Running Games on Apple Silicon Macs
Sep 12 2024
Was reading and realized that Boot Camp doesn't work with Apple CPUs. So with an Apple Silicon Mac you have to use Parallels, which officially supports ARM64 version of Windows 11. It will run Windows x64 apps in their Prism emulator. Windows games, especially high end ones or ones with anti-cheat, may be a problem and Microsoft links to Windows on Arm Ready Software for a crowd-sourced list of games that work. Parallels itself only supports DirectX 11.1 and OpenGL 3.3 which also limits game availability.
Parallels has a single-purchase Standard Edition ($100) and subscription-baed Pro ($120/year) and Business ($150/year) Editions. For Pro and Business Edition their comparison chart says "Run professional graphics-intensive Windows applications and multiple virtual machines" and I haven't found what they mean by that. Assuming I need Pro it's rough paying yearly especially since it may or may not run any given game.
Another option is CrossOver which is front-end for Wine. CrossOver would run under Rosetta 2 and this CrossOver review says games probably work ok. AppleGamingWiki has a CrossOver page with notes on getting things to work and it has a Parallels page for using Parallels for Windows gaming. In practice CrossOver doesn't support as many games as I thought, so much so that I resorted to running Boot Camp with Windows 10 Home.
There is also Whisky which is essentially similar to CrossOver. Whisky uses Apple's Game Porting Toolkit (which in turn is a dev kit that uses Wine so that Windows devs can see how their game will run in Apple Silicon Macs). Doesn't support as many games as CrossOver but I feel those games would run faster since CrossOver doesn't yet support Apple Silicon natively.
I guess when I do get an Apple Silicon Mac I'll still have my old Intel MBP with Boot Camp to run games (and even then high-end games struggle). But I do like using just one machine for everything but always-on server stuff.
Addendum:
Microsoft's New AI Computers Struggle With Hundreds of Popular PC Games
Talking about MS's Copilot+ PCs which are Arm-based with Windows 11 and Prism for emulation. Half of the 1300 tested games had problems and I think mostly higher-end ones. Then again Qualcomm Snapdragon are not great performance chips.
Parallels has a single-purchase Standard Edition ($100) and subscription-baed Pro ($120/year) and Business ($150/year) Editions. For Pro and Business Edition their comparison chart says "Run professional graphics-intensive Windows applications and multiple virtual machines" and I haven't found what they mean by that. Assuming I need Pro it's rough paying yearly especially since it may or may not run any given game.
Another option is CrossOver which is front-end for Wine. CrossOver would run under Rosetta 2 and this CrossOver review says games probably work ok. AppleGamingWiki has a CrossOver page with notes on getting things to work and it has a Parallels page for using Parallels for Windows gaming. In practice CrossOver doesn't support as many games as I thought, so much so that I resorted to running Boot Camp with Windows 10 Home.
There is also Whisky which is essentially similar to CrossOver. Whisky uses Apple's Game Porting Toolkit (which in turn is a dev kit that uses Wine so that Windows devs can see how their game will run in Apple Silicon Macs). Doesn't support as many games as CrossOver but I feel those games would run faster since CrossOver doesn't yet support Apple Silicon natively.
I guess when I do get an Apple Silicon Mac I'll still have my old Intel MBP with Boot Camp to run games (and even then high-end games struggle). But I do like using just one machine for everything but always-on server stuff.
Addendum:
Microsoft's New AI Computers Struggle With Hundreds of Popular PC Games
Talking about MS's Copilot+ PCs which are Arm-based with Windows 11 and Prism for emulation. Half of the 1300 tested games had problems and I think mostly higher-end ones. Then again Qualcomm Snapdragon are not great performance chips.
Apple Event - Sep 09 2024
Sep 10 2024
Apple Watch Series 10
- Summary: slightly bigger, thinner, lighter with a better CPU.
- biggest display, 30% bigger than series 6
- wide angle OLED display, up to 40% brighter viewed from angle
- always on updates every second instead of every minute
- thinnest Apple Watch ever, 9mm
- play music or podcasts through Apple Watch
- 50m water resistance
- fastest charging Apple Watch ever, 30m to get to 80% charge
- polished titanium case option
- carbon neutral product
- S10 CPU, 4 core neural engine (suppress background noise during calls)
- Apple Intelligence: medical reminders, loud environment detection
- AI: overnight monitoring: ovulation, vitals, sleep stages, sleep apnea
- built-in depth gauge, water temperature, Tides app
- starts at $400, +$100 with Cellular
Apple Watch Ultra 2
- Summary: no significant changes.
