Happy New Year with Those Dark Places - Two Shelves of Gaming episode 18

Happy New Year folks! New Year, new podcast. Yes, an actual new podcast. Not the recycled one I uploaded last time. In case any of you were scratching you head about episode 17.5, let me explain. When working on a previous episode I saw a huge announcement declaring I could now upload videos. Seeing as I had an aborted attempt at doing just that a while ago, I thought I'd try again. After all why not finally get people to see the little video I made all the way back in April 2021. Alas, it appears history repeated itself, because when I uploaded the video file only the audio was posted. Where my video is I know not. If I'm missing a basic point of video / podcast doings then I guess that's on me. In either case, while I may return to making videos in the future it'll be the exception rather than the norm. Well enough of that, the main thrust of this episode is my making good on my promise to solo a game of Those Dark Places...or at least trying to make good. As I listen back to this episode, I'm cringing at all the things I got wrong or basically didn't do. Even though how to solve the problem of doing an effective solo rpg with this rule set has kind of consumed my thoughts for a while, I must confess to going into this session rather ill prepared - no characters were created and I had to keep flipping through the rule book to remember things. I think I'd consider this attempt at soloing Those Dark Places more a rough guide at how attempt such an endeavor rather than a shining example of a solo play through. I was tempted to re-record everything, but given the demands of family life something told me that wasn't going to happen any time soon. Was lucky to get a window of time to record in the first place. Excuses, excuses. Be warned there are plot spoilers here. Also I touch on the subject of body horror and mental health during the episode. Also from the technical point of few there are numerous harsh sound edits due to various disturbances and the near constant stream of jets going past my head.  Oh, one final thing, it was HUDSON...!!!