In modern colloquial English, "ramen" can refer both to the noodles alone and to the noodles served in a broth. When served in a broth, they are a soup. Other varieties of noodle served in broth are also soups.

An account of the same game played in an earlier decade:
louisewrites.blogspot.com/2009/06/mary...

Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein vs Chris McKay (Renfield)'s Dracula

I'd call it, "decimal dice". Maybe d-one-point-zero-zero.

Also, if you have someone with one of the more upper-class English accents, it will probably put me to sleep. This isn't always a bad thing, there are several podcasts I listen to specifically when I have trouble sleeping, but it means I probably won't hear the end of many episodes.

I listen on cheap earbuds while commuting on loud public transit, so I need performers with distinctly different voices to be able to tell the characters apart. If two people have similar voices, they might be excellent performers on their own but I'll be lost pretty quickly.

The only real downside was in The Old Days when someone might mortgage their house for a print run of games that would never sell, but I think modern digital distribution and crowdfunding models really lower the chance of someone putting themselves into financial hardship chasing an RPG dream.

Most of Harry's better ideas actually come from his friend, Mave Marneson.

Is that a thing? I would like to know more!

And if you don't live in either place, maybe take some inspiration if you feel like it and then meet some other RPG people for coffee or tea or beer.

And if you want to help build one in the Greater Boston area, keep an eye on @sidequestbooks.bsky.social, there's something coming together there.

Wow this got a lot of likes! If you're interested in making local RPG scenes happen and live in DC, Maryland, or Virginia, I can recommend Designed in the DMV:
www.designedinthedmv.org

Wait Borges and Umberto Ecco? Yay, my old faves are still cool!

This is part of why I'd like to see more local creative scenes with regular meetups and small events that provide an alternative for networking to large, expensive cons.

5E can do anything!