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He/They.
Librarian by day. Tabletop games artisan some of the rest of the time.
Purveyor of fine PDFs at https://bad-quail.itch.io.
Logo by John W. Sheldon.
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Whoever wins, we all lose.
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Lindwurm friend.
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My pleasure!
It's really something I mainly cook based on vibes. There's lots of ways to play around with using different aromatics, veg, protein, and spices.
I'm going to do a lamb version with lots of garlic and dill this weekend.
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Also good with chicken thighs and stock instead of beef, but you may want to hold off on adding back the meat until later. I haven't got the timing perfect yet.
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I play with the ratio of cannelini beans, chickpeas, and barley each time I make this; usually 1/2 cup to 3/4 cup each.
If you can get fairly fresh dry beans, you don't need to soak them too long. But if not you may want to soak overnight.
Once it's in the oven, check and stir every 30 minutes.
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Salt as you will throughout the process.
Finish with 1 tablespoon of sugar and 1/4 cup of balsamic vinegar.
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My heart says: Cube beef and brown on one side. Set aside.
Then sautee until soft in this order: soffrito, garlic, leaks, tomato paste.
Then add beans and barley, beef stock, and bay leaves. Simmer ~50 minutes.
Add back beef and Italian seasoning.
Finish in a 300 F oven for 2-3 hours.
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Get: 3 deli containers of soffrito (equal parts celery, onion, carrot), two chopped leaks, 4+ cloves of grated garlic, tomato paste, Italian seasoning, a big can of tomatoes, a couple bay leaves, fresh cannelini beans, chickpeas, pearl barley, beef stock, and a chuck roast.
Then: follow your heart.
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A TV dinner is a video game.
An escape room is a restaurant.
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Oh, yeah. I like that. "Ah, fuck. This adventure is in metric."
This adventure is system neutral! [All measurements are in "pinches, fistfuls, etc"].
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I can't take credit for assembling the pierogiâthey came from Costcoâbut the browning *is* my doing.
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I experience Dismal Itch any time I initiate a payout.
Zing.
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Literally can't help but indulge in light roleplay when playing Arcs (Cohle Wehrle, 2024). Especially with leaders & lore. Double especially with the Blighted Reach Campaign.
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The Six Cultures of Play blog post gives us some language, but it's more about different creative agendas than features of specific rule sets. Microscope and Blades in the Dark wind up in the same box.
retiredadventurer.blogspot.com/2021/04/six-...
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You can still find the occasional hidden gem . . .
better-legends.itch.io/adventure-rp...
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I don't think Fiona did it on purpose. But. I wonder if anyone would be talking about the post at all if it had a less abrasive tone.
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. . . the "minimum 10 adventures" thing is a red herring. Her point is about games that get released and then don't get any follow up support and become, essentially, abandonware. And in her corner of the hobby, support looks like published adventures.
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Fiona is a prolific editor. If you open an OSR book published in the last ~10 years that credits an editor, there's like a 70% chance you'll find her name there. In the particular part of the hobby she works in, she's one of the most highly qualified.
That said . . .
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I think the way more common thing is someone who already has connections in a separate creative field crowdfunding a TTRPG as a passion/vanity project and then going back to their day job.
Of course, just because I don't see it doesn't mean it doesn't happen. (2/2)
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Is that a crokinole board?
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I started a longer answer, but I think the honest fact is: the randomness and uncertainty of a dice roll is fun.
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Can I order the primordial braised beef short rib?
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Wait, is that an actual quote from a goddamn Wes Anderson movie?
Ah. No. I see it's just a meme format I've never seen before.
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(I suspect this might be a Backerkit thing that can't be reconfigured).
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It's really a gem.
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Subway station at rush hour.
Any Mardi Gras parade. (Though I know people who have done that).
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Sick. Is that the Sublight Drive Atlas?
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In the end, despite pulling ahead on points, the Believer failed to meet their objective. The Caretaker, Warden, and Pirate met theirs, but maybe some others will pivot to C Fates as well.
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Interestingly, we all stayed in the Empire, so the Pirate mainly pillaged in the out systems without imperial ships or went after free cities, of which there were many.
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I don't know what this website is. But it looks like it's just reposted all of itch-dot-io's official blog posts and news stories? Weird.
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This bundle is from, like, 2019 my dude.