My friend Patty and my next door neighbor came over and helped me pack figurines into boxes for 3 hours. It would have taken me five hours, that’s what friends are for. I’m feeling relieved to finally have the pieces in boxes and ready to go. 17 days until D-Day,...
Playing Gods
Blasphemy!
Began reading a book called Blasphemy: Verbal Offenses Against the Sacred, From Moses to Salman Rushdie, by Leonard Levy. It’s been on my shelf for years, but I figured it was time to bone up on it, as it’s possible I’ll be called a blasphemer at some point soon, so I...
Coming to America!
Good news, good news. Word is that my shipment of 250 games have arrived on US soil in L.A from the literal “slow boat from China.” Still a risk, Customs may decide to do a random inspection and hold up my games for 2 weeks. If so, I’m in deep shit. If not, it may be...
A little R&R… Excelsior!
Saw sneak preview of the new Mummy movie; it was okay for a third-generation Indiana Jones clone. I'm still preparing to send 1,200 deluxe (Ltd.Ed.) figurines to Atlanta, and trying to get all the stuff I'll need. I got 250 4X4X6 boxes in bulk from a company called...
Another Pre-Order
An old friend of mine, a shrunken head collector from Toronto, said he’d buy three games. Excellent! Not sure what the shipping to Toronto will be, but I appreciate the support. I’ll send him an autographed Buddha figurine.
My God is Badder than Your God!
I printed up a bunch of Playing Gods stickers. One says, “My god is badder than your god,” and the other says, “Be your own god.” I was going to enclose one in each game, but then I found out that shipping them to China would cost about $400. When you add in the cost...
Let there be Orders!
GOT MY FIRST PRE-ORDER! An old co-worker friend of mine, The Weasel, who occasionally did test-playing (and with whom I saw Billy Idol in a small club in Toronto in 2005), came through. Thanks Weasel!
The Maltese Felon
Somebody in Malta tried to scam me. Here’s how it works: After you register your trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, your name and address get put on a list. Several lists, actually, and at least one is publicly published in the official USPTO...
A Meeting With Important Investors…
Marketing plan meeting with my Principal Investors. Mom and Dad liked the spaghetti with green chile sauce I prepared, and I had answers to all the questions, including my plan to distribute the game. I also decided I'd need to take pre-orders to help raise money for...
Your Own Personal Jesus
I got, overnight, from Hong Kong via Nevada, the sample figures that will serve as the prototypes for the pawns in the game. These are basically made of sculpted hard clay. The Limited Edition idols served as the prototypes. Those are handmade and hand-poured, and...