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A New 7-Sentence NPC

CM Cline in Dragon Magazine 184 (August 1992) presented The 7-Sentence NPC. Back then most of my NPCs either got a full page biography or a stat block. Over time I found moving to the middle ground the 7-Sentence NPC represents a handy tool. They have the advantage of being quick to read as a […]

Two London Panoramas (Almost Wordless Wednesday 40)

These two panoramas were taken from Tate Modern’s Members Room balcony overlooking the river Thames. The first (top one) was taken 5th July 2014 and the bottom one on 4th July 2015.

1920s Images for RPG Referees

I’ve uploaded the first of four sets of images for 1920s RPG referees (good for games like Call of Cthulhu and Trail of Cthulhu).  You can still vote on my poll on how I should compile them in future.  

Terminator Genisys

  Sometimes bad reviews can be a good thing.  Pleased to say I enjoyed this more than I expected based on the critics.  Nice mix of twists, spills and thrills following the chase format of the previous movies.  If forced I’d say this is probably the third best outing of the series but a lot […]

What I did on my London Holiday 2015

Annual summary of what I did on my holiday post… Bank of England Building open day & Museum well worth the visit but almost two hours of standing waiting to go in for a thirty minute tour might put off the less determined.  Really interesting to see rooms normally closed to the public and the […]

Almost Wordless Wednesday 39

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 […]

Almost Wordless Wednesday 38

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 […]