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I havent posted anything regarding our Age of Ashes campaign in a while, since we discontinued the video efforts for the storyline. This campaign continues on pace, with our bi-weekly games, and we continue to use Fantasy Grounds Classic for the sessions. Just recently, the group wrapped up Chapter 2 successfully, and we quickly moved into Chapter 3. The group is already level 9, which provides a lot of overall power for the group, especially given the large player size. This causes its own challenges in the story – it can be difficult to scale an encounter for an oversized…
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Its been a while since my site has had any activity, primarily because I have been fairly heavily distracted by outside issues. In order to try to correct that, I am going to try again to establish a routine, and post updates on various factors. Likely, this will be less gaming related and more real-life oriented, at least for the next couple of months. The big milestone is that we have sorted out and finalized the old house, which is now officially sold and gone. We closed on the paperwork last Friday, the final funds are to being transferred today.…
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As a temporary measure, while the new house is being built, we are living with the inlaws. Although this brings its share of pros and cons, one of the larger impacts has been internet and network connectivity. Between my day job and various hobbies, I utilize quite a bit of internet bandwidth, and our home network is rather robust. That has been a bit of an adjustment, since the inlaws don’t really need the internet much, and have limited wifi usage (and very little hardwire connectivity). As a result, I have had to get a bit creative. The first challenge…
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Continuing the process of selling and relocating, we passed another major milestone. With the results of the house inspection, we have settled on and agreed with the buyer on the level of repairs and/or compensation required. The final step is now the formal bank appraisal of the house (which is not really an area of concern), to be followed by the final closing of the property transaction. In the meantime, we are still on standby with the builders, pending the scheduling of our first project meeting. At that point, they will lay out the timeline and process, along with confirming…
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Following another kickstarter (Fate’s End Dice Towers), I have a growing collection of themed dice towers in 3d printer formats, ready for printing and creation. This was more of a fun collection, rather than a truly useful or practical effort – but with kickstarter, there are lots of inexpensive projects. Each design is a set of towers, with a few modular options, which follow a profession or other theme. Assembled, the create a fun dice tower for in-person gaming. I have printed a couple so far, but my personal favorite is the Ranger tower (I am always partial to archers).…
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Thanks to a recent Kickstarter (Hexton Hills), I have a new long term effort – attempting to recreate a version of the Pathfinder world map in 3d relief. Pictured is a set of sample tiles – each are 2 1/4 inch hexes, representing the dominant terrain of the location. With some simple painting and highlighting, the detail starts to shine. The overall kickstarter includes dozens or hundreds of alternate options, in concept enough to fully document the map. Although I was tempted to tackle the entire world map, I instead settled on a smaller section, to cover Varisia specifically. This…
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Earlier this year, in an attempt to streamline my 3d printing efforts and avoid frequently changing PLA spools, I was convinced to try a large-spool format. Specifically, I opted for the 5 kg spool of grey PLA from Gizmodorks (gizmodorks.com). This was in comparison to my previous use of 1 kg spools, typically Hatchbox brand. With the smaller spools, the issue I would rather commonly encounter is simply running out of thread due to printing(due to an ongoing sensor issue), and occasionally a “out of stock” situation with the PLA supply. The larger spool would of course hold 5x as…
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The process moved fast, with only 2 days on the market we received and accepted an offer for the old house. Officially, we haven’t closed, but it is now “under contract” and pending. We have inspections and then likely final negotiations, but if all goes well, by July 10 the old place will be a memory to us. In the meantime, we of course continue with the care and feeding of the location – cutting the grass, cleaning the pool, and clearing the trash. For the most part however really are really just on standby at this point, waiting for…
Halfling13 Hobbies
Something about nothing – a collection of miscellaneous hobbies
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