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Tonight! Like every Monday night, Inspired Unreality starts at 9:00 Central. Opening topic tonight is Family Game. Do you play D&D with your family? We love our three generation D&D games. Viv and I playing with our kids and grandkids. Our family game tradition predates grandkids. And that was a while back.

As always Inspired Unreality is in the gamerplus chatrooms at Tenkar's Tavern on Discord. If you've never been to Tenkar's Tavern we have an invitation for you here.

https://gamerplus.org/index

Follow Me And Die started a post about Solo RPGs and the discussion continues. I've never played solo but I listened to his podcast and I can see how it can help get the creative juices flowing. ZDL recommended the Mythic rules for solo play.

https://gamerplus.org/newsfeed/4081

Also we have a group for Solo Tabletop Games.

https://gamerplus.org/groups/7

Megan and I discussed our twitch streams last week on Inspired Unreality and let me tell you, it doesn't get more unreal than twitch. I continued to improve my HairyLarryLand twitch studio and I commented on it here.

https://gamerplus.org/newsfeed/4080

If you like to spend hundreds on the hope of making tens twitch is for you. Good thing I'm retired. Actually my twitch stream serves two purposes. Structured practice and video production. I now have two videos posted that are excerpted from my stream.

https://peertube.hairylarry.rocks/video-channels/twitch/videos

So do you have a twitch stream? One of the things Megan and I discussed was RPGs on twitch. How does that work? Do you have a regular or occasional family game? My contact info is below. Better yet post your thoughts on Gamer+.

Thanks,
Hairy Larry
https://gamerplus.org/user/hairylarry
hairylarry@curators.mixremix.cc
hairylarry@deltaboogie.com

Join us tonight at the Inspired Unreality open game chat. We'll be in the gamerplus chatrooms at Tenkar's Tavern on Discord. Starts at 9:00 Central. Everyone is welcome. All gaming is on topic.

The opening topic will be The Importance Of NPCs. Got an opinion? Come vent. Bring your own topic. If you haven't been to Tenkar's Tavern we have an invite for you here.

https://gamerplus.org/index

Two weeks ago we recorded the Related To Geeks Podcast with guests Levi Combs and Will Hose. "What players love. What players hate. What DMs love. What DMs hate." It was a hoot. And it's up on Anchor.

https://gamerplus.org/newsfeed/3675

Follow Me And Die has a new video up, Roll20 For The Absolute Beginner No. 23 - The End Is Near For Legacy Dynamic Lighting.

https://gamerplus.org/newsfeed/3674

Sound and Larry both like Carl's picture from his B/X game at FLGS. Check out this miniature photography of an actual table in play.

https://gamerplus.org/newsfeed/2093

If you have some photos of your miniatures we'd love to see them.

We always start the Related to Geeks Podcast with our geek agendas. My geek agenda is I'm writing a book, Beginning Algorithmic Composition, for my composition lesson this term. I'll post a link when it's published.

Thanks,
Hairy Larry
https://gamerplus.org/user/hairylarry
hairylarry@curators.mixremix.cc
hairylarry@deltaboogie.com

Join us for Inspired Unreality open game chat tonight. Inspired Unreality is held every Monday night at 9:00 Central in the gamerplus chatrooms at Tenkars Tavern on Discord. All gaming is on topic. If you've never been to Tenkar's Tavern we have an invite for you here.

https://gamerplus.org/index

Last week we recorded the Related To Geeks Podcast. It was a lot of fun when those who are Related to Geeks were joined by Levi Combs and Will Hose to discuss "What players love. What players hate. What DMs love. What DMs hate". Mostly we leaned toward the love. Stay tuned in and I will let you know when the podcast is posted. Lots of great tips for players and DMs.

I hope you've been enjoying the winter weather as much as we have here in Arkansas. Compared to Texas we didn't really have it too bad. All prayers for those still suffering from the extreme cold and ice.

Follow Me And Die posts about "My thoughts on Getting Started with Science Fiction RPGs."

https://gamerplus.org/newsfeed/3568

For a discussion about card games go here.

https://gamerplus.org/newsfeed/3531

ZDL posted a new Fringe Review: Bloodshadows: Fantasy-Noir Roleplaying. If you haven't already read it it's up to her highly detailed standard.

https://gamerplus.org/blogs/post/560

Don't forget to join us tonight on Inspired Unreality.

Thanks,
Hairy Larry
https://gamerplus.org/user/hairylarry
hairylarry@curators.mixremix.cc
hairylarry@deltaboogie.com

Related To Geeks Podcast Monday, February 15.

