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Monday: BAAL Chronicle Creator Shout-outs
Tuesday: RITE OF THOUGHT book reccomendations
Saturday/Sunday: Anime Gaming Toonami Inspired Gaming Take-over TIGT
DAILY gaming
learning Blender AND Unreal Engine self/ai-taught

06/19/2026

Oh we rolled into Sunnyvale just to make a quick score,
Three broke-down idiots kickin’ in the cosmic floor.
Julianus said “trust me,” Bubs said “that’s a bad idea,”
Rickon brought a shopping cart full of Mimics from the rear.

(chorus – crowd chant, foot-stomp energy)
Ohhh the Sunnyvale Heist went wrong again,
We deleted half a continent tryin’ to pretend.
We only meant to steal a little from the root,
Now the Tavern’s rewriting every single truth.

(Verse 2 – fast, comedic storytelling)
We duct-taped a musket to a broken metal cart,
Called it “phase one” and called that “being smart.”
The root directory blinked like it knew our names,
Then reality started catching fire like a game.

Bubs said “don’t panic,” while panic took the wheel,
Rickon negotiated with a Mimic for a meal.
Julianus yelled “we’re in!” like it was all part of the plan,
Then tripped over existence and erased a farming land.

(chorus – louder, more chaotic, crowd laughter feel)
Ohhh the Sunnyvale Heist went wrong again,
We deleted half a continent tryin’ to pretend.
We only meant to steal a little from the root,
Now the Tavern’s rewriting every single truth.

(bridge – slower, mock-serious folk lament)
Now there’s a hole where the coastline used to be,
And a bureaucrat screaming “who authorized reality?”
We didn’t mean extinction, just a minor little theft,
But the system counts in worlds and that’s all that’s left.

(final chorus – faster, drunken pub energy collapse)
Ohhh the Sunnyvale Heist went wrong again,
We’re wanted by the laws of space and time and men.
We only wanted snacks and maybe gold or two…
Now the universe says “nah, I’m done with you.”

www.thebrokentavern.com

06/19/2026
06/19/2026

Purify Tax
“Wake…”
“Shift…”
“Lock…”

(mass choir enters, deep, slow, cavernous)
“Grind…”

“Weigh…”
“Judge…”
“Toll…”

(choir grows—O Fortuna style swell, not rhythmic, but inevitable)
“Tax…”

“Bleed…”
“Break…”
“Fall…”

(bass hits like tectonic collapse)
“Submit…”
“Kneel…”

(everything slows, almost sacred)
“Burn…”

“Erase…”
“Purify…” (replacing “purge” for mythic tone)

(whispered abyss layer, barely human)
“Dust…”
“Ash…”
“Rot…”
“Still…”

(final collapse—mass choir, unison, not melody but judgment)
“CONSUME…”
“UNMAKE…”
“UNRENDER…”

(ending — absolute drop into silence, one final echo like a slammed cathedral door)
“Silence…”

www.thebrokentavern.com

06/19/2026

The run is dead.

Not to a legendary boss.
Not to the Absolute.
Not even to a Chosen.

A giant spider ended everything.

After surviving nearly all of Act 1, clearing the Goblin Camp, defeating the Hag, completing side content, and building what looked like a promising Honour Mode campaign, one bad fight was all it took to send the entire run to the graveyard.

Such is the law of Baldur's Gate 3 Honour Mode.

So tonight...

We're doing something different.

Instead of immediately starting another run, we're diving into the world of BG3 mods for the very first time to see what the community has created since launch.

Tonight:
� Checking out BG3 mods for the first time
� Looking at new classes, races, spells, and gameplay changes
� Exploring content that could completely change future playthroughs
� Deciding what belongs in future challenge runs
� Mourning the Honour Mode run that almost made it out of Act 1

The spider won the battle.

Now we're about to see what happens when modders get involved.

� Drop !Followage if you've been enjoying the BG3 journey
� Like the stream if you've ever lost an Honour Mode run in a stupid way
� What BG3 mod should we try first?
� Stars always appreciated

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www.thebrokentavern.com

also i know we have some unfinished games that i started but never finished since i revamped and i have not forgotten. here is the list
The Alters
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Fallout 4
Prey(2017)
Dishonored
South Park: The Fractured but Whole(main game beat only DLC left)
Hogwarts Legacy
Ocarina Of Time (restart required)
wind waker (restarted! and on episode 3 now!)
Kingdom Come: Deliverance(restart required due to hardcore mode)
Baldur's Gate 3 (Honor Mode)
Fallout 3 (needs restart due to hardlock bug)
Ready or Not
Command & Conquer: Renegade
DK64
Kingdom hearts The Final Mix!
Zelda Twilight Princess (no restart needed still at the beginning pretty much)

06/18/2026
06/18/2026

Humanity already failed.

By the time XCOM 2 begins, the aliens have won. Governments have fallen, resistance movements have been crushed, and the world now lives under the rule of ADVENT. The old XCOM project is gone, its soldiers scattered, and hope is hanging by a thread.

Tonight, we begin rebuilding that resistance from nothing.

