ViscountEric
@viscounteric.bsky.social
Middle aged role-player, wargamer, and hobbyist historian
#RPGaDay2026 Day 5 - “Burden” Burdening elves with role-playing restrictions, for better or for worse gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/08/rpga...
#RPGaDay2026 - Day 5 - The Elden Burden
Day 5 was the first day of #RPGaDay the stopped me cold. "Burden" Picture this: The early 90's, 2nd Edition AD&D is in full speed, splat b...
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#RPGaDay2026 Day 4 “Charm” Sometimes having to much charm details the whole operation. gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/08/rpga...
#RPGaDay2026 - Day 4 - "Charm"
For Day 4 of #RPGaDay, I really wanted to look away from the magical or social intimate connotations of "Charm," I really did. I've watche...
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#RPGADay2026 Day 3 “Poise” And Lathar Bracken in Gamma World has it on spades, for all the wrong reasons. gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/08/rpga...
#RPGaDay2026 - Day 3 - "Poise"
Day 3 of #RPGaDay and we come to a prompt that surprises me. Not only is "Poise" not something this activity has mentioned at all, but it'...
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Day 2 of #RPGaDay2026 “Stature”. Our smallest party member in Gamma World, Sneaky Pete, might have the biggest aspirations. #RPGaDay gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/08/rpga...
#RPGaDay2026 - Day 2 - "Stature"
When I first did a full review of this year's #RPGaDay, I had pall of dread overcome me, and only hit Day 2. "Stature" Not wanting to go wi...
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Day 1 of #RPGaDay2026 and the prompt is “Discipline” A quick shout out to to my friend, Hoyce. #RPGADAY gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/08/rpga...
#RPGaDay2026 - Day 1 - "Discipline"
We have finally made it #RPGaDay2026 ! I'm coming into #RPGaDay this year with a different perspective. Over a dozen years of questions and...
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#GammaWorld Campaign Episode 127 - Savory Finds gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/07/gamm...
(Gamma World) Not a Test #127 - Savory Finds
Our heroes, the De Facto Explorers, have decided to embark on an epic quest to reach Lathar's long-lost father, Harkonn. After side-quests,...
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The #Gnome Wars games at Historicon, including the formal premiere of the Hawaiian (Tiki/ Easter Island) gnomes! gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/07/hist...
Historicon 2026 - The Gnome Games
Let's be honest, as much as I like doing the After Action Report for Historicon, and as much as I love the traffic it creates for the blog, ...
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#GammaWorld Campaign Episode 126 - Downriver Guardians gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/07/gamm...
(Gamma World) Not a Test #126 - Downriver Guardians
Our heroes, the De Facto Explorers, have decided to embark on an epic quest to reach Lathar's long-lost father, Harkonn. After side-quests,...
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A smokey weekend in Lancaster for #Historicon #wargaming #minaturewargaming gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/07/hist...
Historicon 2026 AAR
It's just after midnight as I try to put into words this past weekend at Historicon. I'm slowly rehydrating, I've snuck in a nap, and I'm s...
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More #KARTAS inspired stuff: my Georic Gazetteer entry for the Bermeja Islands gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/07/geor...
(Georic Gazetteer) Bermeja Islands
(Author's Note, 3rd Printing: When I first compiled my simple notes from wandering the continent of Talaishia, it was meant first as a tr...
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#GammaWorld Campaign Episode 125 - Allocation is Under Review gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/07/gamm...
(Gamma World) Not a Test #125 - Allocation is Under Review
Our heroes, the De Facto Explorers, have decided to embark on an epic quest to reach Lathar's long-lost father. After side-quests, distract...
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Yet Another Hawaiian Gnome Pineapple Catapult by Brigade Games. Ready for Historicon. gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/07/pain...
(Painting) Yet Another Gnome Wars Hawaiian Gnome Pineapple Catapult
Historicon is officially less than a week away! I'm not hitting the full panic mode until after this weekend: final packing, organizing wh...
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Christmas Seal by Reaper #ChristmasInJuly gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/07/chri...
