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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDOZ... Take me out to the black, tell 'em I ain't comin' back...

X-files I Want To Believe poster with the Serenity rather than a UFO.

Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Batting around class/actor combo ideas for a muppet D&D movie (Sorcerer/ScarJo voiced by Gonzo?) with my wife and she pitched Kermit as the DM. I countered that Kermit should be Paladin/Jason Sudeikis, and the DM should be the only human at the table, @matthewmercer.bsky.social. I'd pay to see it.

Old Twitter post by bravecrab. Pitch: a muppet movie where the muppets play D&D, and it cuts between the muppets around the table and the fantasy being acted out, but instead of it just being the muppets dressed up in D&D fantasy costume, it's celebrity actors but the muppets do the voices, and the actors have to act how those muppets would. Imagine a barbarian played by Jason Mamoa voiced by Miss Piggy.

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Mine is a little non-sequiter, but surprisingly appropos to current events as well...

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

No new pictures Where are you at mentally

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

I managed to score a copy of the 1980's Civilization board game that inspired Sid Meier to create the video game. With a 5-12 hour play time, playing it back in college was an all day backyard BBQ event. Good times. Gotta get the house cleaned up and hopefully I can find enough people to recreate.

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Today I wrapped up a run-through of the Horror On The Orient Express campaign for my Call of Cthulhu group. 16 months, ~70 sessions, over 200 hours. Fun, but I'm ready to turn over the GM baton for a bit. Now I just need to scare up at least two more players for a Shadowrun game I've been planning.

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Oh god... when did everything make me start feeling so old?

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Finished the HD-2D remake of the original Dragon Quest. It was the 1st Nintendo game I played on my own NES, which I got for Xmas when I was 8 or 9 along with Super Mario 1 & 3 & Duck Hunt. Used to be able to beat it in 8 - 10 hours, but they added enough content to up that to 16. 10/10 nostalgia.

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Happy spooky season! Kiddo's first pumpkin. The dino obsession continues.

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

"Vendor guarentees graceful failover."

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

I do enjoy the glam rock vibe of the few videos I saw.

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

I can't believe how much Minneapolis/St. Paul fits my brand of weird over Phoenix. The Viking Fest gives Ren Faire and is apparently kid friendly, and there is a Luminiscence experience in the St. Mary's Basilica that I toured a few months back with an orchestra and light show that looks awesome!

2025 Viking Fest poster showing a group of men with Viking round shields and a mix of spears and axes charging forward

Luminiscence poster showing projected lights on the ceiling and walls of St. Mary's Basilica.

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

September 15th: Skull King 👎 - Like wizards but unnecessarily complex So Clover ❤️ - Collaborative clue-based word guessing game The Gang 👍 - Texas Hold 'em but you're trying to collaboratively signal/guess so as to order everyone from worst to best hand Pictomania 👍 - I suck at drawing, but fun!

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Speaking of game night, between business & new meds, I've been too busy or tired to post the last couple of weeks. September 8th was Quacks of Quedlinburg ❤️, Wizard 👍, & Tiny Towns 👍 Pulled an amazing comeback in Wizards by making 2 5 trick bids in a row, going from last in round 6/10 to winning.

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Last night's game night I actually got to run out a couple of mine. First up was suburbia where a math major who had never played wiped the floor with us (came in last). Then Mysterium where the ghost was a teen girl & I failed to grok the logic or make my case. Then Hanabi, to go out with a bang. 😁

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Made board game night at Tower Games again after missing it for Defcon last week. Tied for 3rd place (out of 4) in Tigris & Euphrates [boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42/tigr…] & missed 1st (of 5) by $6 in Modern Art [boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/40381/m…]

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

www.instagram.com/reel/DNjhfs6... A @endeavorance.camp video that hit my IG feed today reminds me of a PSA I saw back in college... www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrrA... How did I wind up in a timeline where satirical comedy failed because they couldn't come up with anything more bizarre than reality?

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

In those situations, I prefer the following meme...

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

In Vegas for DefCon staying at the Conrad. Asked for a view of the Sphere if they had one. Got this instead... I almost threw up a little. Curtains have remained shut since. You just can't escape the Pumpkin Pedofuhrer...

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Last night's board game night was taken up by Atlantis: Exodus. Interteresting, complex, and entertaining. Came in 2nd by 3 points after splitting my focus between training priests into oracles to generate apotheosis and building a giant fleet to sail to safety. boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42...

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

And now the unboxing of our life begins... well, it really began last Thursday one Civic-load at a time, but today Pods 2 and 3 were dropped, so we have all of our critical furniture again. And the grandfather clock survived!

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Drop your 10/10 game. No context needed.

Meme of a closeup of the Nameless One's face from Planescape: Torment saying, "That really updates my journal"

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

It is very shiny now that it is buttoned up... and I need to clean the lens of my phone camera, apparently...

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Although seeing a Night Vale live show crosses one item off my bucket list, Al Olender added another after pointing out the "muppet boxes" in the @thefitzgerald.bsky.social. Now I can't rest until my wife and I have a chance to Statler and Waldorf it up.

