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Paul Baldowski 🔜 Furnace, Sheffield 🔥 @paulbaldowski.bsky.social · 47m

I've direct messaged you!

Paul Baldowski 🔜 Furnace, Sheffield 🔥 @paulbaldowski.bsky.social · 1h

Once I've confirmed you're the winner, which I'll do by posting in a comment beneath your comment, I'll pass you on to the crew at All Rolled Up to resolve the shipping details.

Get Googling that birthday!

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Paul Baldowski 🔜 Furnace, Sheffield 🔥 @paulbaldowski.bsky.social · 1h

A Dee Sanction giveaway (to test the functionality for customers in the United States).

The first person in the US to post Doctor John Dee's birthdate (correctly) in the comments, below, wins a copy of the current softcover edition of The Dee Sanction, gratis. We'll cover shipping.

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Paul Baldowski 🔜 Furnace, Sheffield 🔥 @paulbaldowski.bsky.social · 17h

I'm trying to sort out a plastic sleeve. And some notepaper. Don't worry. But... You need me to provide dice?!

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Paul Baldowski 🔜 Furnace, Sheffield 🔥 @paulbaldowski.bsky.social · 19h

Heck no! Bring notepaper. These are originals. No pens! 😲

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Paul Baldowski 🔜 Furnace, Sheffield 🔥 @paulbaldowski.bsky.social · 20h

I'm talking about me.

Paul Baldowski 🔜 Furnace, Sheffield 🔥 @paulbaldowski.bsky.social · 20h

And my assessment, without qualification, is that it's a neurodivergent trait within the scope of ADHD, but that's just me.

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Paul Baldowski 🔜 Furnace, Sheffield 🔥 @paulbaldowski.bsky.social · 20h

Necessarily expecting it to be used at the table. I mean, I have an A4 page of the Ship's Store. Players get a 4-page character portfolio. I've listed the entire crew of The Narwhal.

How much will we use? I suspect very little. But, I feel the show matters when you Run Out the Game!

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Paul Baldowski 🔜 Furnace, Sheffield 🔥 @paulbaldowski.bsky.social · 20h

To a degree, the prep for Run Out the Guns! has been easy. In the case of the ship, it's just a scan of a page from the game.

However, other elements have required scanning, text extraction, and then pasting that into Word.

The best part is that I'm looking to create the experience, but not

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Paul Baldowski 🔜 Furnace, Sheffield 🔥 @paulbaldowski.bsky.social · 1d

You and me, both.

Reposted by Paul Baldowski 🔜 Furnace, Sheffield 🔥

🖤🐦‍⬛⚫𝑭𝒆𝒅𝒆⚫🐦‍⬛🖤 @fsohns.bsky.social · 1d

If you wanna see indie creators succeed, remember you can always write reviews, talk about your play experience, do shoutouts, plenty of stuff that helps so much since there's only so many places that offer us outreach, especially if we are outside of the D&D/OSR space

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Paul Baldowski 🔜 Furnace, Sheffield 🔥 @paulbaldowski.bsky.social · 2d

Everyone deserves cake and coffee for their birthday (heck, it might be nice to have more regularly).

Please head to itch.io/s/160877/wh-... and pick something up.

🎂 🎲🎉

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Paul Baldowski 🔜 Furnace, Sheffield 🔥 @paulbaldowski.bsky.social · 3d

Love this 😍

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Paul Baldowski 🔜 Furnace, Sheffield 🔥 @paulbaldowski.bsky.social · 3d

Fil had her jab on Saturday and it has hit rather hard. I know, it's the natural reaction given someone just pumped you with a micro-flu and it's better than full blown flu, but it's darned inconvenient 😵‍💫

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Paul Baldowski 🔜 Furnace, Sheffield 🔥 @paulbaldowski.bsky.social · 3d

It's an orange Kaweco Sport

Paul Baldowski 🔜 Furnace, Sheffield 🔥 @paulbaldowski.bsky.social · 3d

Unless you're making a flying visit to Manchester, I think I'll be safe.

Paul Baldowski 🔜 Furnace, Sheffield 🔥 @paulbaldowski.bsky.social · 3d

I think it's a e+m Workman Clutch Pencil

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Paul Baldowski 🔜 Furnace, Sheffield 🔥 @paulbaldowski.bsky.social · 3d

Yes. Spot on.

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Paul Baldowski 🔜 Furnace, Sheffield 🔥 @paulbaldowski.bsky.social · 3d

I love a highly portable pen or pencil, but damn it, I wasted an hour this morning trying to fathom where my Wren had gone (far right).

Tucked away in a pocket of my pen case. But, really tucked.

#NotReallyAProblem #Pens #Stationery

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Paul Baldowski 🔜 Furnace, Sheffield 🔥 @paulbaldowski.bsky.social · 3d

You don't even have to involve your mind's eye then, Tim. Just appreciate the tofu as pictured.

Paul Baldowski 🔜 Furnace, Sheffield 🔥 @paulbaldowski.bsky.social · 3d

Diabetes AND espresso.

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Paul Baldowski 🔜 Furnace, Sheffield 🔥 @paulbaldowski.bsky.social · 3d

For reference, this is the tofu bento breakfast. I didn't take a picture this morning... because I already had this one! Just replace the tofu, in your mind's eye, with tender slices of beef.

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Paul Baldowski 🔜 Furnace, Sheffield 🔥 @paulbaldowski.bsky.social · 3d

Chocolate mocha shake for brunch? Yes, please.

Teamed up with a tasty breakfast bento with beef. Perfect start to Sunday.

(At Douzo in Stockport.)

#bento #chocolateshake

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Paul Baldowski 🔜 Furnace, Sheffield 🔥 @paulbaldowski.bsky.social · 3d

A wall with a recess for a single book—it feels like a recipe for insanity. On the one hand, which book? On the other hand, does the space allow for two or three thinner books? Is there a third hand that leaves me pondering whether any nearby houses don't use their book slot, and whether I can rent?

Paul Baldowski 🔜 Furnace, Sheffield 🔥 @paulbaldowski.bsky.social · 4d

For those that are interested, my first week will involve a return to the reading tool hack intended to focus the eye on the line and, ideally, that above and below. You draw the narrow point, like a fingertips, at speed. Or something along those lines.

A single wooden chopstick on a black surface. The blunt end of the chopstick is marked "Manual Reading Guide" in black ink.