Author Archives: Telwyn

My Pathfinder 2E Beginner Box improvements

Posted on March 22, 2025 by Telwyn

Watching a recent Ronald the Rules Lawyer Youtube video I noted his critique of the Pathfinder 2E Beginner Box potentially feeling too “basic” for more experienced players of Tabletop Roleplaying Games. While the adventure as written is a good introduction … Continue reading →

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d20 rules comparison 2.0

Posted on February 3, 2025 by Telwyn

Back in 2019 I did a rules comparison post between Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition, 5th edition and the Starfinder tabletop roleplaying games. Fast forward six years and I’m still running multiple systems for different groups but the exact mix … Continue reading →

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Arachnophobes beware…

Posted on November 18, 2023 by Telwyn

So, we were playing Baldurs Gate 3 recently and came to a point where our Warlock PC could use his Speak with Animals ability to talk to a giant spider <shudder>. My long-honed bloggers instincts told me to take a … Continue reading →

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A different kind of nostalgia #LOTRO

Posted on September 23, 2023 by Telwyn

I wrote some years ago about being mostly, immune to MMO nostalgia: at the time I was talking about the trend for “classic” servers and playing older incarnations of still live MMORPG. Well, I realised last night as I played … Continue reading →

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Creative writing and OGL controversy #D&D #Starfinder

Posted on January 23, 2023 by Telwyn

The podcasts that I listen to while walking / commuting to University have been rather dominated by the Wizards of the Coast – Open Gaming License controversy of late (e.g. DM of None). For anyone not that connected with Dungeons … Continue reading →

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Alienware Data Vault bug and a new life

Posted on October 1, 2022 by Telwyn

The blog is coming out of deep freeze briefly for me to post a combined update on two issues. Firstly the gaming related one as my laptop was really struggling to run anything well by the time of my last … Continue reading →

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Extended afk

Posted on July 4, 2022 by Telwyn

Just a quick note to state the obvious, I’m on an extended hiatus from blogging and online gaming. Potentially life changing news came in late May – the long-desired exit plan from my country may, finally, be coming to fruition. … Continue reading →

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All the Dungeons & Dragons news

Posted on April 30, 2022 by Telwyn

There was a flurry of Dungeons & Dragons news last week (see Polygon.com summary), it came out just as I was ramping up to a frantic week of work so I was kind of distracted from absorbing any of it … Continue reading →

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That whole Twitter thing…

Posted on April 26, 2022 by Telwyn

Apparently I’ve had a Twitter account for gaming since Feb 2016, longer than I’d have remembered to be frank. I read Twitter fairly regularly to get my highly curated and ecclectic mix of gaming, ttrpg and language specific content (mostly … Continue reading →

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Cautiously optimistic on Dragonflight #WorldofWarcraft

Posted on April 19, 2022 by Telwyn

I’m breaking radio silence to post about the World of Warcraft expansion announcement that I just watched live on YouTube: Dragonflight (offical site page). Regular posts won’t resume until mid-late May due to work commitments but a new expansion for … Continue reading →

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