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firstage.bsky.social
Graham Spearing 🔜 TavernCon
@firstage.bsky.social
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I usually have my head in the clouds.

Hubby, Dad, Papa, Brother, Gamer, Geek, Replicant. Also available in Supermarionation. ISFJ.

I did a lot of FGU in the 80s.

Bloggage: https://farhavens.blogspot.com/
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Zozer Games' Cepheus Universal #ttrpg running at #TravConUK this weekend.

I like the ruleset a great deal. Everything is recognisably close to Mongoose, but stripped back and honed from the Cepheus main document. Currently weighing up whether to revert to MgT2e or stay with this cunning version...
A picture of me running a Traveller session at TravCon UK last weekend.
October 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Treasure hunters have returned from the haunted ruins of the Helux Dynasty, carrying portentous lore that could shake the very fabric of fantasy roleplaying for ever.

Dug Up Trivia is a short PDF of optional rules for the Heroic Fantasy #ttrpg (In the works).

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
Cover for the Dug Up Trivia supplement for the Heroic Fantasy RPG, showing a treasure hunter with a torch peering into a huge portal.
September 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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- Heroic Fantasy 2e
- MERP
- The One Ring 2e
- Warhammer Fantasy 4e
- Star Trek Adentures 2D20

I try and spread it around a bit.
A doughnut graph of the ttrpg systems I have played so far in 2025.
September 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Don't push me...
The Player Bookcover for Space Master RPG
September 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Oh dear and yes we are in the crits!
Spider attack on a MERP tabletop
September 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Forty years on and a fine #ttrpg game of MERP at #OBaWS
A gaming table full of MERP goodness, including character sheets dice and maps.
September 13, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Who's heading for #TravConUK this October? I'll be running some Cepheus Universal using a #ttrpg adventure by @boondock60mm.bsky.social.

Happy to become Pirate bait?
A poster for a Traveller game entitled 'Pirate Bait'. Character sheets, a subsector map and a backfrop of a starship deckplan make up the poster.
August 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Feeling 'a bit poorly', so having one of those gentle #FoundryVTT prep afternoons. 😀

#FantasyCraft #Hellfrost #ttrpg
A screenshot of a Foundry VTT prep session, with a some journal items starting to appear over a map of one of the regions of the Hellfrost world of Rassilon.
July 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Post yourself from a different era.
Slightly fancy dress me, probably in the 90s. A sort of cyber Depeche Mode post punk goth mash-up.
July 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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@fenrisgames.com - I know, I know it really should be this.
A promo image for a ttrpg game mashing up Dragonbane witht he Hellfrost setting, largely for Ian's benefit!
July 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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When you can't help thinking of a #ttrpg mash-up (again), to the extent you start some character gen and VTT shenanigans.
An image of the Hellfrost world, originally for Savage Worlds RPG, but with a cheeky tease of a Fantasy craft logo slapped at the top. A mash-up of a game and setting of the past.
July 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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LongCon 2025, play a #ttrpg all weekend, was a great success. Five excellent games. I had a great table of players, discovering much of 'Tales from the Lone-lands'. The One Ring 2e is an excellent game with a Tolkien tone.

We'll be running this again in 2026, so watch this space!

longcon.ttrpg.uk
Dom's setup, with copy of The One Ring RPG, our 3D printed One Ring dice trays, mini All Rolled Up with map of Middle Earth, character figure and character sheet. Our gaming table at LongCon 2025, as we are in full flow. We used miniatures as part of our The One Ring game. Here is a wraith terrorising Ginar the dwarf and Bell the hobbit.
June 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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I'm running The One Ring as an all weekend game in a few days. As a special treat for me I have dug out this notebook that I always thought I would never write in. I think this event is the right one...
A Hobbit themed notebook, untouched and ready to be written in.
June 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Some #TravConUK planning for later this year. Running into some Hard Vacuum from @boondock60mm.bsky.social

#ttrpg #BITS
Four images that summarise my TravCon game: Cepheus Universal, Hard Vacuum Adventure cover, Eventide subsector map, and the Lune Class Freelancer from Moon Toad.
June 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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I feel like the super richest of Dads. Birthday drawing from my youngest son. Sweet ❤️
A custom drawn Pokemon card by my son depicting me in wizard pose.
March 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Last day of #AireCon in Harrogate. It's been a great extended weekend of #ttrpgs, with another session to go. I have also got to run #wfrp4e a couple of times which has been such fun.
My group of players at AireCon for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4e.
March 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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The opening scene from a forthcoming one shot of Fading Suns (4th Edition) #ttrpg on @playrole.bsky.social. It's fun to re-submerge into an old friend universe, syphon up game rules, and present an experience that gives just a taste of this kitchen sink space opera. I hope to run this a few times.
A screenshot of a Role VTT Room, presenting the opening scene for a one shot of the Fading Suns RPG. The scene is of a desert mansion and portrait icons of some of the key players.
March 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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It's #Airecon in a few weeks in Harrogate. The convention now supports a large schedule of #ttrpgs across the extended weekend. Would be lovely to see you there.

www.airecon.co.uk/rpgs
The schedule of ttrpgs to be played at Airecon in Harrogate in March 2025.
February 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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We have a further game at #Longcon

longcon.ttrpg.uk/index.php/ga...
Four games submitted for the Longcon ttrpg convention. Against the Darkmaster The One Ring The Between The Origin
February 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Just a marker to note the end of my #Dragonbane #Trudvang campaign of well over a year of play on @foundryvtt.bsky.social. It was great fun throughout. Many fond memories as we move on to new games.

Thanks to my fantastic players: @vidargavia.bsky.social, @pedr.me Tom, Josh and Simon.
A screenshot of a Trudvang game session on Foundry, displaying some journal items as I look happy and wistful about a long running campaign using the Dragonbane game.
February 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Hello my old friend, shall we create some heroes? The Chaos Scar is not going to heal without you...

#4eRenaissance #ttrpg
The load splash screen for the D&D 4th Edition character builder.
February 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Well, I am in...

Miniatures will be on their way soon. I need to look for brushes, paints, maybe some dressing for bases?

It's like I'm starting all over again.
Elf scout miniatures from a range that I have just bought. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/296661709418
February 5, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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As I head towards the Trudvang Dragonbane end game, I was thinking of getting some play out of Keltia+Yggdrasill #ttrpgs. So I've done some rough sheets in @foundryvtt.bsky.social using the Custom System Builder. Of course, they would play so well in Trudvang... 😆
A Keltia RPG sheet in a Foundry VTT instance. Some D10s clatter across the virtual table.
February 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Please make it stop, please... #Runebane
A draft text of headings for Runebane, a Dragonbane take on Glorantha.
January 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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We have our first three games submitted for #Longcon, June 28-29 in Sheffield, the convention for #ttrpg adventures that last all weekend.

Our GMs so far: @madbeardman.bsky.social @firstage.bsky.social and @burnafterrunning.bsky.social

Find out more and sign up: longcon.ttrpg.uk
Images of the games for Longcon so far. Covers for Against the Darkmaster, The One Ring - Lone Lands and The Between.
January 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM