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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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Lenovo Ideapad 330s
Unexpectedly, impulsively even, I decided to dip back into the laptop market, in part to get something that would run some decent DTP and PDF software. Who knows, I may look at Scrivener for my writing? Inevitably, this pitches me, … Continue reading
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Forbidden Lands
This is a ‘getting excited about running a game’ post. Forbidden Lands is the game I would like to run next. There is currently no room in the Thursday night schedule, so I have decided to run this every three … Continue reading
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Linux on ChromeOS – Loved Up
Gimp running on my Acer Chromebook 14 I have recently dallied with the notion of a full Linux laptop, just because. I love the Gnome desktop and many of the apps that Linux offers. But hey, technology always overtakes me … Continue reading
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Honeymoon
We have been away honeymooning for five nights in Northumberland and have had a lovely time. Starting in the wilds, inland from Lindisfarne, we stayed in a great old house with big rooms and associated giant furniture. The bed was … Continue reading
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