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Cake day: June 9th, 2023

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  • Depending on what I am looking for:

    • BBC Radio 6: mainly new stuff, although I have been surprised with very good oldies.
    • The newsletter To the teeth for all things metal https://totheteeth.substack.com/ The playlist in spotify is really good too.
    • Last.fm, even if it’s not as used anymore, I still find very good recommendations there.
    • Spotify Discovery playlist has surprised me a lot in the past, but not that much lately. It suggests me what I was in the mood to listen to last week, maybe not that much today. The daily mixes are fine, but it’s pushing the same songs too much.
    • The website https://1001albumsgenerator.com even if I am not a fan of some genres, it’s good to learn about some records.

    From this same thread I am sure I will use https://www.gnoosic.com in the future.








  • I’m a big fan of Mythic GME 2ed. The chaos factor with the interrupted and altered scenes add more flavour and sometimes good twists. The only difference I implement, and it’s also part of the suggested variations, is resetting the chaos factor when values are too low and the game gets dull and boring to add some surprises.

    I also have got some nice games with the Adventure Crafter, getting the story to unexpected places.

    And both in their deck formats are not praised enough.

    For Ironsworn Starforged (and other games and supplements) I like to use pen and paper. I tried the Stargazer app for some time, and it’s great, don’t get me wrong, but my imagination works better when I’m away from screens.

    I recently tried the Hex Flowers like this one (while playing Cairn - Barrow Delver) with pretty good results. I seriously recommend to give them a try and check the included example, easier than it looks!


  • I try to avoid screens while playing (phone or computer), otherwise I will get dragged into something else between notifications, links and etc. That’s my attention span.

    Sometimes if I have no other option for one reason or another, I have Adventuresmith and Mythic GME 2e on my phone (Android). The amazing amount of oracle’s available is more than enough for my needs (even if I still keep looking for more, but that’s my hoarder side).







  • I started with no TTRPG experience at all around a year ago. There are some games (like D100 or Four Against Darkness) closer to a boardgame than an actual TTRPG. You throw dice and go with the results, no need to roleplay.

    Regarding solo boardgames, I would say games where you play alone together, like each player doing it’s own thing in the board with minimal interaction or minimal rules modifications. Spirit Island already mentioned is one great example, Cartographers, Sprawlopolis or Agropolis, Resist!, One deck dungeon… seriously, there is an amazing amount of options depending on your taste (deck building, throwing dice, etc.).