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M. C. Escher - Gravitation

Escher… Need I say more?

Minor changes to T13

I've been working hard on plans for my next novel (in fact two different series that I am planning out, that are unrelated: one an enormous world-building YA Science-Fiction/Fantasy/Horror novel series that my RPG buddies are helping build; and the other a Thriller with touches of Cosmic Horror, that I'm probably going to fast track through 1st draft next) and artwork for Ironmaster while I'm waiting for my Beta readers to finish and get back to me.

Christmas is also coming and I've been doing shopping out in the cold, rain, sleet and hail we have been having. Typically enough this means that I've also succumbed to a terrible head cold as well...

[caption id="attachment_4528" align="alignright" width="300"] Terminal Thirteen (T13) my free table-top roleplaying game.[/caption]

While doing that planning, I cast an eye over the T13 RPG and noticed some parts that were badly balanced (or were overly complex) or just needed a little spicing up.  So I made some adjustments to the game,  for the most part tiny adjustments to character Personalities and Handicaps, as well as a fairly hefty set of changes to Plot Daemons and Yarn cards.

The way plots work have been simplified and streamlined to let Refs create plots with less reference to the characters they are involving in the plot. This has had some knock-on effects on the way the game runs for PCs (especially Solos), but in general for most players the changes are superficial and balance the different Personalities off a little better.

Enjoy! And use comments to let me know what you think of the changes.

I really must get around to building a Character,  Descendant,  and plot generator sometime... Only so many hours in the day when I do everything myself.

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Star Wars - Episode VIII

Created by Belov Pavel  - Facebook

Looks legit…

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The Terminator (1984) - By VanOrton Design [768 x 1024] : MoviePosterPorn

That’s an awesome take on the terminator…

dorkly:Indiana Jones and the Avoiders of the Lost ArkFor more…

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Indiana Jones and the Avoiders of the Lost Ark

For more comics, go to Dorkly.com!

Funny, but unfortunately Marion is probably dead…

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Snowflake patterns! 

I made these to be used, so please, feel free to download, trace, print or abuse their quality (actually, I’d prefer if you didn’t do that though). These are reduced patterns, I strongly encourage you to add more stuff, otherwise they become very fragile and you can’t hang them anywhere.

Part One (Daleks and Cybermen)

Part Two (Ten and Eleven)

Part Three (Screwdrivers)

Part Four (Ood and TARDIS)

A very doctor who Christmas

gameraboy:Ron Cobb’s iconography designed for the film Alien…

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Ron Cobb’s iconography designed for the film Alien (1979). His official name for these illustrations is the Semiotic Standard For All Commercial Trans-Stellar Utility Lifter And Heavy Element Transport Spacecraft. Via Typeset in the Future. These were even made into iOS icons by Iconfactory!

All part of the amazing world-building that the movies can do…

Writing Research – World War One

Writing Research - World War One:

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World War I (WWI or WW1 or World War One), also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war centered in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. More than 9 million combatants and 7 million civilians died as a…

Now that’s some research…

alwaysstarwars:Supremely awesome and realistic photos…

alwaysstarwars:

Supremely awesome and realistic photos by Avanaut, made using scale models

Woah someone got a serious case of carpentry…

That’s darkly pretty

That’s darkly pretty