The flourish of pink text that read “The Enchantment Emporium” on the front of the book reminded me of the made for the female audience romance novels I sometimes see during my trips through airports. Not my type of book. The Enchantment Emporium, however, is a Tanya Huff book. I know Huff from the Confederation […]
World exclusive: Hatching dragon candle
Fancy being the mother of all dragons? [I need this!] UK-based Firebox has the worldwide exclusive on these candles. They start off looking like a scaly egg and as they melt away a hatching dragon is revealed. Who knows where they got this idea from? For legal reasons I’m sure it’s entirely original. There are […]
White Walker proof blinds
The made to measure blind company, English Blinds has a set of designs that they promise will keep your home safe from White Walkers. Well, White Walker free for 10 years, that is. Come year 11 you’ll have to fend for yourself. Sadly, the Game of Thrones inspired blinds don’t seem to be for sale. […]
Dragon fire not your thing? What about a Smaug incense burner?
[I need this!] Those clever monkey’s at Think Geek have another Lord of the Rings goodie to tempt you with. This time’s a dragon. A smoke breathing dragon. In this case there’s a model of foul tempered Smaug, hand painted, 10” tall and weighing in at 2lbs. Lift Smaug up and you’ll be able to […]
A delightful dragon night light
Do you know what you need to keep you safe at night? A dragon! [I need this] Orochi is a dragon night light turns off after an hour. It’s a clever little function that will help kids get to sleep and save you batteries. As he runs on batteries it means he’s pretty portable too. […]
Game Guardians’ Falkor the Luck Dragon
If you’re very lucky you can buy this Falkor from the Game Guardians store on Etsy. The challenge? 1500 people want one and Laura Hosler, who runs the store and makes the products, can make about 15 a month. She’s too kind-hearted to put the price up and only serve the rich geeks. The good […]
Bold and colourful: The illustrations of Chris Rahn
Rahn began illustrating when his family moved to a small town in rural Washington state. Since then he’s gone on to work for Magic the Gathering, Tor Publishing, Random House, Harlequin and Blizzard Entertainment. You can buy some of his prints, sometimes signed, from his online store. If you’re lucky this includes the artist’s proof […]
Sleepy dragon looking for a home
A recent addition to the Geek Native shop is this sleepy dragon. This design appears at the back of the current Impackt colour core cards that get popped into prize packages from competitions. There are 20 different products which feature the dragon; t-shirts, pencil skirts and pillows being three favourites but I think the notepads […]
How RPG quests tend to develop
I bet this has happened to you. The first chunk of adventure looks easy. A few gold. A sure-in mission. Shouldn’t be too much of a challenge and a chance to go pick up those ingredients the wizard wanted. It’s what happens afterwards that causes all the bother. You know; dragon-sized bother across a battlefield […]
Are dragons scary? Geeks don’t think so
If you’re a geek you can probably answer this question; When was the last time you encountered a dragon? It might have been in a computer game, in a movie or perhaps in a tabletop RPG. The latter earns the most cool points. Dragons aren’t uncommon encounters for geeks. Are dragons scary any more? Are […]
