Last night, I played Gnome Hollow with A, J, and M. I enjoyed Gnome Hollow. However, it's not without its issues. I already mentioned the need for table space, not unlike Leaf. The game is subject to quite a bit of "analysis paralysis"; the box cover says "45 minutes" and we took three hours. That's an expansion…
As I've played and discussed Baldur's Gate 3 with both Real Angela and Actual Sabrina, the subject of "dice checks" often comes up. Their interest comes from different places. Actual Sabrina is new to gaming, and is learning how die-rolling works. Real Angela is an experienced gamer, and wants to understand how a flat bonus compares with…
M and A had received a special edition of the classic board game Puerto Rico. We looked at this edition, with beautiful new artwork, board design, minis with separate sculpts based on player count, and so on. However, J pointed out that none of us really knew the rules. The suggested time on the side of the…
Last night was the first time that M, A, J, and I were able to play as a group since just before Thanksgiving. It was good to get back into the groove again. Speaking of "back into the groove": Last night was also one of failed references on my part. Would you believe that the others are…
I've been playing Baldur's Gate 3 with Actual Sabrina for a few weeks now. I've labeled this "playthrough 1/16": Her first playthrough, and my sixteenth. She's new to video games, and to the "Gygaxian" rules systems associated with both BG3 and D&D. To help her out, I pointed her to the "rules tangents" I included in some…
Last night (to be accurate, yesterday afternoon), A, M, and I played the second half of Chapter 2 of Soul Raiders. In that earlier post, I predicted that we were going to lose the game. Unfortunately, that prediction proved accurate. We came close to final victory. However, my character got badly sidetracked in the last third of…
CW: Partial nudity, on the same level as my previous post. The first pictorial is spoiler free. However, there'll be a warning afterwards for content past that. The warnings Now we're entering SPOILER ALERT territory. I'm going discuss more plot elements about the Dark Urge that Tav mentioned. I don't regard Tav's mention of the existence and…
CW: Partial nudity. Kinda. I tried to keep it to the PG-13 level. Also, more Druid Angela stuff, as if you couldn't figure that out from the title. Big surprise! ... Not! If you've read along in this series of essays on creating Arctic Druid Angela in Baldur's Gate 3, as soon as I mentioned the possibility…
If the above exchange was completely cryptic to you, you probably haven't read any of my previous posts on an Arctic Druid build. If so, I suggest you at least skim them (enjoy the fanfic pictures!) starting from the first one. Frost If you read the fifth essay in this series, you're probably not surprised there's a…
Current build Seriously, I had no idea there would be a fifth essay in this series. I even joked about that last time. However, here we are! I'll restate my goal: I'm trying to create the best build I can given the role-playing picture I have of Druid Angela: an Arctic Druid, wielding two staffs, who might…