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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jul 25, 2021 0:10:16 GMT -5
How does that work, how much does that cost? I have many computers around here running Ubuntu Linux. I just install it on one of those. I guess it doesn't cost me anything except electricity, the cost for the computers (which are mostly used or refurbs) and the internet connection (which is the most expensive, because I have symmetric gigabit fiber), because the software is all free. Well, and the domain name. Right now I have it set up in the domain I have pointed at the IP address at my house for external use, but for gaming I'll probably host from a subdomain of megadungeon.{com, net, org}. Is it complicated to set something like that up? Not really, but unless you know what you're doing I wouldn't put a publicly-accessible server on the internet for anyone and everyone to access. Thanks for all the info! Yeah, that would be beyond my skills. |
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Post by restless on Jul 25, 2021 0:32:39 GMT -5
Of course, if you are only running it in your local network at home and not forwarding any ports to it from outside you are pretty safe to set one up. If you wanted to try it out, there's also DokuWiki on a stick that lets you put it on a flash drive and run it directly from there, but that's only for Windows. If you just want something that helps interlink notes and ideas easily, you can always use Wikidpad. It's basically a wiki that runs in a local program, and it's also open-source and free. |
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Post by mao on Jul 26, 2021 5:03:49 GMT -5
Just found this:
Where do I start. The basic idea of a megadungeon and only it's locality is exactly what I am working on now.
Lovecraft is excellent source material
I did a dungeon that was in many places(Stolen World) great idea , horribly run.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jul 26, 2021 9:59:15 GMT -5
Just found this: Where do I start. The basic idea of a megadungeon and only it's locality is exactly what I am working on now. Lovecraft is excellent source material I did a dungeon that was in many places(Stolen World) great idea , horribly run. A lot of REHs stuff, both Conan and non Conan has great ideas for dungeons. |
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Post by restless on Jul 29, 2021 22:09:17 GMT -5
In working on various items, I'm also put together a list of influences and slowly collecting some relevant inspirational artwork as a page on my wiki. Here's my personal "appendix N" for my gaming brain.
This isn't formatted nearly as nicely as it is on the wiki, but here's a copy of what I came up with:
My personal “Appendix N”
Much has been made of “Appendix N,” the appendix in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Masters Guide citing influences on the development of Dungeons & Dragons. It defines the soul of the game created by Gygax, et al.
It's also not unusual for a DM to be asked what his personal influences are that shape the campaign, so here is a list of some of my influences:
Television
- Saturday morning cartoons from the late '70s and the early '80s like "Thundarr the Barbarian", "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and "Jason of Star Command"
- Monster-of-the-week syndicated TV from the '80s and early '90s
- Nineties long-arc nerd classics like "The X-Files", "Millennium" and "Babylon 5"
- Westerns like "Gunsmoke", "Wagon Train", "Bonanza", "Kung Fu" and "Rawhide"
- ...I watch a lot of TV...
- Classic, horrible-special-effects "Doctor Who"
- Classic, morally-ambivalent "Blakes 7"
- Classic ST:TOS and ST:DS9; ST:TNG is great, but I don't think it informed my gaming that much
- As much as I hate that darn show, I hate to say it... Lost
- If anything has influenced my thoughts on grasping, dark characters with lots of moral ambiguity, it's definitely "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul"
Movies
- Saturday afternoon kung-fu movies on UHF channels in the '80s
- "Conan the Barbarian", "Conan the Destroyer", "Krull"... basically, any of those movies from that period
- The Indiana Jones franchise
- The Alien franchise
- The Blade Runner franchise
- The Planet of the Apes franchise
- "Big Trouble In Little China" is like, literally, the most old-school D&D movie I know
- ...I like movies...
- Endless swaths of cross-country car chase movies of the '70s
- Any number of classic and modern horror movies, both shock and psychological
Books
- Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
- The Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Masters Guide
- Rolemaster 2
- (Almost) Anything by Judges Guild
- HGttG... well, at least the first four
- Old Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke novels
- ...I (used to) read a lot...
- In retrospect, the Dragonlance novels have told me what I don't want at the gaming table
- From the Mixed-Up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (I'm not kidding; either you get it, or you don't)
- Believe it or not, Mazes and Monsters was a pretty good book
- I'm serious about that Dragonlance thing; if you come expecting Dragonlance, I'm not the guy for you
Computer games
- Interactive fiction, especially Infocom's and adventures by Scott Adams, but most-most especially the Zork and Enchanter series
- By extension, several MUDs back in the '90s when the Internet was a much different place
- The Wizardry series of games, especially the first couple
- The Ultima series
- The Bard's Tale
- Phantasie
- ...I (used to) play a lot of games...
- Proving Grounds BBS
- Roguelike games, especially ones like Nethack, Angband and Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup, and even Telengard or good old Temple of Apshai
- The classic Gold Box games
Podcasts
- Tanis (it's... complicated)
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jul 29, 2021 22:20:24 GMT -5
In working on various items, I'm also put together a list of influences and slowly collecting some relevant inspirational artwork as a page on my wiki. Here's my personal "appendix N" for my gaming brain. This isn't formatted nearly as nicely as it is on the wiki, but here's a copy of what I came up with: Podcasts - Tanis (it's... complicated) That is a pretty cool list and I like that you included the whole range of influences. I should do something like that. BTW what is Tanis? |
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Post by restless on Jul 29, 2021 22:25:01 GMT -5
tanispodcast.comIt's a rabbit-hole of frustration, sort of like "Lost" ended up being... but it's still fun. Especially the first season. It actually mentions the DMG, the artifact and relic lists and Baba Yaga's Hut... I think in the first episode, even. 
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Post by hengest on Jul 29, 2021 22:47:48 GMT -5
This is a great idea, restless, have an Exalt. I would like to do something like this, too. It might overlap quite a lot with your list. I would have to think honestly and carefully to be sure I'm not just listing everything I can think of, but actual "influences." |
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Post by restless on Jul 29, 2021 23:08:52 GMT -5
This is a great idea, restless , have an Exalt. I would like to do something like this, too. It might overlap quite a lot with your list. I would have to think honestly and carefully to be sure I'm not just listing everything I can think of, but actual "influences." There is a lot there, but many of the things point to my gaming philosophy. The love of dark stories, plot arcs that are almost background and secondary to the protagonists, cheesy fantasy tropes, character development in morally grey areas. Some are hard to place, but that's why it's my personal list, I guess; my wife was like, "why the kids book?" I told her about the book and how is basically the adventures of these two kids living in the Met and hiding out. It's still a bit of an adventure story and probably one of the first I really got into as a very young child. GEB is about many things, but a lot of about pattern, synthesis and, often, reasoning with stories if you know the book. All these things helped shape where I am now in a general gaming sense of thought. |
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Post by hengest on Jul 29, 2021 23:15:36 GMT -5
This is a great idea, restless , have an Exalt. I would like to do something like this, too. It might overlap quite a lot with your list. I would have to think honestly and carefully to be sure I'm not just listing everything I can think of, but actual "influences." There is a lot there, but many of the things point to my gaming philosophy. The love of dark stories, plot arcs that are almost background and secondary to the protagonists, cheesy fantasy tropes, character development in morally grey areas. Some are hard to place, but that's why it's my personal list, I guess; my wife was like, "why the kids book?" I told her about the book and how is basically the adventures of these two kids living in the Met and hiding out. It's still a bit of an adventure story and probably one of the first I really got into as a very young child. GEB is about many things, but a lot of about pattern, synthesis and, often, reasoning with stories of you know the book. All these things helped shape where I am now in a general gaming sense of thought. It's awesome to see this. A lot of GEB was beyond me but the "easy" ideas really stuck with me. Possibly more than I thought: a close friend and my wife often tell me how much I love recursion, although I would never have thought to say that about myself. I remember "From the Mixed-Up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" although I think I only heard an audiobook of it in school and never actually read it. Likely I should go back and put some of my reading from that era in, too... |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jul 30, 2021 0:13:36 GMT -5
tanispodcast.comIt's a rabbit-hole of frustration, sort of like "Lost" ended up being... but it's still fun. Especially the first season. It actually mentions the DMG, the artifact and relic lists and Baba Yaga's Hut... I think in the first episode, even. Wow, I can see getting hooked on that pretty easy. My wife and I watched Lost until we just couldn't anymore a few seasons in. Part of that was we only had so much time for TV and about twice as many shows as we had time to watch, so we had to make some choice as to what to watch and what to let go. |
