Ninchilla

I dunno' which review said it was 'worse than AI' but DAMN.

That was the Guardian.

Read
A lot of Dragonbane - the final(ish) PDFs of the upcoming Book of Magic and Arkand setting book, mostly, but I'm also prepping to finally run The Magistrate's Gambit (thanks again, Bri!) next week.

Also a little bit of Outgunned/Outgunned Adventure, as I continue to find something that I think will suit the kids' Wookiee Jedi ambitions for a Star Wars session…

Play
D&D 5e continues to be the only action on the outside of the GM screen, as we continue Rogueliking our way through Princes of the Apocalypse. The DM is running it very much as a sandbox with no guide rails, so we can stumble onto stuff that's completely beyond our ability to deal with; everyone's on at least their third character, but I have plenty more weirdos in the chamber to deploy as things progress (or don't).

GM
The One Ring continues, with a big Council due next session as the Company try to convince some dwarves to help them besiege an orcish stronghold near Angmar. This is complicated by some aggression from elves on the other side of the Ered Luin, who are accusing the dwarves of being in league with the orcs. We'll see how it goes!

I have an occasional Vaesen group that I've sort of accidentally assembled. We've run two mysteries so far (just prepublished ones, though I have the bones of a couple of my own sketched out). Don't know that it's a "campaign", as such, but everyone's having fun, and I've convinced them to try out some other games, too - starting with the aforementioned Dragonbane adventure!

I've finally managed to run a couple more sessions with The Natura1s, though we've had to shift online to cope with the travel and scheduling issues that have dogged us for like, a year. It's going pretty well, I think, and in a weird twist, playing over Discord seems to be helping to keep people focused..? It's really good to be back at it - I just need to find some time for editing.

Given that it's just gone up on PS+, maybe I'll stick my head in; I've never been a big Elder Scrolls fan, though, and ESO didn't click with me at all the couple of times I tried it before.

Alien Earth definitely needed a bit more time in the oven, but I think it pulled together enough by the end that I'll be watching a second season.

LttP, but sort of agreed - I don't think the show was ever as clever or interesting as it seemed to think it was, but as it was ending, I realised it had kinda gotten its hooks into me.

The book looks gorgeous, the setting is interesting (the Peasants' Revolt - historical and timely!), and the mechanics sound pretty straightforward, so I backed Gallows Corner. By the time you read this, the campaign has probably ended (20 hours to go!), but if not, check it out!

I really need to lay off the Kickstarters for a while, though, and keep some spendin' money for UKGE later in the year…