- training mode for exercising
- offline maps
- new finish: satin black
- starts at $800 and includes Cellular
AirPods 4
- Summary: an effective Active Noise Cancellation in this form factor would be amazing
- H2 chip
- improved audio architecture
- Personalized Spatial Audio
- nod and shake head actions
- voice isolation (so other party only hears your voice)
- Active Noise Cancellation and Transparency Mode
- Adaptive Audio and Conversation Awareness (output volume adapts to environment)
- Charging case supports wireless charging
- AirPods 4 $130, with Active Noise Cancellation $180
AirPods Max
- Summary: slight changes, not enough to call it AirPods Max 2
- new colors
- USB-C
- Personalized Spatial Audio
- AirPods Max $550
AirPods Pro 2
- Summary: adds hearing protection, test and aid features
- Hearing Protection (machine learning reduces loud noises 48k times per second)
- Hearing Test (five minute test, needs iPhone app)
- Hearing Aid (boosts specific sounds you need depending on your hearing loss)
- FDA approval pending for Hearing Test and Hearing Aid
iPhone 16
- Summary: faster and adds yet another hardware control
- 6.1" standard, 6.7" plus
- Camera Control - click and slide control
- A18 chip, 6-core cpu (2 performance, 4 efficiency), 16-core neural engine
- 17% more memory bandwidth, 3 nm technology
- 30% faster than iPhone 15's A16 Bionic with 30% less power
- 5-core GPU, 40% faster than A16 Bionic with 35% less power
Apple Intelligence
- Private Cloud Compute - server-based intelligence with verifiable privacy
- PCC runs on 100% renewable electricity
- Writing tools - rewrite or proofread your text
- Dynamically create new emojis
- Image playground
- Search for photos, specific moments in a video
- Auto select photos and create a video based on your description
- Summarized emails and notifications
- Siri enhancements
- Visual Intelligence - point camera at something to get relevant info
Camera Control
- flush to surface
- click to launch camera, click again to take photos, click and hold for video recording
- haptic feedback
- light press for clean preview and show current camera setting, slide to adjust setting
- light double-tap for more camera settings, slide to choose setting
Camera Features
- 48 MP Fusion Camera: 40 MP with mode for 12 MP 2x Telephoto, 4K60 Video in Dolby Vision HDR
- 12 MP Ultra-Wide Camera, macro photography
- Spatial Capture using both cameras
- Redesigned Photos app
- Remove objects fromm photos using Apple Intelligence
Gaming
- 30% higher sustained performanced
- hardware accelerated ray tracing (5x higher frame rates than software)
- Tencent Honor of Kings: World will be released for iPhone 16
Pricing
- iPhone 16 $800 with 128 GB storage
- iPhone 16 Plus $900 with 128 GB storage
iPhone 16 Pro
- Summary: for people who want a slightly bigger screen and/or better cameras
- 6.3" Pro, 6.9" Pro Max
A18 Pro Chip (improvements over A18)
- Larger caches, next-generation ML accelerators (directly programmable)
- Advanced media: ProMotion display, Always-On display, USB 3, ProRes video recording
- New video encoder
- New image signal processor
Photography
- 48 MP Ultra-wide camera
- third camera: 12 MP 5x Telephoto camera
Video
- 4K120 video capture
Audio
- 4 studio quality microphones
- Audio Mix: machine learning to separate background elements from speech
- Voice Memos app: layer recording on existing audio, saves only recorded audio
Pricing
- iPhone 16 Pro $1000 with 128 GB storage
- iPhone 16 Pro Max $1200 with 256 GB storage
------------------------------------------------
Personally I'm fine with my Apple Watch 7 and iPhone SE and my next ones will probably be SE models. I love AirPods Max but since there is no real update guess I don't have to buy one and will stick with AirPods Pro (2nd gen).
ANC is actually a great feature and if AirPods 4 have good ANC with an air gap allowing outside sounds into your ear then that would be superior to in-ear headphones.
Overall AirPods 4 with ANC is the most intriguing announcement.
- Summary: slightly bigger, thinner, lighter with a better CPU.
- biggest display, 30% bigger than series 6
- wide angle OLED display, up to 40% brighter viewed from angle
- always on updates every second instead of every minute
- thinnest Apple Watch ever, 9mm
- play music or podcasts through Apple Watch
- 50m water resistance
- fastest charging Apple Watch ever, 30m to get to 80% charge
- polished titanium case option
- carbon neutral product
- S10 CPU, 4 core neural engine (suppress background noise during calls)
- Apple Intelligence: medical reminders, loud environment detection
- AI: overnight monitoring: ovulation, vitals, sleep stages, sleep apnea
- built-in depth gauge, water temperature, Tides app
- starts at $400, +$100 with Cellular
Apple Watch Ultra 2
- Summary: no significant changes.
