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Winter Fantasy 49 is in the Books #RPG #TTRPG #DnD #DDAL #WinterFantasy #nerd #4e #5e @baldmangames

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it (Twitter/X), boost it (Mastodon), repost it (MeWe), or repost it (BlueSky). So, Winter Fantasy 49 is in the books. This is one of two vacations I take every year, and it’s probably the most fun. The nerds don’t see how that’s possible. I go to a gaming convention and play few (if any) games. This year, I had one game on the schedule, and it was canceled…

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Running my 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons Delves #4e #1e #ADnD #DnD #RPG #TTRPG

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it (Twitter/X), boost it (Mastodon), repost it (MeWe), or repost it (BlueSky). Last Saturday (February 1, 2025), to give myself some practice running 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons using the Masterplan software, I ran a couple of my synDClash delves. TL;DR: They were written for my convention, synDCon, as competitive, 4th edition delves. Five players…

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TikTok v. Garland: The Supreme Court Allows the “TikTok Ban” to Go Forward #TikTok #SCOTUS #law #Constitution #Social Media

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it (Twitter/X), boost it (Mastodon), repost it (MeWe), or repost it (BlueSky). And now for something completely off topic for this blog. The Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) allowed the so-called ban on TikTok to go through. I refer to it as “so-called” because, as the holding states, it’s not a true ban; it’s a conditional ban. Political…

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Tragic Watch: The Devil's Own #movie #BradPitt #HarrisonFord #Irish #Ireland #NewYork

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it (Twitter/X), boost it (Mastodon), repost it (MeWe), or repost it (BlueSky). There are a ton of movies I’ve never seen, and I try to watch as many of them as possible. This means not watching movies I’ve already seen. Of course, like all of you, there are still some movies I like to rewatch. One of them I’m watched again tonight: The Devil’s Own. This is…

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Ozzy Osbourne, Music, and Overreaction #PMRC #music #law #suicide #Ozzy #80s cc: @OzzyOsbourne

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it (Twitter/X), boost it (Mastodon), repost it (MeWe), or repost it (BlueSky). I recently came across an article about 10 songs that wouldn’t work in today’s social climate. Sure, I’m kind of old (56), so for the most part, those songs didn’t bother me, but culture revolves around the young, so my opinions don’t matter. However, I never understood the…

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Some Cheer for Your Christmas #holiday #Christmas #ski

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it (Twitter/X), boost it (Mastodon), repost it (MeWe), or repost it (BlueSky). Because it came up on Facebook, I want to share a funny story that might give you a little laugh. It relates to the only time in my life I went skiing. Not just thematic. Foreshadowing! Context It was the early 1990s. I was newly-graduated from the University of Maryland, as…

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Halloween at CTG #holiday #Halloween #employer #work

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it (Twitter/X), boost it (Mastodon), repost it (MeWe), or repost it (BlueSky). My office really gets into the holiday spirit regardless of what the holiday is. For Halloween, most people are in costumes, and the office is decked out in Halloween decorations. For the past two years, everyone in the office was assigned someone to whom to give a gift bag. Once…

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Celebrity Deaths: Not My Greatest Concern #aging #death #celebrity #TeriGarr #RIP #travel

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it (Twitter/X), boost it (Mastodon), repost it (MeWe), or repost it (BlueSky). Another day, another celebrity death. Today, it’s Teri Garr. I never understood the concern for celebrity deaths. If you don’t know someone, their only value to you is the work they’ve done, whether in film, TV, music, or whatever. Everything they’ve done is still available to…

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Updates to My 4e D&D Resources Page #RPG #TTRPG #DnD #4e #synDCon #gaming

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it (Twitter/X), boost it (Mastodon), repost it (MeWe), or repost it (BlueSky). FYI, I’ve updated my (modest) 4e resources page. It includes support for the Masterplan campaign manager. For those that don’t know, some guy (a pro software engineer) built a campaign manager for 4e and left it on GitHub for all to use. It’s a great tool. The glaring problem it…

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C.C. & Company and Sid Haig #movie #1970s #70s #GoodWatch

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it (Twitter/X), boost it (Mastodon), repost it (MeWe), or repost it (BlueSky). Here’s one out of left field. I accidentally stumbled across a movie I saw as a kid: C.C. & Company. It came out when I was two, but I saw it a few years later and loved it. It’s memorable to me because 1) Joe Namath plays the main character, and 2) it starts out with a scene…

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Another Loss #death #dying #aging

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it (Twitter/X), boost it (Mastodon), repost it (MeWe), or repost it (BlueSky). It seems like once every two or three months, someone I know dies. This is to be expected; I’m 56. However, some hit harder than others, and this is one of them. In College Park, MD after the UMD-UVA lacrosse game. Yesterday my friend, Robert Eugene Merlini, tragically lost his…

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I'm Stupid #duh #stupid

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it (Twitter/X), boost it (Mastodon), repost it (MeWe), or repost it (BlueSky). Yesterday’s post sucked, so here’s something light-hearted. I’m stupid. If you know me, you probably disagree. “How can you get a physics degree if you’re stupid?”“You’re such an intellectual.”“How stupid can you be if you have a law degree?” Very. The answer is, “very.”…

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My Cats #cat #pet #Caturday

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it (Twitter/X), boost it (Mastodon), repost it (MeWe), or repost it (BlueSky). On May 15, 2024, I adopted two kittens. The boy is Tezcaatlipoca, and the girl is Ishtaar. (The double a’s in their names are intentional misspellings of their mythological namesakes.) I have tons of Caturday posts, including discussing my preparations leading up to the adoption,…

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The Golden Age of Living Campaigns (for Me Anyway) #DnD #4e #TTRPG #RPG #gaming #Pathfinder #Shadowrun #L5R #Rokugan #WotC @Luddite_Vic

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it (Twitter/X), boost it (Mastodon), repost it (MeWe), or repost it (BlueSky). Still my favorite 4e image (PHB, page 177). Last night, I hosted the 7th session of a 4th Edition D&D (“4e“) campaign that’s being run by my friend, Luddite Vic, but is based on a campaign setting that he and I created (still a work in progress). We’ll be alternating DMing…

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Happy (The *Real*) Star Wars Day @kesseljunkie #StarWars #StarWarsDay

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it (Twitter/X), boost it (Mastodon), repost it (MeWe), or repost it (BlueSky). As today is the real Star Wars Day and the only one that should be celebrated, I’ll tell you my story. Like all my childhood stories, there’s an element of sadness to it, but only in a “first world problem” sense. It’s not really a downer. Star Wars: A New Hope was released…

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My Star Trek Anniversary for My OGL Posts. Wait, What? #TTRPG #RPG #Copyright #OGL #DnD #StarTrek

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it. And now for something stupid. As of today, it’s been 1701 days since I published Part I of my posts on the copyrightability of stat blocks. 1701 days. Get it? No? Here’s some help. I wrote this post on February 15, 2023, over one year ago. Here’s some proof. I just wrote a #blog post and scheduled it for April 8, 2024. I'm not as ahead in my writing…

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A Rant About the Silver Surfer Casting, but Not the One You May Expect #MCU #SilverSurfer #comic #movie #FantasticFour

If you enjoy this post, please retweet it (Twitter/X), boost it (Mastodon), repost it (MeWe), or repost it (BlueSky). I don’t read comics, so my knowledge of them is spotty. Also, I’m far more concerned that Marvel hire actors based on their talent rather than whether they remain faithful to the comics. Ergo, having no sentimentality towards the print medium, changing up the characters doesn’t…