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I recently read the Collected Ghost Stories of M R James. It's apparently considered a landmark collection from "an English author, medievalist scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge" (quote from Wikipedia) who lived from 1862 to 1936. Personally, I thought the stories were really good. I'm not usually a fan of short stories and prefer full-length books, but James has the length right for these. Personal favourites included A Warning to the Curious (on which Boakes' The Lost Crown computer game series is based), The Mezzotint and Number 13. Thoroughly recommended.
There have been a couple of roleplaying games in the last month. Last night's Cthulhu I can't write-up yet as the game will be re-run (but I really enjoyed the session). I also can't say a great deal about the Warhammer 40K session at the end of October as that party are now ahead of the others and know more (including which Chaos God they believe to be involved). However, it did involve an old church site, a crypt and a debate about exactly which officials were corrupt. it's all heading up for a final, joint session in January which should tie up this particular plot arc. Although whether the planet will survive it is another matter.
Finally, we saw the Kempton Fireworks this year (having missed the previous two). Ryan took pictures and some actually came out (like this one).
Because this year was in aid of Help for Heroes the music was superhero-themed. I particularly liked Flash, Hero (from Spiderman) and the Indiana Jones theme. Also, we bought freshly cooked doughnuts which were really yummy. Finally, despite expectations, we did not get rained on.
There have been a couple of roleplaying games in the last month. Last night's Cthulhu I can't write-up yet as the game will be re-run (but I really enjoyed the session). I also can't say a great deal about the Warhammer 40K session at the end of October as that party are now ahead of the others and know more (including which Chaos God they believe to be involved). However, it did involve an old church site, a crypt and a debate about exactly which officials were corrupt. it's all heading up for a final, joint session in January which should tie up this particular plot arc. Although whether the planet will survive it is another matter.
Finally, we saw the Kempton Fireworks this year (having missed the previous two). Ryan took pictures and some actually came out (like this one).
Because this year was in aid of Help for Heroes the music was superhero-themed. I particularly liked Flash, Hero (from Spiderman) and the Indiana Jones theme. Also, we bought freshly cooked doughnuts which were really yummy. Finally, despite expectations, we did not get rained on.