- training mode for exercising
- offline maps
- new finish: satin black
- starts at $800 and includes Cellular
AirPods 4
- Summary: an effective Active Noise Cancellation in this form factor would be amazing
- H2 chip
- improved audio architecture
- Personalized Spatial Audio
- nod and shake head actions
- voice isolation (so other party only hears your voice)
- Active Noise Cancellation and Transparency Mode
- Adaptive Audio and Conversation Awareness (output volume adapts to environment)
- Charging case supports wireless charging
- AirPods 4 $130, with Active Noise Cancellation $180
AirPods Max
- Summary: slight changes, not enough to call it AirPods Max 2
- new colors
- USB-C
- Personalized Spatial Audio
- AirPods Max $550
AirPods Pro 2
- Summary: adds hearing protection, test and aid features
- Hearing Protection (machine learning reduces loud noises 48k times per second)
- Hearing Test (five minute test, needs iPhone app)
- Hearing Aid (boosts specific sounds you need depending on your hearing loss)
- FDA approval pending for Hearing Test and Hearing Aid
iPhone 16
- Summary: faster and adds yet another hardware control
- 6.1" standard, 6.7" plus
- Camera Control - click and slide control
- A18 chip, 6-core cpu (2 performance, 4 efficiency), 16-core neural engine
- 17% more memory bandwidth, 3 nm technology
- 30% faster than iPhone 15's A16 Bionic with 30% less power
- 5-core GPU, 40% faster than A16 Bionic with 35% less power
Apple Intelligence
- Private Cloud Compute - server-based intelligence with verifiable privacy
- PCC runs on 100% renewable electricity
- Writing tools - rewrite or proofread your text
- Dynamically create new emojis
- Image playground
- Search for photos, specific moments in a video
- Auto select photos and create a video based on your description
- Summarized emails and notifications
- Siri enhancements
- Visual Intelligence - point camera at something to get relevant info
Camera Control
- flush to surface
- click to launch camera, click again to take photos, click and hold for video recording
- haptic feedback
- light press for clean preview and show current camera setting, slide to adjust setting
- light double-tap for more camera settings, slide to choose setting
Camera Features
- 48 MP Fusion Camera: 40 MP with mode for 12 MP 2x Telephoto, 4K60 Video in Dolby Vision HDR
- 12 MP Ultra-Wide Camera, macro photography
- Spatial Capture using both cameras
- Redesigned Photos app
- Remove objects fromm photos using Apple Intelligence
Gaming
- 30% higher sustained performanced
- hardware accelerated ray tracing (5x higher frame rates than software)
- Tencent Honor of Kings: World will be released for iPhone 16
Pricing
- iPhone 16 $800 with 128 GB storage
- iPhone 16 Plus $900 with 128 GB storage
iPhone 16 Pro
- Summary: for people who want a slightly bigger screen and/or better cameras
- 6.3" Pro, 6.9" Pro Max
A18 Pro Chip (improvements over A18)
- Larger caches, next-generation ML accelerators (directly programmable)
- Advanced media: ProMotion display, Always-On display, USB 3, ProRes video recording
- New video encoder
- New image signal processor
Photography
- 48 MP Ultra-wide camera
- third camera: 12 MP 5x Telephoto camera
Video
- 4K120 video capture
Audio
- 4 studio quality microphones
- Audio Mix: machine learning to separate background elements from speech
- Voice Memos app: layer recording on existing audio, saves only recorded audio
Pricing
- iPhone 16 Pro $1000 with 128 GB storage
- iPhone 16 Pro Max $1200 with 256 GB storage
------------------------------------------------
Personally I'm fine with my Apple Watch 7 and iPhone SE and my next ones will probably be SE models. I love AirPods Max but since there is no real update guess I don't have to buy one and will stick with AirPods Pro (2nd gen).
ANC is actually a great feature and if AirPods 4 have good ANC with an air gap allowing outside sounds into your ear then that would be superior to in-ear headphones.
Overall AirPods 4 with ANC is the most intriguing announcement.
Diary - Aug 31 to Sep 06 2024
Sep 07 2024
Sat Aug 31 2024
Sleep 0530 to 1230 (7 hours)
Sun Sep 01 2024
Sleep 0530 to 1230 (7 hours)
Mon Sep 02 2024
Sleep 0630 to 1145 (5-1/4 hours)
Tue Sep 03 2024
Sleep 0345 to 1130 (7-3/4 hours)
Wed Sep 04 2024
Sleep 0500 to 0900, 1030 to 1430 (8 hours)
Thu Sep 05 2024
Sleep 0615 to 1215 (6 hours)
Fri Sep 06 2024
Sleep 2345 to 0130, 0600 to 1300. (8-3/4 hours)
Sleep 0530 to 1230 (7 hours)
- Discworld humble bundle, $18 for 39 books. Unfortunately they're Kobo.com books and I don't want to depend on a 3rd party service (and I hear Kobo reading experience is not great).
Sun Sep 01 2024
Sleep 0530 to 1230 (7 hours)
- Humble Bundle for Lost Works of Gygax. A bunch of RPG supplements and adventures not written by him but based on his works. For various D&D-like systems and a bit too varied for my tastes -- I don't really like shovelware-like bundles.
Mon Sep 02 2024
Sleep 0630 to 1145 (5-1/4 hours)
- * I found out about Cost of Attendance which is all costs associated with going to a college. UC Berkeley Student Budgets (Cost of Attendance) estimate for new students living in a residence hall is $49k. CoA is before any financial aid since that varies a lot.
Tue Sep 03 2024
Sleep 0345 to 1130 (7-3/4 hours)
- Marc Miller passed Traveller IP to Mongoose Publishing. It's nice because Mongoose has been doing a good job with Traveller and it maintains continuity once Miller passes (he's in his 70's).
Wed Sep 04 2024
Sleep 0500 to 0900, 1030 to 1430 (8 hours)
- Dinner with CSr, CJr, Steph. Deliver from Izakaya Mai. I got Yaki Udon which was ok won't order again.
Thu Sep 05 2024
Sleep 0615 to 1215 (6 hours)
- Bought DCC Dying Earth Bundle of Holding
Fri Sep 06 2024
Sleep 2345 to 0130, 0600 to 1300. (8-3/4 hours)
- B&H Foto and Electronics have a MBP 14" M3 Pro 36 GB 1 TB for $2300 ($300 off). Additionally you get tax off if you use their Payboo credit card, though when I read the details not sure if it pays your current bill or is in-store credit for a future purchase. Still, that's the target specs for when I buy a new MBP later this year.
