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Truer20
I haven’t been able to resist doing some prep for a future Greyhawk True20 game. True20 keeps calling to me, and this isn’t part of the plan. So, it might be an investment for a later time. The tweaks have … Continue reading
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Hinterspace Notes #3
I’m still working on the two page spread for each mainworld system in my Eventide subsector setting. The plan is to have two pages in a standard format per system, with just over thirty systems to record. That gives a … Continue reading
Posted in Cepheus, Hinterspace, Publishing, Writing
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A Return to Middle Earth
More tingles as the Kickstarter for The One Ring 2e becomes a physical reality, forged to seduce mortal men I wanted to say a bit about why I am excited to see this game re-emerge with an evolved and streamlined … Continue reading
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Hills, Moors and Fantasy RPGs
I had a happy day yesterday, walking the hills and moors around Derwent Edge and the resevoirs below. It’s a favourite site, beautiful surrounds and a mix between clear trails and out of the way walking on the edges. On … Continue reading
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The Picts – A History
I’ve just read Tim Clarkson’s ‘The Picts – A History’, and really enjoyed it. In fact I finished it breathless and wanting more. At 206 pages, before launching into a useful set of appendices, you get a fly through of … Continue reading
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Hinterspace Notes #2
Terraforming The Terraformers of EOS are able to influence a world’s Atmosphere and Hydrosphere characteristics. For every century of elapsed time, the terraforming process modifies either or both UWP characteristics by +/-1. Present techniques can modify up to +/-3. These … Continue reading
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A Return to Vimray
With Revelation 2022 games convention coming at the end of February, I thought I’d push the boat out and have a go at running a Forged in the Dark game. This also gives me a chance to return to one … Continue reading
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Hinterspace Notes #1
Holiday Tuesday and I’m scribbling for my Hinterspace Cepheus Deluxe setting. Seem to have dallied on how longevity is managed, including newly available life extension treatments in the Empire of Stars (EOS), and unsuccessful attempts at sentience syphoning to quantum … Continue reading
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Looking Back and Forward to 2022
This is a gaming review and some thoughts on what 2022 might bring for me. For context, I retire at the end of March 2022, so I will have much more time for everything, includng the gaming hobby. We head … Continue reading
Posted in Cepheus, Conventions, D&D4e, Games, Hinterspace, Publishing, Traveller, VTT, Writing
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A Maturing D&D 4e Campaign in Nentir Vale
I’m reflecting on my Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition campaign, that is now 25 sessions in and been running for most of this year. It has been a lot of absorbing fun, and perhaps one of my most successful long … Continue reading
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