XCOM 2 isn't a game about overwhelming power—it's a game about impossible choices. Every mission risks permanent casualties. Every research decision matters. Every missed shot has the potential to turn a victory into a disaster. And unlike most strategy games, your best soldier can die because of one bad turn.

This playthrough starts from the very beginning:
� Rebuilding XCOM from the ground up
� Recruiting and training our first soldiers
� Managing research, engineering, and resistance operations
� Trying to survive the opening missions without catastrophic losses
� Beginning humanity's fight to take Earth back

The odds are terrible.

The enemy controls the planet.

And that's exactly where the story starts.

� Drop !Followage if you've been around for the long haul
� Like the stream if you enjoy strategy games
� What class always carries your XCOM campaigns?
� Stars always appreciated

����
www.thebrokentavern.com

also i know we have some unfinished games that i started but never finished since i revamped and i have not forgotten. here is the list
The Alters
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Fallout 4
Prey(2017)
Dishonored
South Park: The Fractured but Whole(main game beat only DLC left)
Hogwarts Legacy
Ocarina Of Time (restart required)
wind waker (restarted! and on episode 3 now!)
Kingdom Come: Deliverance(restart required due to hardcore mode)
Baldur's Gate 3 (Honor Mode)
Fallout 3 (needs restart due to hardlock bug)
Ready or Not
Command & Conquer: Renegade
DK64
Kingdom hearts The Final Mix!
Zelda Twilight Princess (no restart needed still at the beginning pretty much)

06/18/2026

(Chorus)
Pondering the orb in the velvet pit,
Rule Ten took his legs but we still the s**t.
Tavern Wizard Drachreal Cabal, grinding on the floor,
We don’t need a key—we just unrender the door.
Stacking Drachreals while our karma gets dark,
System try to wipe us but we leave a permanent mark.
Tavern Wizard Drachreal Cabal, glowing cyan blue,
If the Evaluator pulls up, we’re deleting him too.

(Verse 1 – Zarok)
Zarok on the mic, passing round mystic smoke,
We don’t do the meat grinder—that’s a rookie joke.
Chronomancer Commander, yeah his hands turning dust,
My magic stays pristine while yours all turn to rust.
They say the Tavern starving, call it apex predator,
I stole the Drachreals clean and never logged it in the ledger.
Hitting cosmic ho**ah, blowing rings into the void,
Seventies velvet pit where reality gets destroyed.
We squatting in the fracture with the Reaper and the Knight,
Rolling paradox threads at the edge of dying light.

(Verse 2 – Galdor)
Galdor stepping in—let me drop the conspiracy,
Architects are frauds, yeah that’s pure heresy.
Baal and the Keeper? Administrative lies,
We’re inside the root system cutting severed ties.
Pocket full of Drachreals, dripping void-swag gold,
Silas lost his lower half, now the story’s getting told.
We don’t forge dead iron, we don’t swing molten wrath,
We cast localized illusions just to skip the aftermath.
Shadow Spire tactics, we bypass every layer,
Deleting Sentinels while we rewrite the prayer.

(Chorus)
Pondering the orb in the velvet pit,
Rule Ten took his legs but we still the s**t.
Tavern Wizard Drachreal Cabal, grinding on the floor,
We don’t need a key—we just unrender the door.
Stacking Drachreals while our karma gets dark,
System try to wipe us but we leave a permanent mark.
Tavern Wizard Drachreal Cabal, glowing cyan blue,
If the Evaluator pulls up, we’re deleting him too.

www.thebrokentavern.com

06/18/2026

Rule 10
(Verse 1)
Push through the heavy oak, step into the cold.
A million dead universes wait in the fold.
The architecture breathes, the geometry shifts.
While the Grinding awakens and reality drifts.
There are no clean victories, no heroes intact.
Just the weight of the Karma, the blood on the pact.

(Chorus)
Oh, the Tavern remembers the choices you make.
For every step forward, there’s something it takes.
Rule ten is the ledger, the toll of the climb.
Paid in your flesh, in your mind, in your time.
We’re caught in the pin where the dimensions bleed.
Just meat for the grinder, to answer its need.

(Verse 2)
The Chronomancer ages, his hand turning gray.
The Cartographer’s legs slowly erased away.
The Pyromantic Tyrant with axes of flame.
Melted to bone in the pursuit of his claim.
From the blind faithful Seer to the Voidcaller’s eyes.
Equivalent sacrifice demands every prize.

(Chorus)
Oh, the Tavern remembers the choices you make.
For every step forward, there’s something it takes.
Rule ten is the ledger, the toll of the climb.
Paid in your flesh, in your mind, in your time.
We’re caught in the pin where the dimensions bleed.
Just meat for the grinder, to answer its need.

(Verse 3)
Baal brings the chaos, the blood, and the war.
The Keeper brings order to anchor the floor.
A fractured equilibrium spinning the wheel.
While the anomalies shatter and learn how to heal.
No destiny guides us, no armor of plot.
Just the scars that we carry to fight off the rot.

(Chorus)
Oh, the Tavern remembers the choices you make.
For every step forward, there’s something it takes.
Rule ten is the ledger, the toll of the climb.
Paid in your flesh, in your mind, in your time.
We’re caught in the pin where the dimensions bleed.
Just meat for the grinder, to answer its need.

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