Too Many Ideas - Archive for 2015

Another Blast from the (Blog Past): Describing a Character like a Spy

Found an old blog article while I was looking for something else. Thought I’d give it an easier to find home… Describing a Character like a Spy

Mr Holmes

Taken me a week to pull my finger out and blog about Mr Holmes. Went to see it last week. Enjoyed its rather melancholy, later life, all my friends are dead, bee keeping take on the great detective. The excellent cast (Ian McKellen as Sherlock Holmes, Laura Linney as housekeeper Mrs. Munro, Milo Parker as […]

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Jackson Pollock – Blind Spots

Pollock like Damien Hurst and Mondrian was on my not sure list (which covers most 20th Century artists to be fair to Hurst and Mondrian). Until you’ve seen a variety of their work together I find it’s really hard to know if you’ll like them or not.  So I went to have a look at […]

Writers’ Databook

I’ve started compiling some of the rather random data I’ve collected in my writers’ databook.

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What’s the Best Way to Share GM Resources?

I’ve some collections of resources I’ve built up over the years for GMing. Things like maps, plans and NPC portraits. I’ve been thinking of posting them here but was wondering what the most useful way of sharing was for other GMs. So here is a quick poll. Hope you’ll vote!

Language Cherries and Lemons for Trail of Cthulhu

Two ideas on ways of encouraging players of Trail of Cthulhu to take more languages.  Originally I was going to just suggest the carrot of free languages using cherries but then a friend wanted to use a stick approach so I came up with lemons for them… Language Cherries and Lemons for Trail of Cthulhu.

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