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TTRPG Gamer, Garricon Organiser, Safety Professional, Engineer, Apple since '96, Dad of 2 lads, Geek.

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:wallaroo_app: Grab a pocket full of quarters and defend your digital self in this wallpaper based on the classic Atari arcade game. 🕹️

Set wallpapers with a single tap in Wallaroo, our handy iOS app - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wallaroo/id1630565980 […]

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January 8, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/115854869046689626

If you have an account with the Apple App Store, you can report a problems with an app even if you do not have it installed.

1. Go to App Store.
2. Open link for downloading X (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/x/id333903271)
3. Scroll […]
January 7, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Started migrating my online presence to UK/European platforms.
January 6, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Just saw this sad new about @tinstargames on Facebook. #rip
January 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Hmm. I wonder why the Music app on my iPhone and MacBook have different results for the most played tracks when they're using the same synced Smart Playlist from the Mac... odd.

(Apple Music - the streaming service - isn't the issue, as I'm using iTunes Match, which is still a thing).
January 4, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Blog: State of the Blog 2025

TL;DR; Posts down slightly (108 vs 125); Interaction up (168k unique views vs 92.8k). Lots of Traveller posts and the blog remains mainly #ttrpg focused. Mastodon and the Traveller Facebook groups drive interaction. A fun year with increasing interaction. Thanks to […]
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dice.camp
January 4, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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A new year cartoon for @theguardian.com books
January 4, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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You didn't create “AI” art. You commissioned it.

You told the "artist" (actually a contractor who keeps a bunch of unpaid artists in a data warehouse) what you wanted and had them make changes until it was acceptable.

You're a Medici, not a Michelangelo.
January 4, 2026 at 4:19 AM
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Remember, when something in the news upsets you, you are *not obligated* to spend the next hour hunched over your phone reading live updates and social media hot takes.

You *can* stay informed without succumbing to this urge -- an urge deliberately conditioned into us for decades by the 24-hour […]
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social.coop
January 3, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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I have never seen the word "perihelion" in a weather warning before! Wow.

I'm totally saving this to show my students why basic astro 101 is very practical sometimes (...ok maybe the prairies do not have a tidal flooding problem...but... perihelion!!)
January 2, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Blog - #books in 2025

TL;DR: I chased clues down winding paths, chased horizons and daring escapades, and wandered through tales tinged with shadow.

Stats: 119 books, 32,181 pages, 1,088 day reading streak
#bookstodon

https://delta-pavonis.blogspot.com/2026/01/books-in-2025.html
Books in 2025
StoryGraph summarised my year of reading as: _You chased clues down winding paths, chased horizons and daring escapades, and wandered through tales tinged with shadow._ That does seem pretty accurate. I read a total of 119 books (up from 102 the year before) with a total of 32,181 pages (up 5%), so all in all a good improvement (although the page count was very much driven by the two _Lucifer_ graphic novel omnibus editions I read). I've been pretty steady though the year, although April did see quite a spike upwards. I'm still using Goodreads, but mainly as my Kindle is linked. That only shows 84 books as it struggles with small press and roleplaying books in many cases. Martin J Dougherty was my most read author, completely driven by the **Deepnight Revelation** work for **Traveller**. Martha Wells was the fiction author who I read most of, thanks to the **Murderbot Diaries** , which were also very short. Adrian Tchaikovsky came next, with five novels with Mick Herron (Slow Horses books and novellas), Samu Rämö (the Hildur series) and Christopher Fowler (Bryant and May) coming in next. I really enjoyed the **Murderbot Diaries** and have preordered the next instalment; I may find myself digging inti the fantasy books that Wells wrote that were also in the Humble Bundle I picked up. Likewise, I suspect that Adrian Tchaikovsky will continue to feature heavily as I picked up most of his fantasy fiction that I haven't read in a Humble bundle. I do intend to continue with Christopher Fowler's **Bryant and May** series through 2026 as well. There were two notable series I started to re-read but have only read the first book - Michael Scott Rohan's **Winter of the World** and Mary Stewart's **Merlin** trilogy. I do intend to read more of both of these, and I think that the Pendragon RPG books that are sitting in my to-read pile can only help with the Mary Stewart books. I joined Elle Cordova's Sci-Fi Book Club this year to try and make sure I didn't get into a rut. I've certainly read a number of books that I wouldn't have otherwise; I've not liked all of them, but they've definitely been worth the time. My favourite so far has been **Klara & the Sun** by Kazuo Ishiguro, and the one that I've least liked was **Slaughterhouse-5** (which drew me through but wasn't really my thing). I enjoyed William Boyd's **Gabriel** spy novels, and will explore more of his work next year. I've found myself reading more thrillers and literature novels than previous years, and hope to keep some of this breadth going forward. My favourite fiction novel of the year was Derek B Miller's **Radio Life** , with Nick Harkaway's **Sleeper Beach** a close second.My favourite non-fiction was a tie between **Borderlines** (Lewis Baston) and **Vertigo** (Harald Jähner), both of which taught me new things and were well written. **Tales of the Old West** was the best roleplaying game I've read this year (although **The Hooded Man** deserves a honourable mention). It wins as an extremely playable game set in the period of the Western. It is gritty, focuses on community and avoids the need to draw on horror or the weird. It was a delight at the table. My reading streak hit 1,088 days at the end of the year. 2 January 2026 _ _ _ _
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January 3, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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Happy New Year, everyone!

