I like metrics, ways to track things and to know where you stand with regard to where you want to be. So, I made a bingo card for my DMs goals. At the outset, it looked like this. As a matter of fact, before COVID it was about 50% complete. But now, thanks to online… Continue reading DM’s Bingo Card Complete
Summer tends to be a time for me to grow and explore. Try new things. And while I have no desire to go back to the old normal (and even less of a concept of why anyone would want to squander the rare and ephemeral chance to make a new, better normal on the micro… Continue reading Searching for Jellyfish Galaxies
I got Octavian in boxes, and he left my island. I was happy about that. He was a compromise villager to begin with, so when he was ready to leave, I was happy to let him go. Though there was also a growing sense of dread. I know who I want. Ribbot. Its very a… Continue reading Why Their Should be Filters on Animal Crossing Villager Hunts
One of my COVID hobbies was getting into resin casting. Of course, I made dice (so many dice) and this, by far is my favorite one. Glowing D20 Its glow in the dark, in the classic green, and when it gets nice and well charged (e.g. - hold in front of a light bulb for… Continue reading The Phantom 20
The summer game that I am running has a very modest podcast. The goal, in this multi-party summer extravaganza is to help facilitate inter-party communication and keep people updated (for those who wish to work on the meta puzzle aspect of the game.) I won't lie, and say that the production values are great (with… Continue reading The Upside of Podcasting Your D&D Games
Recently, I began work on a presentation I will be giving soon.* And as I was writing something very strange began to show up. I was getting the little wavy red lines under my words. Words that were spelled correctly, and that in good standing with the standard grammatical usages. When I clicked on them,… Continue reading The Curse of AI Grammar in Office 2019
If you have ever run your party through The Curse of Strahd module then you know how things are "supposed" to end. Recently, I have been setting up for a gothic horror game, and while I do not plan to run it I perused the book as inspiration. And that has sent me into a flurry… Continue reading The Curse of Strahd: Rethinking Irena
Good old Camp Inawindyslay*. Summer fun, a large ample lake with its own dock, an archery range, private trails and cabins for all of the kids. I should have been an idyllic summer for all involved. The hero's got set in and waited for the kids to arrive.They met the kids one by one, and… Continue reading The Tale of Camp Inawindyslay
The old campaign has wrapped up, it is time for a new world to be born. My players voted for horror, and I recently got my hands on a copy of Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, so I have been working on my world. Today, I posted the teaser: Broadcast Transcript of The Open Radio… Continue reading Ravenloft Game Teaser
Like most humans, I enjoy music. And like a smaller subset of the same, I have a Spotify account. And after I made my first couple of playlists, I began to wonder about how it makes recommendations. Without peeking at any of the data from the company I had a few ideas on how it… Continue reading Screwing Around with Spotify’s Recommendation Engine
