The Stochastic Game

Ramblings of General Geekery

Shannon Appelcline has another book out from the broader “Designers & Dragons” series of #TTRPG history: “This is Free Trader Beowulf”! It looks at the history of #Traveller, and it might answer many of my questions such as… “why are there so many editions?” 😂 Looks great!


It’s interesting to see big companies experimenting with source control software: I recently learned about Facebook’s Mercurial fork Sapling, and Google’s Jujutsu which wraps around a Mercurial/Git/other repo storage format of your choice.


They said it wouldn’t happen but the local malls (Metrotown and Crystall Mall in Burnaby, BC) are back to pre-pandemic crowds. Possibly even more crowded…