The sequel even won the Hugo, so yea, I can't wait to read it.

Also our gate to prevent the kids from barging in during the middle of the night

Oh man, perfect timing... EXCEPT we've already just gone past Cragmaw Hideout 🙈

Thanks for all of your hard work!

Honestly, don't remember. I had assumed the same citadel, but it's been a LONG time since I've read the books.

Yea, I figured tokens were best for creatures, etc, but I wanted to get figurines for the 3 PCs that are in this campaign. Moreso as a gift for the players, but also to distinguish them more clearly from the rest of the action.

Thanks for those suggestions!

Yea, 100% sci-fi. The only (poor) argument against it being science-fiction is that ... it doesn't involve space?

isn't "Fitz and the Fool" part of that Assassin's Apprentice trilogy by Robin Hobb? goes to find oh! another trilogy. I'll have to check it out. I loved the Assassin's Apprentice trilogy.

I don't know what it is, but I struggle with both series that take place in the Commonwealth. Pandora's Star took quite a bit for me to get into, hooked me right as the book ended, but I enjoyed Judas Unchained after that.

I just finished Dreaming Void (Void #1), and it flowed the same as Pandora's Star to me, but I've grown a little over that kind of lead-up and then just end the book. On top of that, the world shifted too much, and it's hard for me to feel like I understand it in the slightest. I've been hesitant to continue it.

There are "non-stick" options out there that don't involve PFAs, and still recommend using non-metal utensils so as to not scratch the surface to protect the "non-stick" nature. ceramics, that 'hexclad' stuff, etc...

The root of non-stick is to provide a service that is as frictionless as possible. scratches in the surface ruin that effect, regardless of PFAs.

I greatly benefit from being hard of hearing and a wife that understands that we don't both have to suffer. For both of our kids, she's let me sleep without my hearing aids (and thus, not waking up with every little sound). As they get older, I'm solely responsible for them at night (she wakes me, and I go take care of them), but I still benefit from true silence at night, and only woken when it's important.

The other, unspoken, part of my question is the fact that our lives are busy AF, and our time is absurdly limited. My free time ends up being chores, or doing things that I've either neglected or that have piled up in the interim (so many things to do around the house, both fun and not)... it's so rare to find time to do nothing

That's the thing, I feel that she deserves it more than I do. She's had to commit so much more of her body/time towards the kids, especially in those early months (and prior to birth)... so there's a lot more that she should get before I get anything.

Yea, my wife gets way more solo time than I do!