There once was a poster online
who stacked strawmen neatly in line
on a slope slick with spin
they kept sliding right in
declaring each fall a design

Please accept this hug from an internet stranger that is likely heading down the same road… hoping the symptoms end up being a huge nothingburger, but if not then I’m going to miss my hobbyist equipment.

No, some people just do contentious things without any real purpose.

Paraphrasing a quote I head years ago: Americans will always do the right thing, after exhausting all other possibilities.

Darklands - a cRPG released in 1992 by Microprose. It’s set in medieval Germany; you are a party of fledgling adventurers looking to build fame and money, and somehow you get pulled into a battle against the forces of the apocalypse. Instead of magic, you invoke saints and use alchemy to craft potions. I loved it when I was younger, and I still, somehow, enjoy it today.

If you hate the following things, then I highly recommend checking it out!

• great graphics
• good music and sound design
• easy to understand game mechanics
• stable, bug-free game play
• yourself