BoH - DCC Dying Earth
Sep 05 2024
Bundle of Holding bundle for Dungeon Crawl Classics: Dying Earth. This is based on Jack Vance's Dying Earth books and there was a previous RPG from Pelgrane Press. This one requires DCC Core Rulebook (which I have). For $37 you get:
DCC Dying Earth boxed set (core sourcebook)
DCC Dying Earth - Casebook of Arcane Apocrypha (one of the Kickstarter stretch goals)
DCC Dying Earth module #0 - The Black Obelisk
DCC Dying Earth module #1 - The Laughing Idol of Lar-Shan
DCC Dying Earth module #2 - The Sorcerer's Tower of Sanguine Slant
DCC Dying Earth module #3 - Magnific Machinations at the Great Exposition of Marvels
DCC Dying Earth module #4 - Mind-Weft of the Moonstone Palace
DCC Dying Earth module #5 - Penumbra of the Polar Ape
DCC Dying Earth module #6 - The Great Visp Hunt
DCC Dying Earth module #7 - Phantoms of the Ectoplasmic Cotillion
DCC Dying Earth module #8 - The House on the Island
This is everything but module #9 and some other KS stretch goals.
I do like having lots of adventures and Goodman Games adventure PDFs are fairly pricey so getting them in a discounted bundle is nice. I have the Pelgrane Press Dying Earth RPG so I'm inclined to buy this one.
DCC Dying Earth boxed set (core sourcebook)
DCC Dying Earth - Casebook of Arcane Apocrypha (one of the Kickstarter stretch goals)
DCC Dying Earth module #0 - The Black Obelisk
DCC Dying Earth module #1 - The Laughing Idol of Lar-Shan
DCC Dying Earth module #2 - The Sorcerer's Tower of Sanguine Slant
DCC Dying Earth module #3 - Magnific Machinations at the Great Exposition of Marvels
DCC Dying Earth module #4 - Mind-Weft of the Moonstone Palace
DCC Dying Earth module #5 - Penumbra of the Polar Ape
DCC Dying Earth module #6 - The Great Visp Hunt
DCC Dying Earth module #7 - Phantoms of the Ectoplasmic Cotillion
DCC Dying Earth module #8 - The House on the Island
This is everything but module #9 and some other KS stretch goals.
I do like having lots of adventures and Goodman Games adventure PDFs are fairly pricey so getting them in a discounted bundle is nice. I have the Pelgrane Press Dying Earth RPG so I'm inclined to buy this one.
Credit Card Schumer Box
Sep 03 2024
I learned about the Schumer box with standard consumer credit card info and I've seen these before and didn't realize they had a name. Let's look at my credit card Schumer boxes
Apple Card
Go to main page: https://www.apple.com/apple-card/
Go to bottom and note 3 link for Apple Card Customer Agreement pdf
Fees: None
This is one of the simplest ones you'll see because Apple wanted their card terms to be plain and not confusing and not nickel-and-dime their customers. There is interest charge if you carry a balance.
Note that Apple Cash is a different product and that has only one fee: 1.5% transfer fee from Apple Cash to a debit card.
Amazon Visa
Go to main page: https://www.amazon.com/amazon-rewards-visa-signature-card/dp/b007urftyi
And a little below click Pricing & Terms
Chase Pay Over Time has a 1.72% monthly fee which is how they make money for short term loans and I guess why these payment plan services are a growth industry. Although Apple Pay has interest free pay-over-time service it's only for Apple products bought from Apple.
Foreign Transaction Fee: None
I like to use this card for foreign transaction purchases, especially via PayPal because PP defaults to USD then charge a 3% fee.
American Express
Page with all their credit card agreements: https://www.americanexpress.com/en-us/company/legal/cardmember-agreements/?inav=us_footer_card_agreements
Find your CC (I have Blue Cash, probably Everyday not Preferred)
https://www.americanexpress.com/content/dam/amex/en-us/company/legal/cardmember-agreements/public-site-2024-q2-pdf-cmas/cps-lending/blue-cash-everyday-06-30-2024.pdf
Interest rate of 22% is really good as my other two are close to 30%
Plan fee 1.3% per month -- I think this is the pay something in installment plans.
Foreign Transaction fee: 2.7% -- so don't use AMEX for foreign transactions.
Diary - Aug 24 to Aug 30 2024
Aug 31 2024
Sat Aug 24 2024
Sleep 0700 to 1130 (4-1/2 hours)
Sun Aug 25 2024
Sleep 0200 to 0800, 1 hour in car, 1 hour in car (8 hours)
Mon Aug 26 2024
Sleep 0400 to 1200 (8 hours)
Tue Aug 27 2024
Sleep 0630 to 1130, 30 nap (5-1/2 hours)
Wed Aug 28 2024
Sleep 0430 to 0930, 1315 to 1513 (7 hours)
Thu Aug 29 2024
Sleep 0300 to 1130 (8-1/2 hours)
Fri Aug 30 2024
Sleep 0230 to 0830, 45m nap (6-3/4 hours)
Sleep 0700 to 1130 (4-1/2 hours)
- Gloomhaven. I took the "there must be an alive enemy at the start of every turn" and concentrated on rushing forward to open the two doors in the dungeon. Second door I had to cloak for a couple of turns since I was in there by myself and I'm fairly crunchy.
Sun Aug 25 2024
Sleep 0200 to 0800, 1 hour in car, 1 hour in car (8 hours)
- We visited mom and dad for the day. I was a bit car sick on the way but mild.
- Christopher hooked up Dad's Chinese tv box. It has like no setup and I assume it goes to a server and you can choose a Chinese tv channel to watch. Seems a bit sus but I haven't researched it.
