Odds and Ends

 Quick update because it has been a long couple of days. The character creation session went well for my middle schooler game. We still have some items to round out their backstories, but most of it is set. Hour hour got us to work through their character sheets. Like I said, a fluent English speaking gamer could probably make a character in 30 minutes or less. But for non-native students, a bulk of my time was spent explaining how Discern is different than notice, look, see, observe, etc. Or what exactly Defy means. 

Also, Korea is entering shutdown mode again. So I am not sure how that will affect my schedule, and everything else. If posts become intermittent, I hope you'll be understanding.

Finally, I am proud of my daughter. This morning she taught me how to make an origami bat. She already had a small box full of about 10. Somehow the idea to use them to tell a story popped into my head, so we got started.

We sat down, worked out our plot, and then broke it down into individual scenes. We then drew the scene dressings and character props.

We arranged the scenes on a white table, by simply laying 2d pictures on the table along with the folded bats. We then took pictures of the scenes in order.

Finally, we sat and wrote the text, edited the pictures as collages or by adding text bubbles. In the end we have an 11 page book about a child's difficulties adjusting to a new school in a new culture.

We spent about 10 hours on the project in a single day. It was difficult to get my daughter to even stop for dinner. When she wants to do something she is stubborn. A trait she gets from both sides of the family.

I may take tomorrow off from posting. I have a little more work to do on Dwindle to prep for a post.