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As has happened before, a period of absence from gaming has soft-rebooted my gaming selection somewhat, though it is not unexpected. A break from WoW Classic and Battle for Azeroth for just over two weeks left me unmotivated to play either upon my return.WoW Classic is ok but it is all content I’ve seen before and I’m not a huge fan of repeating old stuff at least when there’s new stuff I’ve not done. As for BfA itself, well the news coming out on 8.3 sounds interesting, but that’s not going to be here for some time and 8.2.5 wasn’t that meaty from my perspective.

At least we got Deadmines done.

The controversy over the Hearthstone tournament certainly weighed into decisions over WoW as well although I only play that one of the many games Blizzard publishes so I’m less invested than many gamers. It’s old news now, I…

I drew this on the long weekend at the beginning of July and keep forgetting to post it to the blog.

This video was basically a test to see how my webcam handles the job… I’ve got to work on my setup for better lighting and play with the settings on my camera to improve video quality, but while I was messing around with the existing setup at my workstation, I figured I could release this short time-lapse video of me at work on a small map inspired in part by photos of Al Khazneh at Petra.

As with all my videos, my hands and fingernails are dirty, and in this one the time-lapse hides how incredibly shaky my hands were that day.

The map itself will show up on the blog late this month or early next month.

Also… I should really test Zzarchov Kowolski’s suggestion of syncing it to the…

Todays #shelfie: TSR misc sets. Current as of this morning.

The AD&D campaign sets are stored elsewhere.

On social media, I was asked:

From your experience, what is the best way to store tsr books and boxes? Horizontally or vertically? thanks

I replied:

Either works fine, to an extent.

Shelved like books – which I do in my personal collection – works OK, as long as they’re snug together, the boxes supporting each other.

Stacking. TSR box sets usually aren’t heavy. If they are, they’re not suitable for stacking. (Like maybe a set that has a lot of your personal papers adding weight) With that caveat, I’ve never had problems stacking them six or seven high. But you gotta make sure they’re neatly stacked. If allowed to offset, a corner can start pushing in the top of the box below.

A greater danger is light exposure. Avoid any direct…

Beneath the massive blue-lit cavern of K’n-yan (which may be as much as a hundred miles across, without counting the many side caverns and labyrinthine structures) are the ancient red-lit caverns of Yoth. These caverns were the home of the serpent folk once they fled the surface lands. They built massive cities within the caverns, moving their whole civilization and technology base to these deep red caves.

Ruined Cities of Yoth

That was untold ages ago. All that remains of the serpent folk of Yoth are the ruins of their cities, a few of their ancient guardians, and forgotten remnants of their advanced technologies which keep the caverns lit to this day. Explorers from K’n-yan come down here seeking their lost technologies and treasures, unaware of what brought about their fall.

For beneath these ruined cities of Yoth is lightless N’kai, home of Tsathoggua. The serpent folk abandoned the faith…