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HeroQuest and Dungeons & Dragons have been at the fore for me this week, and the fediverse has been a nice grounding spot amid all of the gaming highlights.
An angelic man miniature stands between two women ghosts.

HeroQuest and Dungeons & Dragons have been at the fore for me this week, and the fediverse has been a nice grounding spot amid all of the gaming highlights.

This morning I played HeroQuest on the second map @Blueberrymess made for her 31 Mini Maps.

Yesterday Cloudcry the barbarian bested skeletons in a tomb and today Melody the elf survived an ambush by zombies in a cemetery.

I really like the touch of items left at the graves on this map. I imagined Melody mourning a recently buried loved one and adding to those items before being interrupted by the undead.

A HeroQuest elf miniature faces off with 4 zombies on a hand drawn cemetery map: "Illustration in a top down view of a field with several tombstones and some bushes."
A HeroQuest elf miniature faces off with 3 zombies on the corner of a hand drawn cemetery map: "Illustration in a top down view of a field with several tombstones and some bushes."
A HeroQuest character sheet for Melody the elf.
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Celestine had a birthday party to attend in Bayer’s Lake today and after that we visited my sister at the library where she works.

We had to stop to honour the book gnome, which was partly hidden by the grasses around him.

A statue of a gnome reading a book is partly obscured by grasses.
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Today I was able to sit down for the sixth quest of First Light in HeroQuest.

The quest has a set piece battle where the players take over for one side of a battle between villains. Thankfully, that weakened the dragon enough for my heroes to quickly dispatch him, grab the Ring of Return, and scramble through the chambers to escape with their lives.

A HeroQuest board has been set up with three of four heroes about to enter through a wooden door. A barbarian has stormed a room with orcs.
A HeroQuest board has many goblins and orcs in a room with a dragon while dread warriors are about to enter the room. Through a mostly closed door a group of four heroes watch.
On a HeroQuest board a dwarf battles an abomination while other heroes race to catch up.
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@Blueberrymess made a cabin for her third mini map. There was a hook in the details.

Our wizard Harmony returned home to his cabin and settled in for relaxation. That meant knitting a new loincloth for the barbarian and having a snack while reading a tome. As he finally kicked off his slippers to get into bed, his door was kicked in by orcs, who targeted him for his interference with their lord. A couple fire spells and a staff blow ended them.

A wizard miniature and three orc miniatures have been placed on a hand drawn map of a cabin. The wizard is placed beside a bed and the orcs by the entrance.
A wizard miniature and three orc miniatures have been placed on a hand drawn map of a cabin. The wizard stands by one wall and the orcs are by the door.
A wizard miniature and two orc miniatures have been placed on a hand drawn map of a cabin. The orcs are surrounding the wizard.
A wizard miniature has been placed on a bed on a hand drawn map. His head rests on a pillow, he holds a staff, and magic fire erupts from his hand.
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There’s a real silliness to Netherwilds’ peasant metal, but I love the peasant uprising, working class energy of “The Fall”.

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I’ve been slowly grinding away at EarthBound Beginnings and made it to the train station, so I’ve been able to listen to “MOTHER,” She Wrote up through episode 5. The podcast continues to enrich my experience of the game.

A hand holds a purple R36S handheld with EarthBound Beginnings playing on the screen. A battle is happening in the game against a scientist and a robot.
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It was D&D night.

We solved a puzzle, chatted with a ghost, summoned a ghostly companion, and made short work of a boss.

Our characters now have a big house in Neverwinter as a reward.

Interior decorating and being level 11 next time!

An angelic man miniature stands between two women ghosts.
Dry erase markers and dice rest in the back of a dice tray. The dice have 4, 6, or 8 sides and are multiple colours.
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@Blueberrymess released a garden for her fourth map this month. I finally got to play some HeroQuest on it today.

Echostone the dwarf is passionate about his garden and was tending to it after his recent adventuring. When some raiding orcs surrounded him while he was watering his cabbages, he leaped into combat and defended his precious plants.

A miniature of a dwarf has been placed on a hand drawn map of a garden. Orc miniatures have been placed surrounding the garden.
A dwarf miniature is flanked by orcs on a hand drawn garden map.
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