I don’t know if this counts but, I DMed the Dragons of Stormwreck Isle beginner campaign for my wife and some members of her family. None of them had played any kind of ttrpg and most of them weren’t super familiar with fantasy stuff in general, but everybody wanted to give it a try. They all made costumes, did a ton of research before playing, and got SUPER into roleplaying their characters. It was really cool to see new players get so into it, plus it made my first time running a game so much fun.
How is the SH and the Shadwell Shadows? I’ve had that series on my to-read list for a while but haven’t touched them.
I went down a deep horror fantasy rabbit hole and I just came out of it. Now I am jumping back into discworld with Terry Pratchett for a while. I just finished The Fifth Elephant and I’m going to try to finish the watch series in the next couple weeks. I might sprinkle a few short stories in there for palette cleansers haha. Pratchett is always my favorite author to come back to after I do a deep dive on a different genre or author. It’s like a warm blanket that makes me giggle.