Category Archives: Games

Scheherazade

 I ran Scheherazade, the One Thousand and One Nights RPG at The Owlbear and Wizard’s Staff #OBaWS3 online convention last night. Much fun was had with a great team of players who threw themselves into the magical setting with great … Continue reading

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Gaming Bonanza

It’s all going on and it is all good. The lock-down gaming bonanza continues with a whole host of things happening at about the same time. The volume of games continues to astound me, and I’m tame compared to some … Continue reading

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Omni – rediscovering a classic

The short TRIPOD Essence book is done. Dom is sorting out layout by discovering the capabilities of Affinity Publisher and getting us to a neat little 6×9 book on Drivethru that has pretty much the same aesthetic as the original … Continue reading

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Gods – another beautiful French RPG

On the basis of the free Kickstarter I have decided to jump in early and pre-order the Gods roleplaying game. This sumpteously illustrated RPG is a full on dark sword and sorcery affair, with the players acting as heroes that … Continue reading

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Set a course for online conventions. Hit it!

My esteemed convention co-organiser, Dom, has already summarised the development and delivery of North Star in his recent blog post here: https://delta-pavonis.blogspot.com/2020/05/north-star-online-2020-last-best-hope.html A few observations from me to round off North Star and plan ahead for Furnace and, perhaps, others… … Continue reading

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Lets Role

I’m allowing myself to enjoy the process of moving games online, not that it is completely new to me or to my circle of gamers. It looks as though I have alighted on Lets Role as my VTT of choice, … Continue reading

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Pathfinder 2 – Company of Heroes set in Midgard

I’ve had some fun flitting about on setting and adventures for my online Pathfinder 2e game. The obvious choice is Golarion, the Paizo Pathfinder setting, which comes prepared with lore, Adventure Paths, all ready to go. That is really appealing … Continue reading

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Company of Heroes

2020 is shaping up to be a bit of a Pathfinder 2e year, at least that is how it is looking as we career through the first 12th at breakneck pace. The game has proved to be a big hit … Continue reading

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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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