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Oubliette: Auction Summary.
In the midst of the insomnia from my shoulder, I fell behind on Oubliette. Both running it & recording it, since I ran a session that fell through the cracks. I've also written a great big post...
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Brother Cadis Fly. (30; 9:21)
A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters.The crown & crosier:neither really care aboutframers & poachers.Between battling insomnia & being sick, I haven't been drunk in a minute, but last...
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"don't go to sleep i want to talk about math." (31; 9:22)
Texts from Jane Eyre by Mallory Ortberg."I drew you something!""Wow, is it horrifying?""Uh, I'm William Blake."Every so often I find out that we're publishing someone who I really, really want us to...
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Spock, with a Beard. (32; 10:22)
The Providence of Fire by Brian Staveley.She's sworn to the skull.No wait; she's Sworn to the Skull.Emphasis matters.Oh, see, I didn't even get around to doing a review or blurb of the first one, last...
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What if Rust Cohle Wrote Hard Science-Fiction? (33; 11:22)
Echopraxia by Peter Watts.Fly to Icarus,Angel of the Asteroids.The Spider sent you.Listen, first off, you should stop what you're doing & go read Blindsight, if you haven't already. This is the...
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Oubliette Session Fourteen & Fifteen: Weddings & Secret Societies.
(The Kitsune Triplets; BABYMETAL.)The running joke about my RPG campaign is that while most campaigns are about battling orcs in dungeons or defending a town from a dragon, my game is about fancy...
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Counting While Breathing.
I've seen a bunch of movies lately, which isn't really my usual way. I do experience the same feeling though; about halfway through I'm like "wait, this is only halfway?" Before I give my quickly...
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Oubliette Session Sixteen: The Gates of Yomi open.
(The Gates of Yomi; Nick Gindraux.)The pacing has been off on Oubliette. I'm letting things sprawl all over the place, & could use a little focus. It's something I'm very aware of, & stuff that...
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Tea Kettles & Tiamat.
Alright! This gaming recap is overdue, but I'll spill. First things first, a few weeks ago I played one of the official Dungeons & Dragons: Encounters events. Lilly & I met up with Ken &...
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Purple Gel Ink Pens.
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki.I only read the first fifty pages of this book, so let me get that out there. I had a pretty strong negative reaction to those first fifty pages-- I found the...
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Oubliette Session Seventeen: Claiming the Gates of Yomi.
(The Gates of Yomi, exterior detail; Nick Gindraux.)I sort of figured that this session would be a mirror-image of last session& I was correct. The one thing I didn't plan on was Silissa's pottery...
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The Other Dragons.
So I think the chromatic dragons in Dungeons & Dragons are pretty much perfect. I don't think they should be staggered by difficulty-- I don't like them being ranked from red to white, & would...
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Oubliette Session Eighteen: Shinobi Attack!
(Shinobi; Art by Adam Tan.)It's funny how time dilates in roleplaying game battles. The minis hit the table & everyone is waiting their turn to make split second decisions. The consequences of...
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Rambling Nonsense I Wrote Last Night.
So what's up with me, besides like, games I play? Well, first off, doesn't this all count as games I play? I feel like I'm at my most psychologically stable when I view the evolution of rational ethics...
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La Historia Verdadera y Secreta del Paraíso: El Mundo de los Dinosaurious.
The Dinosaur Lords by Victor Milán.But did I mentionknights riding on dinosaurs?The best selling point.I won't say much about this, since we're pretty far out from it, & frankly, I don't think I...
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Oubliette Session Nineteen: Romantic Farce in the Skull Towers.
(Goro in his Brokenhearted Armor; Yogo Haruto.)I promised Lilly that her bushi warrior, Amina o-Kitsune, would finally have her wedding to commoner warlord Goro this session, but I just couldn't...
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#TorDnD: Amarith...Tenebrosi?
You know, I think this is the first time I've ever fought an ettin. It's neat to get a crack at the classics! I'm an Enchanter, so a fight with a bunch of wolves-- immune to the spells that require a...
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IRL.
In Real Life by Cory Doctorow & Jen Wang.The Emerald Macaw!Feathers worth 450 gold.It's weakness? Music.Is this the first non-Boing Boing, or at least non-article writing of Doctorow's I've read? I...
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Kindred: the Embraced.
Kindred by Octavia Butler."Underground Railroad."It SOUNDS subterranean,but no, not really.I'm way behind on this, so short & sweet. Luckily, the meeting was relatively short & sweet too;...
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Halloween(s).
(Olivia was a Vampire Princess. She wanted "baby blood.")(Olivia teaching the people at our party to "goth dance.")(My department's executive brought spooky cereal to work.)(My costume was "Disney...
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