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Graham Spearing 🔜 TavernCon
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I usually have my head in the clouds.

Hubby, Dad, Papa, Brother, Gamer, Geek, Replicant. Also available in Supermarionation. ISFJ.

I did a lot of FGU in the 80s.

Bloggage: https://farhavens.blogspot.com/
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Paul is s brilliant artist
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
REVELATION X (14-15 February 2026) has opened for registration.

Join us for a Valentine's Weekend full of Powered by the Apocalypse and Forged in the Dark #ttrpg games at the Garrison Hotel in Sheffield, UK!

#pbta #fitd #bladesinthedark #poweredbytheapocalypse

Register here: revelation.ttrpg.uk
Revelation - Revelation Convention
A Powered by the Apocalypse Gaming Convention 14-15 February, 2026, Sheffield, UK To be held face to face at The Garrison Hotel in 2026... Revelation 3:20Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If a...
revelation.ttrpg.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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wanderer in wild places

#digitalart #fantasy #rpg #d&d
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Join us for a #ttrpg festival of games at #AireCon Harrogate 12-15 March 2026.

Submit your games here: www.airecon.co.uk/gms

I'm here to support you on the way and during the convention.

We are starting to fill those tables... 😀
November 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I'm running some complete 'fantasy #ttrpg tosh' this weekend for #TavernCon online, using Heroic Fantasy 2nd Edition. If you're gaming this weekend, hope you have a great time!
November 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Everywhen #ttrpg returns to my reading pile, reminding me that the game is not nearly as lightweight as often thought, with lots of player options around a simple core.

farhavens.blogspot.com/2025/11/wher...
When, Everywhen, and Where?
I've long enjoyed the tub thumping thrills of Barbarians of Lemuria (BoL). This sword & sorcery game flows off the page and onto quick pick ...
farhavens.blogspot.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Hired to investigate lost communications with a remote outpost, the players must survive a deadly conspiracy to betray the inhabitants of a tiny moon and exploit their resources.

HARD VACUUM - Issue 11: Massacre Moon, now @drivethrurpg.com: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

#CepheusEngine
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Pre-orders for the print copy of the Isle of Pelops, the latest Aegean supplement, are now available through Backerkit: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sto...
Aegean: The Isle of Pelops
A supplement to Aegean, the tabletop roleplaying game of ancient Greek mythology, detailing the peoples and places of the Peloponnese
www.kickstarter.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The Heroic Fantasy 2e #ttrpg is quietly still in development. It's proving a lot of fun.

farhavens.blogspot.com/2025/10/hero...
Heroic Fantasy 2e Updates
My Black Hack based 'Heroic Fantasy' game continues to see play online and in the real. In the background I'm continuing to develop it, and ...
farhavens.blogspot.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Further to feedback at #FurnaceCon I'm putting together a short guide document for GMing at our #ttrpg conventions. 3-4 hour slots, 4-6 players.

Conscious of some great existing resources which I will link to, but feel free to reply with pithy nuggets of wisdom or links!
October 16, 2025 at 8:39 AM
It turns out this was the answer:

(((1d20 + ${modifier}$) <= ${dex}$))*2

Thank goodness for that.

I may not be able to code at all much, and my output is sadly CSS free, but I can hack working #ttrpg sheets together on @foundryvtt.bsky.social using the Custom System Builder.
October 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
With the #Dragonbane #ttrpg Alpha PDFs of Arkand and the Book of Magic arriving in November(ish), I had this notion of running Demonbane, the darker twin to its more mirthful brethren. Sorcery, summonings, culture traits, secondary skills, Chaos<->Law balance, themed initiative cards.

Idle thoughts
October 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
We've just had #FurnaceCon XX over the weekend in #Sheffield UK. It was packed with beautiful people and #ttrpgs.

We'll do a XXI, so come and join us. Here are a few quick thoughts.

farhavens.blogspot.com/2025/10/furn...
Furnace XX
We have just had a great weekend of RPGs and company at our twentieth Furnace Convention in Sheffield at the Garrison Hotel. To celebrate th...
farhavens.blogspot.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
#TavernCon is a free #ttrpg online convention, where you can play in one, two, or all weekend of November 21st to 23rd. So, if you'd like to GM or play a game or two and meet some great people, then sign up here:

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Discord is here too: discord.gg/G57bTszNWk
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October 9, 2025 at 12:34 PM
That moment when you decide to sell a game line (FAITH RPG) because you simply aren't going to run it, and for necessary shelf space, but then you find all the extra sets of cards you bought for it, and realise you can't face not using them, so have to run the game instead. 😩

#NorthStarCon #ttrpg
October 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
It's interesting having to swim against the PayPal-Thiel tide. There is a reason that service is popular and, apparently, ubiquitous. Having historically offered a PayPal route (for convention payments), it is very hard to disengage. Direct bank transfers are too dfficult for many or unwelcome.
October 7, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Zozer Games' Cepheus Universal #ttrpg running at #TravConUK this weekend.

I like the ruleset a great deal. Everything is recognisably close to Mongoose, but stripped back and honed from the Cepheus main document. Currently weighing up whether to revert to MgT2e or stay with this cunning version...
October 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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September 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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And the crowd funder for the campaign is still live and kicking over here, closing in on £30k!!

You can back it here:
Ex Tenebris: A star-spanning gothic investigation TTRPG
Unravel mysteries, battle horrors, protect the stars
www.kickstarter.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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coming soon! more from our Otherworld acquisitions, just four of the expanding range of rubble adventurers...
September 28, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Treasure hunters have returned from the haunted ruins of the Helux Dynasty, carrying portentous lore that could shake the very fabric of fantasy roleplaying for ever.

Dug Up Trivia is a short PDF of optional rules for the Heroic Fantasy #ttrpg (In the works).

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
September 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
#ttrpg game submissions are underway for next year's AireCon in Harrogate. We have 21 tables over 8 slots from Friday to Sunday 13-15 March 2026.

Join me for some RPG action! Run some amazing games there. 😄

www.airecon.co.uk/gms
September 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Forty years on and a fine #ttrpg game of MERP at #OBaWS
September 13, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I'm heading down to #OBaWS #ttrpg convention in Leamington Spa this afternoon. Hoping the car behaves and the traffic is kind. A procession of curry, MERP, TOR and my Warhammer Fantasy 4e to round off on Sunday. Good company throughout.

See some of you there!
September 12, 2025 at 12:07 PM