The Stochastic Game

Ramblings of General Geekery

My teenage kid in real life: stays in bed and complains about having to take out garbage.

My teenage kid in Persona 5: hangs out with friends and signs up for part time work.

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All TTRPGs are meant to be “play to find out”. That’s sort of, err, the whole point about playing a #TTRPG?

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One of the great unsolved technical problems of our times is to figure out if a ZIP file has all the compressed files at its root or inside a directory, so I know whether to unzip it inside a new directory or not.

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The Lord of Rings is a good reminder to #TTRPG GMs that players will always fuck up your plans. Send your most evil NPCs after them? The best you get is stabbing one PC! Ride your most powerful villain into combat on a big monster? Another PC one-shot-kills it with a critical roll!

Frodo stabbed by the

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Last week-end’s adventures took the fluffy good boy on the Sunshine Coast where there was… well, not a lot of sunshine, but fun walks!

A good boy golden retriever sitting in the back of a ferry bound to Landsdale, BC
A good boy golden retriever climbing to the top of Soames Hill near Gibsons, BC
A good boy golden retriever climbing a whole bunch of wooden stairs in Soames Hill Park near Gibsons, BC
A good boy golden retriever at the top of Soames Hill near Gibsons, BC.

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In the recent British Columbia provincial elections, it’s amazing that (if I’m reading this correctly) the difference between the NDP forming a majority or minority government comes down to about 27 votes in the Surrey-Guildford riding.

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A quintessential Vancouverite dinner, Japadog. If you don’t know what that is, all you need to know is in the name! 🇯🇵🌭

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The British Columbia election results are so ridiculously close that, for the second time since we moved here, we are reminded that every vote counts. I guess we are headed to an NDP+Green government, which is good I guess, it’s nice the see the Green party having some power.

A screenshot of the current election results for the BC provincial election. The NDP (left wing) and Conservative (right wing) parties are tied with 40 seats each, while the Green Party has 2 seats. Pending recounts, the NDP may lead by 1 seat, with 6 extra seats vs 5 extra seats for the Conservatives. We will know in a bout a week or so.

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