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Lutz

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I mean, adults, too. I’m 28 and I picked up chess again when Queen’s Gambit came out. I had always known how to play but I never knew how to play.

I still don’t. But that’s besides the point.

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Lol yeah I took enough interest in the post few years to learn some of the more common openings, probably 2 for each color. If you have any interest in chess, I can’t recommend Gotham Chess on YouTube enough. He is hilarious and informative, the perfect combo of teacher and entertainer. Not even just if you want to learn chess but he makes watching chess fun, his recaps of tournaments are fantastic for beginner chess players.

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If you haven’t, you should check out Gotham Chess on YouTube. I can’t recommend him enough. He is hilarious and informative, the perfect combo of teacher and entertainer. Not even just if you want to learn chess but he makes watching chess fun, his recaps of tournaments are fantastic for beginner chess players.

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Honestly, most of the time players just have like 3 or 4 sentences for a backstory. Which is really better most of the time as it lets you build out the character over time in the game. If that’s the only thing holding you back, you should give it a try!

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Full disclosure, I absolutely love it when my players take things off the rails.

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XD I know, I have no problem with it. This is an old meme I had saved on my phone, I didn’t make it.

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“Aren’t you a little short for a stormtrooper?” -Leia

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Can’t tell if you’re joking about the Boromir part. But if you’re not, you’re dead wrong. He only ever did what he thought was in the best interests of his people. For his entire life, he has grown up facing an incredible evil on his doorstep, watched his countrymen die, and as the heir to the Steward it was all on his shoulders. In the end, he realized he was wrong and he gave his life trying to make up for it.

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Yeah mine was not super into the movies, scifi/ fantasy aren’t her thing but she tried. But that part still got her. She audibly gasped and shouted ‘no!’ And then the scene with him and aragorn she was riveted. That was the only part of the trilogy that held her like that.

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