The weather is trying to decide if it’s August or October, my allergies are all over the place, and my social calendar has been busy. But, the coffee has been good and I’ve got books to read! These are some random TTRPG thoughts, let’s roll it!
- We live streamed an actual play of Monty Python’s Cocurricular Medieval Reenactment Programme this week. My character submitted a letter of complaint to the BBC, annoyed the Head of Light Entertainment, and was shot by Bolsheviks. It was amazing.
- For the past year I’ve been dropping hints about what I’ve been slowly prepping for my Numenera group. This week things began moving in that direction. I’m kinda psyched, to be honest.
- I’m getting ready for GameHole Con! I just hope there’s air traffic controllers working when it’s time for me to go. That is not a drive I’d care to make. I hate driving.
- I used my Kobo Libre Color to take my notes during my Numenera session. I enjoy that process even though my hand-writing makes it look like I’m a drunk doctor. Why did I take notes on my Kobo? Well, first, my iPad is too big at the table so it gets in the way. Second, if I write on paper my hand gets stained and I’ve had enough of that in my life. This is one of the small burdens left-handed people face. I mean, the whole world is backwards.
- So an ICE raid, featuring Black Hawk helicopters, was unleashed on a Chicago apartment building. There are reports of folks being dragged out of their homes naked and of kids being zip-tied together as they were led outside. Now, those things are monstrous, but they are a symptom of the threat rather than the threat itself. ICE emptied an apartment building with no warrants—just to see who they could arrest. Folks, if a law enforcement entity can bust down a door and drag you outside, without a warrant, just to see if they can arrest you—we are all less safe. And if you are thinking, “Well they wouldn’t do it to me,” then you have missed the point. When rights, which are the assumed pre-existing defaults for human-beings which guaranteed protection under the Constitution, are snatched from anyone then we are all harmed. Oh, and you’ll hear people pointing that that “some of these people were US Citizens.” That is both irrelevant and dangerous. Protected Constitutional rights are guaranteed for everyone who lives in any territory in which the Constitution is the law of the land. Do not allow any of this to become normalized.
- My EZD6 “Howlmark” mini-campaign continues on Monday, October 12th, at 8:30 PM! Come on out and see what the heroes of Hobgoblin Falls get up to! If you want to catch up the first session can be found at this link.
- I am enjoying my read through of Star Trek Adventures 2e. There are bits of it which are very progressive and, I admit, some of the editorial decisions had me cocking my head in confusion a bit. But then I remembered the Star Trek had two bridge officers whose presence was radical in the 1960s—a Russian and a black woman who was a commissioned officer. Star Trek has always been progressive, but the bits from the original series were things I was already used to by the time I was growing up. Similarly progressives idea being presented nowadays are newer to me, so I notice them more. We live and we learn.
- Most of the games I’m playing at GameHole Con are two hour sessions. This is helpful because I end up with more time to roam around doing interviews and recording reflections. I am not sure, however, when I’m going to eat. It’s the little details which vex me. I’m also an introvert so I don’t know who I’m eating with because I always feel like I’m intruding on groups. My psychology is…we’ll call it “interesting.”
- One nice thing about going to PaxUnplugged is I can commute to it. This means I don’t get the “full experience” because I do try to get home in time for my little’s bed time, but I also don’t need to worry about bringing any purchases home from the convention. I’m trying to pack light for GameHole Con and probably won’t be picking up a lot of stuff. Unless I pack really well, that is.
- I have somehow managed to almost reach the 1000 follower mark on TikTok. Now in the world of Tiktok that is nothing but,to be honest, even reaching that milestone confuses me because I am just not cool enough for a platform like that. Still, some folks seem to like it so that’s nice.
