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nukehavoc

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IT wrangler, #GeekParent, #gamer, #OutdoorGeek, lapsed #programmer, and freelance #writer. Publisher of Nuketown. Co-host of the Lair of Secrets podcast. Columnist for Knights of the Dinner Table.

I'm interested in #RPGs #BoardGames #Podcasting #BulletJournals #SavageWorlds #DnD #CyberpunkRED #FATE #Mothership #FalloutRPG and a shelf full of other games that I'll definitely play one of these days.

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Remember: Solar powered labs need time in the sun to recharge.

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- Will Still Be Playing in 20 Years

Let’s see, in 20 years I’ll be 71 … so yeah, the answer will still be Dungeons & Dragons. Hopefully, it’ll be with the Blackrazor Guild, but if not, there’s always the grandchildren and their friends.

More important, I think, is how we will play these games and what opportunities for community we’ll have in our golden years (golden, because we will finally have defeated the black dragon Woryx, and looted his hoard…) https://www.nuketown.com/rpg-a-day-2023-will-still-play-in-20-years-time/

nukehavoc, to Starwars
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Time to set up the #GeekTree. This year's theme is "Grab Bag" or "All the ornaments that aren't #StarWars or #StarTrek".

It's still gonna be a lot of ornaments. :)

On the TV will be #BlueBeatle, which is streaming over on Max.

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Tonight was the first session of our co-op/solo game, in which we come together for co-op sessions, then venture off on solo treks which we chronicle in a wiki.

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And it was pretty damned cool. We came up with some great quests for our individual characters. I can't wait to see where they take us.

nukehavoc, to Stellaris
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Reading Matter (a Culture novel) by #IainBanks, and feeling a strong urge to spawn a Culture-inspired galactic empire in #Stellaris.

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A longtime member of my gaming group (and an all-around good guy) needs some financial help. He's from the U.S. and has been living in Ecuador for the last few years.

His job prospects dried up, so he's returning to the U.S. Our group is working to raise money to help him land on his feet.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/giving-damon-a-fresh-start

nukehavoc, to books
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The Lair of Secrets Summer Reading List podcast episode for 2023 is online! https://youtu.be/a3EiMVi3oDc

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Return to Battlezone, the tank shooter arcade game from the early 1980s, in the latest game review for Nuketown's #ReadyPlayerOneReplay.

https://www.nuketown.com/battlezone-ready-player-one-video-game-replay/

nukehavoc, to Starwars
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Finished #Thrawn Lesser Evil, the last book in the new prequel trilogy that takes place before the last prequel trilogy. A solid end to the series, and Thrawn written by Zahn is always fun, but I’m ready to see what trouble the Chiss can get up to without his big blue brain. #StarWars #SummerReading

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fan watching - “I’m not crying - YOU’RE crying!”

nukehavoc, to Horror
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Also cool: Rimspace Planet Generator. Also for #Mothership, released in tandem with Hull Breach: Rimspace Planet Generator https://anodyneprintware.com/planets/ #Horror #TTRPG #Scifi

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New at Nuketown - a review of the text adventure game BEDLAM for the TRS-80, in which I do battle with an uncooperative cabinet. https://www.nuketown.com/bedlam-ready-player-one-video-game-replay/. #InteractiveFiction #TextAdventure #ReadyPlayerOne

nukehavoc, to mapmaking
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Early morning #MapMaking for #Cyberpunk using starship geomorphs. #CyberpunkRed.

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@luigirenna The #geomorphs themselves came from the Starship Geomorphs fan supplement for #Traveller. People took them and ran with them by breaking up the geomorphs into 100x100 or 100x50 blocks (as well as individual symbols).

That makes them easy to use in your art tool of choice (e.g. photoshop, gimp, etc.). https://travellerrpgblog.blogspot.com/2020/07/starship-geomorphs-20.html

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Any recommendations for alternatives to Grammarly?

Their obnoxious attempts to upsell me to premium with every word I write are as annoying as they are distracting.

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So Long and Thanks for All the Tweets https://www.nuketown.com/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-tweets/

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Up and atom. Yesterday was a storm of to-dos, many of which got derailed by my sidequest to get a new phone (my old phone took one too many bumps after surviving the trip to #Philmont and back, so it was time for a new one).

Today? Trying to get organized while navigating more meetings than I'd like. #DownPeriscope

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That moment in #Civ6 when you're feeling pretty good about your technology level ... and then suddenly realize the country you're at war with has GIANT FREAKING DEATH ROBOTS!

nukehavoc, to DnD
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Working on my #DnD #ElementalApocalpyse campaign and spending too much time mucking about with my overland campaign map in #Inkarnate.

Still, it's helpful for my mental map to understand exactly where the Hell Furnaces begin and the Crystalmists begin.

As always, @annabmeyer's #Greyhawk maps are essential for this. Here's a handy, zoomable version of her full map: https://www.easyzoom.com/imageaccess/fddacc2e6202436baabe469f00783411

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If anyone wants to watch me bang out maps for tonight's adventure, I'll be streaming on the @lairofsecrets Twitch Channel for the next half-hour or so. https://www.twitch.tv/lairofsecrets

nukehavoc, to DnD
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Having a great time with the dynamic lighting in #Roll20, which we've never used before. The heroes fighting at night, in a swamp, with the threat of a black, shadowy dragon nearby. Worse, wraith-like humanoid forms are approaching them. #dnd #dnd5e #nightcombat

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The battle, from the GM perspective, with the various overlapping darkvisions and normal light effects. #Roll20 #DnD #DnD5e

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This is also the combat where I remembered, hey, I got that spell effects bundle for last year!

https://blog.roll20.net/posts/humble-bundle-x-roll20/

nukehavoc,
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Same battlefield ... but with a fireball temporarily illuminating the swamp.

This is very cool. I'd like to figure out how I can make the darkvision effect that I (as the DM) see show up as black-and-white. As is, it's hard for me to tell what's regular vision (from torches, fiery wings, etc.) and darkvision.

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@vandermore Remember that episode we did where we talked about all the cool, random stuff in our DriveThruRPG libraries?

We could definitely do one of those for Roll20. I had no idea I owned the

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