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GreatBigTable

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Evangelizing the board gaming & RPG hobby & using #boardgames to support community. More meeples for more peoples!

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epidiah , to random
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Feels like it's time to watch Godzilla Minus One again.

GreatBigTable ,
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@epidiah my family watched it back to back when we rented it.

GreatBigTable ,
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@epidiah yeah. We loved it. I cried twice.

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What's the silliest apocalypse you can think of?

#TTRPG #Worldbuilding

GreatBigTable ,
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@thoughtpunks Due to a shift in the laws of molecular chemistry brought on by a quantum physics experiment gone wrong, the recipe for marshmallow results in exponential yields.

Factories and home cooks around the sunddenly over produce at such a scale that they swallow the world in gooey confectionary apocalypse.

epidiah , to random
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Anyone know of a printer who prints really shitty, cheap paperbacks?

Not shitty content, but shitty production quality. I want to publish a little, 200-page, 4.25" x 6.875", fit in your back pocket, fold the cover all the way around, buy for the price of a coffee, use to wipe up that coffee when you spill it, kind of book.

Ideally, something you'd throw in the compost when you were done reading it. Or start a campfire with it or make 100 bookmarks for better quality books and magazines.

GreatBigTable ,
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@epidiah I have a friend who used to work for Data Mail Inc (datamailinc.com) who said they could do almost any kind of printing you could think of. They got their start in direct mail marketing decades ago, but have expanded into a ton of other areas.

Not sure if they could help or not.

GreatBigTable ,
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@epidiah I hope it works.out.and if it does, let me know.

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Attention folks near Western Massachusetts and interesting in #ttrpg design!

We are having a little Picnic & Game Design next week, Saturday the 29th, starting around 10 AM, in Unity Park in Turners Falls, MA. Weather permitting, of course. Probably look for us along the river's edge. You are invited!

This is an unorganized event. Not a potluck or anything of that sort. So bring any food or drink you may want (there are also cafes and restaurants within walking distance).

GreatBigTable ,
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@epidiah this sounds like a lot of fun. I hope everyone has a great time.

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Mail call…Goblin Mail call that is, plus my copy of Knave 2e has completed its circuitous journey across the upper Midwest!

GreatBigTable ,
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@Tim_Eagon Have you run Knave for your group before?

epidiah , to random
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Psst.

Hey you!

I thought maybe you could use this, this morning.

https://youtu.be/BHfE682mm3c?si=gmZHWxNwo4bfMWaM

GreatBigTable ,
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@epidiah Thanks! I did need that!

epidiah , to random
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In a waiting room that's playing Fox News.

I don't know if you've ever seen Fox News, but that fascist shit show is a fascist shit show.

GreatBigTable ,
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@epidiah I need to get one of these: https://flipperzero.one/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc0gh_R6_0I

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    GreatBigTable ,
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    @epidiah Thanks for the clarification. I was concerned... especially if it was Black ICE.

    Tim_Eagon , to random
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    It hath arrived.

    GreatBigTable ,
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    @Tim_Eagon what do you think of the standard edition?

    GreatBigTable ,
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    @Tim_Eagon I didn't realize there was a change to the rules.

    I have been thinking of picking up a set, but I didn't know if there was a significant reason to get the deluxe set over the standard set.

    GreatBigTable ,
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    @Tim_Eagon I agree, but the price is a little steep for my available funds.

    GreatBigTable ,
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    @Tim_Eagon Stretching it out would probably work best for me. Thanks for answering my questions!

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    GreatBigTable ,
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    @epidiah Definitely seeing more. I think all these groups are seeing selling the data as another income stream.

    epidiah , to random
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    I've been concentrating on the job hunt and working on my website lately, which means not a lot is getting done on the designing side of things. But, oof, I feel the draw.

    Had a couple conversations yesterday that touched upon that nostalgia many of us have for when you find a new-to-you game hidden on the shelf of a store that doesn't specifically do games. That wonder that accompanies the unearth of a strange new world. That's the stuff right there.

