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Dollar Store Dungeons: Your turn

Posted on 2014 April 6 by njwApril 6, 2014

All ten of my items are posted now. For the record, they were: Dinosaurs! A couple nice plastic dinosaurs. Stance markers for Blade & Crown. Glass beads as cheap as they come. Die-cast vehicles for use in SF games. Chess … Continue reading →

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Dollar Store Dungeons, part 10: Dry-erase board

Posted on 2014 March 28 by njwJanuary 17, 2015

The last item in my Dollar Store Dungeons project: a whiteboard. Or, as the package says, a Dry Erase Board: And I suppose it really is a dry-erase board rather than a whiteboard, because the surface is actually a silver … Continue reading →

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Dollar Store Dungeons, part 9: Pencils

Posted on 2014 March 24 by njwMarch 24, 2014

This was the simplest, most practical, most directly usable purchase for Dollar Store Dungeons: a set of mechanical pencils. There’s not much to say about these, really. Just that people often don’t seem to have writing instruments, or enough writing … Continue reading →

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Dollar Store Dungeons, parts 6, 7 and 8: Paint, brushes and dominoes

Posted on 2014 March 20 by njwMay 22, 2020

My next post for the Dollar Store Dungeons project is a three-for-one. Three items that, once I saw them, I knew I’d need to use together. Item #6: Paint The first part of this mini-project is paint. For $1, I … Continue reading →

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Dollar Store Dungeons, part 5: Chess

Posted on 2014 January 19 by njwDecember 25, 2014

My next Dollar Store Dungeons purchase was a pretty easy choice: one of the world’s oldest wargames, chess. Not that I intend to play chess, that is. (If I’m going to go that old-school, my preference is 圍棋 Wéiqí.) Instead, … Continue reading →

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Dollar Store Dungeons, part 4: Die-cast vehicles

Posted on 2014 January 10 by njwJanuary 16, 2014

This is, I think, the Dollar Store Dungeons purchase I’m least certain to use in a game, but so cool I couldn’t pass it up: Four die-cast vehicles: a helicopter, a patrol boat, a van and an APC. Not especially … Continue reading →

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Dollar Store Dungeons, part 3: Glass beads

Posted on 2014 January 4 by njwDecember 21, 2014

As I alluded in the comments to my last post, this is my third purchase: a very cheap bag of green glass beads. The beads in this particular bag are a good size for gaming, about 20mm in diameter. There … Continue reading →

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Dollar Store Dungeons, part 2: Stance markers

Posted on 2014 January 1 by njwMay 7, 2014

My second item for Dollar Store Dungeons is something I wish I’d found a few years ago: In Blade & Crown combat, your stance (aggressive, evasive, etc.) is pretty important. But it can be hard for the players to remember … Continue reading →

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Dollar Store Dungeons, part 1: Dinosaurs!

Posted on 2013 December 30 by njwDecember 30, 2013

John and I went out to do our Dollar Store Dungeon run recently and came back with some great finds. Here’s my first item: It may not be the largest assortment of dinosaurs (there were bags that had more dinosaurs … Continue reading →

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Dollar Store Dungeons: The Project

Posted on 2013 December 30 by njwMarch 20, 2015

What treasures can you find for $10? This is the start of a new project, modeled on John Till’s From the Zones project, open to everyone. How do you participate? Go to a dollar store, buy 10 items, and post … Continue reading →

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