No Cats, Alas
Jun. 28th, 2026 07:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lydamorehouse I 100% FORGOT to go to the Cat Tour.
This is the problem with a thing that happens on a Wednesday, when I work Tuesdays and Thursdays. I was telling a friend that it's not working, per se, that's screwing me up. But the fact that, when I work, I start in the middle of the middle of the day. I am in fact the sort of person who is best suited to 9 to 5, not 3 to 7 pm.
ANYWAY, enough of that.
On Saturday, I ran a one-shot for only two of my players. I'd hoped to have at least three, and had thought we had nearly a full compliment of the troupe (we are a troupe because we have two bards, and most the of characters met because they performed in a band together.) But, things happens, especially with adults. We considered not playing, but decided to, anyway. I'm not sure this was such a good idea? It did mean that the two players who don't particually get along well in real life, did have to figure out a minor mystery together. That was either really good for their dynamic, or torture. I am feeling like a slightly bad GM/DM, because I don't tend to plan a lot of combat-heavy campaigns, not even my one shots, and one of the players who showed up really does kind of want to kill things and take their stuff (a valid way to play the game!) I have mentally vowed to have more adventures where there are more opportunities for violence for those who might like a little pretend murder. To be fair to me, this particular troupe does not tend to choose violence, generally. If they are met by a literal army of orcs, they will attempt to go around or negotiate safe passage.That fits my personal style pretty well, but I mean D&D character building does reward a certain kind of game play and for those that like it, I should let them do it a bit more often.
Then, on Saturday night, the game that I usually get to PLAY cancelled. The GM offered to let me run a one-shot in that world and I have something that I'm half ready to run, but it was only half ready. I was putting finishing touches on my D&D one-shot, so I ended up saying I wasn't quite ready. I'm going to try to get that scenario slightly more fleshed out and then it will be ready next time that people feel up to it. I am, however, less comfortable running the Star Trek game. I very much feel like the amateur GM that I am whenever I do, and I'm not convinced that my "eh, let's wing it!" vibe goes as well in that universe. I mean, maybe if we were playing the Lower Decks version?
Today, we are roasting a turkey. Shawn has a very humorous tendency to want to hoarde turkeys when they come on sale around Thanksgiving and we were getting a fairly ridiculous stockpile in our freezer. So, I told her last year that I would let her buy a second turkey, if she promised to pick a day in the middle of the year for us to make one of the others. Today is that day. In fact, I am about to put some socks on and head out to the grocery store to pick up our sides and other fixings. The bread is already rising on the counter.
Oh, and our mulberry trees have been going to town, so I made a mulberry pie to tonight's desert.
This is the problem with a thing that happens on a Wednesday, when I work Tuesdays and Thursdays. I was telling a friend that it's not working, per se, that's screwing me up. But the fact that, when I work, I start in the middle of the middle of the day. I am in fact the sort of person who is best suited to 9 to 5, not 3 to 7 pm.
ANYWAY, enough of that.
On Saturday, I ran a one-shot for only two of my players. I'd hoped to have at least three, and had thought we had nearly a full compliment of the troupe (we are a troupe because we have two bards, and most the of characters met because they performed in a band together.) But, things happens, especially with adults. We considered not playing, but decided to, anyway. I'm not sure this was such a good idea? It did mean that the two players who don't particually get along well in real life, did have to figure out a minor mystery together. That was either really good for their dynamic, or torture. I am feeling like a slightly bad GM/DM, because I don't tend to plan a lot of combat-heavy campaigns, not even my one shots, and one of the players who showed up really does kind of want to kill things and take their stuff (a valid way to play the game!) I have mentally vowed to have more adventures where there are more opportunities for violence for those who might like a little pretend murder. To be fair to me, this particular troupe does not tend to choose violence, generally. If they are met by a literal army of orcs, they will attempt to go around or negotiate safe passage.That fits my personal style pretty well, but I mean D&D character building does reward a certain kind of game play and for those that like it, I should let them do it a bit more often.
Then, on Saturday night, the game that I usually get to PLAY cancelled. The GM offered to let me run a one-shot in that world and I have something that I'm half ready to run, but it was only half ready. I was putting finishing touches on my D&D one-shot, so I ended up saying I wasn't quite ready. I'm going to try to get that scenario slightly more fleshed out and then it will be ready next time that people feel up to it. I am, however, less comfortable running the Star Trek game. I very much feel like the amateur GM that I am whenever I do, and I'm not convinced that my "eh, let's wing it!" vibe goes as well in that universe. I mean, maybe if we were playing the Lower Decks version?
Today, we are roasting a turkey. Shawn has a very humorous tendency to want to hoarde turkeys when they come on sale around Thanksgiving and we were getting a fairly ridiculous stockpile in our freezer. So, I told her last year that I would let her buy a second turkey, if she promised to pick a day in the middle of the year for us to make one of the others. Today is that day. In fact, I am about to put some socks on and head out to the grocery store to pick up our sides and other fixings. The bread is already rising on the counter.
Oh, and our mulberry trees have been going to town, so I made a mulberry pie to tonight's desert.
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Date: 2026-06-28 01:05 pm (UTC)And that pie looks incredible.
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Date: 2026-06-28 05:14 pm (UTC)I did just spend a little time this morning and now my one-shot is ready for ST:A should we need it.
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Date: 2026-06-28 01:52 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2026-06-28 04:10 pm (UTC)I'm sorry I didn't make it to gaming! I did have a very nice time hearing how Kiera's summer is going so far, though.
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Date: 2026-06-28 05:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2026-06-28 06:35 pm (UTC)We used to have to do turkey dinners in the summer too, when three out of a four-member household worked for DEC, which gave all employees a free frozen turkey every year, but not until AFTER Thanksgiving.
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