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04 January 2026

State of the Blog 2025

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  I posted slightly less this year than I did in 2024 (108 vs 125); had I completed #RPGaDay2025 then I suspect that overall the blog would ...
02 January 2026

Books in 2025

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StoryGraph summarised my year of reading as:  You chased clues down winding paths, chased horizons and daring escapades, and wandered throug...
01 January 2026

Books in December 2025

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Final month of the year for the reading challenge. I won't spoil the end of year review with the final results but I managed to beat the...
29 December 2025

Games in 2025

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As 2025 comes to a close, and it looks like I've played my last game of the year, here's a summary of my roleplaying adventures. Ove...

First Impressions - The Hooded Man - a roleplaying game of medieval outlaws

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The Hooded Man  - a roleplaying game of medieval outlaws - was a complete impulse purchase when I happened to be looking at the Osprey Games...
28 December 2025

When is a Sorcerer not a Sorcerer? - Stranger Things 5 (extremely minor spoilers)

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My better half and I have been watching the final season of Stranger Things during the break and generally enjoying it. We're on tenter...
24 December 2025

Xyntillan - More to do because Roll20 has added useful things (OSR) [Minor Spoiler]

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After yesterday’s post, I had a short call with Graham to test that I’d set up all the dynamic lighting correctly from a player’s perspectiv...
23 December 2025

The gates of Castle Xyntillan beckon (OSR)

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Beyond the small town of Tours-en-Savoy, the road passing through the mountains branches. Most travellers cross themselves and press onwards...
21 December 2025

Facebook, meh.

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I don't like Facebook. I use it because some of the active communities for gaming spaces are there, and also there are family and friend...
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Engineer & Safety Professional, Gamer, Apple Addict, flirting with ChromeOS, Husband, Dad of 2 lads, Geek. Although I work as an engineering and safety professional, my other passions include roleplaying games and photography. I have written and published books for the Traveller RPG, and I'm one of the organisers of the Garricon RPG conventions in Sheffield, UK. Views my own.
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