Mon Aug 26 2024
Sleep 0400 to 1200 (8 hours)
- Apple Card info changed so have to update recurring payments. In Wallet you can search by Recurring Bills and see end merchant recurring payments (but it doesn't count PayPal or I suppose other inter-payment mediators so you have to remember those yourself).
Tue Aug 27 2024
Sleep 0630 to 1130, 30 nap (5-1/2 hours)
- CSr and I visiting mom and dad. New mattresses come tomorrow so CSr wanted to be here just in case.
Wed Aug 28 2024
Sleep 0430 to 0930, 1315 to 1513 (7 hours)
- We tried to drain mom and dad's water heater but there's enough silt buildup that only a trickle of water comes out the spout. We tried to poke it out but valve curves so couldn't get a good angle on blockage.
Thu Aug 29 2024
Sleep 0300 to 1130 (8-1/2 hours)
- Bought Mongoose 2300 AD Bundle.
Fri Aug 30 2024
Sleep 0230 to 0830, 45m nap (6-3/4 hours)
- Warlock Knight KS. This is originally a TFT solo adventure converted to Dungeon Fantasy. I'm thinking $60 (+ shipping) level which is a bit pricey ($20 for PDF, $20 for print, $10 for Foundry VTT module, $10 for quick reference card deck). Then again print level itself is $40 so I'm ok with a bit extra to support the (realistically) only GURPS/DF/TFT 3rd party publisher.
Star Trek Adventures 1E List
Aug 29 2024
I went through the list of products in RPG Geek and below are the released products. So the Humble Bundle has pretty much all the retail products except dice, tricorder box, rules digest, and captain's log rpg. The bundle is short on PDF releases, which I guess might go into a future bundle. On further reflection I think I will buy the Humble Bundle.
MUH051060 Star Trek Adventures Core Book (2017) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051062 These Are the Voyages: Mission Compendium Vol. 1 (2017) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051063 The Command Division Supplemental Sourcebook (2018) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051064 The Operations Division Supplemental Rulebook (2018) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051065 The Sciences Division Supplemental Rulebook (2019) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051066 Alpha Quadrant Sourcebook (2019) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051067 Beta Quadrant Sourcebook (2018) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051068 Gamma Quadrant Sourcebook (2020) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051069 Delta Quadrant Sourcebook (2020) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051070 Shackleton Expanse Campaign Guide (2021) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051071 The Klingon Empire (2020) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051072 Dice Set: Command Division Red (2017)
MUH051073 Dice Set: Operations Division Gold (2017)
MUH051074 Dice Set: Sciences Division Blue (2017)
MUH051075 Tricorder Collector's Edition Box Set (2021)
MUH051076 Star Trek: The Next Generation Starfleet Tile Set (2017) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051077 Star Trek Adventures GM Screen (2017) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051476 Star Trek Adventures: The Next Generation Klingon Tile Set (2018) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051564 Star Trek Adventures: Starter Set (2018) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051763 Strange New Worlds: Mission Compendium Vol. 2 (2019) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051899 Star Trek Adventures Rules Digest (2022)
MUH052340 Star Trek Adventures Player's Guide (2022) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH052341 Star Trek Adventures Gamemaster's Guide (2022) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH0142202 Star Trek: Discovery (2256-2258) Campaign Guide (2022) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH0142203 Utopia Planitia Starfleet Sourcebook (2022) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH0142221 Star Trek: Lower Decks Campaign Guide (2023) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH0142308 The Federation-Klingon War Tactical Campaign (2024) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH0142307 Star Trek Adventures: Captain's Log Solo Roleplaying Game (2023)
PDF Supplements
MUH051246 Star Trek Adventures Quickstart Guide (2017)
MUH051422 The Original Series Player Characters (2018) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051423 The Next Generation Player Characters (2018) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051426 Ends and Means (2018)
MUH051428 Nest in the Dark (2018)
MUH051429 The Gravity of the Crime (2018)
MUH051430 Trouble on Omned III (2019)
MUH051431 A Forest Apart (2018)
MUH051432 Call Back Yesterday (2018)
MUH051432 Remnants (2018)
MUH051433 Stolen Liberty (2019)
MUH051434 Hard Rock Catastrophe (2019)
MUH051435 The Prize (2020)
MUH051436 Back to Reality (2020)
MUH051566 A Star Beyond the Stars (2018) - starter campaign
MUH051665 Deep Space Nine Player Characters (2018) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051666 Voyager Player Characters (2019) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051667 Enterprise Player Characters (2020) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051900 The Keyhole of Eternity (2022)
MUH052130 Iconic Villains: Non-Player Characters (2020)
MUH052131 Kobayashi Maru (2020)
MUH052188 The Sleeping Beast (2023)
MUH052189 Another Roll of the Dice (2021)
MUH052200 The Burning (2021)
MUH052201 Missions Briefs 1: Growing Pains (2021)
