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  • First RPG Gamemaster – RPGaDay 2023

    First RPG Gamemaster – RPGaDay 2023

    The original question was: First RPG Gamemaster Graham, a percussionist in the Beanfield Comprehensive School brass band, presented me with the chance to play a game of red box Basic D&D one lunchtime. So – along with double bass player Jon and cornet player Roy – we played our first adventure seeking out that dastardly wizard Bargle. In the…

  • Gamemaster! I Choose You! – RPGaDay 2022

    Gamemaster! I Choose You! – RPGaDay 2022

    The question is: Who would you like to Gamemaster for you? Matt Mercer. I just want to see him GM “unplugged” and do so in a way that resonates with me. Critical Role has such a following, but after several attempts to get into it, I haven’t clicked. He’s clearly a performer and an individual…

  • R is for Running Games

    No matter how much I try to enjoy being a player in tabletop role-playing games, I can’t find that groove to really enjoy it. I don’t hate it, but I don’t get the same sense of satisfaction as when I run the game. I have had long suspicions that the issue comes down to the…

  • Review: Hollowpoint

    Hollowpoint by Brad Murray My rating: 4 of 5 stars Hollowpoint seeks to recreate the ultra-capable, often-violent genre of action movies that proliferates in modern cinema. Action-driven, adrenaline-fuelled and peppered with bullet holes, the scenes characters can expect to pass through rely on their bringing their undoubted skills to bear and defeating an enemy that…