This is a @theguardian.com books cartoon from a few years ago.
January 1, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Blog - Books in December 2025

TL;DR: 13 books, 3,904 pages. 1 non-fiction, 1 graphic novel (huge!), five roleplaying, and six fiction books (a mixture of thrillers and SF). Favourite novel was Halcyon Years by Alastair Reynolds, a blend of noir detective and harder SF on a generation/sleeper […]
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dice.camp
January 1, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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Idea for a #ttrpg scenario opening:

You learn that you are the sole heir of your reclusive uncle, who has left you his house. When you take possession, you learn that an important map is missing. Investigation proves that he has taken the map down to the village pub and sold it to a group of […]
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archaeo.social
December 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Or the other way around:

You and your friends meet a man at the pub who offers you to buy a treasure map. It's too expensive, so you lure him outside, ,take the map and inadvertently kill him. Later you learn that he was your reclusive uncle, whom you can now inherit, and who has left you his […]
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archaeo.social
December 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Managed to complete this today.

TILES/SHRUG/LUCKY

#qless
December 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Blog - games in 2025

TL;DR: An overview of the gaming year for me. #traveller was the most played system. I ran one campaign and finished two others.

#ttrpg

https://delta-pavonis.blogspot.com/2025/12/games-in-2025.html
Games in 2025
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. Overall, I played eight less games than last year, mainly driven by the fact that my own campaign finished recently and I've not got back into a second game since**Eternal Lies** finished. I played 50 sessions, 26 of which were face-to-face at conventions. I attended an extra convention this year (Airecon) which was fun, and I hope to go again in 2026. The Garricons remain in good health, although it continues to be a challenge to get enough GMs for the smaller conventions. Furnace's twentieth anniversary was a delight, and it was nice to open up a different space at the hotel. The big change for me this year was the return of **Traveller** as dominant game with 20 sessions in total. This was a combination of the one-shot _Far Horizon_ game in the Orbital 2100 setting, then several games run at TravCon and North Star, followed by _The Jägermeister Adventure_ , which was great fun but needed me to think on my feet as the players frequently got ahead of me. I intend to continue with Traveller as a big part of my gaming in 2026, probably offering the _Singularity_ campaign once it's finalised and I've read it properly. The start of the year saw my _Shadows of Atlantis_ game for **Achtung! Cthulhu 2d20** finish. Overall, it was a great World War 2 daring pulp romp, but I've had no urge to go near anything using the 2d20 game engine since. I think I may have played too much of the Modiphius engine over the last few years and the inconsistencies in it are harder for me to deal with than the changes in Fria Ligan's Year Zero Engine. One of my longer term campaigns finished this year and I miss it sorely. This was _Eternal Lies_ for **Trail of Cthulhu** (8 sessions). We've spent multiple years and a lot of time on this game and it is probably the best Lovecraftian game I have ever played. Of course this was helped by the quality of both my fellow player, Dr Mitch, and Rich, our Keeper, who runs a superb game. The ending was poignant and challenging and emotional. I played a full weekend (equivalent of 6 sessions) of **The One Ring** at LongCon, with Graham running a fantastic Tolkien based game running through the _Tales from the Lone Lands_ campaign; his deep knowledge of the lore was clear, but it was never suffocating, and I felt completely immersed. A shout out to my other players who also made this an unforgettable game. The final system with multiple game sessions was **City of Mist** , a perennial favourite of mine. I ran this at Airecon and Revelation. It's a favourite and I have no doubt that I will play again. _Powered by