OFF TO GEN CON!!!

Woo-hoo! Goin' to Gen Con!!!

All orders placed between now and August 16 will be shipped upon my return on the 17th.

If you are going to the Con, come say 'Hi!' and check out all the cool new products we have at booth #1303

Hope to see you there!
-Andy

Trouble at the ISP

Sadly, instead of getting my promised updates finished yesterday, I spent a good chunk of the day trying to figure out why I was having trouble getting my emails. Turns out, there was a fire near my service provider's physical location, and it disrupted power to many of their systems, including the email servers.

I'm still trying to get the updates up before the weekend is out, but at the current moment, my website's email addresses are still down. If anyone out there needs to get in touch with me, you can reach me at majorplatypus (at) comcast (dot) net. That one's still working.

Thanks!

Back from Origins! (*Whew!*)

Just got back from Origins, and I started putting together the orders that came in while we were gone. Everything should ship out tomorrow!

Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth at Origins, and double thanks to those who bought something from us. Your support keeps me alive!

We had a very good show, and our Bendy Dungeon Walls and Magna-Maps were popular as ever, but I think our new big hit was our next generation of magnetic Action Stands and Status Markers. In fact, we sold out, and I had brought way more than I thought we'd even need.

If you saw them at the show, or heard about them online, its a good bet you've come here looking for them. I do apologize...I put all my time before the show into just getting the things ready, and didn't have time to get them up on the site. I will do my darndest to get them up here in the next couple days! In the meantime, its not too late for me to change the mix around on the Status Flags sheet, or add a couple more flag designs, so if you did see them at the show, or happen to get a set, please feel free to drop me an email with any ideas you might have!

Thanks!

The Magna-Map is Dead, Long Live Magna-Map 2!

I'm pleased to report that the Magna-Map Combat Grid has had a very successful run, and has completely sold out of it's first printing. Since I had to buy more anyways, this seemed like the perfect time to see if I could make some improvements. I now have in stock the new and improved Magna Map Combat Grid 2!!! This new map has all the same great features as the original (wipe off surface, flexible and portable, magnetically receptive), but it also boasts an improved 'textured' floor appearance, and is 8 inches longer! That's right, a full 24" x 36". And the best news of all: It sells at the same price as the original Magna-Map! (Only $30).

Note that I've had the new maps in stock for a week or two, but have been too busy to make the announcement. Just so you know, if you've ordered a magna-map in the last couple weeks, you will have gotten (or be getting very soon) one of the new maps!

Dark-Platypus at BASHCON

Dark-Platypus Studio will be set up in the Dealers' Area at the University of Toledo's BASHCON gaming convention this weekend (February 20-23). We will have Bendy Dungeon Walls, Magna-Maps, Dice Bags, and many other of our products on hand. We will also have a ton of great new 4th Edition products from our good friends at Goodman Games!

Come on by and say 'Hi!' if you can!! (and stay for some gaming fun, too!)

Two New Sculpts Added

I have added (finally, right, Larry?) a couple of sculpts I did last year as commissions. You can check them out on the Miniatures page. The new pieces are Jasryn Storm, a human air wizard with a pseudo-dragon familiar, and the Phaerimm, a big scary spikey army toothy monster!

Also, I updated the 'About Andy' page to reflect the fact that Erica and I got married last year! :)

Bugfixes, Round 2

Okay, this time I think I've got it (I think)!
I was able to find and duplicate the problem that was happening for some people trying to buy Micro Counter Sets, and was able to track down a bit of code that was missing in the Add to Cart button that seemed to be responsible. I replaced the missing code for all the microcounter sets, and also in several other places on the site where it was missing. My own tests seem to indicate that the problem is solved!

Of course, I've been there before, so if any of you out there do experience any more problems with the checkout system, please do let me know!