{"id":8227,"date":"2025-12-25T04:00:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T08:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/?p=8227"},"modified":"2025-10-11T09:14:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T13:14:26","slug":"one-shot-cogwheel-babies-christmas-2025-lasers-feelings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/2025\/12\/one-shot-cogwheel-babies-christmas-2025-lasers-feelings\/","title":{"rendered":"One-Shot: Cogwheel Babies Christmas, 2025 (Lasers &#038; Feelings)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8727\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8227-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cogwheelgaming\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/One-Shot_CogwheelBabiesChristmas2025.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cogwheelgaming\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/One-Shot_CogwheelBabiesChristmas2025.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cogwheelgaming\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/One-Shot_CogwheelBabiesChristmas2025.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cogwheelgaming\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/One-Shot_CogwheelBabiesChristmas2025.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/?powerpress_pinw=8227-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cogwheelgaming\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/One-Shot_CogwheelBabiesChristmas2025.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"One-Shot_CogwheelBabiesChristmas2025.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CogBabies3000_Xmas2025-scaled.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8229\" src=\"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CogBabies3000_Xmas2025-300x300.png\" alt=\"A very busy title card for the Cogwheel Babies Christmas 2025 special. It has red and green everywhere, except for the black coffee cup and pile of oranges.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CogBabies3000_Xmas2025-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CogBabies3000_Xmas2025-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CogBabies3000_Xmas2025-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CogBabies3000_Xmas2025-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CogBabies3000_Xmas2025-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CogBabies3000_Xmas2025-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CogBabies3000_Xmas2025-1200x1200.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><span data-offset-key=\"h1sl-0-0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/is.aaronbsmith.com\/@crash\">Crash<\/a>\u00a0GMs for <a href=\"https:\/\/is.aaronbsmith.com\/@ArchBeth@mastodon.social\">Beth<\/a>, Ellie, &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/is.aaronbsmith.com\/@sith_shenanigans@elekk.xyz\">Io<\/a> as they use modified Lasers &amp; Feelings rules to run an AU game where previously played characters are children in a day care who want to buy a gift for their caretaker.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow this series (of one-shots) on\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#x25b6;One-Shots RSS Feed: <a href=\"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/tag\/one-shot\/feed\/\">https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/tag\/one-shot\/feed\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#x25b6;Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/cogwheelgaming\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/cogwheelgaming<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#x25b6;Mastodon: <a href=\"https:\/\/is.aaronbsmith.com\/@cogwheel\" rel=\"me\">https:\/\/is.aaronbsmith.com\/@cogwheel<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Not on Mastodon? 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