Monday night at 9:00 Central.
Related To Geeks Podcast
With guests Levi Combs and Will Hose
What DMs love. What DMs hate. What players love. What players hate.

In the gamerplus chat rooms at Tenkar's Tavern on Discord.

Everyone is welcome. If you are new to Tenkar's Tavern we have an invite for you here.

https://gamerplus.org/index

Follow Me And Die has been waiting on this moment and we've been chronicling it's immanence. "Hurray! Not sure what time this happened, but thank you to all you re-tweeted and especially to all who subbed. I took the day off work, so I'll put out a video later today." Congrats on 1K Youtube subscribers.

https://gamerplus.org/newsfeed/3498

ZDL says, "新年快乐！ (Happy New Year!)"

https://gamerplus.org/newsfeed/3476

I posted 4 photos and a link to the Petar Meseldzija gallery. These are not public domain but they are fantastic.

https://gamerplus.org/photo/useralbum/hairylarry/99

So have a gander. Check some links. Make a post or a comment. And come join our podcast tonight.

Thanks,
Hairy Larry
https://gamerplus.org/user/hairylarry
hairylarry@curators.mixremix.cc
hairylarry@deltaboogie.com

Gamer+ News August 3, 2020

Tonight on the Related To Geeks Podcast we will talk about Dungeons &
Dragons as represented in other media like movies, television, books,
and music. This is an open game chat and everyone is welcome. The
Related To Geeks Podcast will be held at 9:00 PM Central in the
gamerplus chatrooms at Tenkar's Tavern on Discord.

The Related To Geeks Book Club podcast about Brandon Sanderson's
"Warbreaker" has been posted.

https://anchor.fm/relatedtogeeks/episodes/Related-To-Geeks-Book-Club--- Season-1--Episode-7---Warbreaker-ehi53j

Alan made a couple of announcements about his Chronicles Of Ember
Starter Set that should be available now. This looks like a good way to
get into this cold, dangerous, fuzzy RPG. If you like games where you
actually get scared The Chronicles Of Ember is for you.

https://gamerplus.org/newsfeed/2377

And added to Links:

https://gamerplus.org/links

Here's an interesting Youtube channel called Tabletop Bellhop, your
cardboard concierge. Interesting videos about all kinds of tabletop
gaming.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCez3_cu7peTRAcb1ZJF4j5A

If you haven't read Order Of The Stick you've got hours of fun in front
of you.

https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots.html

Let me know what's new in your world of gaming. Message, email, or,
best of all, post about what you've been doing at Gamer+.

Thanks,
Hairy Larry
https://gamerplus.org/user/hairylarry
hairylarry@curators.mixremix.cc
hairylarry@gmail.com

Gamer+ News June 22, 2020

Tonight, at 9:00 PM Central, on Inspired Unreality we will be talking to Vivian Heyl about family games, how to play DnD with kids, expecially your kids. Please join us in the gamerplus chatrooms at Tenkar's Tavern on Discord. Inspired Unreality is an open game chat. Everyone is welcome.

Last week at the Related To Geeks Book Club Megan and I talked about "Circe" by Madeline Miller. We both liked "Circe" and we're going to read Miller's earlier book "Song Of Achilles", another fantasy novel based on Greek mythology.

Then we decided on the books for the next three months.

July 20 - Warbreaker - Brandon Sanderson
August 17 - Armada - Ernest Cline
September 21 - Gilgamesh

The Brandon Sanderson book is licensed Creative Commons. Sanderson discusses what this means here.

https://www.brandonsanderson.com/warbreaker-rights-explanation/

"Warbreaker" is available for free download on unglue.it. Mobi, epub, and pdf formats are available.

https://unglue.it/work/7775/

I've done a lot of work on the Related To Geeks website, integrating it into Gamer+ and reposting photos and links to Gamer+.

Here's the photos.

https://gamerplus.org/photo/userphotos/relatedtogeeks

Here's the links.

https://gamerplus.org/links

And here's the website.

https://relatedtogeeks.com/

I also posted a Related To Geeks Podcast about House Rules.

https://gamerplus.org/newsfeed/2282

Join us tonight on Inspired Unreality. It's going to be a good discussion.

Thanks,
Hairy Larry
https://gamerplus.org/user/hairylarry
hairylarry@deltaboogie.com

Gamer+ News June 1, 2020

Tonight on Inspired Unreality it's the Related To Geeks Podcast. We will be discussing "Podcasts and Vlogs - producing audio and video for the internet", in the gamerplus chat rooms at Tenkar's Tavern on discord. Inspired Unreality is open game chat. Everyone is invited to participate.

