The Stochastic Game

Ramblings of General Geekery

I tested a waist leash for hiking with the dog this morning… a bit tricky sometimes but works okay!


We have a strict rotation for Friday restaurants, and this week is ramen! 🍜 Local connoisseurs will surely recognize where this is!


An interesting take on #TTRPG skilled vs unskilled rolls from The Fantasy Trip:

Extract from The Fantasy Trip:
Players may ask, for instance, “Why can’t I try to climb that tree without the Climbing talent? Everybody can climb!”
The answer is “Easy trees require no roll, harder trees might just require a DX or ST roll. The Climbing talent is for things that everybody can’t climb.”

TIL that the actor who played serial killer Buffalo “I’m dancing naked with my penis tucked between my legs” Bill in “The Silence of the Lambs” also plays the nice bumbling Captain Leland Stottlemeyer in “Monk”, and my brain can’t reconcile the two


Continuing my first watch of the original Star Trek series, and I’m currently at the “gremlins” episode.