MUH052202 Missions Briefs 2: Disasters (2021)
MUH052203 Missions Briefs 3: Anomalies (2021)
MUH052204 Unforeseen Consequences (2022)
MUH052205 Storms of Kiselia (2022)
MUH052206 Upsetting the Balance (2022)
MUH052207 Missions Briefs 6: Psychic Incursions (2022)
MUH052208 Missions Briefs 5: Starbase Adventures (2022)
MUH052209 Missions Briefs 4: Trade Ledgers (2022)
MUH052211 Missions Briefs 7: First Contacts (2022)
MUH052212 Missions Briefs 8: Spacewrecks (2022)
MUH052213 Missions Briefs 9: Mysteries (2022)
MUH052214 Native Soil (2022)
MUH052384 IDW Year Five Tie-In (2021) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH0142102 Star Trek: Discovery Season 1 Player Characters (2022) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH0142103 Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 Player Characters (2022) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH0142104 Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Player Characters (2022) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH0142105 Star Trek: Picard Season 1 Player Characters (2022)
MUH0142217 Better Days (2022)
MUH0142218 Incident at Kraav III (2022)
MUH0142220 Mission Briefs 11: Lower Decks (2023)
MUH0142222 Lurkers (2023) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH0142223 Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 1 Player Characters (2023) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH0142224 Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 2 Player Characters (2023) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH0142225 Mission Briefs 10: Ancient Civilizations (2023)
MUH0142301 Eight Layers Deep (2023)
MUH0142309 Mission Briefs 12: Starfleet Academy (2023)
MUH0142310 Alternative Truths (2024)
MUH0142319 Synthetic Diplomacy (2024)
MUH0142320 Children of the Wolf (2023)
MUH0142321 Mission Briefs 13: Dangers in Space (2023)
MUH0142322 Star Trek: The Animated Series Supplemental Guide (2023) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH0142323 Mission Briefs 15: Khitomer Accords (2024)
MUH0142324 Mission Briefs 14: Cold War (2024)
MUH0142325 Mission Briefs 16: The Alpha Quadrant (2024)
MUH0142327 Mission Briefs 17: Beneath the Raptor's Wings (2024)
MUH0142329 Conflict of Values (2024)
MUH0142330 Ghosts in the Machine (2024)
MUH0142331 A Piece of Qo'noS (2023)
MUH0142334 A House by Any Other Name (2023)
MUH051060 Star Trek Adventures Core Book (2017) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051062 These Are the Voyages: Mission Compendium Vol. 1 (2017) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051063 The Command Division Supplemental Sourcebook (2018) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051064 The Operations Division Supplemental Rulebook (2018) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051065 The Sciences Division Supplemental Rulebook (2019) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051066 Alpha Quadrant Sourcebook (2019) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051067 Beta Quadrant Sourcebook (2018) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051068 Gamma Quadrant Sourcebook (2020) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051069 Delta Quadrant Sourcebook (2020) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051070 Shackleton Expanse Campaign Guide (2021) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051071 The Klingon Empire (2020) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051072 Dice Set: Command Division Red (2017)
MUH051073 Dice Set: Operations Division Gold (2017)
MUH051074 Dice Set: Sciences Division Blue (2017)
MUH051075 Tricorder Collector's Edition Box Set (2021)
MUH051076 Star Trek: The Next Generation Starfleet Tile Set (2017) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051077 Star Trek Adventures GM Screen (2017) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051476 Star Trek Adventures: The Next Generation Klingon Tile Set (2018) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051564 Star Trek Adventures: Starter Set (2018) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051763 Strange New Worlds: Mission Compendium Vol. 2 (2019) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051899 Star Trek Adventures Rules Digest (2022)
MUH052340 Star Trek Adventures Player's Guide (2022) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH052341 Star Trek Adventures Gamemaster's Guide (2022) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH0142202 Star Trek: Discovery (2256-2258) Campaign Guide (2022) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH0142203 Utopia Planitia Starfleet Sourcebook (2022) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH0142221 Star Trek: Lower Decks Campaign Guide (2023) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH0142308 The Federation-Klingon War Tactical Campaign (2024) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH0142307 Star Trek Adventures: Captain's Log Solo Roleplaying Game (2023)
PDF Supplements
MUH051246 Star Trek Adventures Quickstart Guide (2017)
MUH051422 The Original Series Player Characters (2018) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051423 The Next Generation Player Characters (2018) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051426 Ends and Means (2018)
MUH051428 Nest in the Dark (2018)
MUH051429 The Gravity of the Crime (2018)
MUH051430 Trouble on Omned III (2019)
MUH051431 A Forest Apart (2018)
MUH051432 Call Back Yesterday (2018)
MUH051432 Remnants (2018)
