The Stochastic Game
Ramblings of General Geekery

People have no CLUE that Tim Curry was such a LEGEND.

Okay I’ll see myself out. Or not. Vale Tim, you’ll be missed.

Tim Curry in the Clue movie, trying to break down a door and failing miserably.

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It might be time for me to stop reading Daring Fireball. Gruber is turning out to be a gross tech-libertarian who sometimes says the most crazy things. Besides, it’s probably good to cut down on US voices in my media diet right now, especially those who make a career of defending big corps.

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Filling in on drums for another band’s private gig… had to learn like 30 songs in a week 😅 No pressure!

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Haha so some people are leaving Bluesky and returning to Twitter because they can’t take the AI-shaming? Wait until they hear about the nazi-shaming!

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This is what’s going on in the Mitchester Arms TTRPG pub tonight… don’t ask.

The Spider-Man / Sauron meme with a few tweaks: Spider-Man: "You can compute Strike Ranks on the fly, and you're using it to turn people into dinosaurs? But with tech like that, you could cure CANCER!" Sauron: "But I don't WANT to cure cancer. I want to play old-school fantasy RPGs!"

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These past couple years I’ve been writing “timetables” for my convention one-shots, so I can better manage pacing and not get rushed at the end. Here’s the one I have for Delta Green’s Operation FULMINATE. Comments welcome!

Delta Green Operation FULMINATE Introduction (00:05) •Social presentations, make name signs •One break or two? Content Warnings? •Who knows about Delta Green? ◦“Call of Cthulhu meets X-Files” ◦Deadly, the truth is often costly or inaccessible ◦BRP-based, percentile dice, etc. Characters (00:10) •Let people pick their character •They can change the gender/backstory/etc. •SAN rolls, Willpower, Bonds, etc. •Remember this is a convention game: ◦We don’t know the difference betweenyour character and yourself. Telegraph your roleplaying. ◦The adventure is straightforward! •Pick a Delta Green cell letter (E to V), pick a codename. Mission Briefing (00:20) •Case information, time limit •Reiterate mission orders Trailhead Ranger Station (00:30) •General area information, lake, trails, dam,ranger station, etc. •Meet the Rangers, meet Brandon •Foreshadow the strangers Freeform Investigation (01:00) •Explore the trails, look for the strangers, fight some zombies, etc. •Brandon has powers? •The rainstorm gets worse! Break (02:00) •Check-in with the players Showdown at the Station (02:10) •Try to get everybody back to the station before night •Brandon’s parents arrive? •The strangers attack? Outro (3:45) •Wrap up, answer questions

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My plans for @KamCon are coming into focus: I’ll be running Delta Green (Operation FULMINATE, plus two “demo games” of LAST THINGS LAST), and Call of Chtulhu (my own scenario The King’s Daughters). Also somehow I’ll be a guest on two panels, for some reason?

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This week is the last game before everybody in my Friday group is back from summer holidays and we can resume our Pendragon campaign (Uther period!) I’m lazy, so we’ll probably just play through another one of the Dragonbane adventure sites we didn’t get to before.

Dragonbane Misty Vale map (cloth version) along with the booklets and boxed set.

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Found some rhubarb jam in Squamish this week-end… One of my life rules is “if there’s rhubarb in it, I’ll buy some”!

Two jars of rhubarb jam, supposedly made in France.

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