The1True
My my my, we just loooove to hear ourselves don't we?
Kind of a weird question bros: I've got a buddy I used to game with. He was a big D&D fan; knew all the rules, liked to tinker with the system, put his players through deadly simulationist scenarios etc. When I had a particularly brutal breakup back in the day, he was there, dragging me down to Hamilton to run a game for his players, get drunk and generally pull myself out of the tailspin. D&D Therapy.
Aww it's a beautiful story. Wait, there's more.
Now it's this guy's turn to get hamstrung by an ex. I and all of his friends have tried to be there for him, but he's just Leaving Las Vegas-levels of checking out. Left his PHD program, lost his job, in and out of rehab, hopping from couch to couch. Last I heard, he's finally fallen through the last threads of Canada's fairly comprehensive social net and he's on the street.
Sad fucking story, right? Dude really let this woman get to him, and let's be frank really REALLY let the bottle get to him. All he's got is the clothes on his back and his phone. His friends are doing what they can to get him cleaned up and back in the system again but we're all pretty exhausted (it's been a 7 year downward spiral).
So here's the thing. I think back to every precipice I've been on; D&D was always there. Sitting at a table with outsiders, taking a trip somewhere where we had some control over an arbitrary universe. That shit is key. This guy has an obsessive mind and what's more obsessive than this game? I want to send him one of the pocket versions to carry around and run scenarios for the guys at the shelter or the halfway house or, fuck, even the flophouse I guess. It seems to me like thinking about foofy elves has got to be a million times better than dwelling on the children who are growing up without him or the woman who wrecked him or where he's getting his next drink from. Go ahead, tell me I'm naïve...
Anyway, if anyone knows of a small, super-portable, minimal dice/peripheral retro-clone, I'd like to give it a try. This guy needs a lifeline.
Aww it's a beautiful story. Wait, there's more.
Now it's this guy's turn to get hamstrung by an ex. I and all of his friends have tried to be there for him, but he's just Leaving Las Vegas-levels of checking out. Left his PHD program, lost his job, in and out of rehab, hopping from couch to couch. Last I heard, he's finally fallen through the last threads of Canada's fairly comprehensive social net and he's on the street.
Sad fucking story, right? Dude really let this woman get to him, and let's be frank really REALLY let the bottle get to him. All he's got is the clothes on his back and his phone. His friends are doing what they can to get him cleaned up and back in the system again but we're all pretty exhausted (it's been a 7 year downward spiral).
So here's the thing. I think back to every precipice I've been on; D&D was always there. Sitting at a table with outsiders, taking a trip somewhere where we had some control over an arbitrary universe. That shit is key. This guy has an obsessive mind and what's more obsessive than this game? I want to send him one of the pocket versions to carry around and run scenarios for the guys at the shelter or the halfway house or, fuck, even the flophouse I guess. It seems to me like thinking about foofy elves has got to be a million times better than dwelling on the children who are growing up without him or the woman who wrecked him or where he's getting his next drink from. Go ahead, tell me I'm naïve...
Anyway, if anyone knows of a small, super-portable, minimal dice/peripheral retro-clone, I'd like to give it a try. This guy needs a lifeline.