It's been a while since I wrote. I fucked around with Foundry for a few weeks and ended up not loving it. There is a lot you can do with it for sure, and there are many more games available on that platform than there are on Roll20 (at least, the ones that we play). But I got entirely sick of fiddling around with settings every time I touched the thing. So as me brudder pointed out, you can set things up exactly the way you want them (true), and you get better at it the more that you do it (also true). I'm sure I'll go back to it at some point, when we are playing OSE or something, but for now, I think I'll stick with Roll20 for the games I am running/would like to run.
But even Roll20 is getting a bit fancy, which brings me to my thoughts about AI. Just screwing about, I was able to make a short .gif of an AI generated video that captured what was in my imagination with near perfection. It looks awesome, and I was able to add it to Roll20. Really cool for atmosphere. So instead of me trying to describe what is in my imagination, I outsourced it to Grok, which scoured the internet for other people's work then regurgitated it for me.
I admit, I found it a bit depressing, but AI is now everywhere, all the time. It is unavoidable. How much I want it to be a part of my life is something I think about a great deal. For me, the core satisfactions I get from this hobby are social (it is something I do with my friends) and imaginative (it is my creative outlet). While AI and VTTs are helpful tools--and to be honest, we wouldn't be playing at all without a VTT (or would we? More on that in a moment)-- I have this uneasy feeling that AI is going to consume everything if we let it. If you are interested (whoever you are, reading this unremarkable blog) you can see my deeper thoughts on the subject here: Against the Machine
Tolkien hated the Machine, too, so I will stand with the dwarves of Erebor and pledge myself to resistance in this most important part of my life. Make no peace with evil. Curses to Smaug!
So, anhwhoo, I have been reading and writing some DCC content. Thus far, I've completed three DCC adventures and I'm kicking around an idea for a fourth. We've been playing The Lord of the Rings (the Free League 5e variant) with Dan in the DMs chair, and we've all been enjoying it a lot. Last night we tried Basic Role Playing on Foundry--Dennis running the show-- and had a good time with it. It was just a short science fiction scenario based on the old TV show Space: Above and Beyond, and it was a lot of fun. I am hoping to re-engage with my C&C Barrowgate game in the very near future. That is a good campaign that we all like.
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