Free RPG Day is like Free Comics Day, except for role-playing games. Various vendors are offering knick-knacks that any gamer can enjoy, such as free dice. At Geekosystem, Susana Polo fills us in:

Most of what will be on offer at your local participating store are modules, a short book that contains everything you need to know to run an hour or so of a game, and see if you like it. If you’re not a game master, there’s still good reason to show up: Chessex and Q-Workshop are offering dice. If you’ve never seen a set of Q-Workshop’s intricately carved dice, you should really check them out. Everybody needs more dice.

At the link, you can view a list of participating stores. There's one in my area, so I think that I'll try to go.

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Cute. The Joe Swanson/Ka D'Argo mix is quite apt. I'm not sure who made this image (it's not popping up on deviantART, which seemed like an obvious place to check), but it carries the endorsement of Rockne O'Bannon, the creator of Farscape.

I never made it past the first ten or so episodes of Farscape. It just didn't seem that interesting, and Crichton was an irritating character. Did you like the show?

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Ned Gulley created a guide to transliterating English text into Elvish. He suggests that you write your own name as a start, which I did (pictured). Gulley says that it only takes ten minutes, but I did it in about four. Try it!

If you do, email the image to john at neatorama dot com, and I'll post it here.

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UPDATE: Neatoramanaut Mordicai Knode presents his Elvish name:

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Japanese beatbox peformer Hikanin, 21, lives in Niigata. He does an outstanding Super Mario Bros. theme. via CrunchGear | Official Website - Google Translator Version

Yes, that's paper. Even the hair. It's unclear to me who's responsible, but it is clear that this gallery of Japanese papercraft is astoundingly good.

http://iamgeeky.us/2010/05/25/anime-japanese-papercraft-figures/ via reddit

Over at Neatorama Spotlight, there's a great infographic filled with factoids about Super Mario Bros. Did you know that the franchise's first damsel in distress was named Pauline? She was named after the wife of one of Nintendo's American employees.

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In "Doctor Hoo", deviantART user pu-sama imagined all of the Doctors from Doctor Who as owls. Click on the link for a larger view.

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Thomas Mill at Sci Fi Wire has compiled a gallery of ordinary objects -- or shadows from them -- that resemble the Enterprise. His pattern-recognition skills are impressive.

http://scifiwire.com/2010/06/gallery-22-ordinary-thing.php | Image: Totally Looks Like

Yesterday was Captain Picard Day, a Trekkie holy day when fans pay homage to the great Jean-Luc Picard by drawing him. It's in reference to this scene from TNG. Here's a blog that gathers together these sacred icons for your perusal.

I know -- I should have posted this yesterday. But it slipped my mind, so I must do penance.

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"Old Gangsters Never Die" is an old Alan Moore and Lloyd Thatcher comic. In this video, it's performed in spoken word. It's quite clever. I've seen narrated video presentations of comics, but not like this. It's almost like you're really in a seedy, smoke-filled bar listening to the gangster.

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Please. God. No.

Well, thankfully, this is a photoshop job and not an actual product under development.

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Previously: For Rohan!

Craftster user astrangeone makes hand-carved stamps. Here's one that she made of Master Chief from the Halo franchise. What a fascinating medium! I've never encountered it before.

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The Mona Lisa on the left is by Murdock Scott. I'm not sure who's responsible for the Klingon variation.

Now before you get worried about Miss Mona's safety: yes, she's wearing a red uniform. But females red shirts tend to be more durable, provided they can avoid Captain Kirk's roving hands.

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Oh, Gimli! You know just how to inspire us to acts of courage.

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This French-language Dragon Ball Z fan film has impressive special effects. Google Translator renders the YouTube notes as "a magnificent struggle between Great Saiyaman and C-17 and C-18 LIVE."

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