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  • Legend In The Mist – Rustic Fantasy & Goo

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    I’d been seeing some stuff about a game called City of Mist, a sort of Supernatural Noir thing, but couldn’t get a session; Then I noticed demos of Legend in the Mist, their fantasy variant, using the same or a similar system.So I figured, why not? I ran into the guy who’d run an impromptu1…

  • Eclipse Phase – Hit It With A Mop?

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    I’ve played the Fate version of this game before, where at least some of the comedy-horror was unintentional on my part; When escaping from a swarming bug/microbe in a vehicle with a cracked windscreen, it makes sense to stop it from getting in through the cracks, and what we had was lab cleaning equipment, so…

  • Before The Con – We’ve Spotted Nerd-Sign

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    Tom & I got downtown on the Monday before the Con, so … Day -2? … if that’s a thing? I’ve never done the “Can I Check In Early?” thing, but on a Monday the hotels aren’t usually busy, so “Can I Leave My Bags Until Check-In?” has pretty much the same effect. As I…

  • Journey To The West, Part Three

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    I slept … OK-ish … in my airport hotel. Technically I woke before my alarm, but not by much. The lines at check-in are insane, in my previous experience, so I wanted to make sure I had plenty of time; Thus, a nearby hotel & an early alarm. So, those lines I was worried about?…

  • π Approximation Day

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    I was trying to keep a very chilled day, and didn’t want to be in Stafford all by myself, so I figured I’d go to London, given that I’d need to be there anyway the next day. It turned out that my friend K. also had the day off, so we decided to go do…

  • Journey To The West, Part Two

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    Unlike part one, I took a taxi to the station from Stately Link Manor, because I really didn’t want to take yet another bus.

  • Journey To The West, Part One

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    I did most of my packing the day before, so that the day would be easier. Before any of the travel stuff, I went out & got myself breakfast, because that seemed like a good idea, and it meant that I wouldn’t need to lug the suitcase into a cafe or something. After approximately a…

  • Weekend In Birmingham

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    Part One: The Cricket I wasn’t originally supposed to be attending the T20 Finals at Edgbaston, mostly because I have very little knowledge of or interest in The Cricket. But a whole bunch of folks were going, and a couple of them couldn’t make it, and seeing as how I’m just up the line from…

  • Gen Con Events

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    Day 1 / Thursday Off and On Again A ComEx transport has gone offline and needs a hard reboot before Carbon Reaver pirates find it. You’ll be egocast direct to the ship. Should be smooth sailing, right? A short intro scenario. Game System:Eclipse Phase I’ve played the Fate version of Eclipse Phase once before, but…

  • Bordeaux Monday

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    Packing up went very well; I think the most difficult part of the whole process was finding the bins for the apartment complex, because they were on the other side of the building about as far away from the entrance as it was possible to get. They were also full to overflowing, which meant that…