Have you seen this yet?
"The Evolution of Trust" [link]
Neither the topic nor the conclusions might be new to you, but I enjoyed the presentation.
Most people is pretty quiet right about now. Me, I see a stiff -- one I didn't have to kill myself -- I just get, the urge to, you know, do stuff. Like work out, run around, maybe get some trim if there's a willin' woman about... not that I get flush from corpses or anything. I ain't crazy.
Jayne ,'The Message'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
A thread for the discussion of games: board, LARP, MMORPG, video, tabletop RPG, game theory etc. etc. and all attendant news, developments and ancillary subjects thereof, as well as coordinating/scheduling games either online or IRL. All are welcome to chime in, talk about their favorite games or learn about gaming of any sort.
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dcp - Jan 10, 2022 12:36:43 pm PST #26123 of 26132
I have grown older, but not up.
Kalshane - Feb 28, 2022 12:57:31 pm PST #26124 of 26132
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I'm really enjoying Horizon: Forbidden West (HZD is easily on my top 5 all time favorite games list) but man the increased difficultly and loss of all my cool gear from the first game is rough. Just wish I was able to play on a PS5 so the post-death reloads were shorter.
I'm about 28 hours in and have probably died more on Normal than I did in my entire NG+ Ultra Hard run to get the Platinum trophy for it.
The writing and acting is still great and I'm enjoying the follow-up to the phenomenal story of the first game. I had some suspicions confirmed but I'm sure they're going to throw more twists our way as well.
Kalshane - Apr 08, 2022 4:12:32 pm PDT #26125 of 26132
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Nearing the end of the game and my wife is fully invested in the storyline just from watching me play. She has requested I don't advance the plot if I play when she's not around.
chrismg - Apr 23, 2022 12:46:15 pm PDT #26126 of 26132
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
I've been working my way through the Wordle Archive site, and I just hit one that seems relevant: Wordle 47 4/6
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
The word turned out to be SPIKE.
Kalshane - Apr 24, 2022 11:14:16 am PDT #26127 of 26132
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
This Reddit thread on representation in Horizon: Forbidden West is just lovely. (Major spoilers for both games, obviously.) [link]
I absolutely love the world-building in these games. All these aspects of the human condition that are acknowledged and shape the world around them organically.
Gudanov - May 24, 2022 8:25:54 am PDT #26128 of 26132
Coding and Sleeping
Started listening to the Children of Earte podcast which is a live-play D&D campaign set in modern times. Never considering doing that with D&D, but it's very cool and creative.
Kalshane - Jun 21, 2022 7:14:13 pm PDT #26129 of 26132
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
This "Origin of the Beholder" video had me in tears from laughing. This guy has decent GM advice, but some of his skits are absolutely top notch. [link]
Kalshane - Jul 26, 2022 12:04:04 pm PDT #26130 of 26132
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I'm kind of burned out on D&D and am working on putting together a 1930s Pulp-style game using the Savage Worlds system. (I looked at Pulp Cthulhu first, but decided I really don't like %-based systems. I also looked at Hollow Earth Expedition, which I really liked, but also seems to be out of print and it doesn't have Foundry VTT support that I can find.)
I haven't decided if I'm going serial or episodic with the story, yet, though the idea of "Break a supervillain out of Alcatraz" just popped in my head as an adventure idea and I'm going to have to find a way to incorporate it, now. (Even better if I can have the heroes put him away in the first place earlier in the campaign.)
Laga - Apr 20, 2023 11:14:51 am PDT #26131 of 26132
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
you can use voice notes on Discord now and I want to use this for evil D&D
Kalshane - Jun 25, 2024 6:23:14 am PDT #26132 of 26132
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Played a game called "Bang: The Dice Game" (there's apparently also a card game version) and it was a lot of fun. We all agreed it was kind of a light, Old West version of BSG, where no one knows what side anyone is on with the exception of the Sheriff being public and everyone having a character with a special ability and as well as a one use faction power when they reveal themselves.