I’m sitting in the hospital room I’ve been in since Tuesday and can’t even begin to explain how bored I am. Let’s chat about anything except politics, I could use some distraction.

I collect hobbies and may even know something about your hobbies. What do you like to do?

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    17 days ago

    I also have a bunch of hobbies. D&D (well, roleplaying in general, mainly Pathfinder 2e these days); video games, primarily the Age of Empires franchise and survival crafters like Raft, DST, and Factorio; triathlon, as well as running and cycling as separate sports; photography; and music (I play piano, clarinet, and saxophone).

    But perhaps the most unusual/unorthodox of my hobbies is fencing. I did sport fencing back in high school, but these days it’s HEMA. Historical fencing based on texts & treatises written during the historical periods. Using weapons that are more familiar historically accurate than the weapons you see in modern fencing. But with modern protective equipment for safety. I do mainly rapier in the Spanish and French styles, as well as some sabre.

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        17 days ago

        Been a little over a year since I started actually playing it, and nearly 2 years since I first bought the CRB. It just feels so much better than 5e did, and I still haven’t even been able to really take advantage of it, since I’m playing a published D&D campaign that I’m porting over to PF2, which limits how much I can take advantage of 2e’s encounter and adventure design. Excited for the opportunity to eventually run 2e completely on its own merits.

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      17 days ago

      Wow, it seems we have a lot of hobbies in common! That is, along with the rest of my family lol.

      I played D&D for a long time, eventually my (now adult) son got into it also and still plays. My choice of games is Civilization 4 these days.

      My SO does triathlons, at least she did before all the health issues. I ran in the military and have come to find I loathe running. So I just tag along for moral support.

      I’ve just recently started getting into photography a little more, and I love music. I used to play the sax as well (baritone), but it’s been a long time.

      Fencing is great and such a workout! My whole family has done fencing at some point and my kid was in a team in college.

      We also surf :)

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        15 days ago

        Oh damn, nice! I basically skipped Civ 4 just by chance. Huge amount of Civ 2: Test of Time when I was younger, touched on Civ 3 for a little while, and then Civ 5 is my 7th most-played game in Steam.

        I was on alto. Definitely miss playing in big band.

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            12 days ago

            I did see that it’s coming out soon! The different ages thing seems like a really neat idea.

            But tbh I don’t play it a whole lot recently anyway. Never played 6, and haven’t even played 5 since around when 6 came out

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                11 days ago

                Oh, I really liked 5. The switch to hexes and the removal of death stacks were pretty huge changes, but also excellent for the game. I’m a bit sick of Firaxis’ tendency to release fundamentally unfinished games that only get completed once DLC have come out, though.