Baldur’s Gate 3 – Playthrough 10 – Easing up

Did you think that title means that I'm finally easing up on playing BG3? Sorry, no. I mean that I'm taking it easy on you. I know my blog is read by perhaps a dozen people. When a couple of them make the same observation, it means a lot. That observation is that the last couple of…

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BG3 on the Mac

If you regularly read this blog, you know that I've posted a lot about Baldur's Gate 3. You also may remember my long discursive posts on using a Macintosh desktop. Therefore, here's the post you've been waiting for: A lengthy description of my problems running BG3 on my Mac. (If I could, I would have added "...…

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Baldur’s Gate 3 – Playthrough 9 – Laurelin

Content warning: The story gets dark. That's shown in some of the images, especially those that reflect the relationship between Laurelin and Astarion. If you somehow got to this post directly: This is another post in my BG3 series. I’m not a skilled player. Don’t expect tips for soloing Honor mode. It's both a playthrough write-up and…

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BG3 – Tales of the Hero Hireling – Recognition

Before we conclude the story (here's parts one and two), some reminders: This is Baldur's Gate 3 fanfic (though perhaps it's better described as an annotated screenshot album). The screenshots are from my 8th playthrough of the game. Angela the Arctic Druid is a hireling, not a "Tav." It may help to know her back story. I'll…

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BG3 – Tales of the Hero Hireling – The Trail of Evil

Before we continue the story, some reminders: This is Baldur's Gate 3 fanfic (though perhaps it's better described as an annotated screenshot album). The screenshots are from my 8th playthrough of the game. Angela the Arctic Druid is a hireling, not a "Tav." It may help to know her back story. I'll dance around spoilers as much…

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BG3 – Tales of the Hero Hireling – Go to Hell

Before we begin the story: This is Baldur's Gate 3 fanfic. The screenshots are from my 8th playthrough of the game. Angela the Arctic Druid is a hireling, not a "Tav." It may help to know her back story. I'll dance around spoilers as much as I can. But I'll let neither a spoiler nor the truth…

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Baldur’s Gate 3 – Playthrough 8 – Those who made it

This post is an immediate follow-up to my previous post on my 8th playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3. If you somehow are reading this essay without reading that one, this essay will be incomprehensible to you. It might be incomprehensible anyway. There are some things here that elude me too. If you still want to read this…

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Baldur’s Gate 3 – Playthrough 8 – Wyll

This is part of my series of posts on Baldur's Gate 3. If you're reading this post without reading the others: I will try to avoid spoilers, but inevitably there will be some. In particular, any links to information on the BG3 wiki or YouTube videos should be regarded as spoiler-laden. I'm not a particularly skilled player.…

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Baldur’s Gate 3 – Playthrough 7 – Gale

In my big Baldur's Gate 3 post, I said that I might update the diary at the end of the post as I continued my playthroughs. Instead, I've decided to write a fresh post for each playthrough, as long I'm interested in documenting my experiences with the game. Caveats I'm not a particularly skilled gamer. If you're…

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Baldur’s Gate 3

This is not a review of Baldur's Gate 3. The game has been reviewed (massively so!), received almost every honor the gaming industry can award, and has been out for several months (after a playtest of many years). This makes it ideal for my series of unimportant reviews. However, I'm doing something else: I'm documenting why I…

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