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2019
Another year has flown by and here below is my Bo(nd)(Spea)rings family summary. More exciting than our adopted name suggests… I’ll start with my Mrs who, unexpectedly, became Jamie Lee Curtis in the early part of the year. I wasn’t … Continue reading
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Return to Kallahn
Gaming life can lead off in unexpected directions. I’ve recently got re-enthused with the slightly potty d20 levels, hit points and nonsensical power creep of D&D and various forks and clones. The marvellous 13th Age brought my first resurfacing, quickly … Continue reading
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Vancouver Vacation
Our time away in British Columbia as a five was special. A chance for us all to connect together, enjoy amazing scenery, bears, sea lion, retail, good food, relaxed times. The wildlife was enjoyed from a safe distance. With a … Continue reading
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Rainy Summer Break
With deluge forecast for the rest of the week, I sit at home with Cam for some time away form the daily toil and a chance to chill and kick back. Sunday/Monday saw me and Erin on a ‘moving her … Continue reading
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Windows Cave In
I’ve been using an aged Lenovo laptop running Ubuntu as my main desk machine at home. I’d bobbed in an extra 4GB of RAM to keep ‘The Dinosaur’ functioning at a suitable level. With a fun desktop wallpaper, no-one would … Continue reading
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EABA Jeebies
I have been looking at Greg Porter’s EABA (End All Be All) game system from BTRC as a simulationist throwback to a time before and have found myself really appreciating the carefully balanced and rigorously researched RPG. An easy to … Continue reading
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Solar Blades & Cosmic Spells
I’m rocking the benevolent simplicity and rampant creativity of Diogo Nogueira’s suite of OSR light with modern sensibilities roleplaying games. Most recently, Solar Blades & Cosmic Spells fires up the Hyperactive drive for gaming. I’ll be running the game in … Continue reading
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Boys in Exile
We’ve had a bit of a reorganisation in the house, with Carmel taking the guest bedroom as her PhD study room. The next dimension has been the banishment of the boys to the Garage Games Room, which we have now … Continue reading
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Broadband Pressure
I thought losing the boiler was bad, but it is as nothing to inadequate Broadband and inconsistent WiFi in the house. Broadband pressure. Our Apple user keeps getting Wifi drop out, and we are MBS miles away from our minimum … Continue reading
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Our 2018
I thought that 2017 was sufficiently action packed, with thrills and spills to spread over a number of years, but no, I think that 2018 may have topped it off. I peek hesitantly into the snow globe of 2019 and … Continue reading
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