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Post by restless on Jul 30, 2021 10:37:18 GMT -5
tanispodcast.comIt's a rabbit-hole of frustration, sort of like "Lost" ended up being... but it's still fun. Especially the first season. It actually mentions the DMG, the artifact and relic lists and Baba Yaga's Hut... I think in the first episode, even. Wow, I can see getting hooked on that pretty easy. My wife and I watched Lost until we just couldn't anymore a few seasons in. Part of that was we only had so much time for TV and about twice as many shows as we had time to watch, so we had to make some choice as to what to watch and what to let go. I'd say the similarity of "Tanis" to "Lost" is more in that it wanders about building up mythology without actually going anywhere. I always say "Lost" ended like a D&D campaign: we're just done, I'm wrapping it up, but lots of threads get lost or aren't ever explained or even make sense. Tanis is a fun ride through a weird "mystery" that may be a "bigger truth." Equal parts copypasta, X-Files and slow-burn Lovecraftian horror. |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jul 30, 2021 10:40:59 GMT -5
Wow, I can see getting hooked on that pretty easy. My wife and I watched Lost until we just couldn't anymore a few seasons in. Part of that was we only had so much time for TV and about twice as many shows as we had time to watch, so we had to make some choice as to what to watch and what to let go. I'd say the similarity of "Tanis" to "Lost" is more in that it wanders about building up mythology without actually going anywhere. I always say "Lost" ended like a D&D campaign: we're just done, I'm wrapping it up, but lots of threads get lost or aren't ever explained or even make sense. Tanis is a fun ride through a weird "mystery" that may be a "bigger truth." Equal parts copypasta, X-Files and slow-burn Lovecraftian horror. Yeah, when you watch something you want it to go somewhere, but in a game just having fun with friends is the object. That was what made "Lost" frustrating, it was not a game we got to play in. |
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Post by restless on Jul 30, 2021 11:38:52 GMT -5
In the past, I've had trouble getting gaming together, because I will do a lot of work on it all at once and then get distracted so I stop. The next thing I know, months have gone by and nothing has happened.
Now, I'm trying to do it over time, but every day I do at least one thing. That way, I keep some momentum up, no matter what. Also, lots of little works add up over time.
This morning I wrote a short article of notes about what I envision goblinoids as in this setting.
Goblinoids
(Goblins, Hobgoblins, Bugbears)
Goblinoids are a scourge on the the Land, some born from disgusting greenish-purple grubs that grow from Chaos deep in the earth, while others are from these foul beasts' wild orgies in their stinking lairs. A grub that grows to term (one moon, although they only grow in darkness) will become a goblin. Grubs that do not come to term are fed to goblin mothers, and mating can bring about goblin, hobgoblin or bugbear offspring (which also grow to adulthood in one moon) depending on the content of the Chaos within their grubs. Hobgoblins populate elite raiding parties, and bugbears are commonly among the leaders of their tribes.
Goblins, hobgoblins and bugbears represent the majority of the goblinoids and can interbreed, but rarely other types are encountered. All goblinoids are violent and bloodthirsty, using wicked improvised weapons of stone, obsidian and jagged metal for goblins and forged (but low-quality) weapons for hobgoblins and bugbears, and live in dark places close to a source of Chaos if possible. All goblinoids swear their fealty to both the strongest of their numbers and the Queen of Decay.
Goblins are not fond of the light, but hobgoblins and bugbears are somewhat removed from the initial source of Chaos and can travel in the sun more easily. Goblinoids consider the tender flesh of elves to be a delicacy, and often perform night raids on settlements to get what they need to survive since they are too lazy to make their own way.
Some goblinoids have inherent magical powers due to their special taint of Chaos. They get a few spells or powers, although each has their own particular mutation. Most tribal groups have a shaman and d4-1 acolytes, who will have a mix of spells from different classes. Their patron is usually the Queen of Decay; some goblinoid groups also have other patrons.
