2023 Week XXXIX.

 Hello Internet,

I do not have much to update on, if I am honest.  I am finding my feet but also treading water.  More later?

Sincerely,

RWS

P.S.

-Short Rest-

-Short Rest Schedule-

1. The Color of Magic/Free Play/Critical Role Campaign 3

2. Batman Vol. 4/Marvel’s Avengers/Seven Deadly Sins

3. The Emperor and I Vol. 4/DnD5e/Gargoyles

4. Fables: Animal Farm/Xenogears/Firefly

5. My Hero Academia Vol. 17/Free/Young Justice

6. Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers Vol. 1/Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origins/Voltron: Legendary Defender

7. Book Break/Dragon Age II Athen Hawke/Dimension 20: A Crown of Candy

-Books-

0. One Piece 1088—1092

1. Discworld/The Color of Magic reread

2. SJ/One-Punch Man Vol. 23, Punch 107: “FAKE”—112 0% (1—6)

3. DC/Action Comics Vol. 1: Superman and the Men of Steel, 0—8 0% (1—9) 

4. MF/Pretty Guardian: Sailor Moon Vol. 1, Act 1: “Usagi: Sailor Moon”—7 0% (1—7)

5. Fables: Storybook Love 11—18 0% (1—8)

6. SJ/My Hero Academia Vol. 18, Ch. 157: “Chisaki’s Warped Compassion”—167 0% (0—11)

7. PR/Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers Vol. 2, 5—8 0% (1—4)

8. MF/Soul Eater Vol. 4, Ch. 10: “The Experiment part 1”—14 0% (1—5)

9. Marvel/Ultimate Daredevil & Elektra 1—4 0% (1—4)

10. SJ/Boruto: The Next Generation Vol. 12, No. 44: “Amado”—47 0% (1—4)

-Games-

0. Stardew Valley

1. PS5/Spider-Man: Miles Morales 0% (0/13hrs)

2. Mass Effect: Andromeda

3. DnD/Movie

4. Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep Final Mix (Goals)

5. Fortnite

6. Dragon Age II Athen Hawke 31% (15/48hrs)

7. Nier: Automata 0% (0/40hrs)

-Shows-

1. Critical Role Campaign 3 Part I Ep. 5: “The Threat Between the Walls”—11 (Level Up to 5) 18% (5—11)

2. Anime/Seven Deadly Sins Season 1 100% (24—24)

3. Disney+/Gargoyles Season 1 62% (9—13)

4. Rewatch/Firefly 35% (6—14)

5. HBO/Young Justice 42% (12—26)

6. Cartoons/Voltron: Legendary Defender Season 7 8% (2—13)

7. Dimension 20: A Crown of Candy 8: “Deep Bleu Sea”—19 37% (8—19)

8. Movies 13% (2—8)

-Anime/.hack//LIMINALITY “The Case of Yuki Aihara”

-Owned/Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

-Netflix. One Piece Live Action (Just 1 Episode)

-Disney+/Bambi

X2: X-Men United

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

-HBO/My Neighbor Totoro

-DCAU/Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

2023 Week XXXVIII.

 Hello Internet,

Just over a year ago, my daughter was diagnosed with cancer.  Around that time, I was preparing to have a new baby.  I led a DnD group, but my older brother, Jackalope, normally one of my players, had agreed to take over the group for a time.  This was planned to be later or after we had finished my campaign, but with Monkey's diagnosis, he offered to take over earlier.

A month ago, he asked me to take the game back as his work situation had changed.  I agreed, and then I started the school year.  With sickness added on, I cancelled the last game, but I cannot hide from it anymore.  This Tuesday, I am restarting my campaign with a short side quest run that may or may not be more work than the original ending.  Then, well, who knows?

It's all fun and games, but it is also more and more work.  Regardless, I am excited.  None of my players read my blog, so I can tell you some secrets.  The side quest is a prequel to the main campaign meant to reintroduce the players to the central conflict of the campaign (the rebirth of a self-proclaimed god) and also to the major players (one of the players played a warlock whose body was taken over by their patron; then with time travel shenanigans, that player's PC is back as an NPC and, unbeknownst to the players, the central antagonist).  

This campaign is meant to run approx. 3-4 roleplaying scenarios and 3-4 combats, with the final combat involving a mass combat of them entering a city as literal gods wage war in the skies above them.  Hopefully, this will explain parts of the history which they have forgotten and also reintroduce old and introduce new characters for the last leg of their journey, which I am calling the Final Act.

Meanwhile, in other news, I've been getting back into Kingdom Hearts.  I found a new You Tube channel called RegularPat that does in-depth KH breakdowns, and I am really excited about playing again.  As a result, I have some new games (I've also stopped playing Marvel's Avengers; it's deeply un-fun).

Thanks for reading,

RWS

P.S.

-Short Rest-

-Short Rest Schedule-

1. The Color of Magic/Free Play/Critical Role Campaign 3

2. Batman Vol. 4/Marvel’s Avengers/Seven Deadly Sins

3. The Emperor and I Vol. 4/DnD5e/Gargoyles

4. Fables: Animal Farm/Xenogears/Firefly

5. My Hero Academia Vol. 17/Free/Young Justice

6. Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers Vol. 1/Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origins/Voltron: Legendary Defender

