Arrow to the Knee: God of War

Sunday, 7 October 2018

rAge 2018 Loot Haul

rAge Expo 2018 was an absolute blast. We saved up for a long time beforehand so that we could buy some really geektastic merchandise, and it was so worth it!

In addition to purchasing items on our respective wishlists, we also won quite a few items at the Table Realms stand, so we ended up leaving with way more figurines than planned (not that we are complaining).

Have a look at all the wonderful figurines, games, shirts, and other items that we got. But be warned: you may suffer from an acute case of loot fever after reading this.

Marius models his new Tracer shirt (Overwatch) from BT Games

Back view of the Overwatch T-shirt

S.P.E.C.I.A.L. pins! We got these at the Fallout 76 stand.

A pink llama fridge magnet that came with purchasing Vicious Attack Llama Apocalypse

Epson printed out pictures for free, to show off their printing technology

Personalised disc covers from the Castle Lite tent. We love these!

We also purchased some actual games, not just gaming-related merch.

Another of our favourite purchases were the rAge 2018 T-shirts

Legend of Zelda shirt! We haven't played Legend of Zelda yet, but this shirt was too cool to resist.

Annalene tests out the new Link shirt.

The Witcher hoodie will come in handy next winter

Annalene went a bit wild purchasing Witcher merchandise... T-shirt, hoodie, and a Geralt figurine

A shirt we won at the Table Realms stall. It features two unicorns from the Dash Pop game.

Skyrim keychain

Yes, this is real.

Marius holds our second major board game purchase. It's Viking-themed!

We also got hold of some Ticket to Ride expansions. We've played the base game so many times, that it was time for an upgrade.

This should come in handy with the next cosplay. Check them out at Frogz Eggz.

So this was actually a prize Marius won at Table Realms. They had major giveaways.

The figurine is really expensive if you want to buy it, so thank you Table Realms for the prize!

This is Ganondorf from The Legend of Zelda.

Amazing detail, and a really big figurine!

Ganondorf from the back.

Catwoman was also a reward from Table Realms.

We both love Lord of the Rings, but we do not own a lot of LOTR merchandise, so we added Gandalf to our collection.

This was free loot from Table Realms. We're not big My Little Pony fans, but she looked kind of emo, so we took her home.

Geralt of Rivia from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Back view of the Geralt figure

Atreus from God of War. Another prize we won by playing at Table Realms.

We also kept the beer glasses from the Castle Lite tent. It's not often that you get a beer tent that's gaming-themed!

Here's a pic of us playing Drift Frenzy at Table Realms. Look out for a blog post on the whole rAge experience!

Tuesday, 1 November 2016

A Red Claw Halloween: cosplay and loot haul

This past weekend, Red Claw Comix hosted their annual Halloween-time evening of cosplay, lucky draw, specials and a Magic: The Gathering tournament. We of course rose to the challenge, and decided to do the cosplay thing.

Marius went for his Bloodborne Hunter cosplay (you can check out more photos of this here), and Annalene decided on a Steampunk look.

Photo courtesy of Red Claw Comix

There were a bunch of other people who also rose to the challenge, ranging from a Freddy Krueger and a Wednesday Addams to a Kratos from God of War. Fun times were had.

First prizes went to Kratos and Harley Quinn. Photo courtesy of Red Claw Comix

Photo by Samantha Fouchè - check out her page Raiju Cosplay

Of course, we also could not resist buying a few items at the store, especially since everything was marked down for the evening, and Red Claw Comix gave out treat bags and stickers with each purchase. Both of us also placed second (in male and female categories respectively) in the cosplay competition, and we could not wait to spend the store vouchers we received as our prizes.