In two weeks we will host the Related To Geeks Book Club. Our book for June is "Circe" by Madeline Miller. Because it takes most of us more than a day to read a novel I try to make announcements in advance. For more about the Related To Geeks Book Club and to make suggestions for our upcoming reads here's the link to the group.

https://gamerplus.org/groups/28

I enjoyed the Circle Of Worldbuilders Masterclass. I didn't have time to
tune in on Sunday but they will be posting the whole class and the notes for people to view/read on their own time.

https://gamerplus.org/newsfeed/2221

More pictures in Tabletop Inspiration. Have you ever played The Battle For Wesnoth fantasy adventure video game? Well not only is it a great game but there's a lot of fantasy art made available under Creative Commons or GPL licenses. Enjoy!

https://gamerplus.org/groups/35

Please forward this newletter to your game playing friends. Stay in touch and stay creative.

Thanks,
Hairy Larry
https://gamerplus.org/user/hairylarry
hairylarry@deltaboogie.com

Gamer+ News April 6, 2020

Inspired Unreality hosts the Related To Geeks Podcast tonight at 9:00 PM Central. We will be in the gamerplus chatrooms at Tenkar's Tavern on Discord. If you have never been on Tenkar's Tavern I have an invite for you on the Gamer+ website.

https://gamerplus.org/

Check out Carl's Adventures in 3D Printing. He's scaling his miniatures and painting them. Lookin' Good.

https://gamerplus.org/photo/useralbum/CarlHeyl/83

I moved my 3D printer into my office and I've printed a few new miniatures too. It only took a moderate amount of carpentry work to fix the table for the printer.

FollowMeAndDie has started a Twitch stream for his Roll20 For The Absolute Beginner videos.

https://gamerplus.org/newsfeed/2151

Join the conversation at Gamer+. Make a comment or start your own topic. Let us know what you've been doing.

Thanks,
Hairy Larry
https://gamerplus.org/user/hairylarry
hairylarry@deltaboogie.com

Gamer+ News January 20, 2020

Tonight! On Inspired Unreality! It's the Related To Geeks Book Club.

We are reading "The Tower Of The Elephant" by Robert E. Howard. One of the first Conan stories.

http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0600831h.html

There's still time to read it. It's a short story.

Coming up in February and March we will read.

February 17 - Little Brother by Corey Doctorow
https://craphound.com/littlebrother/download/

March 16 - The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Available on Overdrive and at libraries and booksellers everywhere.

If you have ideas about what you want to read after that we have a group for that.

https://gamerplus.org/groups/28

You are invited to join and participate.

Imspired Unreality is held in the gamerplus chatrooms at Tenkar's Tavern on Discord. It's a book club and a podcast so we will be recording.

We posted two podcasts last week recorded on Inspired Unreality.

Related To Geeks - 2019 Geek Agenda
https://anchor.fm/relatedtogeeks/episodes/Related-To-Geeks---Season-2-Episode-5---2019-Geek-Agenda-ea77l4

Ask The Glen anything (about cyberpunk)
https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/ea9k16

Back at work organizing If You Play You Win actual play podcasts. Spark wants to run a game. Anyone else?

https://gamerplus.org/groups/26

I now have three Mini Zines up at DriveThruRPG/Fiction. "Just Quest" is a very minimal OSR rule set. "Chaos In The Eye Of God" and "Yon Rogar’s Hat" are super shorts. They're free on DriveThru and on my Mini Zines website.

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/15994/MiniZines

https://www.drivethrufiction.com/browse.php?author=Larry%20Heyl

http://minizines.cc

What have you been doing? Let me know. Let us all know. Post your links to Gamer+ and I'll include your project in Gamer+ News.

Thanks,
Hairy Larry
https://gamerplus.org/user/hairylarry
hairylarry@deltaboogie.com

Links for If You Play You Win.

file area

http://guitarshowdown.com/hll/public/ea2f45

whiteboard

https://www.webwhiteboard.com/board/8vztc54q

Here's an invite link to Tenkar's Tavern on Discord.

https://discordapp.com/invite/Dqz3VmT

Discord runs on everything, PC, Mac, Linux, Android, and IOS. Install Discord and then take the invite link. When you are in Tenkar's Tavern leave a message in the Common Room. You should be validated in about 10 minutes. You cannot leave a message in the gamerplus rooms until you are validated.

Questions or problems? Message me on Gamer+.

https://gamerplus.org/user/hairylarry

You can join us anytime to play or listen. The game starts at 7:00 Eastern/6:00 Central.

Thanks