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Gamer (TTRPGs, Wargames), developer, general geek.
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Another game of Saga with Anglo-Danes, this time I was playing against them with my newly painted Welsh Strathclyde army. Lots of horses and javelins against infantry with Dane axes.

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Feasting and Pillaging
The Welsh and the Anglo-Danes go head to head in a game of Feasting and Pillaging.
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January 24, 2026 at 10:35 AM
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Having just finished the massive Deepnight Revelation campaign for Mongoose Traveller, I've written up my thoughts. It was a long campaign, lasting several years. Though not perfect, it was definitely memorable and very different.

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Deepnight Revelation
My thoughts on our Deepnight Revelation campaign. It was a long campaign, lasting almost five years. Some bits were good, some less good. I learned a lot about how to GM such a campaign again thoug…
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January 22, 2026 at 10:28 PM
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We are fighting spiders in our Ars Magica campaign. Big spiders, and an even bigger spider. My Criamon maga uses spells of light to blind them, though my sodalis burn them with fire, drop trees on them and rip up the ground around them.

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1240, Spring 3
It is spring, and we are in a forest full of invisible spiders what seem to view us as their next meal.
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January 20, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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Session 18 of our Masks of N10p campaign. We are exploring Cairo, speaking to cat women and fighting crocodile men.

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Masks of Nyarlathotep 18
We go to find the temple of Bast in Cairo, where we need to return the stolen scrolls. Bast and her cats seem happy, and even offer to help.
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January 18, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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The Travellers continue their exploration of the world where the Deepnight Entity dwells. They come up with a plan of mass destruction, and tool up to investigate the main city. The campaign rapidly accelerates towards its explosive ending.

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The End
The final episode of our Traveller Deepnight Revelation campaign.
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January 16, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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In our Ars Magica campaign, we head down into the woods where the Fey once lurked. Now, the place is infested with spiders. Invisible faerie spiders that are preying on travellers along the road between Falkirk and Stirling.

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1240, Spring 2
There are spiders along Falkirk road, which seem to be causing problems for travellers.
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January 13, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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Saga:Age of Vikings battle with Anglo-Danes v the Scots. It was a clearly one sided battle, with the Danes ending up running away.

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The Bloody Scots
We return to Age of Vikings, with my Anglo-Danes going up against the Scots. It was a bloody battle, and the Scots turned out to be a hardy foe.
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January 10, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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As the Deepnight Revelation campaign gets close to the end, the crew investigate the destination. The big outstanding question though is how is time going to be measured when calculating their back bay?

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Back Pay
The crew of the Deepnight Revelation make it through the Gravitic Shell, and begin their exploration of the world within.
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January 9, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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In our Ars Magica campaign, we come across information concerning the "Angels", a group of suspiciously helpful people who were going around healing people, though at a cost.

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1240, Spring
We are preparing for an investigation that will take us out to sea. Given that none of us want to fall into the water and drown, we spend some time inventing spells first.
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January 6, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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First dev diary of the year for Mongoose Traveller on Foundry. Looking at handling player permissions when applying damage to actors and tokens, better handling of starship criticals, and a new look and feel for skill rolls.

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MgT2e FoundryVTT Dev Diary #18
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January 4, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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Our first game of the year was Lion Rampant, playing a rather large game of Romans v Goths. Scenario was along similar lines to our recent Saga games.

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Goth Rampant
Our first game of the year was a game of Lion Rampant, with two large armies of Goths and Romans facing off against each other.
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January 3, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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Released v0.17 of my FoundryVTT system for Mongoose Traveller 2e. Includes some experimental support for missiles, and an alternative NPC character sheet.

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Mongoose Traveller 2e | Foundry Virtual Tabletop
Mongoose Traveller 2e, a Game System for Foundry Virtual Tabletop
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December 24, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Another session of our monthly Masks of Nyarlathotep campaign. We are in Cairo, running around after scrolls, dead queens and cats. Lots of cats. But cats are meant to be lucky here, so possibly the cats are friendly. Here kitty kitty...

