Oregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc., has granted us $300 for purchases and shipping of merchandise to Ziggurat Con. Excellent!
OSFCI operates Orycon, Oregon's long-running science fiction convention in November, and GameStorm, Oregon's premiere gaming convention, held every spring.
It was their generous donation which enabled us to buy and ship the large purchase of RPG books sent Tuesday.
However, Operation Dice Drop is still in the red. Ixias kindly donated $50, which helped with the $74 postage charges for the first five cartons. The $300 OSFCI donation was totally consumed by the unxepected bargain purchases, nearly paid for the freight (only $5 short), leaving nothing left over to cover the back charges for mailing the first batch. Not knocking OSFCI, or Ixias; their generosity has gotten us this far, but no farther.
Merchandise is accumulating at our Dice Depots, no funds are left to ship the loot, and we're $30 in the red.
Please consider a donation to Operation Dice Drop. A small amount allows us to ship some large happiness to GI Joes and Janes stuck in the sandbox, and helps them keep making their sanity rolls.
You can PayPal it to JOHN (at] 503BARTLEY [daht} COM and feel free to ask me any question about what we're doing and how we do it. We keep open books here, you've seen the receipts we posted here to show the mailing costs, and we also list what's gone already.
It's over... Ziggurat Con was organized by GIs, for GIs, at Camp Adder, Tallil, Iraq, site of the original Ziggurat of Babylonia. Here's stories (& photos, 3rd item in the sidebar at right, below) of the con, made possible by generous support (see the Honor Roll at right, below) from stateside gamers (e.g., The Grrl Gamers of Portland and OSFCI) and game stores, such as Ancient Wonders, Empire Games, and Rainy Day Games. Remember those stores when it's time to spend your hard earned GP !
DICE DEPOTS supporting Operation Dice Drop
Dice Depots volunteered to hold your donations. Praise their generosity, spread the word about them, and remember them when it comes time to spend your GP:
Westside: Rainy Day Games, at 18105 SW Tualatin Valley Hwy. in Aloha, OR, discounted 20% on purchases for Operation Dice Drop shipment.
Eastside: Empire Games. at 7979 SE Foster Rd. in SE Portland.
Southside: Ancient Wonders at 19060 SW Boones Ferry Road in Tualatin, OR, discounted 20% on purchases for Operation Dice Drop shipment.
Westside: Rainy Day Games, at 18105 SW Tualatin Valley Hwy. in Aloha, OR, discounted 20% on purchases for Operation Dice Drop shipment.
Eastside: Empire Games. at 7979 SE Foster Rd. in SE Portland.
Southside: Ancient Wonders at 19060 SW Boones Ferry Road in Tualatin, OR, discounted 20% on purchases for Operation Dice Drop shipment.
HONOR ROLL: Donors to Operation Dice Drop
Several Grrl Gamers of Portland, who donated fabric, assembled to sew dice bags, packaged dice sets, and contributed many, many books, games, dice and minatures.
Benefactress No. 1, Ixias, who sent, via Paypal, $50. That allowed us to pay for 2/3 of the freight cost for the Grrl Gamer and the Rainy Day Games donations of RPG books.
Benefactor No. 2, OSFCI, the non-profit operator of Orycon and GameStorm. OSFCI who provided $300. That bought two more cartons of RPG books, several bags of dice, and nearly paid for all the freight to ship the books.
Benefactor No. 3, Michael Mallon of Houston, TX, PayPal'd a net donation of $96.20, which covers the remainder of shipments One through Five and will help pay for shipment Nine - ? when we close out the Dice Depots and pack their Loot.
Benefactress No. 4, Antonia Cabal, of Milwaukie, gave a check for $10, which helped cover shipments Six and Seven.
Benefactor No. 5, Mike Carson, of Far Far Away, gave $50 via PayPal, which will pay for Shipment Eight.
Thank you, all!
Benefactress No. 1, Ixias, who sent, via Paypal, $50. That allowed us to pay for 2/3 of the freight cost for the Grrl Gamer and the Rainy Day Games donations of RPG books.
Benefactor No. 2, OSFCI, the non-profit operator of Orycon and GameStorm. OSFCI who provided $300. That bought two more cartons of RPG books, several bags of dice, and nearly paid for all the freight to ship the books.
Benefactor No. 3, Michael Mallon of Houston, TX, PayPal'd a net donation of $96.20, which covers the remainder of shipments One through Five and will help pay for shipment Nine - ? when we close out the Dice Depots and pack their Loot.
Benefactress No. 4, Antonia Cabal, of Milwaukie, gave a check for $10, which helped cover shipments Six and Seven.
Benefactor No. 5, Mike Carson, of Far Far Away, gave $50 via PayPal, which will pay for Shipment Eight.
Thank you, all!
Flikr photo stream from Ziggurat Con
Here's a link to the photos generously provided by the GI Joes and Janes of Ziggurat Con and the civvies Stateside who supported the con.
The Basics
Who: Donors of non-electronic gaming material (Bring out your dice!)
What: Ziggurat Con, possibly the first gaming convention in a combat zone.
When: June 9, 2007
Where: Camp Adder/Tallil Airbase, Iraq
Why: Gamer-to-gamer direct support seems like a spiffy idea.
How: Send games (e.g., Babylon 5 RPG, Cyberpunk 2020, D&D, D&D RPGA, GURPS, Historic Miniatures Battles, Magic Tournament, MechWarrior Miniatures, Rifts, Shadowrun, Starship Troopers, White Wolf System-Vampire, White Wolf System-Werewolf, XCrawl), minis, and dice via the APO address found on the web links above.
Con chair: SPC David Amberson
who is drowning in e-mail right now.
E-mail contact now is:
Brown Jeff W CIV ITT Sys Admin
jeff dot brown (at) iraq.centcom.mil
Other web links:
ConCentral at LiveJournal, from
Don't Ask, Don't Tell Land and
Toys4troops.org.
What: Ziggurat Con, possibly the first gaming convention in a combat zone.
When: June 9, 2007
Where: Camp Adder/Tallil Airbase, Iraq
Why: Gamer-to-gamer direct support seems like a spiffy idea.
How: Send games (e.g., Babylon 5 RPG, Cyberpunk 2020, D&D, D&D RPGA, GURPS, Historic Miniatures Battles, Magic Tournament, MechWarrior Miniatures, Rifts, Shadowrun, Starship Troopers, White Wolf System-Vampire, White Wolf System-Werewolf, XCrawl), minis, and dice via the APO address found on the web links above.
Con chair: SPC David Amberson
who is drowning in e-mail right now.
E-mail contact now is:
Brown Jeff W CIV ITT Sys Admin
jeff dot brown (at) iraq.centcom.mil
Other web links:
ConCentral at LiveJournal, from
Don't Ask, Don't Tell Land and
Toys4troops.org.
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- But Wait, There's More!
- Two more cartons
- The World Wide Web is wide, indeed
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- Parcel Eight ships courtesy new benefactor
- Yet Another Gift
- From a faraway land
- A Generous Gift from OSFCI
- Yet Another Dice Depot for your convenience
- WOTC is on board!
- A new Dice Depot on the Eastside
- Cartons Six and Seven on their way
- Last Load of Books
- Books Away!
- Looting the Bodies at Rainy Day Games
- CafePress store for OperationDiceDrop
- Accumulated non-books to ship by Parcel Post
- Personal contributions - Monday's book shipment
- New Dice Drop Depot: Rainy Day Games in Aloha
- The Anonymous Benefactress
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About Me
- John Bartley K7AAY
- Volunteer for a large international disaster relief organization serving the US.