Ianlovescomix

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Comics fan. Tabletop RPG player. Board gamer. Middle-aged old fart. Proud dad. He/him.

It’s day 4 of #RPGaDay2026, and if we’re designing a character that meets the prompts of “Intellect”, “Charm” and “Full of Grace”, I expect you’re probably building another spy then. So let’s not do that. Instead, let’s look at a game that combines those qualities in a most pleasing way. 1/

A venn diagram, made up of the Weekly Filter "Intellect", the Daily Filter "Full of Grace" and the Daily Prompt "Charm"

It’s day 2 of #RPGaDay2026, and our prompts today are “Drive”, “Blessed” and “Stature”. I’m running a superhero game using the Marvel Multiverse RPG at the moment, so what sort of NPCs might show up in the game that meet those particular attributes? 1/

A venn diagram, made up of the Weekly Filter "Drive", the Daily Filter "Blessed" and the Daily Prompt "Stature"

#RPGaDay2026 has arrived. We have weekly and daily filters, and a daily prompt, all of which are meant to trigger some thoughts about role-playing games. So, if we use those three variables to create some sort of Venn Diagram, what does that give us? Let's see... 1/

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To be fair the fox managed to get his fucking HP printer to work, so fair play. An achievement I’ve never managed: We’ve obviously nurtured a breed of foxes with a higher level of intelligence.

Watched Tip Toe. Alan Cumming and David Morrissey were magnificent. RTD managed for the most part to be even-handed in his storytelling, making Morrissey’s character more sympathetic than he had any right to be. 1/

Last day of #UKGE. Ran the Comics Code this morning, with I’ve gentlemen from Glasgow, who had a lot of fun with the system (many doubles rolled, with a great range of outcomes picked), and who boldly made their way through the scenario to a very satisfactory ending! And then - Judge Dredd! 1/

Day 2 of #UKGE over. Ran a splendid Matrons of Mystery game this morning, with five very enthusiastic players who created a great game for them and me. Mystery was solved, despite them beefing the “solve the mystery” roll. I even innovated a more satisfying (to me) way to introduce the mystery. 1/

Day 1 of #UKGE done. Ran Doctor Who this morning. The valiant time travellers more or less successfully navigated their way through the adventure. They appeared to have fun. I only mildly stressed about timekeeping. Wandered round 3 trade halls spending not TOO much money, lasted about 4 hrs! 1/