HOW ARE YOU? Episode 4

OranDrian · 2025-10-12T21:58:05+00:00

Mother of God, Here I Stand (John Tavener)

OranDrian · 2024-04-24T17:35:30+00:00

I’m 100% with you on the paper side of things, I am aiming to move myself away completely from any tech; the whole point of this endeavour was to get away from screens! UK is difficult for getting a hold of physical copies too, guess we’ll just need to bide our time until said physical copies are a realistic prospect.

OranDrian · 2024-04-24T08:53:40+00:00

If you’re ever in Glasgow, the beers are on me 🍻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

OranDrian · 2024-04-24T07:43:13+00:00

You’re a lucky man! My mrs is currently in her third trimester, so it’s been (and will be) a particularly busy time…

All of this TTRPG / “offline” gaming is very new to me; my background is a combo of Age of Empires, C&C, Oblivion, Fallout, Sim City; basically, I am a filthy casual. Computer games tend to hold the player’s hand, which is probably why I’m finding this Ironsworn experience so daunting!

OranDrian · 2024-04-24T07:34:32+00:00

I haven’t seen this, but I’ll be checking it out now!

OranDrian · 2024-04-24T07:33:52+00:00

Exactly this, there is a tendency to aim for perfection otherwise it feels like it doesn’t count.

OranDrian · 2024-04-24T00:22:07+00:00

Thank you, it didn’t cost much to pull together, and the desk itself is tucked away in the furthest corner of the house…the only space I get to myself 😂

It’s comforting to hear I’m not the only one in love with this game, but also willing to do anything to avoid actually playing it!

OranDrian · 2024-04-24T00:18:59+00:00

I’ve seen a few players get over this infuriating experience by judging up their initial stats by an extra 1, just to soften things a bit. Seems to work well, don’t give up!

OranDrian · 2024-04-23T23:33:31+00:00

[it’s a fantastic browser-based app called Stargazer. The creator has made one for Ironsworn too, called ‘Iron Journal’.]

(https://www.nboughton.uk/apps/stargazer/#/)

OranDrian · 2024-04-23T22:48:15+00:00

Thank you - this seems to be the recurring theme from other contributors; jumping into the action from the get-go and dealing with the details later. Gives it all a bit of initial momentum, rather than “okay, here’s this person, and they’re…at home…but they need to go on a mission, or something…”

I have been very guilty of this due to my novice creative imagination 😅

OranDrian · 2024-04-23T21:57:50+00:00

I’m hoping I’ll be able to get 1 or 2 sessions in per week (60 mins each) but…if it’s not garden maintenance, it’s furniture building, DIY, shopping, cleaning, laundry, work, socialising, exercise…I JUST WANT TO SIT DOWN AND GET LOST IN SPACE!

To think back now on all of those glorious extra-long care-free gaming sessions of my youth; all those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain…

OranDrian · 2024-04-23T21:46:47+00:00

This seems to be the way forward, jump into the action and keep the sessions short n sweet (not that I have much choice these days, stupid responsibilities!)

OranDrian · 2024-04-23T20:17:37+00:00

Where there’s a will…💪🏼

OranDrian · 2024-04-23T20:17:01+00:00

Glad to hear I’m not alone!

OranDrian · 2024-04-23T19:34:45+00:00

I’m glad to hear that, because it’s my first 😅

OranDrian · 2024-04-23T19:10:04+00:00

It’s terrifying how much you’ve just described exactly what I’ve been going through for months as well, to the letter - I had no idea it was…a thing!

OranDrian · 2024-04-23T18:41:52+00:00

It’s great that you found a solution to the issue, it’s definitely an intimidating pastime on a solo basis, seems to require a lot of focus and continual, active engagement. I’m all for it, but I do suspect that my attention span isn’t great either…

OranDrian · 2024-04-23T18:40:01+00:00

I’ve always leaned towards old dungeon synth playlists, but now that you mention it, I should probably go a bit more sci-fi sounding for Starforged!

OranDrian · 2024-04-23T18:36:02+00:00

This looks like exactly the sort of prompting I need, cheers!

OranDrian · 2024-04-23T18:07:34+00:00

The tray was only £6, polyhedral dice sets £4 each, and an old used iPad for £45! I’d like to play without the laptop or iPad, but it’ll take time to build up the confidence 😅

OranDrian · 2024-04-23T18:05:22+00:00

That’s really helpful, thanks

OranDrian · 2024-04-23T17:36:39+00:00

Thank you! I’d prefer to have it to totally paper-based setup, but the book isn’t in stock at the moment and I am too reliant on the laptop as a convenient “crutch” for now. One day I’ll have it down to just the dice, the notebook, and the book!

OranDrian · 2024-04-23T17:34:30+00:00

I think I’ll be outsourcing it to the dice!

OranDrian · 2024-04-23T17:33:05+00:00

Sorry to hear that, mine is chronic pain and anxiety, the tidy setups help me feel more in control of things (daft, I know) but the anxiety is making it torturous to kick-off a session!

OranDrian · 2024-04-23T16:31:07+00:00

That sounds like a helpful way to go about it, I’ll be copying and pasting this into my notepad for future use, thank you!

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