Troll Lord Games

A couple of years ago at GenCon I remember stopping by the TLG booth and chatting with some of the guys. At the time I asked about buying good qulaity t-shirts with the C&C logo on them, which I think would be great advertisement if I can wear one for this year's GenCon in a month.

I was told that the ones TLG was selling at the moment were't the best quality but that new ones would be for sale "soon". Did this ever happen?

As I said, when going to GenCon I'd love to be wearing a C&C shirt. If not, I've got some ADRP or "Order of the Stick" shirts I'll have to wear instead.
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Finarvyn

Lord Marshall, Earl of Stone Creek, C&C Society

C&C Playtester in 2003
OD&D player since 1975

There were LGGC shirts for sale the con a few years ago. I picked up one of those shirts. It's the best TLG shirt that was on the market (the only one I remember ever seeing) at the time. I wonder if there are any more of those bad boys left.

-O
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Duke Omote Landwehr, Holy Order of the FPQ ~ Prince of the Castles & Crusades Society

They should have www.scottevest.com do the production and fulllfilment. Top quality stuff there.

aah, on second thought they only do embroidered stuff...maybe a regular screen print would be better.

But the scottevest are great for cons, to keep all your junk organized.

The Trolls had a nice shirt at last year's LGGC. I don't recall seeing one this year.
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Count Rhuveinus - Lejendary Keeper of Castle Franqueforte

"Enjoy a 'world' where the fantastic is fact and magic really works!" ~ Gary Gygax

"By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes:" - Macbeth

They had LGGC t-shirts this year - same as previous but with 2008...

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John "Sir Seskis" Wright

Ilshara: Lands of Exile:
http://johnwright281.tripod.com/

High Squire of the C&C Society
www.cncsociety.org

Lots of TLG stuff

I betcha TLG doesn't even remember that they have that CafeExpress page. Haha.

-O
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> Omote's Advanced C&C stuff <
Duke Omote Landwehr, Holy Order of the FPQ ~ Prince of the Castles & Crusades Society

I'm pretty sure everyone forgot it existed.

seskis281 wrote:
They had LGGC t-shirts this year - same as previous but with 2008...

Dagnabit, I didn't see it or would have purchased one. Oh well, I forgot to buy a lot of other stuff as well.

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Count Rhuveinus - Lejendary Keeper of Castle Franqueforte

"Enjoy a 'world' where the fantastic is fact and magic really works!" ~ Gary Gygax

"By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes:" - Macbeth

I like this one from cafepress:
http://shop.cafepress.com/design/4262606

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Count Rhuveinus - Lejendary Keeper of Castle Franqueforte

"Enjoy a 'world' where the fantastic is fact and magic really works!" ~ Gary Gygax

"By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes:" - Macbeth

Someone really should update this. You can get black and dark color t-shirts through Cafepress, now.

TLG could make some dough with the right price and the right designs.
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Sir Fiffergrund, Lord Marshal of the Castle and Crusade Society.

He Who Hides Behind The Elephant's Back

Fiffergrund wrote:
Someone really should update this. You can get black and dark color t-shirts through Cafepress, now.

TLG could make some dough with the right price and the right designs.

Agreed. I'd totally forgotten this existed. If those mouse pads and black shirts can still be purchased I see some money leaving my pocket soon. Any details?

Yeah, are those items actually still available? I'd love to buy a shirt or two. Maybe even some mugs.
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The Ruby Lord, Earl of the Society

Next Con I am attending: http://www.neoncon.com/

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Treebore wrote:
Yeah, are those items actually still available? I'd love to buy a shirt or two. Maybe even some mugs.

I think they are print on demand. So, they should still be available.
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Eulaliaaa!!! Give those rapscallions blood and vinegar, wot?!

Be sure to check out Jim's artwork for sale:
http://jimhollowayart.com/id5.html

Hmmm..is only the one shirt available in black? I just need to know before I place my order.

serleran wrote:
Lots of TLG stuff

Thanks for the link ... I saw this long ago but forgot it was there.

What I really want is a shirt with the Castles & Crusades logo like can be found on the rulebooks and modules.
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Finarvyn

Lord Marshall, Earl of Stone Creek, C&C Society

C&C Playtester in 2003
OD&D player since 1975

I second that! And some ads featuring some of the designs and directing people to the cafepress website in Crusader magazine wouldn't go amiss, either! I'm gonna bug Steve about that at Troll Con.
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Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.

I picked up a mouse pad and a t-shirt so I'll let everybody know how it goes.

