If you're not familiar with the concept of mods, I have a detailed explanation I wrote for playthrough 11. This post discusses the mods I used in playthrough 12 that had the most effect on my gameplay. The key mods I activated for playthrough 12 were: Adjustable Party Limit, which allows an adventuring party to have up…
In my previous BG3 post, we explored the trysts of Amaranth, the protagonist of my 12th playthrough Baldur's Gate 3. The last post focused on lust and romance. Now we conclude with Amaranth's relationships as she came to the end of her adventures. Hugs Since I entitled this post "Hugs and Kisses," let's see some hugs. Kissing…
In my previous post, I said I was resolved to remove all Amazon Affiliate links from my Wordpress blog. I had no idea how how I was going to do that. I'd placed such links, in varying forms and blog incarnations, for a couple of decades. There were hundreds of links in dozens of posts. How could…
So Jeff Bezos, the executive chairman of Amazon, is a fascist too. The signs were there. Up until now, the rose-colored of optimism caused me to ignore them. When I cancelled my WaPo subscription, I attributed Bezos' decision as cowardice. Now I know it wasn't cowardice. Bezos is as much of a fascist as Zuckerberg and Musk.…
In my previous post on playthrough 12, I described how Amaranth navigated the romantic triangle between her, Lae'zel, and Shadowheart. Finally, she chose Shadowheart. But Amaranth's amorous adventures were not yet over. Minthara came to Amaranth and asked to share thoughts. She liked what she saw. Amaranth pointed out that she's in a relationship with someone else.…
Over a decade ago, I wanted to set up a server of my own. My main reason was to have a blogging and email platform whose contents didn't depend on advertising, and wouldn't be otherwise be subject to corporate scrutiny. I played around with the idea for about a year before I called it quits. I recognized…
Let's start with a few reminders about my twelfth playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3: The main protagonist of playthrough 12 is Amaranth. She's a Lolth-sworn Drow Mystic of the Order of the Ascetic, though that won't have much relevance in this blog post. The primary relationship goal of this playthrough was to fully engage with Shadowheart. I…
If you've visited my place in recent years, you'll see that I take a different approach to the concept of dice tower: Over the past five decades, I've accumulated lots of dice. I've got so many that I've used some of the oldest ones as tests for miniatures paints. I used to keep the dice in cloth…
Get ready for another multi-part Baldur's Gate 3 saga, on my 12th playthrough of the game. Once again, I saw scenes and places I'd not seen before. Near the end of my write-up of my 11th playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3, I set my goals for playthrough 12: Use the Adjustable Party Limit mod to include every…