Epidiah Ravachol

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Left you hanging, huh? Well then, let me offer you some...

...Clojure.

Yes, please!

My COVID hobby was learning to code starting with Python. I swiftly discovered how useful it was for sussing out the thornier bits of design.

These days I find another language a little more to my liking, but I highly recommend just taking a free introductory course in any language.

Rule 0 for every RPG I will ever write:

I'm not set up to record at the moment, but in case you missed it, here's me in April learning the He-Man theme.

When I picked up the recorder last year, I was going to learn the Rockford Files theme song as a joke. A little surprise for a friend on a podcast.

That very much did happen.

Now I've got a soprano, an alto, a tenor, and a sopranino recorder, and noodle around with them all the time.

I think I'm learning a lesson about the importance of setting the right stakes.

When I picked up a guitar as a teenager, I was going to be a rock star. A shredding, metal demigod.

That very much didn't happen.

I don't even own a guitar anymore.

Folks, FOLKS! I kept trying and I am thrilled to announce it is, indeed, now fun!

I suspect it's not weird at all and this is just the Guardian looking for clicks.

I don't think she knows about second dinner, Pip.

And then, like, a gif of the hobbits from the Lord of the Rings. Not the Ralph Bakshi one, but that weird, knock-off Peter Jackson one from around a quarter century ago. The one the zoomers' parents went to on their third date.

I watched Howard's Mill last weekend and quite enjoyed it.

FLASH GORDON QUARTERLY #5 PAGES: 40 FULL COLOR | $6.99 TEEN+ | RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 22, 2025 | FOC DATE: SEPTEMBER 29, 2025 An extra special, extra SPOOKY anthology! Marc Andreyko and Igor Lima tell a "flash fiction" for the ages! Even in a reality where Flash Gordon never went to space, the hero can't escape an epic destiny. When a monster emerges straight out of his late father's prophetic novels, Flash must find friends new and old to save this world from Cthulhuan horror. Then, the first-ever spotlight on "The Witch Queen of Mongo"! Jadzia Axelrod and Carola Borelli twist the telling of the iconic villainness in a gothic short sure to thrill. And all-in-one writer & artist Kelly Williams goes full Halloween with "Flash Wolf"! Flash Gordon + werewolves, what else do you need?! Why are you still reading this solicit?! Buy the book already! AUTHORS: MARC ANDREYKO, KELLY WILLIAMS, & JADZIA AXELROD | ARTISTS: IGOR LIMA, CAROLA BORELLI, & KELLY WILLIAMS | COLORISTS: MARK ENGLERT | LETTERERS: TAYLOR ESPOSITO & CHAS! PANGBURN | COVER ARTIST: ROBERT HACK

After a lifetime of longing, yer girl finally wrote a Flash Gordon story! And it's a spooky Halloween one to boot!

I've seen @carolaborelli.bsky.social's
art for this, and it's *incredible!* You're gonna want this one!

Exactly!

Oh hey, I should watch a spooky movie!

People sitting around a campfire singing "Greensleeves" like "Sixteenth Century Greensleeves" doesn't exit.

Ah, yes, the curse of the sweet pipe.

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Getting a tattoo.

Photo of some text and sheet music. The image is at a Dutch angle, for dramatic flair. The important part of the text is highlighted in a light purple or pink. It reads: "Keep trying until it is fun."

I am, of course, continuing to learn to play the recorder, aka the Devil's Femur. And one of the practice books I got from the library has given me the second best advice I have ever received:

#Blacklist CGE | Codenames: Back to Hogwarts Hey everyone! It’s the day after Gen Con and I’m planning to be in recovery for at least a week before I can really be active again—but I wanted to offer this resource to the community who wants it. ...

I created a thread where I share the link to the zine I made on bgg for the new codenames.

Surely there will be transphobes who come to attack me for it—so please help support me on there!

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Or starting to play D&D with the Expert Set because I accidentally bought the wrong box when I finally saved up enough money.

That's all an aside, though.

What I want to say is, working without all the correct information has led to some of my favorite memories of this hobby.

Like seeing a character sheet in a Dragon Magazine ad and trying to reverse engineer the entire game, because I had no way to get a hold of it.

I do bristle when I see it happen, though. Not because I need to be the boss of everyone's Dread games. But the warranty was voided on the sly. Now the game's reputation is on the hook for something that it expressly said not to do.

And usually, it's fine. But it's a doozy when it isn't.

But those are my thoughts. Not necessarily your thoughts.

Over the decades, I've seen Dread hosts call for pulls just to ratchet up the tension. Vibe-based pulls, if you will.

They are not how I host the game. They are, strictly speaking, breaking the rules. But they're not an unreasonable hack.

That first part, the fact that each pull is meaningful and does something in the fiction, is critical to my conception of the game.

That second part, I feel, is a reasonable and appropriate exception. It's a mini-game that uses the tower to work the tension in a different way.

Somewhere in the rules for Dread, I state that each pull from the tower has to be meaningful. It has to get you something.

Elsewhere in the rules, there's the exception that proves the rule: PC vs. PC conflict. Where you make a series of pulls that simply to one-up each other.