The Children Report
Sebastian continues to get stronger, faster, and smarter. Most excitingly, he has begun to engage in imaginative play, constructing little stories for himself as he plays with his cars and figurines. I’m really looking forward to introducing him to roleplaying in a few years.
Talking about video games, Sebastian has become fascinated with playing Minecraft with me. He mostly likes to watch me kill monsters (cows not so much) and explore. He directs me, sometimes forcefully, where to go and we have a nice back and forth going. It is nice to have something we both enjoy outside of our daily walks and story time.
His new independence however is still not enough to keep him from sidelining my wife in our online game. For now she’s stuck with our one-on-ones.
Which brings us to our second child. My upcoming daughter seems healthy and active but is not helping her mother’s sleep schedule, wrecked by the stress of this election season, prepping for a semester off work, and house troubles. Baby 2.0 has a name picked out, something properly Shakespearean, but we are keeping it a secret for now.
House
Our house is both a source of joy and frustration for me. Right now frustration is leading.The last couple months have seen various appliances in the kitchen breakdown. The oven gave a horrible whirring noise for a week. The dishwasher backed up a few times and the floor near it has warped. The fence is rotting. Something got under the house again.
Adding to this stress, we are looking to do a major expansion on the second floor. The plan is to raise the back roof and add a master bathroom and a new bedroom so both of our kids have their own space. The plans are done and paid off.
Now I’m in planning hell. The house lies in the historical district which makes permits complicated. The clock is ticking. Ideally we’d like to have everything locked in before our daughter arrives and construction finished well before the end of summer. Everyone says it can be done. But time keeps slipping by.
But enough venting.
My new gaming table has arrived!
Gaming
By most measures my gaming has been pretty good. Not as frequent as the good old days but better than it has.Boardgames
Our local boardgaming group has only met infrequently since they had their child. Still we’ve managed about one game a month, mostly due to their efforts. Our normal Thursday evenings no longer work as they butt up against their son’s bedtime.I’m hoping we can find a time, perhaps Saturday afternoons, once my wife finishes this semester.
Of course I also intend to have a party to celebrate the arrival of the gaming table.
The Local RPG Group
Late Friday nights seem to be working, though my wife is often tired. After cycling through four players, I have two reliable regulars.We recently finished my Vampire: the Requiem game and are now onto an Urban Shadows game until my daughter comes along. After that I’m not sure but I definitely want to continue.
The Online RPG Group
October turned out to be long dry spell but otherwise the Demon: the Descent game is unfolding wonderfully. The plot is turning out to be deeper and more convoluted than expected with lots of subplots for all the PCs.Now I just need to keep recurring NPC list small as possible.
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