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What is a hobby you enjoy, but seems too quirky or obscure to bring up in most conversations? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 1 year ago by Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Mine would be creating pen and paper ciphers for my made up secret communication needs.

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[–] LoreleiSankTheShip@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh, that's safe. Try being into a more obscure ttrpgs like Mage The Ascension or worse, niche Powered by the Apocalypse games like Legacy.

I can't even talk about them to people already into ttrpgs.

[–] itmightbethew@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Or FATE and its numerous incarnations. I feel like I get as far as saying "it's like DnD except..." before it veers off irrevocably into talking about DnD

[–] PelicanPersuader@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Please talk to me about Mage. I've only gotten to play it once and really enjoyed it.

[–] itmightbethew@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I met my wife playing Mage: the Ascension. Truly one in million. I know. Never got to try out M20 though. That should put a rough date on when this happened...

[–] PelicanPersuader@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Dang, old school! I only got into WoD in the last few years but it's been so much fun and I've met amazing people through it. Spooky nerds are best nerds.