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Short Review – Ships of the Human Sphere – Infinity 2d20

The Ships of the Human Sphere is a 190+ page book and shipyard of military and civilian ships of the Infinity Universe. The format runs through the different size classes of vessel from the huge Class 5 behemoths to light … Continue reading

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Game Planning 2023 – Captain’s Log Supplemental #1

With the release of the final part to the Coriolis Mercy of the Icons campaign, I am throwing this into my GMing mix for 2023. I started to run Coriolis with a group of close gaming buddies on Roll20, which … Continue reading

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Trudvang @ Grogmeet

I had a great time at Grogmeet22, a convention that I managed to do in a day, thanks to the central Manchester location and foregoing some of the other shenanigans that made for a yet fuller weekend experience. It has … Continue reading

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Returning to Trudvang Chronicles

 I’ve run Trudvang Chronicles at a couple of conventions now, which doesn’t yet make me especially accomplished with the system, but perhaps has given me enough to understand its quirks. The intricacies of the ‘combat capacity’ system really needs to … Continue reading

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Ravenstor Holiday

For just a few nights I managed to get away with my three grown up kids, disappearing into the nearby Peaks to Ravenstor YHA for some chill, game playing and hiking. It is rare that we all get together for … Continue reading

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Planning Ahead for 2023

Even now I’m considering which games will feature for me in 2023. Perhaps slightly early, but may represent how my mind works and is just the right side of embarrassing, rather like now seeing the red and green stocked Christmas … Continue reading

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Homeworld 2d20 RPG – Something of a Revelation

Something of a cazy notion to pre-order the Homeworld Revelations 2D20 RPG from Modiphius. I have plenty on the shelves already, from Traveller/Cepheus to Infinity 2D20, vectoring at full thrust past some excellent PbtA offerings, Scum & Villainy and lighting … Continue reading

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Custom System Builder – Creating a Game System in Foundry VTT

All I have to say to you is this:  You ${[1d20cs<=:skill_value_score:] ? ‘Succeed!’ : ‘Fail!’}$ Are you glad you asked? I’ve been thinking how to get the Trudvang Chronicles RPG to the table and, realistically if it is to be … 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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Hope in the Darkness – Homeworld: Revelations 2D20

 It seems a good time for the Homeworld 2D20 game that is due to arrive out of hyperspace when the book is fully validated by Gearbox, with current indications being August, just over a month away. I wasn’t too much of … Continue reading

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