Miscellany

Groma Kolibri

Published on 15 October 2024 at 21:37

Now that I've decided to reactivate my blog, I might as well start sharing inconsequential life updates on it.

I recently started collecting typewriters - I didn't really mean to, it just kind of happened, and now I own, like, eight.

I don't care a lot about mint condition or anything like that, I want to actually experience what it was like to use them, and my favourite piece is also among the more scratched-up ones.

It's a GDR-built Groma Kolibri, rebadged as a Neckersmann Brillant (sic.)...

Read more

Tumblr of the Day: Trains In Games

Published on 11 March 2017 at 22:17

Just giving a quick shout-out to this Tumblr, which combines a thing I like with a thing I like: Trains In Games

Pre-Release Rainbow Aggro-Control

Published on 21 March 2015 at 13:15
2015-03-21 00.09.34

Hooray, Dragons of Tarkir is almost there! And because I chose Kolaghanbased on rushing the opponents with Dash, my sleeves were oddly fitting. Screamreach Brawler and Reckless Imp really pulled their weight, while Scion of Ugin didn't do player damage even once. Grumble. Dragons are overrated.

Stars without Number and Other Dust: Re-Revisited

Published on 03 August 2014 at 16:31

This is not the first time I review Stars without Number, the old-school SciFi sandboxing RPG by Kevin Crawford (Sine Nomine Publishing), but with my growing experience in role-play gaming I feel I missed some real important things the last two times. So, again, let's have a look at what makes SWN special.

We'll skip the boring parts, like the character creations (it's D&D. Take 3d6 and roll them. Got it?), combat rules (Take a d20 and I'll tell you if you hit!), gear (pistol goes bang, laser ...

Read more

Trains in Watercolour

Published on 06 July 2014 at 12:53
fs

During a recent stay at the hospital, I had the opportunity to experiment a bit with watercolour. Never really having painted before, it turned out to be much fun and also yielded some results that I can show without being ashamed. They are already buried in the deep, dark tunnels of DeviantART, but now I have my own personal blog, I believe they deserve to be on it. :)

This here was my first attempt to paint...

Read more