MUH051433 Stolen Liberty (2019)
MUH051434 Hard Rock Catastrophe (2019)
MUH051435 The Prize (2020)
MUH051436 Back to Reality (2020)
MUH051566 A Star Beyond the Stars (2018) - starter campaign
MUH051665 Deep Space Nine Player Characters (2018) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051666 Voyager Player Characters (2019) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051667 Enterprise Player Characters (2020) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH051900 The Keyhole of Eternity (2022)
MUH052130 Iconic Villains: Non-Player Characters (2020)
MUH052131 Kobayashi Maru (2020)
MUH052188 The Sleeping Beast (2023)
MUH052189 Another Roll of the Dice (2021)
MUH052200 The Burning (2021)
MUH052201 Missions Briefs 1: Growing Pains (2021)
MUH052202 Missions Briefs 2: Disasters (2021)
MUH052203 Missions Briefs 3: Anomalies (2021)
MUH052204 Unforeseen Consequences (2022)
MUH052205 Storms of Kiselia (2022)
MUH052206 Upsetting the Balance (2022)
MUH052207 Missions Briefs 6: Psychic Incursions (2022)
MUH052208 Missions Briefs 5: Starbase Adventures (2022)
MUH052209 Missions Briefs 4: Trade Ledgers (2022)
MUH052211 Missions Briefs 7: First Contacts (2022)
MUH052212 Missions Briefs 8: Spacewrecks (2022)
MUH052213 Missions Briefs 9: Mysteries (2022)
MUH052214 Native Soil (2022)
MUH052384 IDW Year Five Tie-In (2021) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH0142102 Star Trek: Discovery Season 1 Player Characters (2022) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH0142103 Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 Player Characters (2022) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH0142104 Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Player Characters (2022) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH0142105 Star Trek: Picard Season 1 Player Characters (2022)
MUH0142217 Better Days (2022)
MUH0142218 Incident at Kraav III (2022)
MUH0142220 Mission Briefs 11: Lower Decks (2023)
MUH0142222 Lurkers (2023) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH0142223 Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 1 Player Characters (2023) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH0142224 Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 2 Player Characters (2023) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH0142225 Mission Briefs 10: Ancient Civilizations (2023)
MUH0142301 Eight Layers Deep (2023)
MUH0142309 Mission Briefs 12: Starfleet Academy (2023)
MUH0142310 Alternative Truths (2024)
MUH0142319 Synthetic Diplomacy (2024)
MUH0142320 Children of the Wolf (2023)
MUH0142321 Mission Briefs 13: Dangers in Space (2023)
MUH0142322 Star Trek: The Animated Series Supplemental Guide (2023) [IN BUNDLE]
MUH0142323 Mission Briefs 15: Khitomer Accords (2024)
MUH0142324 Mission Briefs 14: Cold War (2024)
MUH0142325 Mission Briefs 16: The Alpha Quadrant (2024)
MUH0142327 Mission Briefs 17: Beneath the Raptor's Wings (2024)
MUH0142329 Conflict of Values (2024)
MUH0142330 Ghosts in the Machine (2024)
MUH0142331 A Piece of Qo'noS (2023)
MUH0142334 A House by Any Other Name (2023)
Warehouse 23 GURPS Sale
Aug 27 2024
To celebrate GURPS 4E 20th anniversary Warehouse 23 (and DriveThruRPG) have SJG GURPS products at 20% off, except for products released in the last 9 months (New Release).
I've been waiting for this and I bought:
Mar 2023 SJG 37-0378 GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Denizens: Thieves ($9)
Apr 2023 SJG 37-0682 GURPS Renaissance Venice: Merchants of Venice ($7)
Jul 2023 SJG 37-1752 GURPS Fantasy Folk: Goblins and Hobgoblins ($7)
Jul 2023 SJG 37-1753 GURPS Fantasy Folk: Kobolds ($6)
Aug 2023 SJG 37-1754 GURPS Fantasy Folk: Winged Folk ($7)
Sep 2023 SJG 37-0162 GURPS Boardroom and Curia: The Sospital Group ($6)
Oct 2023 SJG 37-1676 GURPS Infinite Worlds: Worlds of Atomic Horror ($11)
I've been waiting for this and I bought:
Mar 2023 SJG 37-0378 GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Denizens: Thieves ($9)
Apr 2023 SJG 37-0682 GURPS Renaissance Venice: Merchants of Venice ($7)
Jul 2023 SJG 37-1752 GURPS Fantasy Folk: Goblins and Hobgoblins ($7)
Jul 2023 SJG 37-1753 GURPS Fantasy Folk: Kobolds ($6)
Aug 2023 SJG 37-1754 GURPS Fantasy Folk: Winged Folk ($7)
Sep 2023 SJG 37-0162 GURPS Boardroom and Curia: The Sospital Group ($6)
Oct 2023 SJG 37-1676 GURPS Infinite Worlds: Worlds of Atomic Horror ($11)
Diary - Aug 17 to Aug 23 2024
Aug 24 2024
Sat Aug 17 2024
Sleep 0630 to 1300 (6-1/2 hours)
Sun Aug 18 2024
Sleep 0300 to 0930 (6-1/2 hours)
Mon Aug 19 2024
Sleep 2345 to 1000 (10-1/4 hours)
Tue Aug 20 2024
Sleep 0400 to 1100 (7 hours)
Wed Aug 21 2024
Sleep 0545 to 1230 (6-3/4 hours)
Thu Aug 22 2024
Sleep 0015 to 0730, 45m nap (8 hours)
Fri Aug 23 2024
Sleep 0400 to 1100 (7 hours)
Sleep 0630 to 1300 (6-1/2 hours)
- DDO we did Plane of Night at R1 and it took 130 minutes. Then in Vault of Night Dave S accidentally ran off the ring and the rest of us couldn't do enough melee damage to destroy the three pillars at the same time.
Sun Aug 18 2024
Sleep 0300 to 0930 (6-1/2 hours)
- Gaming at Dave and Sophia's. Their freezer is broken so we ate a lot of previously frozen food. New fridge arrives early Sep.
Mon Aug 19 2024
Sleep 2345 to 1000 (10-1/4 hours)
- Sonic Internet went down for a few minutes about 1300 to 1309. 1323: email from Sonic about outage.
- Amazon: Apple 2023 MacBook Pro Laptop M3 Pro chip with 11‑core CPU, 14‑core GPU, 14", 18 GB memory, 512 GB SSD for $1500 ($500 off). Really nice even though SSD is small. 1 TB SSD is $2100 ($300 off).
