I only ever commissioned those three peafowl from her, and she was kind, generous with her time, friendly, and enthusiastic in every interaction I ever had with her.

If she’s gone it’s a huge loss for the hobby as a whole.

It seems unlikely that her family didn’t understand the value of that stuff. I’ve heard that her daughters were pretty heavily involved in her creative business, but if she died, maybe it was just too much to deal with.

Still seems weird that an estate re-seller got ahold of so much of it.

However, a couple people on Facebook said that she was alive & well and that they had seen her recently (as of a few months ago).

So, maybe she downsized her house or moved into elder care?

I was shocked that so many of her paintings and sculptures ended up on the open market.

It has been difficult to confirm - many of her original sculpts (which she was famously protective of) were purchased in an estate sale by a reseller.

I got my Peafowl greens from him (part of my contract with Sandy required me to return them to her). He had her whole catalog- TSR, Star Wars, etc.

Someday I’m just going to crosshatch an entire 8.5 x 11 sheet of Bristol board, scan it, & save it as an asset.

Until then, I’ll just keep doing it custom for every map I draw.

I’ve never used mine as a photography light, but, I think it would work really well for that.

It’s difficult for me to imagine that there’s much variation in the actual utility from one brand to the next. It must be relatively cheap tech these days.

I probably wouldn’t buy the bottom of the barrel - the cheapest junk always breaks so quickly! - but other than that anything should be fine.

Good Grief.

I’m often frustrated by the perpetual hammering of “You can run this with no prep!”

In what universe is being unprepared better than being prepared? Why reward and encourage that?

Read the dang book! Take notes if you have to. Pick the bits that appeal to you, personally, and discard the rest.

Before anything else, when I’m writing game books, I’m aiming to write something that’s enjoyable and engaging to read.

Of COURSE I want it to be user-friendly at the table. Bold text, clear labels, etc are important, but if the prose is unengaging, then I’ll never use it at the table anyways.

The game part of the evening was mostly about rolling up characters, discussing character concepts, and talking broadly about tone (pretty light and absurd) and what my plan for the campaign is.

There will be pirates.

Not a bad start to a new campaign!

… I was TEMPTED to run “Rough Night at the Three Feathers”, but I’m not prepared enough to convert 1990’s WHFRP to D&D 5e on the fly.

At least not tonight.

Well hot damn that’s awesome!!

I LOVE having a light pad for inking with micron pens. It’s a game changer for someone who does near-zero digital art (like me!).

Well worth the expense.

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