Menion AKA Rob
@menion.bsky.social
Science/tech/legal translator, trade unionist, rocker, book lover & social gamer (TTRPGs) in Kyoto. Hosts Tim’rous Bushi podcast (https://anchor.fm/menion).
In our Saltmarsh game last night, I suggested dropping (weapon) proficiencies entirely. I was happy when one of the vet players (since late 70s) agreed, saying “everything in AD&D is optional anyway.” So different from some of rules-as-written purists. Rock n roll baby!
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
In our Saltmarsh game last night, I suggested dropping (weapon) proficiencies entirely. I was happy when one of the vet players (since late 70s) agreed, saying “everything in AD&D is optional anyway.” So different from some of rules-as-written purists. Rock n roll baby!
Searching an online reference I use for Latin numeral adverbs (used in law), I discovered it had been lost in time like tears in rain
November 21, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Searching an online reference I use for Latin numeral adverbs (used in law), I discovered it had been lost in time like tears in rain
Another one for the shelf. I’m still collecting RuneQuest, but unfortunately am not currently involved in a game🤔
November 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Another one for the shelf. I’m still collecting RuneQuest, but unfortunately am not currently involved in a game🤔
Picked up a full RPG and a solo engine for less than half the price of a 1/3 part of WotC’s interpretation of Arneson & Gygax’s game. Cairn looks awesome so far!
November 8, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Picked up a full RPG and a solo engine for less than half the price of a 1/3 part of WotC’s interpretation of Arneson & Gygax’s game. Cairn looks awesome so far!
We finally finished the Enemy Within campaign after 5 years (and some fiddling with the rules). Thanks to @tristanarbro.bsky.social for running the game.
September 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
We finally finished the Enemy Within campaign after 5 years (and some fiddling with the rules). Thanks to @tristanarbro.bsky.social for running the game.
It’s a real pleasure to be running this adventure in the original format. After a bit of an existential crisis for the group, we appear back on track. Next session is session 4!
August 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
It’s a real pleasure to be running this adventure in the original format. After a bit of an existential crisis for the group, we appear back on track. Next session is session 4!
This was probably my third or fourth box set; though not strictly an RPG it had many of the elements.
August 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This was probably my third or fourth box set; though not strictly an RPG it had many of the elements.
My first new RPG purchases in a while skew towards solo play: a physical copy of the Feretory for Mork Borg (expensive but I liked the pdf so much that, well…), and a solo adventure for a Japanese system called Rogue-like Half.
August 28, 2025 at 10:41 AM
My first new RPG purchases in a while skew towards solo play: a physical copy of the Feretory for Mork Borg (expensive but I liked the pdf so much that, well…), and a solo adventure for a Japanese system called Rogue-like Half.
This is the one I remember, but it’s pretty old - I’m not sure if the two games are related!
August 28, 2025 at 10:33 AM
This is the one I remember, but it’s pretty old - I’m not sure if the two games are related!
History repeats itself with variation, and the camps of the 21st century will be sanitised and unreal echoes of the previous century’s, or else how could we allow them?
July 12, 2025 at 8:23 AM
History repeats itself with variation, and the camps of the 21st century will be sanitised and unreal echoes of the previous century’s, or else how could we allow them?
The night is not simply dark
July 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The night is not simply dark
Oh, the words that he spoke seemed the wisest of philosophies
There's nothing ever gained by a wet thing called a tear
When the world is too dark and I need the light inside of me…
There's nothing ever gained by a wet thing called a tear
When the world is too dark and I need the light inside of me…
July 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Oh, the words that he spoke seemed the wisest of philosophies
There's nothing ever gained by a wet thing called a tear
When the world is too dark and I need the light inside of me…
There's nothing ever gained by a wet thing called a tear
When the world is too dark and I need the light inside of me…
A new one to watch out for…
May 14, 2025 at 6:15 AM
A new one to watch out for…
Unfortunately a friend and key member of my face-to-face and Wednesday online groups has removed himself from said groups. Politics. So the groups are needing a bit of recalibrating: back to OSE on Wednesday, easy enough… But TOR on Sunday might be tricky with 3 players…
May 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Unfortunately a friend and key member of my face-to-face and Wednesday online groups has removed himself from said groups. Politics. So the groups are needing a bit of recalibrating: back to OSE on Wednesday, easy enough… But TOR on Sunday might be tricky with 3 players…
Tea plantation, Uji, May 2017
April 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Tea plantation, Uji, May 2017
We were so scared of fighting monsters😅
April 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
We were so scared of fighting monsters😅
1/First session of my full One Ring campaign saw our companions travel from Bree to Sarn Ford to investigate possible banditry and a mysterious eerie light emanating from a distant ruin. On the way they avoided a large band of sinister armed men, saw remains murderous plunder, and met with a ranger
April 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
1/First session of my full One Ring campaign saw our companions travel from Bree to Sarn Ford to investigate possible banditry and a mysterious eerie light emanating from a distant ruin. On the way they avoided a large band of sinister armed men, saw remains murderous plunder, and met with a ranger
Yellow Submarine is the best (and one of the few) game stores in Kansai. Osaka has two stores, and Kyoto one. To the best of my knowledge, they no longer sell English-language RPGs - Japanese only.
yellowsubmarine.co.jp
yellowsubmarine.co.jp
April 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Yellow Submarine is the best (and one of the few) game stores in Kansai. Osaka has two stores, and Kyoto one. To the best of my knowledge, they no longer sell English-language RPGs - Japanese only.
yellowsubmarine.co.jp
yellowsubmarine.co.jp
1/I have thoroughly enjoyed the cherry blossoms this year, and the new green leaves budding on the trees has really lifted my spirits
April 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
1/I have thoroughly enjoyed the cherry blossoms this year, and the new green leaves budding on the trees has really lifted my spirits
Sick of cherry blossoms? Watch them die…
April 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Sick of cherry blossoms? Watch them die…