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Masks of Nyarlathotep 17
We are in Cairo for our Masks of Nyarlathotep campaign. We comes across some pussy cats and decide to trust them. We are in Egypt, so maybe cats are lucky?
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December 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Another development diary for my Mongoose Traveller system for Foundry, taking a look at some work to help introduce players and referees to the system, plus also a preview of supporting missiles in space combat.

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MgT2e FoundryVTT Dev Diary #17
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December 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Our last session of the year for our Traveller Deepnight Revelation campaign. Finally, the players decide to investigate the big strange thing at the centre of the system, and so the final part of the campaign begins.

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Into the Abyss
The Deepnight Revelation heads into the Gravitic Shell at the heart of the Terminus system, to encounter whatever it is that lays within.
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December 19, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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We continue to investigate the fey realm in our Ars Magica campaign, trying to find out who was responsible for the killing of the Lord and the Lady.

And once again, I botch a spell and fall into Twilight.

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1240, Winter 3
Our Ars Magica campaign has another episode of Twilight, we meet a Redcap and try and track down a possible maga who may be causing trouble with the fey.
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December 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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We had a game of Saga Age of Invasions over the weeked, with Britons fighting the Picts. This was the first time I've encountered the Picts, so it was an interesting look into how their battle board works.

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Picts and Britons
A Battle of Heroes between Picts and Britons, for Saga Age of Invasions.
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December 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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The Deepnight Revelation continues its exploration of the Terminus system in our Traveller campaign. They discover an ancient Droyne sensor station, which has records on the gravitic shell that surrounds a world in the system.

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Population
The Deepnight continues its exploration of the Terminus system. An ancient monitoring device is found, which gives them some more information.
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December 12, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Investigating a sleeping village in northern Scotland in our Ars Magica campaign. It seems that the local fey were responsible, but someone else is possibly causing trouble for them.

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1240, Winter 2
Having woken the sleepers at the village, we go and visit the faeries nearby. There is a cave, a lot of blood, some people who are too small, and some footprints which are too large. Also, Piscicul…
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December 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Our third and final round of our Limes campaign for Saga: Age of Invasions. The Goths once again tried to raid across the border, whilst the Roman Garrison tried their best to stop them.

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Limes III: The Chosen One
The third session of our Limes campaign for Saga: Age of Invasion. Once again, the Goths try their luck assaulting a Roman fort.
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December 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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The Deepnight Revelation is exploring the destination of their mission. They have come across messages left by those who came before, a possibly very shiny toy they could play with, and worry about why they should pass beyond the veil.

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Do Not Lick the Fungus
The Deepnight Revelation is in the Terminus system, investigating what remains of the Droyne expedition that came before them.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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It is 1240 in our Ars Magica campaign (we've been playing now for 20 years of game time), and it's time to investigate a small hamlet on the northern coast of Scotland, where the inhabitants have fallen into a perpetual slumber.

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1240, Winter
We investigate the hamlet of Keoldale, where the inhabitants have all fallen in to a slumber from which they will not awaken.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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The Deepnight Revelation has reached its destination, jumping into the Terminus system after carefully scouting it out. We are now moving into the final weeks of this campaign, which has been going on for about four years of weekly sessions.

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Something Burrowed
The Deepnight Revelation makes the Jump to the Terminus system, thought to be the home of the Entity. Given the status of the small ship though, there’s a possibility they may not be able to …
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November 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Our characters finish their strange dreams, waking from them to find that maybe they weren't entirely dreams after all. My companion also realises that his children are now old enough to have character sheets.

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1239, Autumn
Jack climbs his ‘beanstalk’ and looks for a way to slay the beast. On waking, he remembers he has children, who are all grown up now.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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In our Masks of N10P campaign, we have reached Cairo, where we continue our investigations about the Carlyle Expedition. We almost immediately find someone really helpful and then chase down another lead who ends up dying shortly afterwards.
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Masks of Nyarlathotep 16
We begin to investigate what is going on in Cairo in our n10p campaign. We find a couple of useful people, and a very scared person who dies shortly afterwards.
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November 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM