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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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Playing D&D 4th Edition at Con4eR 2
And so ends another Con4eR, an online 4th Edition Dungeons and Dragons convention, and what fun it was. Apart from anything else, this was only the second time in recent memory that I’ve actually got to play this marvellous game. … Continue reading
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Ssarosk Infiltrator (TL12)
Thinking about games next year and hoping to be able to get a Cepheus Deluxe game going in a homebrew setting. This morning I had a play with the starship design sequence in the game, which feels like a simplified … Continue reading
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Con4eR 2 Prep
I organise an occasional 4th Editon D&D online convention and our next outing is coming soon. Time for some prep!
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Drawing Mainworlds
From December I plan to start creating a detailed subsector for Cepheus Deluxe games next year. Every system in the subsector will have some detail. At present I expect that to include the mainworld UWP stats, an Isodecahedron map of … Continue reading
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A Long Form Pause
A synchronicity of play has brought both my long running campaigns to a brief reflective pause. Pathfinder 2e is more than 40 sessions in, and we are enjoying Adevnture Path blending, exploring exciting sessions of play whilst delving into the … Continue reading
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Furnace XVI In Person
Furnace Convention has returned to the Garrison Hotel for a weekend of games, my goodness it was great to be back! We decided to hold the convention fully in the physical as a starter to our return to what we … Continue reading
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Character Premise
Player characters with a premise are easier to play as distinct and deeper personas, with a story to tell in the game you are playing. A premise is a prior set of statements from which a plot develops and has … Continue reading
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Eventide
I’m having some innocent fun with Traveller setting building, just as a thought exercise and to squeeze some creative juices. This was precipitated by the acquisition of the new Cepheus Deluxe, a really wonderful version of Traveller. I talk about … Continue reading
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