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Con4eR 3 – More D&D 4th Edition play and on Foundry too!
My enjoyment of D&D 4th Edition continues undimmed. I was glad to setup another Con4eR online space this weekend, so that people could get together and get some more actual play of this terrific version of the game. Warhorn continues … Continue reading
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Owlbear and the Wizard’s Staff Convention
I’m on the Saturday night, at my AirBnB at Leamington Spa, reflecting on a great day of gaming with the finest of company. AFriday night of socialising and curry, followed by a day of Tribes in the Dark by Ian … Continue reading
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A Great Time at Continuum 2022
With some judicious planning of food and drink, along with running three games, playing two, and a seminar to attend, I knew I was in for a packed Continuum. I had a great weekend, much fun, completely made by the … Continue reading
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Into the dark forests of Trudvang
A side discussion on The Gaming Tavern led me to pull my crisp and largely untouched Trudvang Chronicles books off my shelf to take another look. I had been there, briefly, two years ago, but hadn’t stayed too long despite … Continue reading
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Cepheus Deluxe Characters
I’ve started creating Cepheus Deluxe characters for the convention games to come this year. The character generation is very simple and quick, but the thought processes around the procedure are longer and require more invention. That’s pretty much how it … Continue reading
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Running Tribes in the Dark
It was great to re-explore Vimary, the ruined city and home to tribal humanity in the post-apocalypse roleplaying game Tribe 8. The impetus to return came from the Quickstart of the new version of the game, powered by John Harper’s … Continue reading
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Fictional Positioning My Arse
And with that I dive into my first go at running a Forged in the Dark (FitD) based game: Tribes in the Dark. This is a long awated return to the Tribe8 setting, which I loved and ran in the … 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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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
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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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