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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

That's coming up on our menu, along with that Mexican stuffed spaghetti squash. I love fall cuisine.

Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The thing about this phrase is that there's truth to it, but it's now being addressed to the wrong economic group. It's not a message to help poor feel better about being poor. It's directed to the already well-off who think having more money will be better.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ahh, many thanks. This is going on our menu next week.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Wait, what? That sounds glorious. Do you have a favorite recipe?

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I imagine AI truly does have the appearance of Super Intelligence to some who... well... isn't.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

True story: I once got classic horror movie recommendations from Alice Cooper. Salem's Lot (1978) Dracula's Daughter (1936) He didn't disappoint.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I knew after my very first session of 2e D&D that I wanted to be a DM eventually. I've been "having fun" ever since.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

What if I just finished a really good book last evening (The Grapes of Wrath) and today I'm still processing what I read?

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I just realized (after checking, of course) that there is no unicorn artwork in any B/X or BECMI rulebook.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Have you ever seen the documentary, The Century of the Self? It's about how this happened.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Oauw... Ohwl.. Ouwlll... That's difficult

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A good woodsman always takes time to stop chopping and sharpen their axe. Keep your brain and body sharp.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A) it's cheaper to make, so greater profits and happier shareholders (the American Way). B) if you're raised on it, you don't know any different and may even grow to actively *dislike* real maple syrup.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Oh yeah. Not my origin game, but absolutely one of my favorites.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The fact it was at church just makes that better. XD

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

First time someone asked me if I wanted to play cornhole, my reaction was "EXCUSE ME?!" It should be renamed something better, like "nut sack".

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I loved Megamania, but never got great at it. Kaboom is an accomplishment! I think I got the points on Seaquest, Stampede and Laser Blast. Activision was so good.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I never sent away for any of the patches, but I earned several. I did buy one for Chopper Command and gave it to my dad for Christmas one year. He and I both ran up the score to 999999.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I thought this WAS Metal Slug at first glance.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I think it was very much a "you know, I'm too old for this shit. Hell with it, I'm using this megalixir right now."

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It happened to me every time until a few years ago when I just started using them as soon as they'd be handy. It actually made the games a little easier.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I thought they tasted remarkably like cotton candy. Not my favorite thing in the world but the similarity was undeniable.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

One example is that OSE has an optional ascending armor class rather than the B/X descending AC and Thac0. The math works out the same but it's a simpler model. OSE also has more character classes, some based on Forgotten Realms, like Drow or Svirfneblin. But the core rules are B/X.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I dabble in history and occasionally come up with ideas that I later find out some other historian already came up with. But a history professor told me that's a good thing. It means I'm thinking like a real historian. So if you're coming up with already published ideas, you're on the right track.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I really like reading about your exploration, musings and blog posts. You ask interesting questions.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The premise is that the players seek shelter, food and water in a desert sandstorm and discover the top of a step pyramid and city buried in the sand. The pyramid is the beginning of the dungeon.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Module B4 - The Lost City is a great one. It has warring factions, a bizarre cult, ancient lost history & lore to discover, treasures, traps, puzzles. Lots of RP opportunities with the 3 factions w/ a chance to ally with one while angering others & a chance to unite them against a common foe. 1/2

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Modules need not have a story arc either. Many classic modules provide a setting, NPCs, maps and current/potential conflicts, but no plot or story arc. The DM provides enough information for players to take action and the plot is just what happens.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I still need to play these. I have Saturn versions, but are the Sega CD versions better in any way, or simply more playable?

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

You may be happy to know that my students all become acquainted with the terms frob, foo, bar, baz, quux, borked, kludge and cruft.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I'm a U2 fan, so I welcomed the music. But it was botched by Apple. Should have been easy to delete. But my, oh my, the things happening on our devices now, with and without our consent. I wonder how many of those people angry about the U2 iTunes incident are as raged about what's done now.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Group initiative, old school stats and my wife being a player at the table really helps reduce the multitasking.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Oh, now you even more reason to read about Mystara. There are so many different elf cultures. My favorite are the Belcadiz elves of Glantri. Spanish elves, you say? Mystara has them.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Bitch, I already said no thanks. Just like I said No Thanks yesterday. We now have adversarial relationships with our technology and devices. It may be time for a Lite Phone or something.

A sceeenshot of Google Photos double checking that I really don't want to use Gemini right after I just tapped the "No Thanks" button

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

TSR released a line of 14 gazetteers in the 80s and early 90s that cover most of it. The BECMI rulebooks cover some especially Immortal player rules, and then there was the Wrath of the Immortals boxed set. The Vaults of Pandius website has a lot of information too.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Immortals can be forgotten and lost. I have a player whose character is a cleric that doesn't know which Immortal her power is from and she's collecting information on them like a Pokedex.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I've thought more about this. Isolated cultures may not be aware there are Immortals other than their own and deny their existence. Nationalalist cultures may see the patron Immortals of others as antitheses. Glantrians actually outlaw clerics, preferring to venerate The Rad (a magical essence).

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

One must have an Immortal sponsor as part of the ascension. Presumably that's when you learn the rules. They *can* meddle too much and there's some Mystara lore based on such events. Other Immortals will enforce it. The I in BECMI has rules for *playing* as an Immortal, but I dont know it as well.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

But Immortals are not supposed to meddle in mortal affairs, other than through their clerics and maybe dreams/visons. They aren't all powerful or all knowing. The Master rules in BECMI even allow for players to ascend; a difficult and long proces. Lots of adventure. It's a fascinating approach.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I was also going to mention Mystara. There technically aren't any atheists, but you can opt to not worship or venerate any Immortal. You can also decide that your Immortal and ways are superior to all others and demand exclusivity (like real life monolatry). 1/2

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

As a GM I actually love reaction rolls and morale checks. Sure, I can just roleplay the monsters and decide they're hostile, or fleeing, but I also like the occasional surprise. Like that one enemy that just won't back down even in the face of certain death. It has resulted in delightful surprises.

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

YOU DON'T "CONSUME" ART MOTHERFUCKER. YOU EXPERIENCE IT. YOU FEEL IT. YOU ENGAGE WITH IT. YOU WRESTLE WITH IT. YOU LIVE IT. ART ISN'T A LITTLE MORSEL YOU GOBBLE UP.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I'll also recommend continuing to explore the command line. It really isn't difficult, it's just a matter of practice and memorizing commands. Many of them become muscle memory.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I love that aesthetic so much. I mentioned it in another thread but here's the PiDP-1 finally finished and fully operational.

PiDP1, a replica of the DEC PDP-1. A blue vintage style computer panel with flashing white LEDs and rows of toggle switches.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Isn't it beautiful? I've added another member to the vintage computer replica family. The PiDP-1 now joins the 10 and 11. Man, computers back then had style.

A small replica of a DEC PDP-1 console panel with lots of switches and LEDs indicating the contents of registers, memory and the CPU instruction among others.

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Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I had a friend who did PC repair back in the early 2000s/aughts who said you could always tell how good someone's internet connection is based on the size of their porn downloads.

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