I’ve been finishing up preparations for Christmas, and I’m guessing a significant portion of the readers are, too. The Life Day decorations have gone live on Star Wars: The Old Republic, as well as a graphics update that has utterly wrecked what I perceive as a fairly small minority of the user-base, but I don’t know that for sure. I, sadly, have ( Read more... )

Just to have a little fun with your players, try switching the names of two characters which start with the same letter and see if they notice.
And by “fun” I mean, “abruptly realize that all your hard work and etymology research is a comical waste of time”.
- Shamus, Friday May 11, 2007

https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=58232

This week I’ve finally gotten back to Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord.

So far I’ve gotten a town through very nice methods and not at all taking it from a rebellion. Now I have to work very hard to not have a rebellion start in my new town, which is difficult with the population of the town not liking me for some unknown reason.

What’s everyone else ( Read more... )

We left Labyrinth at what I described as a transition point in the movie. Sarah is now stuck at the bottom of an oubliette (one of many in the labyrinth, Hoggle will inform us shortly), although Jareth will continue to refer to “the” oubliette and “it” as if there is only one. Was it a script inconsistency, or an intentional reference to the fact ( Read more... )

This week I have had more time than last week, but unfortunately I got a little sick, so once again, very few games have been played.

What’s everyone else doing?

https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=58219

Never share loot with NPCs. Their pack will always contain everything the DM wants them to have, so it’s a waste to give them anything more.
- Shamus, May 9, 2007

https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=58195

This week I’ve done barely anything. In my free time I’ve been watching YouTube, but I’ve barely had enough time to commit games. Next week I should have more, so hopefully then I will have anything to talk about.

How’s everyone else this week?

https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=58197

The only way to keep players from doing something stupid is to Just Keep Talking.
Sadly, there is no way to keep the DM from doing something stupid, although offing one of his favorite NPCs might shut him up for a couple of minutes.
- Shamus, May 7 2007

https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=58191

I originally thought a post on Labyrinth would be pretty large; epic even. The more I worked it over in my mind,the concepts got simpler and simpler (famous last words). My original premise was based on the observation that most people remember Labyrinth for, well; David Bowie’s balls. And the skintight pants prominently displaying his equipment. ( Read more... )

Let’s do something new. I watched a video months ago of someone trying free MMORPG’s on Steam, and this was one of the few that actually scored highly. It is, to be clear, a mobile game that’s also available on PC. Of course, so is Genshin Impact, and Honkai Star Rail, and other especially Korean MMO’s that generally pass for AAA game titles…and ( Read more... )