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An Interview With The Warehouse Yeti

Posted by jmcdevitt on Dec 30, 2019

An Interview With The Warehouse Yeti By Brendan LaSalle True Believers! Today we are going to take you inside of the heart of our operation the Goodman Games warehouse. This is, of course, the lair of the Yeti, AKA Keith LaBaw. Here we see the Yeti in his natural element – the Command Center! We see that a few customers have sent orders through the Goodman Games website. The Yeti has them printed and ready to pack. Charlie the Official Goodman Games Warehouse Dog and Goodwill Ambassador then take a moment to approve the orders. Yeti now takes the orders down to the most wonderful place on earth – the storage room! If you stand in the center and inhale deeply, you can actually taste mayhem on your tongue. Choosing an order at random, we see that Christopher Avery is going to pick up a few items. We see he’s picking up a few new Goodman Games items and some 3rd party goodness. You rock Christopher! Fun Fact: the entire warehouse is organized around Yeti’s ability to casually reach items on an eight-foot shelf. Order is gathered and double-checked, with perhaps an extra moment allotted for appreciating some fine cover art. And we are in luck! This order shall be packed in one of our nifty Goodman Tome mailers. Here we see the Yeti with the box in its larval state. The box is folded. I had to take like ten pictures of this because Yeti does it so quickly they were all just a blur of super long arms and whirling cardboard. Don’t forget the Gazette! Praise be the Dark Master, this order is ready to ship! Pack, Print, Repeat: the amount of orders Yeti can get through in a weekend is staggering. And once the orders are all put together, there is only one thing left to do . . . . . . deliver the orders in Yeti’s post-apocalyptic death kart, fighting off death orms, bandits, rival game companies, and the Tucson chain demons. Yeti’s Death Kart Skills: the reason death orms don’t eat your Goodman Games stuff. That’s the life of a Goodman Games order. Goodman Games processes hundreds of web orders per week all thanks to Yeti. If you meet him, shake his hand and maybe buy him a cold beverage – he more...

Nov18

Interview with the Warehouse Yeti

Posted by pandabrett on Nov 18, 2017

Interview with the Warehouse Yeti

Interrogation Interview with the Warehouse Yeti By Brendan LaSalle Keith LaBaw is “the man behind the scenes” who handles shipping for all of our online store orders. If you’ve ordered from the Goodman Games online store, you’ve interacted with Keith or his crew, whether you know it or not. Those of you who have been to Gen Con have probably met Keith at our booth. He’s the tall one – the one taller than everyone else – hence his nickname, the Warehouse Yeti. Keith is an avid gamer and has other hobbies that any gamer can appreciate. Brendan LaSalle was recently in Tucson, AZ, where Keith resides. Here is Brendan’s on-the-ground report! Since I was already headed out to the fabled land of Tucson for the amazing RinCon Gaming Convention, Joseph texted me and asked if I would track down everyone’s favorite Warehouse Yeti, the amazing Keith LaBaw, and interrogate him. Looking back, I’m fairly sure that “interrogate” must have been an autocorrect problem – he must have meant “interview.” Brendan: Okay, “Keith” – if that’s even your real name – you better start talking! Keith LaBaw: Um…what? BL: I see how it is. Well let’s just start with the basics: who you are, where you are from, what do you do? KL: I’m a 40-something super tall dude, born, raised, and still living in the desert southwest, first the Mojave of California (think Death Valley) and now southern Arizona. I sling books for the Dark Master … Wait… Who are you again? How did you get in here? BL: Oh, so you want to play cute, is that it? Well tell me this: how did you get your start in gaming? KL: Cute? I’m not familiar with that game! A new one? Anyway, I got a very early Blue Box (Holmes) Basic D&D set as a Christmas present in…1978? Honestly, it went into the cupboard with the Monopoly and Sorry! for months, but on the fateful day that some friends and I finally opened it… I’ve been RPG gaming pretty much weekly since then. Keep making Luck checks for great gaming friends and stable gaming groups over the years. BL: Yeah, a likely story. How did you first encounter Goodman Games? KL: A good friend of mine was doing some writing for the Dark Master. I play-tested part of...

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