There are stories of bugbears with heads that look like Jack-o-lanterns, their eyes burning with a cold, smokeless fire. These bugbears are both the bodyguards and consorts of the Queen of Decay and may be encountered on special tasks or leading important missions.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jul 30, 2021 11:57:33 GMT -5
In the past, I've had trouble getting gaming together, because I will do a lot of work on it all at once and then get distracted so I stop. The next thing I know, months have gone by and nothing has happened. Now, I'm trying to do it over time, but every day I do at least one thing. That way, I keep some momentum up, no matter what. Also, lots of little works add up over time. This morning I wrote a short article of notes about what I envision goblinoids as in this setting. Goblinoids(Goblins, Hobgoblins, Bugbears) Goblinoids are a scourge on the the Land, some born from disgusting greenish-purple grubs that grow from Chaos deep in the earth, while others are from these foul beasts' wild orgies in their stinking lairs. A grub that grows to term (one moon, although they only grow in darkness) will become a goblin. Grubs that do not come to term are fed to goblin mothers, and mating can bring about goblin, hobgoblin or bugbear offspring (which also grow to adulthood in one moon) depending on the content of the Chaos within their grubs. Hobgoblins populate elite raiding parties, and bugbears are commonly among the leaders of their tribes. Goblins, hobgoblins and bugbears represent the majority of the goblinoids and can interbreed, but rarely other types are encountered. All goblinoids are violent and bloodthirsty, using wicked improvised weapons of stone, obsidian and jagged metal for goblins and forged (but low-quality) weapons for hobgoblins and bugbears, and live in dark places close to a source of Chaos if possible. All goblinoids swear their fealty to both the strongest of their numbers and the Queen of Decay. Goblins are not fond of the light, but hobgoblins and bugbears are somewhat removed from the initial source of Chaos and can travel in the sun more easily. Goblinoids consider the tender flesh of elves to be a delicacy, and often perform night raids on settlements to get what they need to survive since they are too lazy to make their own way. Some goblinoids have inherent magical powers due to their special taint of Chaos. They get a few spells or powers, although each has their own particular mutation. Most tribal groups have a shaman and d4-1 acolytes, who will have a mix of spells from different classes. Their patron is usually the Queen of Decay; some goblinoid groups also have other patrons. There are stories of bugbears with heads that look like Jack-o-lanterns, their eyes burning with a cold, smokeless fire. These bugbears are both the bodyguards and consorts of the Queen of Decay and may be encountered on special tasks or leading important missions. This is brilliant stuff! |
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Post by hengest on Jul 30, 2021 12:03:22 GMT -5
Agreed, exalt. This is a lot of fun. I want to reply more or ask questions but can't assemble myself right now. But this is all awesome material, very nice work.
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Post by restless on Jul 30, 2021 13:05:51 GMT -5
Something I added a while back (on a previous writing storm when I felt inspired). I have a number of small gods and patrons entities in mind for this setting (similar to The Queen of Decay from the last entry). Deuplasus, The Faceless MotherDeuplasus is a giant mass of flesh, worshipped as a god by a cult of hedonists and seers deep within a hidden cave in the hills. They call Deuplasus "the Faceless Mother" and use a symbol of a traditional fertility goddess, but typically with no legs or head. Deuplasus' physical form is a roughly disk-shaped mass of quivering, suppurating flesh about 35' in diameter and 10' high on average, with spots up to 15' high. The Faceless Mother grows bruised, deliquescing tumors across her surface, growing to be more than 80-100 pounds in less than a month. As the masses grow heavier, they tear away from the body and plop to the ground where they writhe for several minutes until appendages or maws break through the surface and a unique creature bursts forth. Some stay near its mother, some immediately leave, perhaps trying to escape the madness of its own creation and existence. Some say that Deuplasus is sleeping, and should never be awakened. No one knows what would happen if it awakened, but it seems unwise to find out.  The symbol of Deuplasus, The Faceless Mother |
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Post by restless on Jul 30, 2021 13:26:27 GMT -5
Here's information emblazoned right on the front page of the wiki, which serves as the elevator pitch for the game: The elevator pitch
It's said that every undertaking involving others needs an elevator pitch, so here goes: It's been twelve days since you boarded the barge at the Dunfalcon docks headed to the Baron's encampment in the Hinterlands. You were told it would only take six days, but it's been almost two weeks in the open elements with little more provided to eat but foul-tasting pickled perch washed down with brackish water the scullery boy claims is tea. So far the journey has consisted of keeping an eye on your gear and long periods of overwhelming boredom, fortunately broken occasionally by ducking volleys from occasional goblinoid or bandit archers. It's not where you wanted to be, but it beats the alternatives you had back home.
During the river journey to the encampment you haven't really gotten to know many of the other cargo… er, passengers, but what you have heard sounds all too familiar: trouble with the law, trouble with the Church, trouble with family. Practically everyone seems to be running away from something. Oh, and of course, everyone is looking for their fortune. Everyone is certain they are going to become very rich.
