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It has been a long time, but we finally had an opportunity to jump back into the cockpit and play some more X-Wing second edition this last Sunday. Joining us for the game where my sons, George and Ben, and their friends Carter and Craig. With five players, I quickly whipped up some multiplayer rules and options, that not only would make it competitive but also allow for the limited ship supply that I had. The mission was simple – closest to the center scored a team point for every turn – highest points at the end wins. Due to…
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Small update on the job front – I have still not received any confirmation from the old company as to the option for me to return to work. At this stage, I have to conclude that it is a done deal, and move on to the job search option, if only because the medical insurance expires in a couple of weeks. It is a bittersweet ending, after having spent 24 years at the same company (despite several name and logo changes), and with numerous friends and contacts on the various accounts. However, I will not miss the 24/7 on-call responsibility,…
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Nothing fancy, but in an effort to help remind myself of the various items I need to configure, connect, power, focus, and ultimate start recording with, I pulled together the following checklist. This is intended as a reminded for myself for our gaming sessions, but ultimately would apply for just about any such session. I am open to additional suggestions, if there is something I am missing – I am rather new at this entire process.
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Happy 4th of July holiday to all my America visitors. I hope your celebrations are safe with any fireworks or outdoor activities. I will be staying home myself, and keeping the dogs comfortable with the sounds of explosions going on outside, and perhaps doing some grilling of burgers or hotdogs for the family.
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In preparation for our upcoming Age of Ashes campaign, I am revising our camera and recording setup. Keep in mind, this is being done at as low of budget as possible, with a bit of creativity, luck, and inexpensive gear. To that end, during our last session, I attempted to test our process, and record the full session – mainly to identify gaps I needed to address, but also to test and see just how well the lavaliere microphones I have would work. In general, with a single microphone (suspended above the table), the audio is workable, but not very…
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In lighter news, and as an update for our Kingmaker campaign, we managed to continue the clearing of the Kamelands this past weekend. The group, starting from Oleg’s outpost again, had managed some successes in the prior session, and now had some spare cash. As a result, they re-supplied, and opted for horses for the group in order to speed their searching and traveling of the region. Unfortunately, during the prior session, the Sorcerer had been slain during the battle with the bandits, resulting in the player requiring a new character. Fortunately, a traveler had recently arrived at Oleg’s, a…
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Last week was a challenging week for my routine schedule for several factors. Intentionally, and planned for a long time, was that I was attending Scouting Camp with my son’s, with limited access to a computer or the internet. Less intentional and definitely not planned, was that I was laid off (aka, made redundant, work force reduced, position eliminated) on that Friday morning. This came as a surprise, since not only do I have 25+ years of service with the company, but our particular client contract has my name explicitly in the service definition – without me, the company is…
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A second Father’s Day acquisition, the family supplied me with the Princess Leia mini for Star Wars: Legion. This is good, since the collection has been heavily favoring the Empire recently and the Rebels really needed some reinforcements. Leia is of course a welcome addition, though admittedly the model is not the best. The face just doesn’t feel accurate, and the joints for the arms don’t match up completely. Some of the assembly may be my challenges with such small pieces, but other Fantasy Flight figures were far cleaner. Perhaps with a bit of green stuff, it could be cleaned…
Halfling13 Hobbies
Something about nothing – a collection of miscellaneous hobbies
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