Reading:
Nerd alert!
Other games:
Music:
Video games:
Humor:
- It shouldn't surprise anyone to know that this is my #1 hobby.
- You can find more about what I'm reading here.
Nerd alert!
- My favorite hobby besides reading is playing Dungeons and Dragons, which I do (not often enough) with my twin brother and a few of our friends.
- I also try to play with interested students after school, when my schedule permits. Here's an example of some of our adventures.
- I started playing D&D during the 4th edition days, but now it's in its 5th edition.
- You can click here to get a free PDF of the basic rules for 5th edition.
- In the past, I played Curse of Strahd with a few friends.
- I was the DM for this adventure.
- As of November 2022, I am the DM in another adventure mostly based on material from Candlekeep Mysteries.
Other games:
- A game I came across recently and am really enjoying learning how to play is Diplomacy.
- You can watch a short video explanation of it here (skip to 2:25 if you want the basics in about 90 seconds).
- Here's a longer (8 minutes) but more thorough video about the basics.
- You can play it for free here.
- Besides Diplomacy, my favorite board game is Lords of Waterdeep.
- It's made by the same company that makes D&D. If you check out that link, you'll see two videos you could watch. One is a tutorial about the game, and the other is a group of semi-famous people playing it -- one of them is one of my favorite authors, Patrick Rothfuss.
- Another of my favorite board games is Carcassonne.
- It's a European-style board game (along the lines of Settlers of Catan).
- However, I usually play it with an app for iOS.
- You can watch an explanation of how to play here.
- I decided to buy these games/apps after watching a show about them.
- Yeah, there's a show about board games, and I love it.
- It's called TableTop (hosted by Wil Wheaton, who looks a lot like my twin brother...), and it's convinced me to buy and to try a few of the games featured.
- Munchkin is another great game, both fun and funny. It's a popular option for our board-game club.
Music:
- I really dig Weird Al's sense of humor and his musical talents.
- The musical Hamilton is excellent.
- The music is so good. I highly recommend watching it (on Disney+).
- If you haven't seen it yet, I recommend reading a brief synopsis of it before watching so you'll have a better idea of what's happening.
- If you're like me and you like both of these, then you'll like "Hamilton Polka" by Weird Al.
Video games:
- I also really enjoyed playing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild shortly after it came out. It's truly an amazing game, and many critics have called it the best video game of all time. They might be right.
Humor:
- Garfield is even funnier without Garfield...
- Star Wars: Bad Lip Reading:
- Babylon Bee, a humorous look at the news and politics with fake(ish) news stories.