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3 Y’s – Yule, Year’s End & Why I Run TOR RPG Fellowship Phase (“Downtime”) Differently?

May the everlasting Darkness doom me if I don’t try my best to make a change! | art by aaloei on Reddit

Year’s End’s (was) upon us…

So, it’s the New Year – well into it, but not even slightly less turbulent one, despite my efforts to change that. Nevertheless, Year’s End – or Yule, as it was called way, way back – is a time of transition and of change. And may the everlasting Darkness doom me if, if I don’t try my best to make that change!
But I’m onto some gameplay-oriented point, so let’s get going, while staying in that Year’s End theme.

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On Fairly Neurodivergent Stories

Being wired differently than most humans can create a real maze of feelings, situations, and decisions. And like in an actual maze, you can get close to where you want to be, only to hit a wall of bricks. | The Portable Antiquities Scheme, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

So, that was one heck of a positive message, that last one, wasn’t it, huh? Well, I guess there’s certainly a reason why I put “Drama” in my blog’s title. But drastic times call for drastic measures – and I’m planning on some drastic changes to how I handle this site and my roleplay-gaming activities altogether. Just let me pick up that low note I ended up on last time.

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What am I doing it all for?

Since I'm blazing a trail in a new direction, I'm virtually unable to write anything honest and meaningful without addressing the change of course first.
Since I’m blazing a trail in a new direction, I’m virtually unable to write anything honest and meaningful without addressing the change of course first. | Photo by Muhammad Haikal Sjukri on Unsplash

Yeah, it was another while. I made a couple of promises to get back to writing and then fell silent. But I wasn’t idle, let me assure you. I’m hard at work on my ttRPG projects. I only need to unstuck from writer’s block, which I’m doing right now, as I’m writing this post already. And since I’m blazing a trail in a new direction, I found that without addressing it first, I’m virtually unable to write anything honest and meaningful – which are the qualities I don’t want to forfeit in my writing at no point. So, let me tell you what I’m doing and what I’m about to do so I can finally get back to writing these things.

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Year 2024 – My Plans, Predictions and Wishes

I started this year with some deep, long-term reflections, and my games happen to be a part of it, so I’m sharing my thoughts now to see how they age. Also, I try to predict which way my favorite titles will move publication-wise. | Image by Juan Francia from Pixabay

I Like to start each year with at least a few days dedicated to reflecting on my overall goals, the direction I want to move in, and the values I want to bring about in my life. This includes not only achievement-like, challenge overcoming but also – and each year even more importantly so – the life balance values. Creating stories for my games and running them at the table became a more and more meaningful way for me to exercise and avail myself of my creativity. Given that, I wanted to share what I set out for the coming Wheel of Time’s revolution and what I predict will happen regarding some of my favorite RPG titles.

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RPG schedule conflicts for sessions (and blogging)

Mama, just killed my RPG campaign! (for schedule conflicts, of course) | Photo: salvatoregiuffreda on flickr.com
Mama, just killed a campaign! (for scheduling conflicts, of course) | Photo: salvatoregiuffreda on flickr.com

I started writing this post a week ago – as I promised to some of you who have stayed in touch with me in the last couple of months. But then, over the weekend, I realized I had to do something equally as brutal as it was honest and benevolent. I had to kill my RPG campaign because of schedule conflicts. And I felt terrible. As Hendrix sang in the timeless “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door,” now I’ve gone and thrown it all away.

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