That's how you ended up on this journey. You didn't know what your next move was but then you saw the handbill outside the hostelry. Everyone's heard the stories about Baron Aelfric, but you were undeterred by rumor. Immediately, you knew what to do.
This is an old-school sandbox campaign based on equally old-school rules and sensibilities and structured to fit into the busy lives of adults. Beginner and veteran players alike are welcome! New characters will be rolled before play begins or you may use a pre-generated character. The premise is simple: a wide-open, wild frontier ripe with riches for the taking and a greater backstory and mystery, should you seek to find it. The goal? Kill monsters, take their stuff and have fun. Sound good? Then grab some dice and pass the Doritos!  The Baron's handbill |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jul 30, 2021 14:05:37 GMT -5
Love the handbill, where do I sign up?
BTW love the name "Queen of Decay."
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Post by restless on Jul 30, 2021 14:15:07 GMT -5
Love the handbill, where do I sign up? At the Sea Scow Fishing Company back at the docks in Dunfalcon (obviously a play on "Greyhawk").  BTW love the name "Queen of Decay." I've not done much on her yet, but I picture her similar to a hag with goblin-like features and carrying a sagging, rotting Jack-o-lantern to light her way through the underworld and Skein, the robe-like folds of her skin shedding filth and maggots as she shambles. Anything she touches that is organic will be afflicted with rot and decay if it doesn't make a save versus polymorph. Like most patrons steeped in Chaos, she is (as is Deuplasus) somewhat horrific. Some are less... grotesque. Sorry if I am posting too often; I just realized you can get email notifications if you set it up. Normally I'd go weeks between visits because I didn't get notifications! |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jul 30, 2021 14:19:52 GMT -5
Love the handbill, where do I sign up? BTW love the name "Queen of Decay." I've not done much on her yet, but I picture her similar to a hag with goblin-like features and carrying a sagging, rotting Jack-o-lantern to light her way through the underworld and Skein, the robe-like folds of her skin shedding filth and maggots as she shambles. Anything she touches that is organic will be afflicted with rot and decay if it doesn't make a save versus polymorph. Shame a few of us don't live within five minutes of each other. Gaming together face to face would be a blast and perhaps we could work together and publish things. |
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Post by restless on Jul 30, 2021 14:24:19 GMT -5
Shame a few of us don't live within five minutes of each other. Gaming together face to face would be a blast and perhaps we could work together and publish things. I know, it's hard to get the right group together. I was really hoping to get a small group together here in the Houston area here at my house, but now that idea is definitely on hold. I realize a lot of people game online nowadays, but I haven't done that since the '80s when I ran what was essentially PbP on a couple BBSes. I could see doing a game with something like Discord and Owlbear Rodeo (a free, minimal web-based VTT) just for doing battlemap sketches like I would on a Chessex mat, nothing more than that, so maybe I could do that, especially as the pandemic rages on. |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jul 30, 2021 14:30:23 GMT -5
Shame a few of us don't live within five minutes of each other. Gaming together face to face would be a blast and perhaps we could work together and publish things. I know, it's hard to get the right group together. I was really hoping to get a small group together here in the Houston area here at my house, but now that idea is definitely on hold. I realize a lot of people game online nowadays, but I haven't done that since the '80s when I ran what was essentially PbP on a couple BBSes. I could see doing a game with something like Discord and Owlbear Rodeo (a free, minimal web-based VTT) just for doing battlemap sketches like I would on a Chessex mat, nothing more than that, so maybe I could do that, especially as the pandemic rages on. Yeah, they are talking about more lockdowns in some places and etc. |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jul 30, 2021 14:32:15 GMT -5
I know, it's hard to get the right group together. I was really hoping to get a small group together here in the Houston area here at my house, but now that idea is definitely on hold. I realize a lot of people game online nowadays, but I haven't done that since the '80s when I ran what was essentially PbP on a couple BBSes. I could see doing a game with something like Discord and Owlbear Rodeo (a free, minimal web-based VTT) just for doing battlemap sketches like I would on a Chessex mat, nothing more than that, so maybe I could do that, especially as the pandemic rages on. Yeah, they are talking about more lockdowns in some places and etc. The 5E game I am in we used Roll 20 for the graphics, but I cannot get sound either direction, so one of them makes a conference call and we use phones for sound. I cannot get sound on Discord either. On the first I go help from the DM and could not get it to work and on the second my nephew failed to get it to work on my computer. |
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Post by restless on Aug 2, 2021 12:36:02 GMT -5
The 5E game I am in we used Roll 20 for the graphics, but I cannot get sound either direction, so one of them makes a conference call and we use phones for sound. I cannot get sound on Discord either. On the first I go help from the DM and could not get it to work and on the second my nephew failed to get it to work on my computer. Sometimes it's best to set fire to... er, rebuild a box than keep working on it. Easier to say though when you have all the stuff around to do it and multiple computers, though. |
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Post by restless on Aug 2, 2021 12:37:53 GMT -5
Today I am working on getting a few entries into my wiki. I took today and tomorrow off, and Friday is my regular 9/80 day off, so I have a very short work week this week! In a bit though I think I may go see "The Green Knight". My wife has no interest so I guess if I want to see that then it's all me. Tomorrow I go visit my grandmother at the nursing home, so that will curtail a little work.
