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I’ve been into designing boardgames and worldbuilding with the intention of running a Tabletop RPG.
For my current boardgame project, it’s a Roll-n-Write style game where you travel the map in order to collect random critters.
My worldbuilding project, at the moment, consists of a sort of airship & steampunk world with sci-fi undertones.
I don’t know if this necessarily counts; but indie wrestling! I wrestle in the indies and the love and passion our people have in our community is absolutely wonderful. Not too many of friends that I had before have actually come to shows, and I would love if they would!
I never took an interest in wrestling at all before I saw my first show, but the brutality and theatrics had me spellbound.
Indie wrestling is awesome! You ever try catch wrestling?
I have! Our school incorporates a lot of catch/grapple wrestling. Our shoot fight nights are so much fun.
I play rhythm games. Like a lot. Maybe to many?
Guitar hero back in the scorehero.com days was peak gaming.
I have a lot because ADHD hyperfixations. Here are some of the more niche ones:
SCUBA diving 3d printing Woodworking Finger drums Martial arts Power lifting FPV drone building and flying Board games and tabletop RPGs
I’m sure there are more, but these are the more recent ones that are really hard to get anyone to join other than my wife.
Play any Gloomhaven? I’m in the process right now of resetting my game board to get a new group going and am super excited for it.
Yes, I have the physical edition, but mostly play digital because setup is so involved. It’s a brutal game.
+1 Also there needs to be a powerlifting community on lemmy if it isn’t already. I’d settle for posts like “lifted heavy circle”.
Damn, this sounds like me… I wonder if I have some ADHD/hyper fixation stuff.
I do clothing embroidery with a machine. It’s a small business, but I basically break even. It’s a great way for me to have a creative outlet, and share the geek and outdoorsy designs with others that appreciate it. What I unintentionally have done is locked in what everyone I know gets for every Christmas gift for the foreseeable future.
I’m unsure if this counts as a “hobby”, but I absolutely love the Mass Effect series so much that I enjoy just watching it as much as replaying. I love it so much that I’ve been recording my gameplay and editing it into a sort of Mass Effect “show”.
I could just watch the handful of streamers out there who play it, but few people play as FemShep and I’ve never seen anyone play a Shepard looking anything like mine let alone take the “right” choices and actions, so this Mass Effect “show” gives me a way to watch my Shepard’s story as often as I’d like.
The whole project has evolved into learning how to polish things in Premiere Pro and Photoshop, so I’m self-teaching as I go.
Is this a thing? Editing games playthroughs into tv shows? I’d love to watch this for games I’m interested in but would never play.
Also, FemShep is the only Shepard I’ve played (I only played the series the first time when the Legendary edition came out) and I can’t image it any other way.
stealth camping. basically camping where your not supposed to / normally wouldn’t want to, and have your presence remain unknown. it’s great fun and breathed new life into “the outdoors” for me
Always wanted to try this but I’ve got all my gear themed orange and green. I would stick out like a sore thumb. Also I’m in northern Ontario so It would be silly
it can still be done but you might need some camo or something. highly recommend it!
I ended up putting blaze orange cord on everything so I wouldn’t leave anything behind when I packed up camp. But my tarp is forest green so maybe I can do this…
i believe in you! a lot of my gear isnt ‘stealthy’ either, part of the fun is making it work and good site selection
Like in a van or do you mean camping out in cities or something?
either or! I don’t do vehicle stealths myself but it’s an equally acceptable part of the hobby. I personally like to camp under bridges, on abandoned structures and in the bushes on motorway interchanges. good fun
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I love the satisfaction of completing a film list like the AFI top 100 or Sight and Sound’s top 100. I enjoy watching, discussing, and learning more about the films.
Impressive! I’m more than halfway through the AFI 100 Years…100 Movies list now myself, slowly but surely. Started posting on Letterboxd too. Quite fun!
Awesome! I recommend that you listen to the Unspooled podcast as you go along. It’s nice to hear some critical (and funny thoughts) about the films, especially the really laborious ones like Intolerance. Good luck and happy viewing!
I love mapping on openstreetmap.org
Not sure if it’s niche anymore but mechanical keyboard is a fun rabbit hole to dive into. There’s so much variety and diversity in term of customization. You can really build a keyboard that fit your preference in term of looks, feels and sounds. The hobby has been booming after covid so now you can get some really nice starter stuff at affordable price.
Raising ducks. I love it. They’re disgusting creatures, but great.
How are they disgusting? When I see them they look quite cute.
I had a friend as a kid who had ducks as and I can answer this. They poop. Everywhere. A lot. Also they’re loud as hell sometimes.
My neighbor has ducks and they are indeed disgusting and charmingly cute. I’ve seen one get up to follow me for food and she was sitting in a large pile of her waste. Also duck rape is awful. Some have died from the duck gang rapes I was told :(
Drive by the duck farms in North Jersey and get back to me.
I do sport kite flying and kite making, and I love it. It’s incredibly small and niche.
The kites are multi-line kites that can be controlled from the ground, and I typically fly to music and perform at kite festivals. I also build my kites myself by sewing together ripstop for the sails, cutting down carbon tubes for the frame, and 3d printing fittings.
Man thats super awesome. I remember going to parks in the early 2000’s and seeing people flying those things, and they were always the coolest people there. Are there communities for it, or do you mostly just do it for gigs?
There’s a bit of a community, but it is too small to show up much on most social media. Almost all of it is on Facebook these days, which is the only reason I have a FB account.
There’s a few groups out there like Sport Kite Pilots Longe that are pretty good spots for online conversation. Otherwise, we mostly meet up at Kite festivals. My next event will be the Washington State International Kite Festival during the 3rd fill week of Aigust
Roasting and brewing the best coffee I possibly can.
Installing open source operating systems or firmware on every device I can.
Have you ever gotten GNU/Hurd running on hardware?
Only on a VM. Like a lot of less common OSs, drivers are a problem.
What’s your coffee setup(s) like? Pour over, espresso, drip?
Gene Cafe roaster, Hario hand grinder and brewer. I usually do pour over, I do own a French press. If I want espresso, I’ll go out for it.
