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"What do you read, my lord?""Words, words, words."
The fog of insomnia makings putting your thoughts in order hard. Makes it effort. So I've been sort of absent & silent here, I know. At least I've been writing for stuff over at Tor.com; sorry...
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Oubliette Session Twenty: Kitsune Mischief.
The Daimyo of House Kitsune is Hayate o-Kitsune. A brick of a man; squat, wide, & his hair is red. A quick note on that; the ethnicities of Oubliette are not analogue for real world ethnicities. I...
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The Seaearth.
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin.This is my treat for the holidays. Last December I discovered, thanks to fordmadoxfraud picking it for Eleven-Books Club, The Dispossessed&The Hainish...
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Agony!
We went to go see Into the Woods last night, the Roundabout deconstructed one. I knew nothing going in. I mean, I knew literally zero a while ago: I thought Into the Woods the movie was new, was a...
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Oubliette Session Twenty-One: The Goblin-Fox's Masquerade.
So now that I'm sleeping again-- there is a whole saga there, & when I say sleeping again I mean "at all," basically, not "normally" or "healthily"-- I am getting ready to start re-dedicating...
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To Kill a Mockingjay.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.I know, I said I wanted to be better at this then I didn't. Then that snowballed. Inertia! I'm going to keep pushing against this "super casual, short, stream of...
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JCM.
I won't go to Cabaret again just to see Emma Stone, but, well, Jennifer got us tickets to go see Hedwig & the Angry Inch with John Cameron Mitchell reprising the eponymous role. So did...
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#TorDnD: Comet Days.
To be honest, for #TorDnD, I was worried about my usual curse, over-preparing! I can't help but sprawl & build outward, & learning the pace of a group is hard. The good news is, no worries! The...
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Oubliette Session Twenty-Two: The Shrine of the Monkey King.
(Statue of Gyoja; Danny Pak, "Secret Entrance.")Our Thursday session of my Oubliette campaign was a lot of fun; I think I'm getting back on track, at least with running games. Let's hope I can capture...
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#TorDnD: Comet Knights.
Hot time in the old town tonight! Or last night. Or Tuesday night. The return of my #TorDnD dungeon, Day of the Comet mini-game I'm running in the middle of Tim's campaign. Gives me a chance to take...
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Oubliette Session Twenty-Three: The Tree of Peaches & Onions & the Queen of...
(Hida Kaoru by Miguel Coimbra.)The newest chapter in my current Oubliette campaign ended up being like a mid-season sweeps week episode; things went crazy at the end. Speaking of going to pieces at the...
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#TorDnD: Star Chambers.
First day of work at the new job, & I stay after to guest DM #TorDnD. Was hoping to tie it off after this session, but I under estimated how long a "ha ha screw you!" monster fight would take,...
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Okay, Livejournal. Life. Talking about something that isn't books, or games. Yo. So I'm upstate. Took off Friday & here we are; us, Kira & Nino & Olivia, & then Joe & Leigha. You...
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#TorDnD: Gugs & Green Slime.
My favorite thing about this session of #TorDnD was how effective Tasha's Hideous Laughter was. Not just because my PC is an enchanter, but because of the provenance of the spell. "Tasha" is the...
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Oubliette Session Twenty-Four: The Castle-Town Monzen-Jo.
(Iroha Lung's family castle-town; art by Fang Ming.)I've recently decided to embrace a new style of organizing my games. It isn't exactly new, but it is something I'm pursuing with more mindfulness:...
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Lasers & Feelings.
About a month ago I ran a game of Lasers & Feelings & I never posted about it. Mostly because I was being cagey with spoilers-- I had a pretty tight concept & it worked well, so I plan on...
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