SFLIS Minutes - January 21, 2004

- We have the Book of Exalted Deeds here!  And people talk about things like
  swords and fists and splat books and builder books and how D&D is starting
  to resemble Microsoft because different versions are not compatible with
  each other.  D&D XP rocks!  But it can't be used with Monster Manual 2.6
  or Dungeon Masters Guide 2.9.
- Anime show fliers are passed around.  Next one is Sunday Jan. 25, C125
  Poppajohn Business Bldg, 1-8pm.
- Now we're talking about Initial-D strategies and competing against the
  computer vs. competing against other players.
- After a few minutes of silence, someone asks, "Does anyone have anything
  interesting to say?"  No.  Except for a new Star Trek game that's worth
  renting.
- Mindbridge has LOTS of leftover AnimeIowa 2002 t-shirts (the Usagi Yojimbo
  one).
- Sporting goods stores have been selling lots of mountaineering gear lately
  because of all the Iowans going to the Caucasus.
- A shovel is demonstrated.
  Ok, this is a very sturdy metal shovel made from pipes and reinforced
  bicycle tubes which can be taken apart and carried in a backpack.  A year
  ago it was nothing more than a pipe dream!  Could be very useful for
  rescue workers.  At the meeting, people couldn't resist hefting it and
  thrusting and swinging it like a weapon.
- Who starred in Mystery Men, that movie about substitute superheros with
  unusual and sometimes useless powers?  Robert DeNero and.....?
- An Illuminations Speculative Fiction Contest announcement is passed around.
  $5 entry fee, the winners will have their stories published in an anthology.
  See http://tyrannosauruspress.com/Illuminata/Illuminations.html for details.
- Meeting's over.