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1 tablespoonful of powdered sugar,

Worth Replaying:

One Page Left: a free one page tabletop RPG that you're pursued by a serial killer. You throw dice and complete prompts on a single sheet of paper, but if you run out of space, it's a game over.
Sinister Semester X: You play a high school student who investigate a mystery, decipher clues, and struggle to survive whatever is killing your fellow classmates. Each game week, you either goes through exploration or questioning phases to collect clues, then a survival phase to know which of your classmate (or you if unlucky) gets killed. I like the procedural aspect that gives my playthrough a definite time frame and ending.

Not quite for me:

Muse: Muse is a solo journaling horror game about an artist haunted by an eldritch muse to create works infused with dark powers. The connection your character have may cushion your sanity for awhile, but your demise is inevitable. Nice concept, but I wish there were more prompts for inspiration.

Witchier Woodland You play a witch to save formerly cute medieval-fantasy magical forest to save from the hellish horrors that invaded it. I like the theme, but the game requires using a deck of playing cards. I also long for more concrete prompts than word table for inspiration.

Tendon: biological survival horror, in which you have to risk your life to harvest inside a shifting biomechanical structure in the desert known for bare survival. The game setting moves in real time, which means that you'll only see a small part of the world playing at constant time. The prose is poetic, but it's too combat heavy for me.

Hi! My hobby is collecting tabletop rpg. There are just too many huge charity tabletop bundles on itch.io ... At this point I have far more tabletop rpg that I can play in my lifetime, just counting the solo tabletop RPG I have. I often found that I aready have random unknown game in my game library. At least reading them is inspiring.

I love exploration of unknown and letting the dice to help decide my discovery, I also find that a strong premise really helps me to figure what to do next.

Here are some potential campaign premise that interests me.

* Mapping unknown/ruined territories: "Sent as part of the first expedition sent to reestablish contact, map the world, and assess what remains of the previous world."

System: something rule light like the Adventurer / a hack of Takuma Okada's Alone Among the Stars

Source: The Moving West Marches: Adventures on the Red Caravan (and How to Run Your Own)

* A cultivator/pilgrim's quest/fantasy grand tour: The character will travel across the land, learning and enjoying the sights, making connection with others and doing errants for their growth.

I really enjoy the subgenre of cozy cultivation fantasy novels that chracters travel and explore the weird and the wonder, making friends and connection along the way for their growth and others. I think I'll end creating up a relationship webs and milestones. Chracters can gain different reputations with different communities.

System: Maybe Wanderhome solo , because of the focus on travel, helping people, personal change, and non-violence.

* Investigation & survival of supernatural mystery & horror. Trapped in the zone/hostile strange city/childhood home with a dark secret, travelling in a surrealistic horror landscape, etc

I love psychological horror but I'm also a scaredy-cat. It'll help me tailor my experience.

System: I think I'll dig into my collection of solo horror tabletop rpgs: Midnight in Jubilation / Whispers in the Walls / Alone In The House / English Eerie /etc


Inspiration for this post:

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Here is a 1707 Scottish chocolate milk recipe 

Modern updated version:

Ingredients:

• 2 Tablespoons ground cinnamon<
• 1 quart whole milk (or your preferred milk)
• 1 Tablespoon ground mace
• 1 cup sugar
• ½ cup ground cocoa nibs
• ½ cup cocoa powder

1. Grind the cocoa nibs in a spice grinder or food processor as finely as you can.
2. Pour the milk into a heavy pot. Add cinnamon, mace, and sugar. Bring to a boil to infuse and then lower the temperature.
3. Stir in the cocoa nibs and cocoa powder and let the mixture return to a simmer.
4. Remove from the heat and whisk until the hot chocolate is nice and frothy.
5. Pour into a cup to serve.
6. Dollop whipped cream on top if using.

Source: Cooking in the Archives

Original:

To Make Jaculat Milk

Take a chappin of sweett cream, or three mutchkens, and
boill it with cinamon, mace, and sugar, and grate in also
much jaculat, as will make it also thick as yow would have
it, then take it off the fyre, and putt in a big dish, & work
it weell with a jaculat stick, to make it light, so dish it up
Garnish it with snow cream, send it to table.

Source: Mistress Anna Campbell: her Paistrie Booke (1707)

Instructions:

1. Soak a pint of marrowfat beans over night in water enough to cover them.
2. In the morning drain, and put them on the fire with a small onion and a gallon of cold water, boil until tender and strain.
3. Add to the stock a little summer savory, two ounces of butter and a cup of cream or rich milk, season with salt and pepper.
4. When the soup comes to a boil, cut two slices of toast into dice, and four hard-boiled eggs in slices, put in the tureen and pour the soup over them and serve.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup cooked rice, cooled
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 can crushed pineapple, drained
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/3 cup miniature marshmallows
• 2 tablespoons drained chopped maraschino cherries (optional)
• 1 cup whipping cream

Instructions:

1. Cook the rice and let it chill.
2. Make a simple whipped cream by beating the cream with a hand or stand mixer until it’s light and fluffy.
3. Combine the rice with the sugar, drained pineapple, vanilla, mini marshmallows and cherries. Then gently fold in the whipped cream until combined.
4. Cover the bowl, and chill the glorified rice until you’re ready to serve it. You can add a maraschino cherry (or two) on top of each serving.

Source: Taste of Home