The Stochastic Game

Ramblings of General Geekery

I keep finding great videos about the Ultima series, one of my all time favourite video game franchises. I can’t remember if I already shared this one by Finntrovert but it’s so good it deserves being shared a second time anyway!


Notes on Numenera

Numenera is a science-fantasy game set in the far, far, far distant future, with some lightweight and somewhat original system, all written by Monte Cook.

On paper, it ticked a lot of boxes for stuff I’m interested in, so I brought it to my Friday group a few years ago. We played a dozen sessions or so and… well, we weren’t much into it and dropped it for something else. Still, there are a few cool things to take away from Numenera! Here are my notes!

Disclaimer: we played Numenera several years ago, using the game’s first edition. Since then Monte Cook published a new edition, called Numenera Discovery and Destiny. I have no idea what changed in that second edition.

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Do you need a good fluffy boy in your timeline? Of course you need a good fluffy boy in your timeline! Here’s one!

A good fluffy boy with one of his favourite balls, lying down on frosted grass.

Hello everyone! It’s a nice brisk and frosty morning here. The good fluffy boy is complaining that the sticks are too cold to pick up 😄


Oh wow, sad news this morning. RIP David Lynch. I still have fond memories of watching the first season of Twin Peaks on several-times-copied VHS tapes in high school, and sharing theories with all my friends…