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    @epidiah I have deep nostalgia for Walden Books and for the collector doll and dollhouse store owner who had two bookshelves in the back of her store filled with role playing games that were curated by her college-aged grandson.

    I was exposed to so much if my favorite memories from my childhood from the one-two punch of those two places.

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    What's on everyone's mind as the day is winding down? What's going on in your internal world? Any interesting thoughts? Anything else filling your mind tonight?

    GreatBigTable ,
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    @thoughtpunks I'm going over the journey moves for the Ironsworn rpg in preparation for my game at work.

    dysonlogos , to random
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    Don't trust any of the AI detection tools. They all trigger on my maps as AI generated.

    I am not amused.

    😠

    GreatBigTable ,
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    @dysonlogos the biggest problem I have with AI right now is other people's blind trust in AI outcomes.

    Another example for the pile. Thanks for the heads up.

    Sorry this is hitting you.

    dysonlogos , to random
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    The dark future. Corps rule the world. We've been replacing meat with metal. Central American bushfire wars are in full swing. 1st&2nd gen cybervets are returning to the streets borged and strung out

    It is 2013.

    Tonight we are throwing it down in a dark future that never was.

    GreatBigTable ,
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    @dysonlogos I played so much of that game in the laye 80s. I absolutely loved it. I picked up my copy from a hobby store in the town in Germany where my dad was stationed. I was so shocked that they had a game in English that I grabbed it right up.

    Sounds like you all are going to have a lot of fun.

    epidiah , (edited ) to random
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    #DnD magic-users cast a spell & forget it. Folks like to point at this and say that makes D&D's magic Vancian.

    This bugs me for many reasons I don't care to enumerate. I encourage you to read some Jack Vance if want to know more. It's all in books.

    While this cast and forget quality is a delightful constraint in Vance's fiction, it's an awkward trope in D&D's pastiche. The latter does not feel like the former. So I'd like to humbly propose a new term for D&D's version: Regexian.

    Hear me out!

    GreatBigTable ,
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    @epidiah here is a present for you...

    https://regexr.com/

    You can write and text regexes and, more importantly have arbitrary regex patterns explained to you. It is very helpful.

    epidiah , to random
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    Folks!

    FOLKS!

    I fixed my audio issues!*

    And now I'm ALIVE with the power to make my computer beep and boop with Clojure!

    http://overtone.github.io/

    • I'm on linux, so no audio issues are ever fixed, merely kicked down the road a bit, but I'm celebrating the minor victory.
    GreatBigTable ,
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    @epidiah I welcome your victory and hope for its long reign.*

    • as a fellow Linux user.
    epidiah , (edited ) to random
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    Discovered that my library has another source for interlibrary loans that I didn't know about!

    It was like discovering a secret vault with glowing green smoke seeping out around the seal in my basement.

    GreatBigTable ,
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    @epidiah ILL is a superpower.

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    GreatBigTable ,
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    @epidiah More local meetups. Already started building the groundwork nearly a decade ago.

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    @epidiah I'm currently kinda hyped about the bi-weekly lunchtime Ironsworn game I roped some colleagues into. I've always wanted to have an office RPG game, but could never generate interest. Finally, it clicked. I think more people got back into it or did it for the first time over the pandemic, so there was more interest.

    This is the first time for all of them playing a non-trad game, though one of them is familiar with PbtA games from some actual plays that he's listened to.

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    @epidiah I miss instruction manuals coming with stuff.

    epidiah , to random
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    So, I used to depend on convention and Twitter to sell my games.

    I don't foresee ever attending a convention again. That ship has sailed and sunk and completely rotted away on the ocean floor.

    And, of course, Twitter no longer exists.

    And yet, I still have games to sell.

    GreatBigTable ,
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    @epidiah Twitch streams?

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    Unusually for me, another “long” (not that long) journey for me for work, broken up with a bacon roll, flat white and some delicious electrons for the Mini. This time a fully working and available Gridserve charger. Onwards!

