Thoughts of a Depressive Diplomatist

Finished Reading Susanna Clarke, Piranesi A very good book: a beautiful book.  A book about isolation and being at peace with that: it’s per...

  12 Nov - Blackmoor (OSE) - on-line 19 Nov - Blackmoor (OSE) - on-line 21 Nov - Wasters (OSE) - on-line 25 Nov - Blackmoor (OSE) - on-line ...

As some of you know, I am supporting Movember, the annual effort to raise funds and awareness for men's health issues.  The focus is on ...

  This weekend I played in a new game and, for me, a new gaming genre: cyberpunk.  I've written-up that session here . This was ‘Wasters...

Earlier in the week, I posted about me using the results of a solo Scrabble-like game to create dungeon maps for RPGs.  This has prompted a...

I'm a fidgeter.  In particular I can't sit still and watch TV: I need to do something with my hands. So normally the old Bananagrams...

Movember is a fundraising campaign focussing on men's health (mental health, prostate cancer and testicular cancer).  Each November peop...

This month three books, all of which appeared last month or earlier. Finished Max Brooks,  The Zombie Survival Guide A fun book with surpris...

  4 Oct - Blackmoor (OSE) - on-line 7 Oct - Blackmoor (OSE) - on-line 10 Oct - Boardgames - face-to-face 14 Oct - Blackmoor (OSE) - on-line ...

Last month Josh McCrowell published ' Under Hill, By Water ' an RPG that had been gestating for a a couple of years on his blog Rise...

Another week, another haul from Charity Shops... Obviously I'm getting ready for Second Lockdown (though I've still go four seasons ...

Miskatonic Repository Convention was a two-day virtual convention that took place on 17 and 18 October, celebrating the Miskatonic Repositor...

Last Friday was one of my few days off from managing the charity shop (we've been very short-staffed since Lockdown was lifted).  So wha...

In this blog entry I'm going to shamelessly plug The Games Table in Norwich and take a look at it's new venue in the centre of the c...