7. Book Break/Dragon Age II Athen Hawke/Dimension 20: A Crown of Candy

-Books-

0. One Piece 1087

1. Discworld/The Color of Magic reread

2. SJ/One-Punch Man Vol. 22, Punch 106: “Orochi vs. Saitama”—106 100% (5—5)

3. DC/Justice League Vol. 1: “Origins” 100% (6—6)

4. SJ/The Emperor and I Vol. 4, Ch. 36: “Emperor and the Documentary”—38 70% (15—20

5. Fables: Animal Farm 10—10 100% (5—5)

6. SJ/My Hero Academia Vol. 17, Ch. 157: “Infinite 100 Percent”—157 100% (10—10)

7. PR/Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers Vol. 1/4—4 100% (5—5)

8. MF/Soul Eater Vol. 3, Ch. 9: “”—9 100% (4—4)

9. Marvel/Ultimate Spider-Man 13—13 100%

10. SJ/Boruto: The Next Generation Vol. 11, No. 40: “The Invisible Jutsu”—43 0% (1—4)

11. World of Warcraft Chronicle Vol. 2

-Games-

0. Stardew Valley

1. PS5/Spider-Man: Miles Morales 0% (0/13hrs)

2. Mass Effect: Andromeda

3. DnD/Movie

4. Kingdom Hearts Final Mix (Goals)

5. Fortnite

6. Dragon Age II Athen Hawke 31% (15/48hrs)

7. Nier: Automata 0% (0/40hrs)

-Shows-

1. Critical Role Campaign 3 Part I Ep. 5: “The Threat Between the Walls”—11 (Level Up to 5) 18% (5—11)

2. Anime/Seven Deadly Sins Season 1 100% (24—24)

3. Disney+/Gargoyles Season 1 62% (9—13)

4. Rewatch/Firefly 35% (6—14)

5. HBO/Young Justice 42% (12—26)

6. Cartoons/Voltron: Legendary Defender Season 7 8% (2—13)

7. Dimension 20: A Crown of Candy 8: “Deep Bleu Sea”—19 37% (8—19)

8. Movies 13% (2—8)

-Anime/.hack//LIMINALITY “The Case of Yuki Aihara”

-Owned/Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

-Netflix.

-Disney+/Bambi

X2: X-Men United

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

-HBO/My Neighbor Totoro

-DCAU/Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

2023 Week XXXVII.

 Hello Internet,

The plague has largely passed.  Kangaroo and I are coughing up phlegm, and in my case, I am coughing up a lot of it.  Noodle is getting sick now, and she is miserable.  I missed work last Friday, and I am afraid to go back.  My anxiety is doing as it always does.  Mountains out of molehills.

I have adapted my schedule, but that won't be seen until later.  Right now, Ratatoskr is at a friend's birthday party.  I overheard that friend's sister saying that he is her boyfriend, and I'm going to be honest: I am not ready.  

Parenting is rough.

On the other hand, he looks super cute in his little cowboy outfit, so...Fair trade?

I am trying to get back into writing, and I think I have found a place in my schedule where I can do it.  We'll just have to see if I can get the willpower and focus to enact it.

Thanks for reading,

RWS

P.S.

-Short Rest-

-Short Rest Schedule-

1. The Color of Magic/Free Play/Critical Role Campaign 3

2. Batman Vol. 4/Marvel’s Avengers/Seven Deadly Sins

3. The Emperor and I Vol. 4/DnD5e/Gargoyles

4. Fables: Animal Farm/Xenogears/Firefly

5. My Hero Academia Vol. 17/Free/Young Justice

6. Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers Vol. 1/Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origins/Voltron: Legendary Defender

7. Book Break/Dragon Age II Athen Hawke/Dimension 20: A Crown of Candy

-Books-

0. One Piece 1087

1. Discworld/The Color of Magic reread

2. SJ/One-Punch Man Vol. 22, Punch 106: “Orochi vs. Saitama”—106 100% (5—5)

3. DC/Justice League Vol. 1: “Origins” 100% (6—6)

4. SJ/The Emperor and I Vol. 4, Ch. 36: “Emperor and the Documentary”—38 70% (15—20

5. Fables: Animal Farm 10—10 100% (5—5)

6. SJ/My Hero Academia Vol. 17, Ch. 157: “Infinite 100 Percent”—157 100% (10—10)

7. PR/Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers Vol. 1/4—4 100% (5—5)

8. MF/Soul Eater Vol. 3, Ch. 9: “”—9 100% (4—4)

9. Marvel/Ultimate Spider-Man 12—13 85%

10. SJ/Boruto: The Next Generation Vol. 11, No. 40: “The Invisible Jutsu”—43 0% (1—4)

11. World of Warcraft Chronicle Vol. 2

-Games-

0. Stardew Valley

1. Persona 4 Golden 4% (3/84hrs)

2. Marvel’s Avengers 0% (0/52hrs)

3. DnD5e/Movie

4. Xenogears ??% (?/66hrs)

5. Write Night

6. Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origins 80% (24/30hrs)

7. Dragon Age II Athen Hawke 31% (15/48hrs)

-Shows-

1. Critical Role Campaign 3 Part I Ep. 5: “The Threat Between the Walls”—11 (Level Up to 5) 18% (5—11)

2. Anime/Seven Deadly Sins Season 1 100% (24—24)

3. Disney+/Gargoyles Season 1 62% (9—13)

4. Rewatch/Firefly 35% (6—14)

5. HBO/Young Justice 42% (12—26)

6. Cartoons/Voltron: Legendary Defender Season 7 8% (2—13)

7. Dimension 20: A Crown of Candy 8: “Deep Bleu Sea”—19 37% (8—19)

8. Movies 13% (2—8)

-Anime/.hack//LIMINALITY “The Case of Yuki Aihara”

-Owned/Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

-Netflix. One Piece ep. 1 (It was okay).

-Disney+/Bambi

X2: X-Men United

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

-HBO/My Neighbor Totoro

-DCAU/Batman: Mask of the Phantasm