Come play with me! (and maybe win some yarn)

Hi -- I wanted post an invite to this really cool thing I do every fall called Otherworld. Before I even start, I do want to clarify that I'm on staff at this event now and there is a fee to participate. But I get nothing if you sign up (expect the love and adulation of the other staff), so I really am just posting this because I think anyone who chooses to go will have a great time.

Otherworld is a one-off event that happens every year in Connecticut, and it's really a lot like a murder mystery weekend, except Otherworld is set in a fictional world with magic and other familiar-to-RPGers type stuff -- but you can come even if you're not an RPGer -- I wasn't when I was a participant. Participants are divided into 8 groups, and each group has a "quest." You pick from the 6 available classes -- each group has one of each -- which are pretty basic fighters and magic users. You're not trying to gain XP, and it's not about combat (though there IS combat with foam swords and it's totally fun), but more about problem solving.

I just wanted to post this here because it's one of the most fun things I've ever been involved with. To give you an idea how much fun it is, remember I said before I'm on staff now? I actually pay to work there. All staff does, and there are more staff members than participants. It's a really great, fun weekend, and pretty cheap considering lodging and meals are included. For more info, check out www.otherworld.org. This year's event is Oct. 5-7 (it starts Friday evening). I really hope to see some of you there. Knitters and Otherworlders are the two awsomest groups of people I know, and I love to see them come together.

To that end, I am offering (in addition to the Ridiculously Over-confident 200% refund if you don't have a great time that Otherworld already offers) a prize of yarny goodness. I will give away my most recent Rockin' Sock Club yarn and pattern (the Flower Power colorway everyone's raving about + the accompanying pattern -- see both here) to someone who registers and pays after seeing this post. Just let me know you've done it and you'll be entered into the drawing for the yarn. If you're already a sock club member and/or hate the yarn, I will arrange for a different color of STR light or medium weight to be made available to you. You will receive one drawing entry for each person you register and pay for (yes, it's okay if the other person pays for him/herself, so long as the registration is completed because of your influence). If you can't go this year for whatever reason but you show the site to someone else and they sign up, that counts as an entry for you. I'll give you two weeks from today to get signed up and let me know that you've done so.

(I haven't talked to my mom yet, so won't be announcing the name yet. If I don't talk to her by tomorrow, I'll announce the prize winner(s) anyhow.)

posted by Laura Y. @ 11:10 AM