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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Real plasticreds! No, really! 

Duane O'Brien, the Gamemaster I praised in September for his brilliant electronic PARANOIA props, has now created real, material Alpha Complex plasticreds!
They are stencil-cut red plastic, so the white you see showing is just what shows through when I hold paper up behind it. The small, harder-to-read text on the first line says "For Best Results Use Before Expiration" (presumably that means before you die), and the second line says "This Card Is Legal Tender" followed by a unique number (#98482620).

I was going to use the phrases as stencils, but now I think I need to make EL [electroluminescent] backlights to go behind them. Will (friend of mine) suggested using the "Happiness Is Mandatory" one like an "Applause" sign. I think I have to do that, so that in a game I can make the players applaud on command.

As with his previous efforts, mere commendation points seem somehow unworthy. Duane, you have earned something far more precious than mere commendations: outright visceral envy.

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Posted by: Allen Varney / 6:36 PM

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Thanks so much! I don't think I've been viscerally envied before. Does it hurt?
# posted by Blogger A Terrible Idea : October 14, 2008 11:19 PM
 
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