Category Archives: Games

My Look Ahead for Gaming in 2021

 We are all probably looking forward to something that looks a little bit like old normal for 2021. With a fair wind and a strong dose of ingenious science, perhaps we will as the year continues. Most markedly, I would … Continue reading

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A Review of my Gaming in 2020

 2020 Gaming Year in Review It is safe to say that 2020 will live long in the memory, if not for a lot of good reasons. The World has changed and we will take some time to bring ourselves back … Continue reading

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Noughty but Nice

 I have a reputation as one who chases the shiny, the new hotness, an ever revolving swirl of Kickstarters and spanking new tabletop roleplaying game lovelies. A recent example would be the new Warpstar from Fire Ruby Design. Dom’s provided … Continue reading

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Blade and Spell

 In the background I’m writing a new fantasy RPG using the underlying Omni engine, with dollops of ideas from Talislanta 5th, Omega, and the new draft of Godsend Agenda. It’s presently just jottings of ideas and systems to create a … Continue reading

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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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