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Nick Brooke
@moonbroth.bsky.social
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Nick Brooke @moonbroth.bsky.social · 1h
Merci beaucoup, mon ami!
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Nick Brooke @moonbroth.bsky.social · 2h
A thing I particularly liked was playing as an Imperial Agent *after* running other characters through a planet’s story, because now you understood what was *really* going on, and you usually got to show it off via exposition intro briefings.

(Plus, of course, your support team at HQ were great!)
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Nick Brooke @moonbroth.bsky.social · 3h
What an excellent game that was: I loved SWTOR. There’s nothing else quite like it. Having eight completely different class stories for the basic game was phenomenal: it’s such a shame the available paths narrowed so much afterwards.

(Understandable, but unfortunate.)
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Nick Brooke @moonbroth.bsky.social · 3h
I polished off the Battle for Azeroth with two new toons (a Moose Tauren Druid and a Dwarf Hunter w/ two foxy companions), then worked through Cataclysm plots on the neglected Alliance side. It was well worth the time it took to discover overlooked corners of an old but still very beautiful game.
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Nick Brooke @moonbroth.bsky.social · 3h
It turned out to be a great way of getting me to take previously-ignored or newly-available options for a spin.

For example, visiting cartoon Panda country felt silly for my Horde veterans, but my crafty Fox Monk fitted right in with the locals…
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Nick Brooke @moonbroth.bsky.social · 3h
That’s the spirit!
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Nick Brooke @moonbroth.bsky.social · 3h
Yup, that “recent expansion” was 4.5 years ago: it’s the one I’m talking about. (You see how my old paradigm diagram runs to level 120, while the new diagram runs from 1-50 for old content and 51-60 for then-new “Shadowlands”?)

One of these months, I’ll take the more recent expansions for a spin…
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Nick Brooke @moonbroth.bsky.social · 3h
And the new “Chromie Time” that dropped with Shadowlands let you ignore all that: roll a new toon, level them through one expansion of your choice, and then dive into the new stuff once you reached level 50.
Diagram showing how you could run a toon through just one of seven expansions to get them up to level 50, ready for the then-new “Shadowlands” expansion. Goodness only knows whether and how it works nowadays, but this was a brand new thing back in 2021, and it was great for casual gamers like me.
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Nick Brooke @moonbroth.bsky.social · 3h
Here’s the diagrams I made to explain it to my muggle friends. The old paradigm made you level a toon through every expansion to get to the new stuff…
A diagram showing the pre-Shadowlands levelling paradigm for World of Warcraft. Your character must play sequentially through every expansion in order to reach max level and take part in new content.
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Nick Brooke @moonbroth.bsky.social · 3h
… which was brilliant for casual players like me, who just wanted to amble through new parts of the world and learn what’s going on (or, maybe, play through a story from the other faction’s perspective).

Dunno if they’ve kept that up with the most recent releases. I’ll find out, some day.
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Nick Brooke @moonbroth.bsky.social · 3h
I pick it up again every two or three expansions to check out the new zones. There’s some fun stuff there. Can’t be dealing with endgame grind, though…

Several years back they changed it so you could level from 1-50 through any expansion (and then at level 50 you were ready for the new one)…
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Nick Brooke @moonbroth.bsky.social · 2d
If the HPLHS made them, I’m in! (Their prop set for “Masks of Nyarlathotep” is superb.)

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Masks of Nyarlathotep - Gamer Prop Set
The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society presents a deluxe and comprehensive collection of props for the Call of Cthulhu role playing game supplement Masks of Nyarlathotep. More than 100 vintage document...
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Nick Brooke @moonbroth.bsky.social · 2d
Excellent Cat! Better luck next time.
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Nick Brooke @moonbroth.bsky.social · 2d
Are you asking about the fetch-awakening stuff, or something earlier in their career?
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Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 2d
Ab Chaos #288 - Our Pendragon Classic Kickstarter is Live! Join the Quest! mailchi.mp/2f7850bd3703...
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Nick Brooke @moonbroth.bsky.social · 2d
We have lightsabers? Cool!
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Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 3d
DORK TOWER was actually named after Jenelle Jaquays’ old Judges Guild module, DUCK TOWER.

My tribute to Jenelle, last year: the January Dork Tower Patreon collector card.
DUCK TOWER parody game cover
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 3d
BREAKING: Shabana Mahmood announces that immigrants will have to recite Beowulf in its entirety in Old English, without notes, before being allowed entry to the U.K.
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Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 5d
Although #RuneQuest focuses on Dragon Pass and Prax, Greg Stafford’s world of #Glorantha includes two whole continents to explore. Many Jonstown Compendium contributors @drivethrurpg.com are devoted to fleshing out these distant exotic corners of the lozenge.
Journey to Jonstown #78: Explore Distant Lands
Although RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha focuses on homelands in Dragon Pass and Prax, Greg Stafford’s world of Glorantha includes two whole continents containing many exotic, far-flung cultures. ...
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Nick Brooke @moonbroth.bsky.social · 5d
It’s so good. I loved reading Tony Hillerman’s Leaphorn/Chee Navajo cop detective stories when I was younger, and this adaptation is 🧑‍🍳 💋.
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Nick Brooke @moonbroth.bsky.social · 5d
To be clear, that profession was “quality assurance reviewer,” and the person whose team built the AI tools we were encouraged to use in our day jobs told me they didn’t know what “hallucinations” referred to.

*eyeroll*

Nobody at my current employer has ever said “Let’s use AI” to me.
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🎃 Spooky pink cat 🎃 @hugothepinkcat.bsky.social · 6d
It works too well!
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Nick Brooke @moonbroth.bsky.social · 6d
“Let’s use AI.”
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In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

"We won't need backups"
sashette.bsky.social Natalie P (is not a vampire) 🦇 @sashette.bsky.social · 6d
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

"Aren't you a charity?"
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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 6d
Job occupations, from an 1881 census. Every one of these sounds like something a sorely provoked Captain Haddock would should at someone in times of heavy stress.
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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 8d
Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.
The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein
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