Yesterday was the first session (character gen / game launch) of the WH40K game I have joined. I like my character plus the party design (we're all Adeptus Mechanicus with different roles) and it has an intriguing premise. A rogue trader of a very important family has lost contact with its own bridge ( Read more... )

- Sunday 30th I met Liz at Kew, seeing her in person for the first time in two years ( Read more... )

Today was Knights Errant (season 2, session 3). We've found what we hoped was ground zero of the demon infestation and, sadly, it seems it probably wasn't. Although it was at least interesting (a little copse of demons sleeping around a black skull). And now I have a tactic named after my character - standing well back when someone is about to do ( Read more... )

Today's window was a carriage.

bateleur ran a one-off game today where we were five members of the jury in a breaking and entering trial. The man accused of doing so had previously owned the house until his death. And this was set in the real world. It was weird and interesting and we did give a relevant verdict.

Do You Dream of Terra Two? is Temi Oh's debut novel. I own a signed copy because she was at the same launch event as Emma Newman and it seemed like an interesting first book. Over the last fortnight I've been reading it (it's a large hardback, so not a commuting book). It's about a group of teenagers who are qualifying for a 23 year journey to a ( Read more... )

A number of things took place this month that I never got around to writing about. So here are some summaries here.

Paladin and Laura - bateleur's friend Paladin and his girlfriend Laura were over from France/Switzerland and came for dinner and board games one evening. This meant vegetarian curry and a couple of card games. Sadly, I don't remember names ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I did an update post and I have a few bits and pieces to cover.

Firstly, although it happened before my last update post, we went to see quisalan and baby Emilia.


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Last week I finished Too Like the Lightning: Book One of Terra Ignota by Ada Palmer. It was the author's debut novel so, needless to say I hadn't come across her before. It had received a Hugo nomination and various good reviews so I was expecting to enjoy it. Instead I was disappointed as I felt it had a number of flaws. Firstly - it introduced ( Read more... )

This weekend has been lovely. Again we went to the local ice cream place and this time I chose scoops of mojito and butterscotch & chocolate. They were good - particularly the mojito which did taste of lime and mint.

Since my last post, we have finished watching Lucifer: season 2. I've realised I never reviewed the first season here, so I'll do ( Read more... )

A long time ago, when I was about three months pregnant, work sent me to Vancouver. My chosen reading material for the plane were the two Bridget Jones books. Now, quite a long time later, I finally read Mad About the Boy (a birthday present). I enjoyed it, I've always liked Bridget, particularly her ability to bounce back from things and I ( Read more... )