Geoff
@over55gamer.bsky.social
Avid gamer in the pacific northwest who spends his days scrutinizing data to fulfill or refute other peoples assumptions.
Planning for upcoming session with 8 Tier 2-3 PCs. Encounter Budget is Low: 17,900 Medium: 28,900 and High: 37,500... Well I guess there goes the neighborhood. But I am sooooo looking forward to it.
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Planning for upcoming session with 8 Tier 2-3 PCs. Encounter Budget is Low: 17,900 Medium: 28,900 and High: 37,500... Well I guess there goes the neighborhood. But I am sooooo looking forward to it.
Happiness is, Katz Deli pastrami freshly heated on rye bread when it’s raining outside. You can’t take NY out of a New Yorker
November 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Happiness is, Katz Deli pastrami freshly heated on rye bread when it’s raining outside. You can’t take NY out of a New Yorker
It is a time of incredible need. Please give as you are able to support those who are innocent bystanders to our current ailments as a society. If you are in PNW I’d suggest NWHarvest and Hopelink are a good start. #nwharvest #hopelink #givetocharity
November 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
It is a time of incredible need. Please give as you are able to support those who are innocent bystanders to our current ailments as a society. If you are in PNW I’d suggest NWHarvest and Hopelink are a good start. #nwharvest #hopelink #givetocharity
So ran first game of Shadowdark tonight. The group of three were progressing well, and had gotten lucky on a couple of could be lethal hits. This was until the last door they opened sprayed two out of the three with poison. #ttrpg #shadowdark
November 15, 2025 at 7:01 AM
So ran first game of Shadowdark tonight. The group of three were progressing well, and had gotten lucky on a couple of could be lethal hits. This was until the last door they opened sprayed two out of the three with poison. #ttrpg #shadowdark
Have my first game of Shadowdark scheduled for tonight. Been enjoying pulling together materials and trying to frame in an old school frame of mind. I have been collaborating with 2 other GMs who will be taking turns at running this in a rotating schedule. #TTRPG #Shadowdark
November 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Have my first game of Shadowdark scheduled for tonight. Been enjoying pulling together materials and trying to frame in an old school frame of mind. I have been collaborating with 2 other GMs who will be taking turns at running this in a rotating schedule. #TTRPG #Shadowdark
Last night was a good night for democracy. Hopefully today will continue in the Supreme Court. (not holding my breath)
November 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Last night was a good night for democracy. Hopefully today will continue in the Supreme Court. (not holding my breath)
I have finally gotten around to reading #13thAge update rules. One of the things I really like about the old books (which carries forward to the new ones) is the clean layout and accessible writing. So many RPGs are so dense with prose or unrelated exposition, it is a pleasure to read something
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I have finally gotten around to reading #13thAge update rules. One of the things I really like about the old books (which carries forward to the new ones) is the clean layout and accessible writing. So many RPGs are so dense with prose or unrelated exposition, it is a pleasure to read something
It is not the goal of running games, but last night in Curse of Strahd, at about the mid point of the campaign the party charged into a “you should run” encounter which ended up killing two of the four members of the party. (Including my wife’s…), and after this everyone was still
November 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It is not the goal of running games, but last night in Curse of Strahd, at about the mid point of the campaign the party charged into a “you should run” encounter which ended up killing two of the four members of the party. (Including my wife’s…), and after this everyone was still
Sometimes when you wake up before everyone else you realize how beautiful a part of the country you live in.
October 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Sometimes when you wake up before everyone else you realize how beautiful a part of the country you live in.
Happy Birthday Ingrid.
October 18, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Happy Birthday Ingrid.
There is something special about sitting down for a birthday meal at a French restaurant in honor of your wife’s birthday, selecting the seat in the corner with a line on the TV over the bar, watching the Mariners Suarez hit the GWRBI grand slam home run. #bignight #goMariners
October 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
There is something special about sitting down for a birthday meal at a French restaurant in honor of your wife’s birthday, selecting the seat in the corner with a line on the TV over the bar, watching the Mariners Suarez hit the GWRBI grand slam home run. #bignight #goMariners
I wish I had thought of this.
October 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I wish I had thought of this.
Went to see “One Battle After Another” tonight and it’s been a long while since I have had to unpackage so much in a movie. It is very Paul Thomas Anderson, and paced more slowly than I expected. A worthy movie which won’t work for everyone, but I like them that way. Will have to watch again.
October 7, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Went to see “One Battle After Another” tonight and it’s been a long while since I have had to unpackage so much in a movie. It is very Paul Thomas Anderson, and paced more slowly than I expected. A worthy movie which won’t work for everyone, but I like them that way. Will have to watch again.
There have been waves of friends/acquaintances telling me lately that they have set a date for their retirement. (a luxury I know all of us don't get to look forward to) It has led me to do the calculus about how ready we are for this, and how would I spend my time.
As the news has been (1/6)
As the news has been (1/6)
October 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
There have been waves of friends/acquaintances telling me lately that they have set a date for their retirement. (a luxury I know all of us don't get to look forward to) It has led me to do the calculus about how ready we are for this, and how would I spend my time.
As the news has been (1/6)
As the news has been (1/6)
Last night my "You Met in a Bar" D&D group had their 62nd session which climaxed with a full on brawl between the party (8 PCs between 9th and 12th level along with an Empyrean companion) against 2 Adult Red Dragons, 2 Fire Giants, 4 Hell Hounds, and 1 Gorgon. It was a little unhinged. (1/7) #ttrpg
October 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Last night my "You Met in a Bar" D&D group had their 62nd session which climaxed with a full on brawl between the party (8 PCs between 9th and 12th level along with an Empyrean companion) against 2 Adult Red Dragons, 2 Fire Giants, 4 Hell Hounds, and 1 Gorgon. It was a little unhinged. (1/7) #ttrpg
So as an update to my experiment in muti-GM open-table effort with Shadowdark, I met with the two other GMs to talk about "how do we make this work?" We each want to contribute different things, and all agreed that this is okay. We then touched on some other areas of intersection or potential (1/6)
September 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
So as an update to my experiment in muti-GM open-table effort with Shadowdark, I met with the two other GMs to talk about "how do we make this work?" We each want to contribute different things, and all agreed that this is okay. We then touched on some other areas of intersection or potential (1/6)
This, most definitely this.
This regime with its masked agents terrorizing whole communities is the problem, not “Democrats.”
September 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This, most definitely this.
For those who play TTRPGs online, what platform do you find your games within? How often do you play with strangers vs. acquaintances you met online vs. friends and friends of friends. In short how did you build your gaming community? #ttrpg
September 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
For those who play TTRPGs online, what platform do you find your games within? How often do you play with strangers vs. acquaintances you met online vs. friends and friends of friends. In short how did you build your gaming community? #ttrpg
I wish it were true for the rest of the country, but grateful to living in Washington State at this time. #resist #science #vaccinessavelives
COVID vaccines stay covered, accessible, and no prescription needed. While the CDC advisory committee hesitated, WA, OR, CA & HI are keeping guidance clear: protecting kids, seniors, and those at risk.
UW doctor fired by RFK Jr. speaks on new COVID vaccine guidance
Health insurers will continue to cover updated COVID-19 vaccines for anyone who wants one, a CDC advisory committee ruled Friday.
www.seattletimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I wish it were true for the rest of the country, but grateful to living in Washington State at this time. #resist #science #vaccinessavelives
Finding myself dusting off "Caves of Qud" again while imagining the sandbox I am developing with a couple other people. I have made different false-starts which vary between building a map to hang things on, to randomly generating the same (via online tools or tables in Shadowdark) to (1/7)
September 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Finding myself dusting off "Caves of Qud" again while imagining the sandbox I am developing with a couple other people. I have made different false-starts which vary between building a map to hang things on, to randomly generating the same (via online tools or tables in Shadowdark) to (1/7)
There is something gratifying in asking GPT to optimize a bloated query I had written, going through multiple suggested paths to optimize to discover the original query performs better than all of them (to date). Normally it has been very enabling but in this case apparently I did okay the 1st time.
September 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
There is something gratifying in asking GPT to optimize a bloated query I had written, going through multiple suggested paths to optimize to discover the original query performs better than all of them (to date). Normally it has been very enabling but in this case apparently I did okay the 1st time.
As usual this is dead on. Don’t act like what is happening is in anyway about openness or willingness to debate one’s opposition. Charlie Kirk didn’t represent that and the administration certainly doesn’t embrace that principle.
a few thoughts (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...
Opinion | The MAGA Movement Is Not a Debating Society
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
As usual this is dead on. Don’t act like what is happening is in anyway about openness or willingness to debate one’s opposition. Charlie Kirk didn’t represent that and the administration certainly doesn’t embrace that principle.
Unfortunately there are also a lot of assholes.
Tell me you're an asshole without telling me you're an asshole.
(From 2023 data, 39% of food assistance recipients are CHILDREN, and 19% of recipients are ELDERLY.)
(From 2023 data, 39% of food assistance recipients are CHILDREN, and 19% of recipients are ELDERLY.)
September 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Unfortunately there are also a lot of assholes.
Reposted by Geoff
This commentary offers a clear, powerful statement of why freedom of speech is at the heart of democracy and must be defended, whether the speaker is Charlie Kirk or Jimmy Kimmel, MAGA supporters or MAGA opponents.
September 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This commentary offers a clear, powerful statement of why freedom of speech is at the heart of democracy and must be defended, whether the speaker is Charlie Kirk or Jimmy Kimmel, MAGA supporters or MAGA opponents.