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pedanther. Last month at gaming group I played Citadels and Codenames: Pictures.
. We have had two more sessions of the roleplaying campaign, and are well launched on an adventure exploring mysterious tunnels.
. Rehearsals have begun for Hello Dolly!. I'm playing the role that was played by Walter Matthau in the movie, which doesn't surprise me. I was either going to be Walter Matthau or Michael Crawford, and I'm more of a Walter Matthau (and our other main male lead who does musicals is more of a Michael Crawford).
. I wanted a mental palate cleanser after the disappointing end of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, so I went back to the novels that were the Star Wars sequels before Lucasfilm decided to make more movies. I read Aaron Allston's X-Wing novels for the first time, and then re-read Timothy Zahn's Thrawn trilogy that launched the novel series, for the first time since... come to think of it, since before the prequel trilogy movies came out (more on that in a moment). The X-Wing novels were interesting because I could feel them getting more self-assured and better written as they went along; I wasn't entirely sure about them after the first one, but by the end of the second one I was solidly hooked. The Thrawn trilogy stands up very well after nearly thirty years, although there's a major plot point involving the Clone Wars that conspicuously suffers from ol' George having changed his mind later about Star Wars prehistory. After I finished re-reading the Thrawn trilogy, I thought about going on and reading the duology Zahn wrote later as a sequel to it, but it occurred to me that if I was disappointed by it I was going to be back where I started, and the trilogy ended in a satisfying place, so I decided to leave it at that.
. I don't have an opinion on how the latest season of Doctor Who ended. I lost enthusiasm somewhere around the third episode, so I haven't seen anything past that. I've heard bits here and there, and none of it has reacquired my interest; there's a limit to how much pull even an intriguing story hook can exert if you don't trust the writer to take you somewhere worth the journey.
. We have had two more sessions of the roleplaying campaign, and are well launched on an adventure exploring mysterious tunnels.
. Rehearsals have begun for Hello Dolly!. I'm playing the role that was played by Walter Matthau in the movie, which doesn't surprise me. I was either going to be Walter Matthau or Michael Crawford, and I'm more of a Walter Matthau (and our other main male lead who does musicals is more of a Michael Crawford).
. I wanted a mental palate cleanser after the disappointing end of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, so I went back to the novels that were the Star Wars sequels before Lucasfilm decided to make more movies. I read Aaron Allston's X-Wing novels for the first time, and then re-read Timothy Zahn's Thrawn trilogy that launched the novel series, for the first time since... come to think of it, since before the prequel trilogy movies came out (more on that in a moment). The X-Wing novels were interesting because I could feel them getting more self-assured and better written as they went along; I wasn't entirely sure about them after the first one, but by the end of the second one I was solidly hooked. The Thrawn trilogy stands up very well after nearly thirty years, although there's a major plot point involving the Clone Wars that conspicuously suffers from ol' George having changed his mind later about Star Wars prehistory. After I finished re-reading the Thrawn trilogy, I thought about going on and reading the duology Zahn wrote later as a sequel to it, but it occurred to me that if I was disappointed by it I was going to be back where I started, and the trilogy ended in a satisfying place, so I decided to leave it at that.
. I don't have an opinion on how the latest season of Doctor Who ended. I lost enthusiasm somewhere around the third episode, so I haven't seen anything past that. I've heard bits here and there, and none of it has reacquired my interest; there's a limit to how much pull even an intriguing story hook can exert if you don't trust the writer to take you somewhere worth the journey.