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    GreatBigTable ,
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    @popey How long does it take you to go from 70% to 100% charged

    popey , (edited ) to random
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    Question for #Linux desktop users...
    Scanning your computer for viruses?

    GreatBigTable ,
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    @popey I wonder how many people scan for rootkits?

    popey , to random
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    Using code generated by AI: issues, misconceptions and solutions.

    https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-1953-using-code-generated-by-ai-issues-misconceptions-and-solutions/

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    GreatBigTable ,
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    @popey Looking forward to watching some of these when they make it to the FOSDEM youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@fosdemtalks).

    epidiah , to random
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    Raiders of the Lost Ark is on Pluto in case you were in the mood for 3 hours of commercials briefly interrupted from time to time with little snippets from a movie.

    GreatBigTable ,
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    @epidiah What type of orange?

    popey , to random
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    Obnoxious public Google Glass users were called “Glassholes”. 🧐
    What will obnoxious public Apple Vision Pro users be known as? 🤔

    https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGekLE9aT/

    GreatBigTable ,
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    @popey at $3K+ I am incredibly surprised that they weren't mugged for them.

    GreatBigTable , to random
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    Now that I have a smart phone and I'm listening to audiobooks during my forced commute days, I'm getting through a lot more books.

    I finished Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. It was excellent overall. I have a few minor quibbles, but I definitely enjoyed listening to it.

    It was more of a character study than a detailed post-apocalypse account. I like the themes about the pursuit & survival of art & the overall hopefulness.

    Hoping to watch the miniseries.

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    I also finished Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch. It's the second book in the Gentleman Bastard series. While they are over-the-top violent at points, I have enjoyed the books. Stories about heists and con men are some of my favorites and these fantasy versions fit the bill well.

    I've had this book for a number of years and stalled out in reading it about midway through. I'm not as interested in pirate stories, I guess.

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    That being said, I think I just needed the right kick in the pants, because the audiobook of Red Seas Under Red Skies -- excellently narrated by Michael Page -- was great.

    I would switch between finishing the physical book and listening in the car for the last half of the story and burned through it.

    I think it is a little heavy in the middle and there is a lot of buildup for how fast the ending comes, but I still enjoyed it overall and I'm looking forward to the next.

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    Finally, I just finished @pluralistic's Radicalized novella.

    There is a physical copy floating around the house, but at a little over two hours, I finished it in one commute and a lunch break by listening to the audiobook.

    Radicalized is a kick to the groin. Doctorow does a good job of explaining how radicalization on the Internet works and exposes one -- of many -- cracks in our increasingly tense and tenuous connections in the US that can be broken apart by it.

    epidiah , to random
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    To Whom It May Concern,

    I don't write for free. Not even cover letters.

    Please do consider me for the position though.

    Sincerely,
    Eppy

    P.S. An invoice for $200, my discounted rate for prospective employers, should be attached.

    GreatBigTable ,
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    @epidiah I've considered picking up that one a number of times. I am intrigued by the "advent calendar" mechanic.

    GreatBigTable ,
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    @epidiah I think my girls would enjoy the narrative aspect of it.

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    @epidiah Can't wait to see it.

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    GreatBigTable ,
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    @epidiah You might get a kick out of this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhNwLvCYlY4

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    Dread returns!

    https://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Dread.html

    A pallet of 18 book cartons stacked in a very stable way with no chance of falling over. One is opened but still conceals what is within.

    GreatBigTable ,
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    @ipr It would be great of this shipping boxes had a bloody hand print on them.

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    GreatBigTable ,
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    @epidiah you might just wait a while before applying the upgrade. Ideally, wait until an update says the keyboard issue is fixed.

    I use Ubuntu LTS releases, but I don't upgrade til there is a MajorRelease.MinorRelease.1 or MR.mr.2 release when most of the implementation quirks have been identified and resolved (or at least worked around).

    It's a much better experience that way.

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