Just started playing the original Legacy of Kain again. Bloody hell, back to Nosgoth!

Another day, another adventure written.

Current energy level: faded to grey.

Acme vs. Coyote wasn't going to be Kramer vs Kramer, Pelican Brief, or A Few Good Men. It was good fun though to see toons, and hear an audience laugh.

I think one of the hardest things about leaving Edinburgh is leaving the RPG and gaming communities here. I have found a games shop in Peebles, and I know there's a wargaming night. Having said that, I've not enjoyed RPGs for a while - playing or running...

Been a tough week but looking forward to the weekend and getting some more writing done. Also it'll be a January move to Peebles and a fresh start.

One of my favourite bits of writing in Musketeers vs. Cthulhu was La Vie Parisienne. It's a table of random events and conversations overheard by the Musketeers as they go about Paris. If you've seen the Lester Musketeer films, you'll know what I mean...

You'd think a 2-bedroom flat for sale in central Edinburgh, with a private garden and study, would have folk racing to view... but no. So infuriating.

Been a pretty intense morning finance-wise. On the plus side, my slipcase of Cold City/Hot War RPG from @handiworkgames.bsky.social has arrived!

Your wh40k/Star Trek RPG campaign has turned in Red Dwarf. Your Vampire Chronicle has become What we do in the Shadows....Just go with it.

I definitely think we should send more millionaires to space/Mars. Doesn't mean I think they should come back...

So plans for my Cold Equations SF RPG setting, a Discworld game, and something CHILL-related are on hiatus until I move to Peebles. Know there are RPG groups in nearby towns, and a Wh40k one in Peebles. Fresh start time when I get there.

Danny Trejo may not be tall, but he fills a room.

CHILL definitely has potential for a "new" game for me. Love CoC but SAVE and the threat of the Unknown does have a lot of scope...

Watched The Calling the other night. Interesting cast, bargain basement Omen. Set on the Isle of Man...

I ATEN'T MOVING. So there.

Back to writing tomorrow. Successful day at work. For the first time in years, it feels more like a team - heading out for drinks Friday.

The Free League Alien RPG looks awesome, but how does it play as a campaign? Once the Xenomorph is in play, does the game become a one-trick pony? I'd get the fight against the Xeno infestation as Grunts, or colonists battle for survival, but it'd get old real fast.

Back at work today after two weeks holiday. I'm already wishing it was Friday.

Rereading Pratchett and CHILL RPG sourcebooks. Still on holiday at this point, but have done some writing at least, and have found the origin of the Tarrasque! The Turtle Moves!

When you're on holiday and realise you're that NPC. Or Aragorn.

I could get used to Lake Garda life.

Re-reading Pratchett's Discworld and laughing aloud at Moving Pictures. A much easier read than the Southern Reach trilogy, which I finished yesterday.

Researching the Thirty Years War. What a tangled mess...

I'd be writing if the tablet would stop shutting down in 33 degree heat. "Yeah, bit it's a dry heat." Will be writing in the shade tomorrow.

Loving the chiaroscuro of sundown at Lake Garda.

This time tomorrow, I'll be back at Lake Garda, Italy. Might be my last break abroad for a while.

Taking another look at Chill RPG (and SAVE). Been a while...

Critical Role were at Edinburgh Castle fir a capacity crowd. I don't get it: RPGs as a spectator just doesn't work for me. Don't mind Vox Machina or the Mighty Nein animated features but the whole concept leaves me cold.

For some reason, I recalled the first edition of the Chill RPG. I remember the Lycanthropes supplement being rather good, too. Can't remember much of the system, though I do remember the Mean Old Neighbour lady, Rax, and the art...