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I’m curious to know if anyone in the #minipainting sphere can help me identify these wee army men with a very colonial marines aesthetic. Pewter from mid to late 90s if memory serves which it rarely does. I’m thinking they were in an unbranded bag in a bargain bin. Airdry clay base on right front took a whack and crumbled. Also are some larger monsters finally getting attention after waiting since 2020 when I went all in on #SoloRoleplaying

looks like i have began my first ever #ttrpg tale, and oh man have i gone down a rabbit hole… i blame @birv2 who was careless enough to mention solo rpg system #ironsworn and omg it's completely nsfw, hell it's nsfwfl (as in: work, family and life), — thank you!

anyways, i have zero exp. with this — not only the #soloRolePlaying, but i've never actually played ad&d (computer versions don't count here) if you can believe it. so i learn as i go, and it must be ugly; also i'm blending in a lot of #dwarfFortress stuff because i just love df.

so it started a bit like this: a young dwarf deprived of heritage vows to go to the edge of the world to find a long since forgotten city, restart a mythical forge and accomplish the task of his late father by creating a legendary weapon. he would stay at home and actually learn a craft, but well, what do you expect of those youngsters? says his much older companion, a grumpy scarred axedwarf who has seen danger before. but it's going to be oh so much fun and we'll see the world! says the other companion, a young and almost elfishly curious dwarf fascinated by myths of gods and giants. and the three know nothing about why the old city is in ruins and such a powerful forge is cold and unused…

I was thinking to get a game of Umbra in at lunch time.

This is a space themed version of Delve, also by Anna Blackwell from Blackwell games: blackwellwriter.com/products/u

You draw cards from a deck and draw a map with a tower defence mechanic.

Then I re-read the intro and I was absolutely put off.
I know it is mostly flavour, but it could easilly be about being the alien life form defending their territories instead of the colonist defending stolen territories.

And then the myth of a relic/weapon that has to be searched would also work. Then it is just part of said alien culture, not something you heard from some alien in a shaddy pub.

I hope that if Anna Blackwell does another version, the premise will be turned on its head.