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livingmeatloaf

theshehulkproject

I (35M) own a gamestore and hold boardgame/DnD nights three times a week. I have a few tables set up in the back so people can come in and play games, along with a small 'kitchen' (really just a fridge, microwave, sink and cupboard) so people can have some snacks and drinks while playing. One of the regular groups have been playing DnD in my store on a weekly basis for the past three years (and I've sometimes joined them as a guest player), and it's always been great fun. About a year ago they had to find a new DM because their usual DM didn't have the time to dedicate to preparing campaigns anymore. While they were looking they still came in weekly, but just played regular boardgames instead. Now a few months ago this 10-year old girl (let's just call her Emma for convenience) showed up with her mother at one of the game nights. According to her mother, Emma had been spending months making all kinds of materials for playing DnD, but didn't know anyone who would play with her. So her mother wondered if it was okay for her to ask at my store if anyone would be willing to play.

The regular group was more than happy to join in for a session, and it ended up going so well they asked Emma to DM for them regularly if she wanted to. Fast forward to now and Emma is DMing two days a week, one time for the regular group and one time for one-off sessions for other people to jump in if they want. I swear this girl is a genius, she has memorised the entire player's handbook and monster guide, and made a fully homebrew campaign that's genuinely fun and exciting (though sometimes also surprisingly dark). Now for the problem. A few other people have started complaining about there being a child on game nights, saying the reason they're playing here is because they have children at home. Now that Emma is also coming to the game nights, they feel like they can't play games as they usually do because they keep having to think about whether their language or jokes are inappropriate for the presence of a child. I told them that I never said anything about providing a childfree space, so I won't be banning Emma from coming, so I'm sorry if they don't like it. But they're welcome to plan their nights on days where Emma isn't there, or find a different place to play. I did tell Emma's mother that Emma is only allowed to be here as long as one of her parents is also present (not going to take any risk). AITA for not banning children from game nights and telling people to basically suck it up?

Some D&D party is out there playing the coolest campaign ever.

nonasuch

I saw this when it was posted! Some highlights from the comments:

holy shit that kid is amazing dnd

sockablock

hamsahandprint

hellenhighwater

Okay yeah I think I could make this in a wall clock and it wouldn't be crazy. I need to talk to my grandpa--he does clockmaking and repair as a hobby--but I think that if you made the rotating light-blocking layer out of something lightweight (plastic or paper, maybe) you could probably rotate it using a high-torque clock movement, attaching the light-blocking layer where the second hand would go. If you used black paper for that layer, you'd have to perforate it a lot to let light through. A thin but sturdy plastic would probably be better; you could block light with black paint and also scatter some bits of alcohol ink so stars occasionally shine red, blue, or yellow.

The top layer you could just do as a print on heavy paper, using whatever star map you wanted, and then cut or puncture the stars out--leather punches would be easiest. Attach that to the glass face of the wall clock, covering everything inside. Then, the inside of the clock--where the face used to be--would need a reflective coating (spraypaint or aluminum tape, maybe) and LED strip lights around the edge so that there's light shining through the perforations..

You'd need power for the LED strips, but the clock movement would probably be battery powered.

So now I just have to keep an eye out for a good wall clock.

hellenhighwater

I wound up using foamcore and matboard, and a rotating display pedestal instead of a clock movement, given the scale, but that does make the whole thing powered by USB.

nymphofnovels

memesandmagik:
“Me when its 1 day after Halloween and the capitalists are already blasting the christmas sale commercials
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weedhorse69

callmebliss

Y’ever read something and have understanding that has eluded you interminably suddenly stop, curl up, and snuggle neatly into a fold in your brain because a new way opened to it?