This really, really is on my agenda!

I want to make a t-shirt with Davis' new slogan.

"Can't Say

Not Knowing"

Every time I ask him a question that what he replies with.

Steve
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The High Lord, Coburg the Undying

He who sits on the elephants back

Castle and Crusade Society
troll@trolllord.com

Troll Lord wrote:
...agenda...

I didn't think Trolls had those.
Seriously though, I am looking forward to my brand new mouse pad and TLG shirt.

Troll Lord wrote:
This really, really is on my agenda!

I want to make a t-shirt with Davis' new slogan.

"Can't Say

Not Knowing"

Every time I ask him a question that what he replies with.

Steve

As much as I would appreciate a selection of TLG t-shirts with neat sayings on them, my vote is still a shirt with a gigantic "Castles & Crusades" logo on it -- just like the logo on all of the books. If you make it I will come....
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Finarvyn

Lord Marshall, Earl of Stone Creek, C&C Society

C&C Playtester in 2003
OD&D player since 1975

Got my TLG mouse pad a t-shirt today, along with an OotS t-shirt I picked up. The mouse pad looks great but both t-shirts (so I'm assuming it's a cafepress problem and not a TLG art problem) have slightly under par screen printing. Basically, it looks a little washed out and, more importantly, a bit blurry.

Both t-shirts are also of decent to good quality (the TLG one actually being Hanes which is nice though I'm not sure if that's random).

So, all in all, I'm really happy with the mouse pad but, for the money you spend, I'd like to see them increase the quality of their screen printing process (or whatever it is they use).

Jackal wrote:
Both t-shirts are also of decent to good quality (the TLG one actually being Hanes which is nice though I'm not sure if that's random). I'd like to see them increase the quality of their screen printing process (or whatever it is they use).

I haven't bought a TLG shirt yet because I'm still waiting for a C&C design I like, but I think that sometimes companies end up buying cheap shirts and don't even know it becasue they're working through third-party printing companies and may not even look at their product firsthand. I bought a Hackmaster shirt from Kenzer and was very un-impressed with its fit and thin material; simply wasn't a good quality shirt, IMO. I'd like to think that if Kenzer actually saw their own shirts they'd decide to upgrade, and this may be true of the gaming shirts you bought. (On the other end of the spectrum, I've got quite a few Order of the Stick shirts and they are really top quality!)

I'm a teacher and sometimes buy shirts from a local printer for a club we have at school, and we can get some shirts really cheap there but have to be careful that the quality isn't poor as well. But if the shirts are crummy the kids won't wear them! The printer wants to save me money but if I'm not careful I get an inexpensive product I don't like. It's all about quality control and priorities, and for many people t-shirts just aren't a high priority.

I think that gamers are interested in quality shirts the same way they are interested in quality binding on rulebooks. Hopefully more game companies will figure this out soon.
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Finarvyn

Lord Marshall, Earl of Stone Creek, C&C Society

C&C Playtester in 2003
OD&D player since 1975

In my high school years I used to work in a screen printing shop. The TLG shirt itself was top notch, but the screen printing was the problem. The OotS shirt wasn't bad either, but same problem with the printing. So I don't think it's the shirt, but the process cafepress uses.

It's worth the money but the quality could be better.

I want a black shirt that has the Castles & Crusades symbol on the front with Alea Iacta Est on the back.
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Lord Lamorek Steelguard, Baron of Calx Mons Montis - The Castles & Crusades Society

Keolander wrote:
I want a black shirt that has the Castles & Crusades symbol on the front with Alea Iacta Est on the back.

I'd go for a baseball cap with this type design. Anyone else up for a cap?
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Sir Dachda McKinty,

Margrave and Knight of Portlandia
Castles & Crusades Society

I'd like the Christmas cards done as t-shirts.

dachda wrote:
I'd go for a baseball cap with this type design. Anyone else up for a cap?

Yes!! Good idea.
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Count Rhuveinus - Lejendary Keeper of Castle Franqueforte

"Enjoy a 'world' where the fantastic is fact and magic really works!" ~ Gary Gygax

"By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes:" - Macbeth

I talked to some folks at TrollKon this weekend about a variety of t-shirt options. I'll get with Steve and suggest a few things.
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"We'll go out through the kitchen!" Tanis Half-Elven

Peter Bradley

Yeah, we need to show off our support, epecially at GenCon and the like.

-O
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Duke Omote Landwehr, Holy Order of the FPQ ~ Prince of the Castles & Crusades Society