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Classic Traveller 1105-001

Posted on June 21, 2020 by matt

in media res Through happenstance and dumb luck (good and bad), you’re on the slow liner “Indignant Pause” R-OO1256 trundling along on a Jump-1 route to Bellerophon (Esperance Subsector 0709 A88A986-E). This is a human populated water world within the … Continue reading →

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Classic Traveller Campaign starting – Starship

Posted on June 20, 2020 by matt

I’m about to kick off an online classic traveller (using Mongoose v1 rules) and of course I want the PCs to have their own ship or part thereof so….how do they get one. And what are other considerations.

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MUTHUR6000 Preview

Posted on April 12, 2020 by matt

I’ve created a little python script for working with the Alien RPG map. It just calculates the distance between star systems based on the included Data sheet. See also a Readme in there.

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ALIENS RPG by Fria Ligan

Posted on February 17, 2020 by matt

We’ve run two sessions of the Aliens RPG for Graham, Jim, Mike and Barry and we’ve had a heap of fun. I’ve run the starter adventure (Cinematic) and we’re just a third of the way through the Chariots of the … Continue reading →

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Tales From The Loop – metadata

Posted on February 4, 2018 by matt

Writing up a relationship diagram to make it easier to remember everyone. I’ve been a gamer for 34 years and this is the first time I felt a game deserved one.

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Tales From The Loop #2

Posted on February 2, 2018 by matt

The second session for Tales From The Loop was delivered last night…. Reflecting on the previous session, I realised I was using an older version of the rules and therefore I deleted that eBook and grabbed the final version which … Continue reading →

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Tales From The Loop #1

Posted on January 10, 2018 by matt

Ran my first session of TftL tonight. It was a mini intro scenario to populate the kids lives. There were two kids in this starter adventure – they were 13 year old twins. One chose Weirdo, (Kennet) the other Jock … Continue reading →

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The One Ring

Posted on October 4, 2011 by matt

I was really surprised to see this arrive: The One Ring This is the latest game based around The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. The art is simply amazing and the only reservation I have is around the … Continue reading →

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It is September in the Year of Our Lord, Twelve Hundred and Nineteen

Posted on September 22, 2011 by matt

Having met The Greek, Paul Akritas, at the agreed location in the city of Praha, Tangui ex Bonisagus and his loyal servant, Godfroi, start out on their journey towards Budapest. They are joined on the road by a Redcap named … Continue reading →

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And the result is…

Posted on September 5, 2011 by matt

The answer to my last message was a resounding “Ars Magica”. I’m happy about this because I had some of my best fun with Ars Magica back in the 90s. The campaign of Y Draig Goch, a Covenant in the … Continue reading →

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Email sent to gaming group

Posted on September 4, 2011 by matt

The plan is to have a Plan B game to turn to. I’m happy to run one though you’d have to choose between: Ars Magica (campaigns over years, trouple play, multiple characters – what’s not to like?) Smallville (I’d love … Continue reading →

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Smallvillification

Posted on June 23, 2011 by matt

I’m a fan of the Smallville series (so much so that the collected series is on my Amazon wishlist for October when it’s released). I’ve not watched all of it – only about 20 or so episodes across all of … Continue reading →

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Blast from the Past: Traveller.

Posted on November 1, 2010 by matt

A fabulous game resource. It’s nowhere near as lovely as the Near Star Map from 2300AD (partially pictured below) but it’s still amazing.

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Here’s forty shillings on the drum, For those that volunteers do come

Posted on October 17, 2010 by matt

I’ve been on a little bit of a Napoleonics obsession recently. Part of it starts from reading the Bernard Cornwell ‘Sharpe’ novels and then following up by downloading the entire collection of TV movies from iTunes. At £14.99 for 15 … Continue reading →

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DWAITAS: Episode 0

Posted on January 27, 2010 by matt

Our first character is Constable Bob Hawkins: October 3rd 1889, Blackfriars. Tonight has been slow. Apart from cuffing the ear of some pickpockets, Blackfriars has never been so quiet. It’s like the night is expecting something to happen. You roust … Continue reading →

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WatchTower New England – Episode 3

Posted on January 22, 2010 by AJ

Robotic Rampage Stopped By Raw Recruits by Rhonda McAvoy of The Boston Globe March 18th, 2002 The Prudential Center was subject to a brutal attack this morning at around 8am. Three robotic figures burst out of one of the iconic … Continue reading →

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TARDIS

Posted on January 16, 2010 by matt

The Doctor uses an “old” Type 40 TARDIS. IT travels in space and time. It’s bigger on the inside than the outside. It has a broken Chameleon Circuit which means it’s stuck in the form of a police box. Doctor … Continue reading →

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Too much time, too little talent

Posted on December 23, 2009 by matt

Where I embarrass myself with Garageband and a Dr Who MID file. Dr Who Remix

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DWAITAS

Posted on December 21, 2009 by matt

I’ve been reading a lot of Doctor Who stuff recently since receiving the Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space (DWAITAS) RPG. I haven’t actually been reading the RPG though. I figure that the rules are secondary to the creation … Continue reading →

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The Doctor has arrived!

Posted on December 17, 2009 by matt

It arrived. And I’ve been preparing. I’ved watched five episodes of Torchwood (the Children of Earth miniseries) as well as four episodes of Tom Baker’s Doctor (Robot) and a few episodes of Tennant’s Doctor (Silence in the Library, Stolen Earth). … Continue reading →

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