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Went to see the "Murder Night in Blood Forest!" @nightvaleradio.bsky.social live show at @thefitzgerald.bsky.social theater last night. @cecilbaldwiniii.bsky.social, @symphonysanders.bsky.social, @happierman.bsky.social, & @disparition.bsky.social did not disappoint! Al Olender was great!

Jeffrey Cranor, Cecil Baldwin, and Disposition on stage.

Symphony Sandars and Cecil Baldwin on stage.

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

The wife has been jonesing to play a Shadowrun TTRPG. I came up with a concept whimsical enough to get me interested in running it. I put together a flyer to hang up at the local FLGS & she gives me the side-eye like I'm cracked over the effort... 90 minutes with Stable Diffusion & MS Word.

Flyer with a picture of a circus against the backdrop of a cyberpunk city describing a Shadowrun TTRPG campaign.

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

But how does it compare to Two Point Hospital? www.twopointstudios.com/en/games/two...

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

@mollarom.bsky.social, you might want to check out Clank if you aren't already familiar. It is very reminiscent of Star Wars in how the card portion plays, but while competitive it is not directly head-to-head and runs up to 4 people.

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Tonight ran through Vivid Memories, Citadels, and Clank. Board game night is good practice for remembering names (which I'm still bollocks at), as I've played with at least several new people every week.

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Our house in Arizona is under contract, and we just signed a two year lease for a long-term rental in Minnesota. I'm looking forward to it, even if it does mean more moving so soon. Both the property and the neighborhood are beautiful, the school has good ratings, and the kiddo is super excited.

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Game night this past Monday was Flip 7 (boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42...) and a modded Gaslands (boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18...) to invoke Twisted Metal. I learned that though things don't really get going until about 5, at 5:15 the groups have mostly formed and you will likely be waiting.

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Smallest town hall I have ever seen on the way back to Minneapolis. Town shed? Population has to be single digits to fit in there.

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Normal relationships are for chumps. Not everything different is better, but everything better is different.

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

The decision to relocate to Minnesota keeps coming up aces. First holiday in 20 years that I didn't have to worry about my phone blowing up and yanking me away. And kiddo caught her very first fish, which I believe is a yellow perch. Got a small-mouth bass as well, but my phone had died.

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

I missed weather... Just before dinner, and 10 minutes later. No sarcasm and minimal regret the fireworks were canceled ( mostly for the kiddo's sake). I missed a good thunderstorm.

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Today's mood courtesy of Sir Terry Pratchett. Pride float was 3 spaces behind the fascist (Republican Party/MAGA) float. 'Make America Glorify God Again' my ass. They've followed Satan so far down the road to Hell they couldn't even catch a glimpse of Jesus in the rear view mirror if they wanted to.

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Sunrise over Island Lake. Wife's aunt invited us to their lakeside cabin for 4th of July weekend. Kiddo wants to learn how to fish. There is a non-zero chance I make it through the weekend without getting a fishhook in the face.

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Back to Tower Games for their board game night. Tonight was Hues and Cues, which reminded me of Codenames, and Viticulture which was reminiscent of Agricola. Both fun. And a half-dozen new names to remember.

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

After Saturday night, I now understand why the master bedroom in this rental is in the basement. Excitement! Hearing tornado sirens for the first time outside of a movie theater is not a happy experience.

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Stopped by a fish & chips place called Mac's (macsfishchipsstrips.com) on the way home. If it isn't the best I've had, its definitely in the top 3. Cool view of the school and greenery across the street. I'm sure I go on too much about it, but the *green* after 17 years in the desert is glorious.

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Three days ago... m.economictimes.com/news/interna... Nigjtwatch hasn't had a non-maintenance flight since the wake of 9/11. Today.... www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06... They are willingly courting nuclear war. What happens when this escalates to where Israel feels comfortable using a nuke on Iran?

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

T + 13 days and the last of the boxes for the rental are unpacked. Mise en place. One more trip to the storage unit to drop off the last few items we don't need or don't have space for, and the place will be suitable for company.

Picture of a counter with D&D manuals, dice trays, and dice bags, rows and stacks of books, board games, and a drone.

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

I like where your mind is, but I think there has been an earning of the *special* service in this case...

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

I started reading Pratchett to my daughter when she was 2 with Where's My Cow? which is technically Discworld. Then Dragons at Crumbling Castle and Other Tales around 3 - 4. Then the Tiffany Aching books at 6. She turned 7 earlier this year & asked me to start reading mainline Discworld at bedtime.

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

I was going up I-94 along the west bank of the Mississippi and saw a really cool cathedral-looking building that turned out to be the Basilica of St. Mary. They allow self-guided tours if you call ahead, so I think I'm going to check it out. Assuming I don't burst into flames crossing the threshold.

Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Took the sprog to the Mall of America today. Checked out the Museum of Illusions (moimallofamerica.com), the Lego store, & @gamesbyjames.bsky.social for a copy of Cat In The Box. Also hit the Log Flume in the Nickelodeon Universe. She got 1 Lego set, but had to tell both her & myself "no" a lot.

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Oz @theemeraldwizard.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Day 4, a 4 hour straight shot to Minneapolis.

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