The organisers of Essen Spiel produce maps for download, but not the good ones.
How does it actually work, and what are your options? I found this slightly fiddly so I thought I'd arrange it differently to try to make more sense of it.
I’ve been doing the Weekly Challenges. The latest involved string parsing and reassembly, and word squares. (Note that this ends today.)
1973 horror, dir. Robin Hardy, Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee: IMDb. Where is Rowan Morrison?
2023 historical mystery; eleventh in Huber's Lady Darby series (post-Regency amateur detection). The Gages rush to Sebastian's father, who was attacked and wounded on the road in Yorkshire, and soon find that this matter will go deeper than it appears.
More gaming with nearby friends.
Jitsi Meet is a free video-conferencing package of which I have been hosting an instance since 2020. Here's how I have it set up.
This is part of an ongoing series about the preparations I've made to run Mongoose's revised edition of the Bayern campaign for 2300AD. Spoilers for Interlude 7.
I went to a nearby one-day ukulele festival.
1927 horror. Dr Daniel Dreeme is working a remote valley in New England, and it becomes increasingly clear that the people are Strange.
I’ve been doing the Weekly Challenges. The latest involved various case and substring tests. (Note that this ends today.)
1917 Swedish comedy, dir. Mauritz Stiller, Victor Sjöström, Karin Molander; IMDb. Thomas Graal is a struggling scriptwriter who falls for, and takes inspiration from, his secretary… Vtt original Thomas Graals bästa film and in rerelease Wanted - A Film Actress.
1943 mystery/thriller, sixth in the Miss Silver series. Meade Underwood's fiancé was thought drowned when their liner was torpedoed, and now she's living in a flat with her aunt. The man turns up again, having lost his memory, but can the "fast" actress on the top floor really be his former wife? vt Miss Silver Deals with Death.
Back to ACWest and back to the Ramada. With images; cc-by-sa on everything.
1903 crime, dir. Edwin S. Porter; IMDb. The robbers tie up the telegraph clerk, board the train, and make their getaway…
2018 SF/horror. Shannon Moss is an investigator in a clandestine division of the NCIS. In 1997, she looks into the torture and murder of a SEAL's family, perhaps by the man himself… Spoilers.
2026 fantasy anthology, stories in Roberts' Teacup Magic setting.
I’ve been doing the Weekly Challenges. The latest involved finding Pythagorean triples and prime numbers. (Note that this ends today.)
I found myself with a sudden vision of a Roger who might have been…
2026 romance and more. Roxie Mitchell is happy working temp jobs to save up for wild excursions, and reading romance novels with her book club between times. But then an unwise wish leads her into a sideways world…