Tue Aug 20 2024
Sleep 0400 to 1100 (7 hours)
- Opened the brown rice container and it has lots of little flies. Guess that's how you know it's fresh. Put it in the rice cooker bowl then tried to drown them and sift them out. Even after that I'm not sure I'm going to eat that rice and the main bag probably has lots of flies too. So now I know where these flies that I'd occasionally see came from. They're not regular flies; they're small, thin (sleek like), black.
- If I listen closely to the bag of brown rice I can hear the bugs inside jumping around hitting the walls. Guess I should just seal and toss the whole back out.
Wed Aug 21 2024
Sleep 0545 to 1230 (6-3/4 hours)
- I wanted to wake up at 0930, do a task, then go back to sleep. My alarm woke me up at 0930 and I changed it to 1230 and went back to sleep and missed doing the task.
Thu Aug 22 2024
Sleep 0015 to 0730, 45m nap (8 hours)
- Christopher and I planned to drive over tonight and visit mom and dad so that we'd be there when the bed was delivered. This after asking last week and dad saying they weren't going to reschedule. So we're in the car about to get on the freeway and Christopher calls mom to warn her and she says they changed the delivery to Wed 28th. I immediately turned and headed home while Christopher talked to mom and she didn't suspect anything.
Fri Aug 23 2024
Sleep 0400 to 1100 (7 hours)
- Safeway for $5 20 ct chicken nuggets. Regular price is like $7 so not much of a savings but they're good.
- We played Gloomhaven online. Client is slower than usual. Will try rebooting before tomorrow night's game.
Humble Bundle - Star Trek Adventures 1E
Aug 22 2024
Star Trek Adventures 1E Bundle (I didn't realize 2E was released this year) for $25 gives you:
STA Core Rulebook (own)
STA Player's Guide (own print only)
STA Gamemaster's Guide (own print only)
STA Starter Set
STA GM Screen (own)
The Command Division Supplement (own)
The Operations Division Supplement
The Sciences Division Supplement (own)
Alpha Quadrant Sourcebook (own)
Beta Quadrant Sourcebook (own)
Gamma Quadrant Sourcebook (own)
Delta Quadrant Sourcebook (own)
Discover Campaign Guide
Federation-Klingon War Tactical Campaign
Lower Decks Campaign Guide
Utopia Planitia Starfleet Sourcebook
These Are the Voyages: Mission Compendium v1 (own)
Strange New Worlds: Mission Compendium v2
Shackleton Expanse Campaign Guide
The Klingon Empire Core Rulebook (own print only)
The Klingon Empire Gamemaster Toolkit
Starfleet Tiles
Klingon Tiles (own print only)
ST: The Animated Series Supplemental Guide
IDW Year Five Tie-In
USS Cerritos Adventure: Lurkers
TOS Player Characters (own)
TNG Player Characters (own)
Deep Space Nine Characters
Voyager Player Characters
Enterprise Player Characters
Discovery s1 Player Characters
Discovery s2 Player Characters
Discovery s3 Player Characters
Lower Decks s1 Player Characters
Lower Decks s2 Player Characters
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A rather eclectic mix which I own some of the early stuff (and reminds me I never received Operations Division PDF).
Not much in terms of adventures. Two mission compendiums (17 missions total), one adventure PDF, maybe the odd adventure in some of the supplements.
Way too many Player Character mini-supplements, which were just character sheets for various characters.
I don't know; I'm not feeling it. I'm willing to gamble on a giant bundle at a small price once Modiphius loses the Star Trek license -- that's what they did with Conan.
Should take an inventory of what 1E material this bundle omits.
STA Core Rulebook (own)
STA Player's Guide (own print only)
STA Gamemaster's Guide (own print only)
STA Starter Set
STA GM Screen (own)
The Command Division Supplement (own)
The Operations Division Supplement
The Sciences Division Supplement (own)
Alpha Quadrant Sourcebook (own)
Beta Quadrant Sourcebook (own)
Gamma Quadrant Sourcebook (own)
Delta Quadrant Sourcebook (own)
Discover Campaign Guide
Federation-Klingon War Tactical Campaign
Lower Decks Campaign Guide
Utopia Planitia Starfleet Sourcebook
These Are the Voyages: Mission Compendium v1 (own)
Strange New Worlds: Mission Compendium v2
Shackleton Expanse Campaign Guide
The Klingon Empire Core Rulebook (own print only)
The Klingon Empire Gamemaster Toolkit
Starfleet Tiles
Klingon Tiles (own print only)
ST: The Animated Series Supplemental Guide
IDW Year Five Tie-In
USS Cerritos Adventure: Lurkers
TOS Player Characters (own)
TNG Player Characters (own)
Deep Space Nine Characters
Voyager Player Characters
Enterprise Player Characters
Discovery s1 Player Characters
Discovery s2 Player Characters
Discovery s3 Player Characters
Lower Decks s1 Player Characters
Lower Decks s2 Player Characters
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A rather eclectic mix which I own some of the early stuff (and reminds me I never received Operations Division PDF).
Not much in terms of adventures. Two mission compendiums (17 missions total), one adventure PDF, maybe the odd adventure in some of the supplements.
Way too many Player Character mini-supplements, which were just character sheets for various characters.
I don't know; I'm not feeling it. I'm willing to gamble on a giant bundle at a small price once Modiphius loses the Star Trek license -- that's what they did with Conan.
Should take an inventory of what 1E material this bundle omits.