My Lootcrate arrived while I was at the Stadium Series. What is a Lootcrate you ask? It is like a meat/book/CD/wine of the month club. You pay a subscription and they send you a box. This particular subscription service gets you a themed box of fun nerdy things.
In the past I have received a Voltron t shirt, vinyl Funco figures, comic books, ninja turtles sunglasses, posters, magnets,etc. I am not getting paid for this. I just think it is a really cool service and I want to share the experience.
This month's theme was Play. So the stuff I got was all gaming related.The pictures got put in backwards. But here is what I got.
The box itself was a game. They do this every month. They make the inside of the box into something that goes with the theme. It is a simple game where you go aro7nd the board collecting 5 things to pack your box. And if you land on a circle you can try to steal an opponents stuff to put in your box. Seems fun.I will probably use it for game piece storage.
Each box also includes a magazine with articles in the stuff you got, promotion for stuff you might want, and sometimes codes for online loot.
Each box also comes with a button.it has the month and the theme. Not sure what I will do with them. But, I am sure some lootcrate inspired art will take shape.
There was also a card in there with a code for a ship for firefly online. I never even jnew this existed. So, now I will probably be trying it. Job well done promo department.
A novel about a dystopian future where gamers can play games and solve puzzles based in pop culture from the past (now). It looks very interesting. I will give it a read and review it fir anyone who is interested.
Also, included was this neat little poster of a pacman cartridge dissasembled with the game inside.
This is one of my favorite pieces from this box. A pair of dice that has rock,paper,scissors on it. My wife and I play rock paper scissors all the time to settle small issues like who is going to the kitchen to get us drinks. These are also good for deciding 1st player in a 2 player game.
Superfight is a game I have been eyeing since I saw it at a booth at WonderCon. For anyone who has ever played Cards Against Humanity or Apples to Apples it is similar. Players are dealt a combination of hero cards and attributes they pick one of each to make a fighter. Then the arguing and lobbying happens and the table votes for a winner. The winner fights a 3rd players creation. This continues until one foghter wins 3 matches and retires. I hope to have many battles at my dining room table.
The Hexbug is something I know nothing about.I think it goes more with the play theme than gaming. I will probably give it to Nightwing or sell it in eBay.
This is also one of the cooler things in here.I got one for my wife for christmas to go next to our funko pop figure family of Batman Robin and Nightwing. It is a blank vinyl figure that you can create your own character on. Now that i have one and he is kinda chunky I think I will make a Fatdad figure.
This last (first) picture is how the box looked upon opening. This has to be one of the best boxes I have gotten so far. Cant wait for the next one.
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