Creating an AI assistant for any RPG which runs locally using Ollama and OpenWebUI. Also, Tony visits, and I tell some RPG stories from “back in the day”.

Clarifications and corrections:

• The AI knows that my name is Matt because I created a user profile (not shown) telling it so.

• When Llama 3.2 claimed Gary Gygax’s true name to be Gabor Gygax, I think it was hallucinating. I can find no corroboration for this assertion. Still, I did ask it to be a wizard, and didn’t give it a first name, so it might have just been being creative.

Discussions of solo wargame rules, adventure wargame rules, and solo adventure wargame rules, as well as what games we will be playing going forward.

Homepage: https://www.joyofnerding.com

Discussed in this video:

OODA Loop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OODA_loop

Inside the Actors Studio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_the_Actors_Studio

Little Wars: https://archive.org/details/littlewars0000well

Crimean War: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_War

Charge of the Light Brigade: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45319/the-charge-of-the-light-brigade

U.S. Army Wargame Rules: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wargaming

Mordheim: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordheim

Mordheim Solo Play Fan Rules: http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=320507

This is Not a Test: https://worldsendpublishing.com/products/this-is-not-a-test-official-rulebook-pdf

This is Not a Test Second Edition: https://blacksitestudio.com/products/this-is-not-a-test-core-rulebook-2nd-edition

Putting a barrier coat of varnish on the Dragon Crest model spaceship before weathering.

Homepage: https://www.joyofnerding.com

Discussed in this video:

Outpost Origins Vehicle Kit: https://dragons.rest/products/outpost-origins-vehicle-kit

Grex Tritum.TS Airbrush: https://www.grexusa.com/grexairbrush/products.php5?id=Tritium.TS

Grex TK-7 - 0.7mm needle for above: https://www.grexusa.com/grexairbrush/products.php5?id=TK-7

Badger 350: https://www.badgerairbrush.com/Badger_350.asp

Badger Patriot Arrow: Not on Badger’s website, as it is a Patriot 105 Variant, but you can find it at https://usaairbrushsupply.com/products/patriot-105-arrow. However, take a look at the Xtreme Patriot 105 first, as it is effectively a successor to the Arrow - https://www.badgerairbrush.com/Patriot_105_extreme.asp