#327

Jan 5, 2025

Books

This week I read:

Roleplaying Games

The Halls of Arden Vul

Every week I ask the players what they plan to do next, and almost every week something happens to derail that. Ah well, it’s why we play: it would be boring if everything went as planned all the time.

This time the players found a secret door, a secret back entrance to a sublevel they’ve previously only glimpsed the main entrance to. There’s some weird stuff going on, they’re not quite sure what happened here, but one thing’s for sure: they can make a lot of money if they’re able to remove the loot without angering the animated statues or powerful ghost!

Akkadian

I took this week off as well (as it was still partly December) but now it’s time to hit the books again. I think I’ll stick with my previous schedule of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays; but I need to make sure I’m balancing study time with translation time, as translating real texts is much more fun than just working through grammar exercises.

Miscellaneous

I’ve been playing a lot of Caves of Qud this week. Definitely a new favourite. I’m slowly getting the hang of it, there have been many character deaths (last one got dismembered by fish), but each time I learn from my mistakes and die in a different way!