[-] gromnar@beehaw.org 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Hi! Thanks for your reply. I work with databases and I don't need to correct anything, just thank you for devoting a bit of your time to my question!

[-] gromnar@beehaw.org 2 points 6 months ago

Thanks for these pointers!! Will look into those.

[-] gromnar@beehaw.org 2 points 6 months ago

I agree with this message: in fact I am not against doing it by hand. It could be a nice life project. I will look into all the advice that you have given me, thanks everyone!

[-] gromnar@beehaw.org 2 points 8 months ago

The Malazan book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson would be my recommendation. Start from Gardens of the Moon and go ahead... It keeps getting better and better!

[-] gromnar@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

What is an "Analogue pocket" for those of us ... Out of the loop?

[-] gromnar@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think that the best one is Arkham Horror LCG by MJ Newman. It really blends together game mechanics and narrative feeling (ludonarrative harmony, as she describes here fo example: https://www.bewaretheblackcat.com/post/behind-the-curtain-enemies ). In short, you are not simply moving cards or pulling out tokens, but you are really living an adventure.

Then there is War of the Ring, really conveys both for the Free People and the shadow player a super thematic experience, while being a tight and ruthless wargame.

Those two are the peaks (for us). But I can name many other which we enjoy. Among the new ones, there is a very nice pirate game, ~~forbidden~~ Edit: Forgotten waters (sorry, autocorrector). I also enjoy the games by Jerry Hawthorne (mice and mystics, comanauts, stuffed fables, ...).

And many, many others (dune conquest, for instance, or star wars: imperial assault, ...)

[-] gromnar@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I hope to be able to see it in a theatre. Nolan is one of my favourite directors and this is a movie I have been expecting since I first heard of it.

[-] gromnar@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Snow crash was great back in the days! I recall 14 years old-me being upset at the "wrong acronym* but I remember it as great fun. I was coming from the darker novels and short stories by Gibson and Sterling and the lighter touch by Neal Stephenson (and others, like ... Rudy Rucker if I am not mistaken) felt nice, while at the same time did not drop the expectations on being engaged on the same kind of reflections/analyses on the human nature like the previous cyberpunk novels.

Those were the times! Plus, I was playing a lot of Cyberpunk 2020 (the tabletop rpg)... :-)

[-] gromnar@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I wake up very early in the morning and cannot catch sleep. So I read there, in the bed. Also during commute and at night. Quitting Facebook and the like was crucial, one day I noticed how much time I was wasting by scrolling forever and ... That was it.

[-] gromnar@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Another good alternative and somewhat similar in spirit to Heroquest would be massive darkness. There is a 2nd ed which should be quite good, I have only played the first edition and it was good fun!

[-] gromnar@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

The movie was quite fun! And it gave a good idea of a fun rpg session, but I prefer other game systems rather than DnD to have that kind of feeling!

Have you ever thought about trying ttrpgs?

[-] gromnar@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I so agree with you! Been playing RPGs for decades now ...!

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