Week 264: BOBBRT

A week of drinks with friends, drinks with colleagues and friends, trips to Matlock, second viewings, puzzle games, grandparents, D&D planning, and some slop on a wall.

Posted on 16 November 2025 by Rowan Manning .
Tagged with Social, Work, House, Games, Food, D&D, AI

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I had a lovely time on Tuesday meeting up with Andrew, Ed, and Dan. Just a casual catch up, a few pints of Jubel and then home for dinner. Woke up bright and early on Wednesday, I’m so sensible nowadays!
I had a lovely time on Thursday for Alice’s leaving drinks (😢). Just a casual leaving drinks, a few pints of Jubel, then a few more pints of Jubel, then a few wines, then a Jägerbomb or two, and then home. Had to drag myself out of bed on Friday, why am I like this?
On Friday, after aformentioned dragging, Charlotte and I met Luke in St Pancras and we got the train up to Matlock for a second viewing of a very lovely house 👀 the train is really easy, I think people would happily come visit! It pissed it down with rain the whole day, we sampled some tea rooms and pubs and it feels nice there.
On Saturday, Charlotte and I got to Room 46 in Blue Prince after a real blend of skill and luck. It took us 21 in-game days to get there after solving many funa dn rewarding puzzles. Love this game, now for some other challenges.
On Sunday we drove down to Canterbury to visit Charlotte’s grandparents. We took a veggie lasagna which was delicious and spent a wholesome few hours chatting.
I’m planning a couple of D&D sessions at the moment and I’m having such a lovely time with it. Hoping to run a two-parter with some of my old group with the potential for it to evolve into a full campaign. Getting back into world-building feels like coming home.
Oh my sweet Shrimp Jesus I nearly forgot: in Matlock we went into a tat shop and found a display of AI-generated posters which is wild. I keep wondering how many actual humans were involved in the process to get these things designed, produced, purchased, and then displayed IN A SHOP. And nobody questioned them!? We are truly living in the future.