The Stochastic Game

Given the “D&D players who only play D&D” stereotype, I find it very ironic that my kid, who’s playing in some D&D-like Fortnite game mode, refuses to try a more “proper” RPG game like Baldur’s Gate or whatever I suggest. “It’s good enough for me in Fortnite”, he tells me 😆

Nice, the guy at the computer store recognized my GORUCK backpack. I guess we’re some kind of secret cult or something?

It just occurred to me that I’ve been working on Unreal Engine for about a year now… Oh my, how time flies!

The regular dentist visit is back on track in a few weeks. You know what it means: the season of flossing has started again!

Oh I think I missed this: Netflix is making an “Old Guard” movie! I’m not totally sold on it based on the trailer, but hey, that’s money going to the creators, so it’s all good https://www.youtube.com

“I’m trying to establish a game system simple enough for beginners, detailed enough for experts, flexible enough for everybody”. I had missed this nice bit of GURPS history: http://www.sjgames.com

“Who Framed Roger Rabbit” is one of my top 3 movies of all time so this short “oral history” article is very much my jam, especially seeing the early animation test: https://io9.gizmodo.com

TTRPG hot take: if “system matters” at your table, you might not be playing a role playing game, and instead be playing a narrative board game

Watched Tremors last night with the older kid. He said it’s not very scary, so it’s “less of a horror movie, and more of a thriller”.

“Robin’s Laws of Good Game Mastering” is indeed the best GMing book around, if only because it’s super short and to the point. Recommended! http://www.sjgames.com