Monthly Archives: April 2021

Some Like It Temperate

Posted on April 18, 2021 by First Age

As enthralled as I am by the Fantasy D20 thing, I have gaming space for other things, and North Star has got me back into space via Traveller, a foundational RPG that I reminisced about last year on the Podcast. … Continue reading →

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Soldiers of Fortune

Posted on April 15, 2021 by First Age

In my continuing excavation of lost treasures, perfectly preserved in digital publishing archives, I have hit a rich seam of 3rd party DnD 4e, including Kobold Press Midgard. The first that I dived into was Soldiers of Fortune, which is … Continue reading →

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Into the Feywild

Posted on April 12, 2021 by First Age

 We are heading towards a third of 2021 gone already, as time inexorably marches on with a quick step. On a retrospective at the gaming things that have made me smile, I find that I have been smiling a lot. … Continue reading →

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A light brush with physics

Posted on April 4, 2021 by First Age

 Or… back to some Traveller. Back in the day, the Traveller starter set, my introduction to the game, had the most useful starship system travel formulae in the main book, but these have been removed by Mongoose from their versions. … Continue reading →

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Wavemaker for campaign and scenario writing

Posted on April 2, 2021 by First Age

 Thanks to my good friend Dom, I have just discovered Wavemaker a great, clean and powerful book writing application. It’s completely free and shows off the Progressive Web Application (PWA) framework really well. In additon to the core writng view … Continue reading →

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