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I've been spending a fair amount of my time planning roleplaying games - both my Warhammer 40K campaigns and a one-off English fantasy game that I'm planning to run.

Last Saturday I ran the Warhammer 40K: Vibius party with Tech Priest Roth (

chrestomancy), Assassin Urlban (

bateleur) and Imperial Guard Locke (

ao_lai).

The session went like this:

The other Inquisitor (Tolanil) gave the Navigators permission to view the data records on The Alanius Mirage. She accompanied them, with the help of the PCs, into the Armada, so Inquisitor Vibius used this as an excuse to make off with the evil relic and Innos (the Untouchable) in order to destroy it.
The party, now Inquisitor-less agreed to accompany the Navigators on the Path of the Saint.
There were various tense moments at the space port, but Vibius escaped with the Imperial Guard and the PCs were left to board The Wasp along with the Navigators and Inquisitor Tolanil. However, they were less pleased to discover that Inquisitor Tolanil had brought Eloise (the former Priest who had been imprisoned with the relic) with her.
The Wasp flew to Uskionne. Roth learned about piloting a ship.
Uskionne turned out to be a primitive world mostly consisting of forest. It did, however, have the Place of Twisted Dreams, which the other shuttle was unfortunate enough to have landed in.
The party befriended the nearby village and worried about the other shuttle. Roth investigated and rescued Eloise from the area.
Eventually they were able to raise the other shuttle with some personnel still sane upon it and it was flown to safety. One of the survivors (Drekkond Siphon an Imperial Guard who was born on Alanius Eyrie) explained that Inquisitor Tolanil had found an underground chaos temple.
Night fell, the party took watches. Then suddenly the missing Inquisitor and her party emerged from the Place of Twisted Dreams.

Having been given books as a birthday present from my parents, I've been reading my new acquisitions.

Ghost Story by Jim Butcher - The next in the Dresden series for me. I love Dresden, find the books addictive and I'm sorry that there's not much left that I haven't read. This one had an interesting twist from the start, which I liked (but my mother had not).
Clariel by Garth Nix - Old Kingdom stories are always welcome and this was a prequel set, I think, six hundred years before Sabriel. I think I prefer the original trilogy, but this was still enjoyable.
A Confusion of Princes by Garth Nix - This was not Old Kingdom, but instead was a sci-fi book. I enjoyed it and liked the new style. It felt slightly short, although perhaps in contrast with the growing Old Kingdom collection. That said, I'll definitely be interested in more Nix sci-fi. Also, I believe there's a computer game out there based on it.

I'm still waiting for both Dreamfall Chapters: Book five (the last part) and Blackenrock, but both should be here within a few weeks.