Sidequest Loot

09/06/2026

There are many ways to go about listing items for sale and concluding business.

This is not one if them.

This ebay seller had a listing well below market and I made the purchase. Paid in full. Funds captured from my account and safely in the hands if Ebay. It should have been shipped last Sunday.

The seller got cold feet and I believe at some point recognized their failure to price them properly. But only after accepting my purchase.

They relisted the exact same lot for five times the price. They reached out to me three days after the relisting to let me know of their mistake. They have not yet cancelled my order, effectively making my money an insurance policy in case they don't sell it for more. My options to cancel do not include dissatisfaction with business conduct. Feedback has been sent to Ebay, there was absolutely no need to threaten with negative feedback unless I got my way. That's called extortion.

I am 99% certain that I'll eventually get my money back and no longer reasonably expect to obtain this lot.

Please check your market prices BEFORE you list items for sale.

09/04/2026

Guilty! 😂😂😂

09/02/2026

08/21/2026

The prize table is set and Hellfire Eve Battle of Wits - Team Trivia for Soup for the Soul begins in 1 hour. There is capacity for one more team of four and some individual spots available for purchase at the door until 6:59pm.

Looking forward to getting smart with everyone!

08/20/2026

Trivia Prize Option #3 for Hellfire Eve Battle of Wits - Team Trivia :

With your team's winning selection (1st with 2 picks, 2nd, 3rd or Best Dressed), you might decide to pick this set of FOUR brand new copies of Sinoda. Thank you to BSGames for this generous donation of fun!

Sinoda is an abstract strategy game played using 4-sided dice as the pieces on a beautiful "flower of life" pattern board. Players must capture the most points worth of pieces from their opponents.

On their turn, a player may move a piece OR rotate a piece to increase or decrease the top number by 1. The number at the top is the piece's movement value, indicating how many spaces it must move (should you choose to move it), but it is also the points value of the piece awarded to the opposing player if they capture it. Captures are made by finishing a move on top of another player's piece. During a move, a piece may not move over another piece, or back through a space it just went through.

The game ends immediately when:
• All players have only one piece on the board, or...
• A player has lost their last piece on the board, or...
• A player has captured 6 opposing pieces

Once the game ends, players add up their captured points. Since the winner is the player with the most captured points and not the player who has captured the most pieces, it is possible to lose all of your pieces and still win! There is also a special win by Sinoda that happens in 2 player games.

Sinoda plays differently at each player count of 2, 3, 4 or 6 players. Each still feels like Sinoda but everyone should experience the various player counts to feel the tactical and social nuances. 6 is unique as it plays like a social game that meets abstract strategy. It has lots of banter with deep discussions and needed trust for cunning plans. A time will come, that makes you wonder if now your opponent will go this turn alone, stick to the plan or turn on you. The opposite end is the 2-player. A clean abstract strategy with deep thought and game changing moments. Don't forget team play. You don't add your team's points together at the end. Any member of your team wins the entire team wins. This allows for more aggressive play with certain team members.

08/20/2026

Trivia Prize Option #2 for Hellfire Eve Battle of Wits - Team Trivia :

With your team's winning selection (1st with 2 picks, 2nd, 3rd or Best Dressed), you might decide to pick this set of brand new Pathfinder Flip Mats:

Arena
River Crossing
Hill Country
Seedy Tavern

The grand event is (tomorrow????) Friday, August 21st at The WORKS Craft Burgers & Beer - Brantford

Get your individual or team of four tickets at www.sidequester.ca

08/20/2026

Trivia Prize Option #1 for Hellfire Eve Battle of Wits - Team Trivia:

With your team's winning selection (1st with 2 picks, 2nd, 3rd or Best Dressed), you could choose this nice team-up from Crits and Counters and Lessthanthreegeeks...

4 sets of dice
4 handcrafted dice bags

In Hellfire Club - Brantford Chapter tradition, ticket momentum is gaining quickly in the final days before the event on Friday, August 21st The WORKS Craft Burgers & Beer - Brantford

Get your individual or team of four tickets at www.sidequester.ca

08/17/2026

Yesterday we posted a trivia question in anticipation of Trivia Night on August 21st at The Works Brantford with Hellfire Club.

The answer is the d10. Before the d10 was created in 1980, a 20 sided die was used with numbers 0-9 on it twice.

https://critsandcounters.ca