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LongCon 2024

It has been a joy to bring back LongCon, a convention formatted for tabletop roleplaying games that last the full weekend. We have just had a great weekend with games that have had the room to breathe, exploring a full … Continue reading

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State of Play – June 2024

With the first half of 2024 in the rear view mirror, I thought I’d take a peek as to how my own ttrpg play is going.  81 sessions. As is customary there are a few stand out campaign games, with … Continue reading

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A Return to Role VTT and Streaming Settings

With Role VTT bringing back cameras, and making some progress on their integration with Owlbear Rodeo, for maps and tokens, I have made a return to use the platform in my own gaming.  There is now a subscription for the … Continue reading

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RPG Actual Play – a YouTube Streaming Test

I’m not a big watcher of live stream RPGs, but I do participate in a channel full of great games that are routinely streamed. The Dungeon Musings channel is an unpretentious ‘fourth wall’ channel, of gamers simply playing lots of … Continue reading

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Keltia – a return to Arthur

  I still wonder at the games that never made it to actual play. With more time on my hands I am looking to make that right, ad as i find it difficult to let any of them go, I … Continue reading

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Shadow of the Weird Wizard

I have taken some time to have a quick look at Shadow of the Weird Wizard and thought I’d make a note of my first impressions. As ever with such enterprises, I’m conscious that the proof is in the eating … Continue reading

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Playing The Chronicles of Future Earth

 I had a great time at the North Star SF ttrpg convention weekend in Sheffield, UK. I ran the Swallower of Souls adventure for the new Chronicles of Future Earth RPG, powered by the Cosmic Fate rules.  Cosmic Fate is … Continue reading

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Fulsome Gaming – one third into 2024

 With the first third of the year almost through, I thought I’d reflect on some gaming stats so far, and serve as a compliment to my recent ‘Walk on by‘ post. Although apparently on the melancholy side, ‘Walk on by’ … Continue reading

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Walk on by

 Yesterday I got a particularly severe bout of ‘I am never going to be able to play this game again’. Time and opportunity are the main culprits, but I thought it interesting as to which games sprung to mind, and … Continue reading

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Cosmic Fated Chronicles of Future Earth

I suppose I hadn’t expected to return to Fate. If you were to base your expected game development time on the games played at conventions, you might sidle up to some Free League, Modiphius 2D20, or Forged in the Dark … Continue reading

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