Once I get a few entries in I will post a link to what I have so far. It's not a whole lot, though, but I am not going to let 100% completeness be the enemy of getting something started at the table soon.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Aug 2, 2021 12:44:08 GMT -5
The 5E game I am in we used Roll 20 for the graphics, but I cannot get sound either direction, so one of them makes a conference call and we use phones for sound. I cannot get sound on Discord either. On the first I go help from the DM and could not get it to work and on the second my nephew failed to get it to work on my computer. Sometimes it's best to set fire to... er, rebuild a box than keep working on it. Easier to say though when you have all the stuff around to do it and multiple computers, though. I wish, we lived closer together and I had some available funds and I would be really happy to have you rebuild a box, if you were up for that.  If I can get through the next several months, I am going to get a newer computer (move up from 10-12 years old to 4 years old tech). |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Aug 2, 2021 12:45:06 GMT -5
Today I am working on getting a few entries into my wiki. I took today and tomorrow off, and Friday is my regular 9/80 day off, so I have a very short work week this week! In a bit though I think I may go see "The Green Knight". My wife has no interest so I guess if I want to see that then it's all me. Tomorrow I go visit my grandmother at the nursing home, so that will curtail a little work. Once I get a few entries in I will post a link to what I have so far. It's not a whole lot, though, but I am not going to let 100% completeness be the enemy of getting something started at the table soon. A friend at church, a fellow D&D player (although not currently) took me out to see Green Knight, let me know if you see it and we can compare thoughts on it. |
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Post by restless on Aug 2, 2021 12:48:48 GMT -5
Sometimes it's best to set fire to... er, rebuild a box than keep working on it. Easier to say though when you have all the stuff around to do it and multiple computers, though. I wish, we lived closer together and I had some available funds and I would be really happy to have you rebuild a box, if you were up for that. If I can get through the next several months, I am going to get a newer computer (move up from 10-12 years old to 4 years old tech). If you are looking for a good deal in that age range I really recommend DellRefurbished.com. I've had some good luck with them. My wife's work from home machine, my desktop and a Precision laptop I have all came from there, and if you buy during a 40-48% sale then you get some great deals. Granted, it depends on if you're a big computer gamer; most of their stuff is off-lease business-class hardware, so putting a high-end video card in is an exercise in frustration, but if you do things like email, web, photoshop, light video editing, online tabletop, whatever... it's just fine. |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Aug 2, 2021 12:55:25 GMT -5
I wish, we lived closer together and I had some available funds and I would be really happy to have you rebuild a box, if you were up for that. If I can get through the next several months, I am going to get a newer computer (move up from 10-12 years old to 4 years old tech). If you are looking for a good deal in that age range I really recommend DellRefurbished.com. I've had some good luck with them. My wife's work from home machine, my desktop and a Precision laptop I have all came from there, and if you buy during a 40-48% sale then you get some great deals. Granted, it depends on if you're a big computer gamer; most of their stuff is off-lease business-class hardware, so putting a high-end video card in is an exercise in frustration, but if you do things like email, web, photoshop, light video editing, online tabletop, whatever... it's just fine. Thanks for the suggestion!! I only play one video game, Civilization and I would like one machine with a high-end video card for that, well higher end than what I have. The version I play Civ III runs best on Windows 7, the newer versions do not work with my vision. A newer computer that was off lease would be great for 99% of what I do. |
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If I can get through the next several months, I am going to get a newer computer (move up from 10-12 years old to 4 years old tech).