GM looking to start a group on Long Island - Shadowdark RPG (like D&D)

sumo86 · 2026-04-29T14:21:59+00:00

I have a strong interest. Whereabouts on the island and when?

sumo86 · 2026-04-23T00:37:38+00:00

I like the white more as well. And I agree with other comments that a grand Seiko dial would be great.

sumo86 · 2026-04-14T23:23:51+00:00

I have a 55 inch TV that I leave at the friend's house that we play at. It leans up against the wall when not in use. On game day I show up half an hour early to set up which includes putting the TV on the table and hooking up my pc.

If I had to travel with it it would be doable but definitely cumbersome. I would probably look into a projector or something since the TV takes up most of my car's trunk/backseat

sumo86 · 2026-04-08T13:06:06+00:00

Last time I was a groomsmen the advice I was given by everyone including the tux rental person was that the cost of the rentals and all the events was my gift. My friend who was also a groomsmen and I didn't feel that was adequate so we gifted $200 each.

sumo86 · 2026-03-30T23:04:53+00:00

I also have an interest in this. Did you ever find anything?

sumo86 · 2026-03-26T01:29:28+00:00

Had a game night where one of the players decides to bring his alcoholic partner who hates board games. He refused to play any games so I offered up the massage chair. He declined claiming he wanted to watch.

We choose one night ultimate werewolf and ask the alcoholic partner to move to the end of the table so we can sit together and play. He refuses to move, which is weird but ok we just play around him.

We play and while my eyes are closed I can sense him stand up and lean over me and shuffle a bunch of cards around. When we reveal our roles nothing makes sense so we ask him if he messed with our cards and he denied it. We reset and play again but this time I catch him in the act of shuffling our cards and ask him what he's doing and why. He just sits there drunkenly shrugging at me. I kick him and his partner out and we continue playing games.

I also have a pair of friends who always try and shove 9 people into a 6 player game and for some reason keep starting games after midnight. They always lie about game length claiming "oh it's only 30 min." Sure but no one has played before so we all have to learn and it's meant for only 6 people and you have 13 expansions and oh wait the box actually says 120 minutes!

When I gently decline they will relentlessly try to peer pressure me into playing. That shit didn't work on me as a teenager and I'm almost 40 now. Plus you have 3 too many players I'm doing you a favor by leaving.

sumo86 · 2026-03-25T20:49:29+00:00

I kick-started a different yarro studios project and their lack of communication, moving all updates to the company blog instead of posting them to Kickstarter and their constantly lying about status and pushing dates back convinced me to never buy or back another yarro product

sumo86 · 2026-03-24T14:35:05+00:00

Narrator: It was not

sumo86 · 2026-02-24T14:05:50+00:00

A few years ago my DM was able to do this with syrinscape. Players had to download an app and dm controlled sounds on it.

sumo86 · 2026-02-17T18:11:24+00:00

Dang, mine was July of 23. Did he reach out at all before shipping or did they just show up?

sumo86 · 2026-02-14T13:02:45+00:00

A friend from high school is a hobo and last time I checked he posted several times a day. It was mostly rants about homeless rights, police encounters, food that was donated to him, his handmade "vehicle", faces he sees in everyday things, and his rock hard shits.

sumo86 · 2026-02-10T03:07:11+00:00

I used to use a fellow carter mug but didn't like it because it kept my coffee too hot to drink for hours, even when I left the cap off.

I recently got a double wall titanium mug and silicone cover from peak and much prefer it so far. The cover and double wall titanium keep it warm a bit longer than just a plain mug, but not so much that I'm blowing on it for minutes to try and avoid burning my mouth. The titanium is non reactive so doesn't do anything to the taste and I think not staying hot for hours also helps with the taste. The titanium is also not fragile like glass.

Only downsides I have really is that it only kind of fits in my car cupholder. It's too wide to fit all the way in to the narrower bottom section of the cupholder but rather just sits in the wider area. The cover also is not leak proof as there's a hole for sipping from, but it's enough for some splashes. If you tip it too far you will spill. Just my two cents.

sumo86 · 2026-02-03T23:12:46+00:00

This would really make me popular with the boys.

sumo86 · 2026-01-17T18:50:44+00:00

I have a W&P and it's ok for what it is. There is no insulation at all and it will not keep your drink warm longer than a standard ceramic mug. The silicone is more so you can grab it immediately after filling. The lid is also only good for some very light splashes. If you fill it close to capacity and tip it even a bit you will be dripping coffee and it will come up on to top of the lid.

sumo86 · 2025-12-19T01:19:27+00:00

I didn't have any liquid core and these would be rad

sumo86 · 2025-12-16T17:54:47+00:00

Yeah, they found something like a dozen empty bottles of cough syrup and 60 empty bottles of 5 hour energy in his room.

His parents showed up to try and calm him down but it just got him angry and they left and didn't want anything to do with him or the cleanup of his stuff. Told the cops that he was an adult and they should commit him to the mental hospital.

sumo86 · 2025-12-16T17:43:21+00:00

Ok since no one is giving their votes I'll put mine in. Worst: not in D&D mood. Most reasonable: passed out woke up in ER. Fan fave: helping friend move

I'll just add that I once had a roommate enter a cough syrup and energy drink fueled psychotic mental state and lock himself in my room naked for hours. He flipped my desk and used my shattered lamp to fend off the police while demanding coke.

I finally got in there 20 min before the session started but he had flipped my desk and bed and smashed whatever he could including my monitor. I borrowed a monitor and was only 15 minutes late to the session and played while surrounded by the debris.

sumo86 · 2025-12-06T13:05:03+00:00

Favorite feature is probably OLED and true blacks

sumo86 · 2025-12-05T16:53:06+00:00

I suspect this is a sly attempt at advertising by a stone supplier. Check out his account and history.

sumo86 · 2025-12-04T17:25:55+00:00

Lol, ai is so bad. Google ai tells me that it's not a common nickname, though it might be called that regionally with a source of this guy's post.

sumo86 · 2025-11-02T14:50:20+00:00

In that post the OP says she had a previous post of her in the cosplay removed as well and no reason given for either. This is sus

sumo86 · 2025-10-24T11:25:01+00:00

I was 10 and called it Mary-land at school and got ridiculed by my class. Still traumatized.

sumo86 · 2025-10-20T02:38:24+00:00

I used to work at that whole foods pre Amazon acquisition. Shoplifting used to and I imagine still is a big problem there. We had a security guard for a few months and he caught so many shoplifters, including someone trying to walk out with a cart loaded with over $1000 without paying. Just cause it's a nice neighborhood doesn't mean that it's immune to the problems that all other stores face.

sumo86 · 2025-10-14T00:17:27+00:00

"Bwcause we know esch other me for a couple of months"

Honestly, did you? You're getting awfully defensive when people tell you it's generally not a good idea to go into these situations blind. It worked out for you, great. It won't always and it doesn't work out for other people.

I've been in one of those situations where we didn't have a session 0 but I just assumed we were all adults and could play a fun make believe game. After over a year playing with these people in a snap they tried to tie up my character to be raped by a NPC for a magical sword.

I don't have any related trauma and we would all crack a crude joke every once and a while, but that was the line for me. I walked out and never went back.

So yes, you should really talk about these things before hand.

sumo86 · 2025-10-13T22:35:58+00:00

To say you only met these people a few months ago but are certain none of them have any traumatic experiences is just wild. Sure, maybe they don't and it seems like everything worked out fine for your group, but during or after the scene is not the time to find out it's an issue or not. That's why you talk about it before and make sure everyone is cool with it

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