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With our new house, I had grand plans for our new gaming space, as a place to both play my various games and entertain our rather large groups. Part of this is an enhanced and digital table, to streamline maps and terrain for RPGs. I have the giant table, and opted this week to do at least a mock up of the future view of the digital aspects. We will be using a 50″ flat screen TV, positioned flat, and connected to a laptop, in order to display game assets and our virtual tabletop. Basic functionality was great, especially with…
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Early this summer, we opted to finally move and started the process to build a new home. Late in November, this was completed, and we started the process to move in. Now mid-January, and I would say we are fairly solidly entrenched in the new location. All boxes have been moved in (many still requiring unpacking), and we are slowly becoming acustomed to the new location. It in an interesting experience – plenty of construction still going on in the area, so always lots of trucks and dust. Other families are moving in frequently as well, the neighbors across the…
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Since I haven’t posted in a while (since last year), my updates on our current Pathfinder 2e campaigns has been lacking. As a reminder, we have two active campaigns, both bi-weekly. The first is the Age of Ashes storyline, the second is the Extinction Curse storyline, and both have been running for quite some time. The Age of Ashes campaign is our every-other-Sunday game, which still continues without disruption. The group is progressing rapidly thru Chapter 3, and are currently level 11. After investigating the activities of the Scarlet Triad in Kintargo, they assaulted the society’s operations in the mountains.…
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As of this coming Friday, we are launching a new RPG session, starting a campaign set in the Warhammer FRP 4e setting and rule set. I have been a fan of this game since the first edition, and have played most of the strategy and computer games, but there hasn’t been a group interested and a worthy ruleset for a while. I am thus far a fan of the 4th edition – it looks to be a strong return to the origins of the system, while also bringing a few new concepts to the game. This particular game will be…
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Its been nearly two months since I last posted any updates, and many things have changed in the world. A new president was elected, covid continues to rage and grow, we moved into a new home, and I was promoted at work. With the start of the new year and the conclusion of our move, I am ready to start re-focusing on a number of my miscellaneous projects, including RPG campaigns, tabletop gaming, woodcrafting, 3d printing, technology and web tools. I have already completed a number of projects, and others from last year are still ongoing, so plenty of things…
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About this time last year, I was diagnosed as pre-diabetic, an event that rather significantly has now adjusted my life. Initially, the direction from the doctor was some medication, and an effort to reduce and eliminate sugared foods. For the first 6 months or so, this worked well – my blood sugar levels dropped, though not that far, and not to last. Realistically, I became overconfident with the medication, and lazy with the diet. Over time, this “improvement” faded, and several months ago, the prognosis was not good. As an adjustment, the doctor instructed me to adjust the medication from…
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I tend to not post much about my professional work, mainly because it has little to do with my hobby efforts. Jokingly, until my YouTube career truly takes off, and my hobby and work align in harmony (which realistically may never happen), the two are mutually exclusive. However, recent events have caused an increased load from the work side, as the current support contract continues to expand in scope and responsibility. My current boss for the last few years decided to retire, and after a bit of interviewing and discussion, I have stepped into the role. This brings with it…
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As I have posted, we have been attempting to continue our ongoing gaming efforts remotely, so that we don’t have to cancel the campaigns. For this effort, we have been using Fantasy Grounds, which as a product has worked very well. The software is stable, and the features continue to be enhanced (we are using the classic version, instead of Unity). And although we had some technical difficulties adapting, it has turned out to be a good alternative. However, I have noticed a different trend. Most of the draw of roleplaying games is the “roleplaying” part of the game. Since…
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