The day dads became strangely interested in their kid’s afternoon show

(And certainly some moms who discovered something about themselves 🤣)

He surely got more than the visions in his head… got the voices too

The good old adage: “you don’t have a gambling addiction as long as you keep winning”

I haven’t been keeping up with the Linux gaming launchers space … do I understand that Lutris has been surpassed?

Ouh! Love me some “Dark Forest hypothesis” existential dread 😁

I don’t remember the math, but you lose return on investment after a certain percentage of coverage.

Dyson Grids are the future!!! 😜

Good point that naming it “Gulf of Americas” would solve all issues 😅

Funny how a single “S” prevented a hit and gave us shit

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I thought the “Gulf War” was in fact the “GOLF War” and was happening at a golf course near our home… like … halfway to see uncle Peter!! 😅

I think you first need to pass the Satanic bar exam to call yourself a devil’s advocate

Just to add to that answer, I’d the biggest difference is the grim powerlessness. The players can barely delay the inevitable and most will probably die in the process.

There are way more skills aimed at investigations, and the goal are often more aimed towards a McGuffin that solves the issues, or sometimes the goal is simply to just be able to leave in one piece and hope someone else cleans the mess 😅. (There’s actually a fan story adapted into a RPG called « Delta Green » where you play a secret military tasked with dealing with mythos threats)

As D&D is the epic hero’s journey where Gandalf saves everyone at the last minute, CoC is the horror thriller where the protagonist dies, only a rando side character survives and walks off screen as the dead monster opens its eyes again just before cutting to black.

It’s been a long time…

But then they changed what “it” was