End of July report

I’m not sure if this month really happened—that might just be my excuse for feeling like I didn’t get as much done as I would’ve liked to. What did happen? I aged up a whole year. I saw my family in Bloomington, which is always bittersweet (now with a touch of dangerous in the middle of a pandemic, I must admit). I’m probably forgetting something, but that feels like it’s it in terms of significant events. I beat a couple of video games, I watched a couple of movies, and I haven’t had internet for two days (outside of a few hours of spotty up-time).

I’m tired—a depressed kind of tired.

Conlang stuff report

I have no notes in my project document, which must mean nothing really happened. I have lots of greyfolk language ideas, but I haven’t written any down. Globasa turned one, which is cool! It was my plan to review it for its birthday, and I’m a bit behind, but I’ll get there.

RPG stuff report

Well, I’ve been running that Deadlands campaign using my own GURPS-Fate homebrew system. I’ll say that my highlight was introducing a new player to GURPS! The Steve Jackson Games’ GURPS 2020 PDF Challenge went really well, and I already have all of my PDFs. They’re quite great, and I’ll get around to reviewing them as a bundle quite soon.

I started a thread about alternatives to GURPS as it’s starting to feel like my GM burnout was also largely a GURPS burnout. Cortex Prime (when it’s out), Powered by the Apocalypse (maybe using Legend of the Elements), Genesys (maybe using Avatar: the Second Age), and Savage Worlds all seem to be in my future—if not also Chuubo’s Marvelous Wish-Granting Engine. Everyone Is John is definitely in my future, and it has also been in my past a handful of very fun times. I’m planning on playing it again this weekend just to give myself a much-needed break. As a forever GM, I really miss being a player sometimes. I am struggling with my perfectionist mentality for GURPS and as a GM, and it’s so counter-intuitive because, as a player, I think I’d just be happy to play again. My god, I’d welcome D&D 5e with open arms if it meant being a player again. Maybe I need to work on getting over being shy and finding a group.

Writing stuff report

This should’ve been my saving grace, but I ended up not participating in Camp NaNo. I don’t know what was up with me, but I’ve just been having this huge creative block.