Christmas in July - Christmas Seal from Christmas Familiars (Reaper 01553)
Just how many times can I put Christmas in a blog post? Not in time for Christmas (There I go again), but this little seal is just one fig...
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When you have your online group drops out of a session to focus on the World Cup. You break out the #RPGaDay2026 prompts with the rest of them and brainstorm/reminisce
It took nearly a decade but the shack of my dreams is completed gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/07/pain...
(Painting) The Ancient Shanty of Perpetual Project
Even as we inch closer to Historicon, I am amazed when I get some random piece off the painting queue. This little shanty has been incompl...
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#GammaWorld Campaign Episode 123 “Who Are You Calling a Lizard Licker?” gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/06/gamm...
(Gamma World) Not a Test #123 - Who Are You Calling a Lizard Licker?
Our heroes, the De Facto Explorers, have decided to embark on an epic quest to reach Lathar's long-lost father. They have stopped in Fair-T...
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#GammaWorld Campaign Episode 122 - A Weasel in My Meat Attic gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/06/gamm...
(Gamma World) Not a Test #122 - A Weasel in My Meat Attic
Our heroes, the De Facto Explorers, have decided to embark on an epic quest to reach Lathar's long-lost father. They have stopped in Fair-T...
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With a key missing player tonight, I decided to run the group with #MagicalKittiesSaveTheDay Character creation was perfect. Mechanics went well. The story was two steps away from devolving into Reservoir Cats, but the kitties pulled off rescuing the kind old lady .
#GammaWorld Campaign Episode 121 - Stage Four Vanishing Act gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/06/gamm...
(Gamma World) Not a Test #121 - Stage Four Vanishing Act
Our heroes, the De Facto Explorers, have decided to embark on an epic quest to reach Lathar's long-lost father. They have stopped in Fair-T...
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I may need a map eventually, but for now here’s the power structure within my Death Planet Iota campaign, using Fistful of Lead. #wargaming gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-...
The Power Structure of Death Planet Iota
After completing the Mos Eisley Cantina Scenario, I did begin the process of numbering my figures in the Galactic Heroes/Death Planet Iota c...
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#GammaWorld Campaign Episode 120 - “The Theft of Worm Fluids” is pretty disturbing gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/06/gamm...
(Gamma World) Not a Test #120 - The Theft of Worm Fluids
Our heroes, the De Facto Explorers, have decided to embark on an epic quest to reach Lathar's long-lost father. They have stopped in Fair-T...
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The Mos Eisley Cantina, its staff, and patrons, gets teleported to my Death Planet Iota campaign using Fistful of Lead. Fun ensues! #StarWars #MiniatureWargaming gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/06/fist...
(Fistful of Lead) The Cantina Comes to Carf
For #StarWarsDay I painted up the Mos Eisley Cantina Adventure Set from West End Games , a rare occasion where I completed something in one ...
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#GammaWorld Campaign Episode 119 -Lathar the Parlimentairian gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/06/gamm...
(Gamma World) Not a Test #119 - Lathar the Parlimentarian
Our heroes, the De Facto Explorers, have decided to embark on an epic quest to reach Lathar's long-lost father. They have stopped in Fair-T...
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#GammaWorld Campaign Episode #118 -Residual Glows gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/05/gamm...
(Gamma World) Not a Test #118 - Residual Glows
Our heroes, the De Facto Explorers, have decided to embark on an epic quest to reach Lathar's long-lost father. ==========================...
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Two Twi’lek tried to sneak into my Mos Eisley cantina project. They still got some paint, now to put them in a game. #StarWars #Paintingminiatures #miniaturepainting gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/05/pain...
(Painting) Twi'lek Dancers by West End Games
Lead shouldn't be magnetic, but these two figures somehow emerged from the lead pile and was part of the painting line-up for the Mos Eisle...
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The Georic Gazetter Presents: The Kingdom of Mercadia gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/05/geor...
(Georic Gazetteer) Kingdom of Mercadia
The Kingdom of Mercadia Pantheon: Mixed Ferasean/Dwarf/Gnome Mythos Ruled By: "Mad" King Norm I the Shaven Capital: Golgonooza Other Cities:...
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