LnB's Audio Diary

(From the other day.) Cold nights, warm days; aNONradio stream isn't really radio (or is it?); Stardrifter RPG; game designers like mechanics, players like settings; pretty standard stuff; include adventures; stories and plots; it sounds reasonable to me; one-shot adventures; long-term adventures; that can fail you; beef up with more Character Points; playtested combat and armor; a review of "Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre"; and more, in this update!

(From the other day.) Carrots and greens; glaze of ice; recorded audio for "All He Surveys: Volume 01"; newsletters; new short fiction; small bags; fake grape; went in to the gaming shop, "Deuces Wild"; wall of D&D; Arizona chochkas; wall of Funko Pops; large gaming space; halting and stunted; the guy didn't know anybody either; where social media would come in handy; "Stardrifter RPG"; aNONradio; SDF server community; Stardrifter stream; learning curve; I'm on the schedule; Friday Midnight UTC; that was never the thing; even back in the heyday; it doesn't look like I had in mind; I'll check that off; and more, in this update!

Shopping; missed the express; lots of rain; flooded park; red, white, and blue Bomb Pop soda; "All He Surveys: Volume 01"; no recording due to weather; more talk about "Project Black Flag" by Kobald Press; more talk about my productivity scheme; can't sync my notes; a hybrid Hipster PDA; simple-simple-simple, easy-easy-easy; nothing original; and more, in this update!

Coffee shop; buying local; Walmart chased everyone out; there isn't anyone else; no coffee culture; it's got that going for it; took care of the rabbits and the cats; extra space; they were a handful; concerned with overdoing it; informal relationship; county lock-up; eight puppies; scratch on the eyelid; physically demanding; new gal got hired then fired; the need for high-volume, low-cost spay/neuter in a community; possibly, maybe (who knows?) might be getting a new doctor; things didn't end well; exponential growth; knock-on effect; you could lose all hope; the need is far greater than the means; strep throat; and more, in this update!

We got a new refrigerator; burned floor; big operation; recorded "All He Surveys: Volume 01" Chapter 14; lots and lots of talk about productivity systems and what it takes to use them successfully; pharmacy crash; audio work; some talk about "The Madalorian"; some talk about "Star Trek: Picard"; they should pass the baton; a review of the new TV show "Wolf Pack"; hugging the line; the "Audio Diary" eps for 2022 are on my gophersite now; all the great minutia; and more, in this update!

(From last week.) Rabbits and cats (and lots of kittens); terrible weather; bad driving that became nothing; newsletter news; "Stardrifter RPG" news; lots of talk about an organizational tool called "Obsidian"; gas station food, but I'm still losing weight with my diet; "All He Surveys Volume 02" news; a review of the new cartoon "Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur"; lots of drama currently surrounding the python application "youtube-dl"; almost user hostile; and more, in this update!

(From the other day.) Migraine for Mrs. Bronx; newsletters; I don't love Substack, but I don't hate it, either; we went to town; primarily Ignatz's show; the waning end; I might work on "Voice From The Void" scripts; that's how I am; "All He Surveys"; I don't want it to go away; a little bit of snow; I went in for the bunnies; initial playtest rules for "Project Black Flag"; ridiculous-ridiculous; completely the wrong people; not radically different; a world of magic; flavors of a thing; and more, in this update!

Oddball day; chaotic weather; migraine for Mrs. Bronx; crappy visibility; missed our package; missed picking up meds; changed my mind; clear and in the sun; screwed up the RSS feed for Stardrifter, then I fixed it; recorded Chapter 13; you can hear the wind; I want to finish off the audio for "All He Surveys: Volume 01"; a lot of work to do; the Stardrifter RPG; it's there, calling my name; you can still help me test the Stardrifter combat system; roaring chaos; an attempt to simulate reality that achieves exactly the opposite; they're both tools; and more, in this update!

Dump run; nice day; "All He Surveys" Chapter 12 to Patreon, and Chapter 11 to the RSS feed; I need to record; the Stardrifter RPG; a system that works; the next version will change things; looking to test the combat system; it's possible to survive it, or to get severely messed up; please reach out; it's just like any other skill; I'll be running scenarios; the dump guy got threatened; it's just so disappointing; where violence should always be left; armor is different; status effects; magic future healing fun; rolling up characters is faster now; index card sheet; try it from different angles; and more, in this update!

(From over a week ago. Sorry.) Windy and cold; waking up to the Grim Reaper; bought carrots for the rabbits; plain yogurt as a stand-in for mayonnaise; down twenty pounds; printing tokens for the Stardrifter RPG; they're not made of lead; that's a hobby all on his own; it's just a matter of practice; related to the hobby, but not the hobby; he'd do it now and then; we only broke them out if there was a fight; I don't want tons and tons; those take up no space; theater of the mind; and more, in this update!