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1 year ago

Who's got your attention at the table?

At Dragonmeet in December, I played a game of galactic (2nd edition) by riley rethal with a group of five other players, none of whom I'd met before. I've played galactic before with Merely Roleplayers, and played a few other games in the same style, but with this group I noticed something I've never noticed before about cooperative roleplaying games.

This player wasn't missing everything. When I established a detail or an event, that seemed to sink in. It was only the other players' contributions they kept missing.

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1 year ago

“I don’t think he’ll ever forgive me for it,” said Marielena, “but I want to introduce you to my brother.” ...

The Door on Bronze Street, part 1 of a new monthly serial story by me, hits inboxes this Friday.

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10 months ago
Ready: We're shaking trees
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All right, luvvies? Welcome to the first Ready edition of Ready & Waiting, a fortnightly newsletter from Foggy Outline. The Ready edition is

We haven't heard from Callum since last year ... he's finally back in the new chapter of A Net Too Wide to Break His Fall. Also, Matt's game of Heart: The City Beneath for Actual Play UK is finally under way! Watch part 1 on demand now and catch part 2 on Twitch on 8 March.

Actual Play UK: Heart part 2, 8 March, 8pm GMT/2pm Central.
Matt - Merely Roleplayers
Zack - Realms of Peril & Glory
Fiona - What Am I Rolling?
Dan - Brit Twits
Maddy - Realms of Peril & Glory

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7 months ago

"You could yell in this woman’s face,”

said Anton, chinning at an elderly passer-by approaching with the help of a wheeled shopping bag.

“She wouldn’t notice. Wouldn’t hear anything.”

“You could spit on her?”

“She’d feel that,” said Callum. “If I time it right, she’ll decide you must have done it.”

A Net Too Wide to Break His Fall, chapter 9: Hypothesis, experiment, conclusion

Ready: Things that go Boom

The Ready edition of Ready & Waiting, the Foggy Outline newsletter, is out today – with:

🥫 Who's pitching at Interactive Soup, the community funding event where @merelymatt volunteers

🗣️ A review of our flagship environmental literacy course

🔫 An explosive new chapter of A Net Too Wide to Break His Fall, where Callum gets to know one of his new acquaintances ... but they also get the measure of him.

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6 months ago

Waiting: All entertainment all the time

It's the latest Waiting edition of the Foggy Outline newsletter, Ready & Waiting! With:

🌅 Behind the scenes post-production updates on I Need A Miracle – follow here on tumblr @inyourbenevolence !

📔 A preview of the next @merelyroleplayers Studio production: Labyrinth Untold

⁉️ Where to find Foggy Outline out and about later this year

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