the Apocalypse_ remained a strong part of the games I've played, but no _Forged in the Dark_ for me this year. I've used **Roll20** as my preferred VTT most of the year, mainly as **Traveller** is well implemented, and I ported my **Achtung! Cthulhu** game there when **Role** temporarily lost AV. It's worth noting that **Roll20** has come on in leaps and bounds over the last two years, but AV remains its Achilles Heel. Towards the end of _Jägermeister_ we were doing audio over Discord to ensure we had a stable connection. I'm intending to experiment with **Role** and **Owlbear Rodeo** next year. Of course, our _Eternal Lies_ game was run over zoom, with character sheets on Google Docs and dice rolled physically, so it does show that you don't need all the bells and whistles! Outside of the usual running and playing, I have continued to enjoy helping organise the Garricons and that is something which will hopefully continue going forward. Part of my return to **Traveller** was creating a one off Double Adventure for **BITS** using two of the scenarios I wrote that have been out of print for a very long time. That was really satisfying, and I have already prepped them to be released, but we're currently wrangling with the request by Mongoose to release via the community TAS programme which doesn't support publishers doing this. Hopefully they'll be released in the New Year. This won't be my final project like this; I'm also finalising off another adventure that I'd hoped to get out this year, but it will slip into 2026. I managed to get the **BITS** website up and running again, which was nice. It turns out that there was a server side issue that was blocking redirections. Now that's sorted the site is live. I would like to give it a full refresh, but that's a way off. Overall, it's been a fun gaming year, and I'm hoping that next year will be as good! Game System| #| GM| Play| FTF ---|---|---|---|--- Traveller/Cepheus| 20| 17| 3| 8 Trail of Cthulhu (GS)| 8| 0| 8| 0 The One Ring| 6| 0| 6| 5 Achtung! Cthulhu (2d20)| 3| 3| 0| 0 City of Mist (PbtA)| 3| 3| 0| 3 Otherscape (PbtA)| 1| 1| 0| 1 Comrades (PbtA)| 1| 1| 0| 1 Monster of the Week (PbtA)| 1| 0| 1| 1 Cartel (PbtA)| 1| 0| 1| 1 Fading Suns| 1| 0| 1| 1 John Carter of Mars (2d20)| 1| 0| 1| 1 The Electric State (YZE)| 1| 0| 1| 1 In Nomine| 1| 1| 0| 1 Blade Runner (YZE)| 1| 0| 1| 1 Dragon Warriors| 1| 0| 1| 1 29 December 2025
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December 29, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Blog - First Impressions - The Hooded Man - a #ttrpg of medieval outlaws.

TL;DR: #thehoodedman is simple & light enough to have a lot of fun, and the author's love of the Robin Hood legend comes through in the text. The core mechanic is simple and effective, but has the potential to be brutal […]
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dice.camp
December 29, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Blog - When is a Sorcerer not a Sorcerer?

TL;DR: musing on the use of the difference between a #DnD sorceror and a wizard to explain things in #strangerthings Season 5. References back to AD&D.

#ttrpg #strangerthings5 […]
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dice.camp
December 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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"We were going to have our dinner out there, but Steve's wife came down and told us off, so we had to get out"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg91ryy64wo

#yorkshire #leeds
Owners of Leeds pub that flooded in 2015 recreate viral photo
Steve Holt and John Kelly say it was 'stupidity' that saw them sit in the flooded garden with pints.
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December 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
December 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Pic. 1. Human Interface Guidelines, Apple, 1992
Pic. 2. macOS Tahoe, Apple, 2025
December 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Blog - Xyntillan - more to do because #roll20 has added useful things.

TL;DR: Map pins have been added which allow you to link to and display handouts to maps, with a tool tip showing key text. This is potentially really useful in play.

#ttrpg #osr #DnD #castlexyntillan […]
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dice.camp
December 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM