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Dane Lovrick
I’m delighted to be playing in some Mongoose 2e Traveller. Character generation was a blast as usual for this lifepath system. Here’s my character: Force Commander Dane Lovrick (Imperial Marine) (Night Wraiths Black Ops Unit – no formal records of … Continue reading
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My Dad
Superintendent for The Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen My beautiful Dad died today, in the early hours. It was an honour to be with him in the last hours he was with us. He was the most amazing gentle man, … Continue reading
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The Comae Engine 2300AD
A recent Bundle of Holding reaquainted me with GDW’s 2300AD second edition, a game I enjoyed the heck out of in the late 80s and early 90s. It’s a very complete and enthralling setting, based on the best understood star … Continue reading
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Hope Valley Line Fantasy
The journey from my local station, Dore and Totley, to Manchester Picaddily, along the Hope Valley line is my favourite train ride. Travelling off-peak and through Peaks is quiet, giving me a table to myself on the newer Northern trains. … Continue reading
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Sturm und Drang
The adventures of our Nentir Vale heroes, ‘Sturm und Drang’, continue for a while into 2023. One of my players has very kindly commissioned some art, depicting the group in an anime style. Sturm und Drang The original image is … Continue reading
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Fedora Linux on the go
A recent profligate purchase has been a light laptop for carrying about on my adventures, and one that would take Linux really well. I really don’t need this device. I have a very lovely Windows ‘Matebook’ laptop, with a gorgeous … Continue reading
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The Comae Engine
“Comae Engine is a downsized roleplaying game when you need quick mechanics to tell a good story.” I am a big fan of Clarence Redd’s M-Space, a stylishly developed science fiction tabletop roleplaying game based on the Design Mechanism’s Mythras, … Continue reading
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Fedora Workstation 37
The post title sounds a bit like a quirky industrial SF movie, but no, it’s only about my desktop geekiness. I’ve recovered an old Clevo PC Specialist laptop, once my mainstay, with a borked screen and a severely ailing battery. … Continue reading
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The Family Dragonbane Game
The Dragonbane RPG Beta has been updated and so I have also updated the Quickstart pregens of the new version. This is a game in development and it is fun to play it as it morphs into its final form. … Continue reading
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My Gaming Year in 2022
I trust you have had a good year, and also a good year of RPG gaming? At an end of year reflective mood, I thought I’d give my 2022 RPG year in review, with the highs and the highers. As … Continue reading
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