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The Skill Challenge
I thought I’d set out some more thoughts on how I have approached the Skill Challenges to round off the Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition campaign. Skill Challenges, or linked Clocks as the Forged cool kids like to say, are … Continue reading
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The Threads are Woven – A last campfire before the Great Battle
We are reaching the second season conclusion of our D&D 4th Edition campaign, and it will be a tumultuous finale! The allies and foes that have been encountered over two real-time years of roleplay are now marshelling onto the battlefield for … Continue reading
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2300AD Comae Engine – conversion thoughts
North Star SF TTRPG ,convention is coming in May. With that in mind, I have returned to the possibility of using the Comae Engine to power my ‘old’ GDW 2300AD game. A light and quick application of the Comae Engine … Continue reading
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Infinity 2D20 is underway
A quick run-through of the Cost of Greed is now underway, with our first session under our belts. I say ‘quick’, but really I have to allow for us all fumbling towards the game and unlocking it’s deep chambers of … Continue reading
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Role VTT continues to develop
It’s been fun watching the Role VTT (https://www.playrole.com/) develop over the past few years. It has become my online place of choice to play RPGs, though acknowledging it has a way to go to fully meet my needs. The roadmap … Continue reading
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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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