My first introduction to tabletop role-playing came in the late eighties. My older brother had bought a copy of the Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set. He only had a passing interest in the hobby, but I fell in love with the box art and the idea of building a fantasy world even though my English was pretty rudimentary.
Over the following years, the hobby became an important part of my identity. My friends and I spent most of our free time playing D&D and various other systems. We had a sea of time to go to conventions, play computer adaptations and read cheesy novels set in our campaign worlds.
Finding myself three decades later with a job and family, scheduling a tabletop session is nigh impossible. So I built Chronicler — a computer system that lets me relive the adventures of my teens without having to synchronize calendars. The posts that follow document how it’s put together, in case anyone else wants to reuse it or build on top of it.