Anyone else discovering new hobbies to keep themselves interested during lockdown?

I have found out that I need more than one activity to keep me interested in day. So far it's been Blackstone Fortress (fond memories playing Hero Quest as
child) and learning how to paint the minatures, teaching myself some electronics to build IoT devThe potatoes are a bit dull once planted but a great excuse to build an automated irrigation systen.

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I have found out that I need more than one activity to keep me
interested in day. So far it's been Blackstone Fortress (fond memories playing Hero Quest as child) and learning how to paint the minatures, teaching myself some electronics to build IoT devThe potatoes are a bit dull once planted but a great excuse to build an automated irrigation systen.

I love Hero Quest! I actually have been longing for a heroquest clone as a
BBS door. Maybe as a roguelike or something. I love that game. I still have a copy but one of my monsters has a sword broken off....grrr...

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On Apr 12th 7:45 pm ryan said...

have a copy but one of my monsters has a sword broken off....grrr...

Superglue assuming you still have the missing part? I struggled with getting all the Blackstone pieces off the sprue undamaged. Some parts ended up a bit bent. I hope when they are painted it won't show too much.

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Superglue assuming you still have the missing part? I struggled with getting all the Blackstone pieces off the sprue undamaged. Some parts ended up a bit bent. I hope when they are painted it won't show too
much.

There are some replacement monster packs available on eBay for an arm and a leg. I'll probably shell out for one to complete the collection.

I'm a schmuck.

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On 04-12-20 19:32, pokeswithastick wrote to All <=-

Anyone else discovering new hobbies to keep themselves interested
during lockdown?

I have found out that I need more than one activity to keep me
interested in day. So far it's been Blackstone Fortress (fond memories playing Hero Quest as child) and learning how to paint the minatures, teaching myself some electronics to build IoT devThe potatoes are a bit dull once planted but a great excuse to build an automated irrigation systen.

Ham radio, BBSing, training and some online virtual competitions are occupying all of my time. :)


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On Apr 13th 8:45 am ryan said...

There are some replacement monster packs available on eBay for an arm and a leg. I'll probably shell out for one to complete the collection.

The professionally painted sets are ever so tempting. Comparing them with my amature attempts and I might as well be painting with a standard builder's brush.

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The professionally painted sets are ever so tempting. Comparing them
with my amature attempts and I might as well be painting with a standard builder's brush.

Professionally painted sets? You have my attention... hehe. Onward to eBay!

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pokeswithastick wrote to All <=-

Anyone else discovering new hobbies to keep themselves interested
during lockdown?

Old hobbies - I've got a to-do list for the board of things I've wanted more time for. My wife has thousands of pictures from her phone on her PC, I need to set up a duplicate image program, have her sort out her photos and get
her a larger hard drive.

I'm going to brush up on AWS while I'm at home, too.


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