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Cake day: November 11th, 2023

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  • Ever play a TTRPG? Give it a try, if you live in an actual civilized place you probably have a local game store and they almost certainly host games. If you live in absolute nowhere like me you could probably find local groups online. And to be clear I’m not talking about dungeons and dragons, despite what people say the ruleset isn’t new player friendly (it’s complicated, the books are poorly edited, missing rules, it’s expensive, etc. etc.).

    Try out World (or Chronicles) of Darkness, at a base level they are easier to understand than any other ttrpg i have ever played (with lots of room to get more out there as you play) and it’s got a large community (as far as niche hobbies go). Oh and it’s cheap, Chronicles is best about respecting your money, but generally you only need to buy a single book (the rulebook for the creature you are playing as).

    Pathfinder is also a good choice as the second most popular ttrpg and they offer their rules for free online. the second edition is simpler but it does front load a lot of information on you at once (which is a good thing, you won’t have to go looking for edge case rules that don’t exist). First edition is also really good, but it’s more complicated and you might be less likely to find games since the second edition came out.

    War gaming could also be a good way to meet people, but i don’t do that as much so i have less recommendations to offer, I’m afraid.


  • Red, easy. I was raised by total red necks (heh), complete hicks, and it did give me bottom of the barrel ideas about what i wanted to be. I could have healthier habits and work towards a better self earlier. Money? I’ll just be an early Bitcoin adopter and make all the cash I’d ever need. Hell if it came down to it i could make money on the dark web and use my age as a shield and tool. Friends? I could cut out bad friends early and find my future friend group whenever i want, I’d probably even have an advantage since I’m way more of a nerd now (see that first point).












  • Absolutely Cassette Beasts. An amazing monster tamer and the ost is easily better than anything else this year and that’s just an objective fact.

    Rogue Trader was fun and while I’m not a 40k guy the setting and system didn’t hurt the game like DnD did to BG3.

    Season A Letter To The Future was a great game too, about cataloging a small slice of the world before the kinda event that marks a ‘before’ and an ‘after’ in history.

    Saw someone else mention juscant and it’s up there on the list too, i wish it was just a little more open or freeform.