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Kids Playing Dungeons & Dragons in Parks, Session 1

Cody, Josiah, Josh, and Aiden have started to play D&D in the Park. I am currently running them through this Eberron adventure from the DMs Guild: Here is some live action video of how it is going.
Defending Jacob

Defending Jacob by William LandayMy rating: 3 of 5 stars Ugh. I think that this was a well written modern murder mystery for fans of the Dark Side of Law and Order–structurally, I found it interesting with some fantastic pacing and excellent details. however, I had a sense that I was being manipulated the entire…
Wild Wild Country and D&D

There is a Netflix documentary called Wild Wild Country about the conflict of an Indian Guru coming to Oregon. IMDB describes it with: When the world’s most controversial guru builds a utopian city deep in the Oregon desert, conflict with the locals escalates into a national scandal. A true story. During Episode Two there is…
Lost Mine of Phandelver Week 3
77. ‘I’ and ‘Mine’ are False Ideas

This is not the same as voluntary sharing. Society will not change by compulsion. It requires achange of heart. Understand that nothing is your own, that all belongs to all. Then only society willchange. Q: Out of what do I create this world?M: Out of your own memories. As long as you are ignorant of…
Lost Mine of Phandelver

Lost Mine of Phandelver! DM Bill drew some amazing mapsPlayed some Lost Mine of PhandelverIt was a good night and nice to be back in the shop with Cody
Avengers: Infinity War

Jack, Kate, & I went to Avengers: Infinity War at the Spectrum. We were in Row C in IMAX which did not sound good, but it turned out to be great!We loved the film–the “needs of the many vs needs of the few or the one” is a family favorite theme and this film captured…
International Table Top Day

This year for International TableTop Day, Cody, Josh, & I played Dragon Farkle we started off early with a five hp dragon–which is mostly unbeatable! I played Hiccough–trading the elf to Josh at the beginning of the game But the boys do not brawl that much–they just build massive armies! Cody had 10,000 men when…
76. To Know that You do not Know, is True Knowledge

There are no blind powers. Consciousness is power. Be aware of what needs be done and itwill be done. Only keep alert — and quiet
Pacific Rim Uprising

The boys and I went to see this at the AMC Tustin District theaters. We had a blast– the movie was great, Cody was slight freaked-out–after we had sushi at Ra which was fun. Good day with a fun film.