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PavelšŸ€ @spavel.bsky.social

Gaming perfection was achieved in 1796 when Johann Georg Julius Venturini developed rules for mobile bakeries that would feed the player's troops. The fact that Gygax and Arnerson chose not to include baking as a core gameplay loop of D&D impoverished the entire genre.

aug 25, 2025, 1:38 am • 26 2

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Stan Bileschi @bileschi.com

Roll for maillard

aug 25, 2025, 1:43 am • 1 0 • view
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Chris Jay @crisjay.bsky.social

I vaguely remember one wargame, Europa I think, gave bonuses to German pilots for superior optics, and penalized Italian units water resources for having to boil their pasta. Take with a grain of salt!

aug 25, 2025, 2:46 am • 0 0 • view
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PavelšŸ€ @spavel.bsky.social

The Campaign For North Africa was the one with the pasta ration (in reality, Italian troops boiled their pasta in the tomato sauce).

aug 25, 2025, 2:51 am • 1 0 • view
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fatcat3g.bsky.social @fatcat3g.bsky.social

I remember cooking and food incorporated in a few Neverwinter Nights mods...but then again, its player-made mods were top. And scavenging for food can become tedious in some games (but still better than material farming in gacha games)

aug 25, 2025, 3:38 am • 1 0 • view