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Mechanical engineer and Lay Dominican interested in theology, politics, and roleplaying games. UK-based, he/him
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(10) Cairn (2nd edition)
Played/Run: Run (one-shot)
System: Into the Odd (d20, roll low)
Rating: 7/10
Cover art for the Player's Guide for Cairn 2nd edition, published by Yochai Gal.
November 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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(9) Elric!
Played/Run: Run (one shot)
System: Basic Roleplaying (d100)
Rating: 8/10
Cover art for Elric!, published by Chaosium
November 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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(8) Mythic Constantinople
Played/Run: Run (campaign)
System: Mythras (d100)
Rating: 8/10
Cover art for Mythic Constantinople, published by The Design Mechanism
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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(7) Lyonesse
Played/Run: Run (one-shot)
System: Mythras (d100)
Rating: 9/10
Cover art for Lyonesse, published by The Design Mechanism
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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(6) Vampire: The Requiem (2nd edition)
Played/Run: Run (one-shot)
System: d10 pool
Rating: 7/10
Cover art for Vampire: The Requiem 2nd edition, published by Onyx Path
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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(5) Dungeons & Dragons (5th edition)
Played/Run: Played (campaign)
System: d20
Rating: 5/10
Cover art for the Player's Handbook of Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition (2014), published by Wizards of the Coast.
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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(4) Burning Wheel
Played/Run: Played (one-shot)
System: d6 pool
Rating: 7/10
Cover art for The Burning Wheel, published by Burning Wheel HQ
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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(3) Dungeon Crawl Classics
Played/Run: Played (campaign)
System: d20
Rating: 7/10
Cover art for Dungeon Crawl Classics, published by Goodman Games
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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(2) The One Ring (2e)
Played/Run: Run (campaign)
System: bespoke (d6 pool + d12)
Rating: 9/10
Cover art for The One Ring (2nd edition), published by Fria Ligan
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Reflecting on the games I have played or run this year. Ratings are based on my thoughts on the system, not overall game quality due to GM, players, etc.:

(1) Numenera
Played/Run: Played (campaign)
System: Cypher (d20)
Rating: 6/10
Cover art for Numenera: Discovery, published by Monte Cook Games
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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I don't care how niche it is, this joke made me laugh at myself for a good ten minutes.
Bernard Lonergan, edited to reflect his secret identity as Professor Insight, Master of Method
November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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If you see this, post your getaway vehicle
A still image from Bedknobs & Broomsticks, showing the main cast on a flying bed.
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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"Christianity is a feminised religion"

Damn right it is
Mary and Jesus Mary and Jesus Mary, Jesus, and their buddies the saints
November 18, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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God bless Raymond.
"Everybody loves Raymond" edited to include a badly cropped image of Bl Raymond of Capua
November 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Unfortunately the sexual morality layer is deep-rooted in the Christian tradition - e.g. St Augustine. It's bizarre, given that the text itself in several places points a different way, but it is there.
A passage from Book 3, chapter 8 of The Confessions: "Can it at any time or place be an unrighteous thing for a man to love God with all his heart, with all his soul, and with all his mind, and his neighbour as himself? Therefore those offenses which be contrary to nature are everywhere and at all times to be held in detestation and punished; such were those of the Sodomites, which should all nations commit, they should all be held guilty of the same crime by the divine law, which has not so made men that they should in that way abuse one another. For even that fellowship which should be between God and us is violated, when that same nature of which He is author is polluted by the perversity of lust."
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Romans 13:11 brought to you this morning by a motorway services toilet.
Graffiti on a motorway services toilet, reading: Jesus ❤️ you ✝️ Wake up!
November 6, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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I don't think it's gaining traction, so much as its become an obsession for a specific kind of "trad" Catholic. Some people really focus on it as an identifier that you're the "right kind" of Catholic, I think that's partly why the statement got made (see the below, from the intro).
Text from the introduction to "Mater Populi Fidelis": However, there are some Marian reflection groups, publications, new devotions, and even requests for Marian dogmas that do not share the same characteristics as popular devotion. Rather, they ultimately propose a particular dogmatic development and express themselves intensely through social media, often sowing confusion among ordinary members of the faithful. Sometimes these initiatives even involve reinterpretations of expressions that were used in the past with a variety of meanings.
November 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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One might disagree with him on that (no doubt many of my dearly beloved Thomist friends will), but this isn't just an ecumenical-terminological move by the Church.
Text from "Mater Populi Fidelis", §19: In the Feria IV meeting on 21 February 1996, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who was the Prefect of the then Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was asked whether the request from the movement Vox Populi Mariae Mediatrici to define a dogma declaring Mary as the “Co-redemptrix” or “Mediatrix of All Graces” was acceptable. In his personal votum, he replied: “Negative. The precise meaning of these titles is not clear, and the doctrine contained in them is not mature. A defined doctrine of divine faith belongs to the Depositum Fidei — that is, to the divine revelation conveyed in Scripture and the apostolic tradition. However, it is not clear how the doctrine expressed in these titles is present in Scripture and the apostolic tradition.”[37] Later, in 2002, he publicly voiced his opinion against the use of the title: “the formula ‘Co-redemptrix’ departs to too great an extent from the language of Scripture and of the Fathers and therefore gives rise to misunderstandings… Everything comes from Him [Christ], as the Letter to the Ephesians and the Letter to the Colossians, in particular, tell us; Mary, too, is everything that she is through Him. The word ‘Co-redemptrix’ would obscure this origin.” While Cardinal Ratzinger did not deny that there may have been good intentions and valuable aspects in the proposal to use this title, he maintained that they were “being expressed in the wrong way.”[38]
November 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Also, if we're stealing things from the Church of England (which I'm not opposed to, ecumenism is good clean fun), why aren't we taking the cool stuff like Christingle services and public animal blessings.
A Christingle
October 31, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Not celebrated today because of the Sunday, but in other years today would be the feast of the excellently named St Chad. A local saint for me: died in Lichfield, and his relics rest in the Catholic cathedral of Birmingham which bears his name.
Stained glass window depicting St Chad of Mercia
October 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Homer Simpson saying: "Whenever Poochie's not on screen, all the other characters should be asking, "Where's Poochie?"" But with Poochie replaced with Dagoth Ur. It's a funny joke.
October 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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A month ago I had never heard of St Peter To Rot, but between the Dominican sisters talking about him, and his recent canonisation, I'm developing a real devotion to him.

Really an astounding life story for a basically "ordinary" man.
St Peter To Rot
October 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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The Union Flag pasted over Mac saying "I'm playing *both* sides, so that I always come out on top."
October 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Funny they say they hear the voice of his predecessor. So do I:
The text of 1 Peter 1:22-25.
October 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Whereas, of course, the true pinnacle of religious book aesthetics is found exclusively in spiritual books written by Catholics in the wake of Vatican II.
The cover of "Prayer: Living With God" by Fr Simon Tugwell OP
October 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM