Around him, the ruddish-colored imp popped back in and out of Hell, making the place smell of brimstone a little more than before every time. The goblins who were responsible for the cave gutters returned and rolled a boulder up to the mouth of the cave. The words, “Do Not Disturb” appeared in blood in such a manner that no matter what language you could read, you understood the meaning behind it. Of course, if you are illiterate, like most of the goblins who moved the boulder up to the grassy gnoll, then the written warning did you little to no good.

The smell of brimstone seeped into the open air around the edges of this big, round boulder. The smell was just distracting enough to make you forget the sounds of slavery taking place from within the cave. Though, every now and then a whip would crack and a scream would wail through the imperfect wall.

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Author’s Note: This story updates on Mondays.

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