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Last year I marathoned the very well made series “Paradise” (Hulu in the US, Disney + for the rest of us), but was quite torn about whether or not I was happy regarding the announcement of a second season due to the show’s success. It seemed to me the first season told a mostly self contained story and the premise would lose its key ingredient in a second season. Also, there had been a couple of shows which were terrible when more than one season was greenlighted because they clearly hadn’t planned for it. Otoh: nitpicks aside, I did love Lost, which made a pretty radical premise change and pulled it off. And the first season of Paradise had been pretty perfect for what it was. So I watched. And based on the first three episodes now released (and there is a reason why the first three came together, more beneath the spoiler cut), I am happy to report that it looks like I was wrong in my fears. Those three eps are excellent.

( Spoilers are now all pumped up and ready… )

Current Mood: curious
Current Location: on the train

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This is a repeated offer of Good Society from Storybrewers Roleplaying.It's inspired by Jane Austen and similar authors, and TV shows like Bridgerton, Downton Abbey, and Upstairs, Downstairs. The supplements include rules for magic, an adventure involving vampires, and LARP rules (Live Action Role Playing):

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/2026GoodSociety

Last time I said:

The closest I've come to this is the Regency add-on for Fiasco, which I played at Continuum last year, but that wasn't a fully-fledged RPG.

I really like the idea of this, especially if it proves possible to adapt it to e.g. Master and Commander and other adventure material with this setting - the Scarlet Pimpernel-inspired Sense, Sensibility, and Swordsmanship might be a good starting point for that - and the price is pretty good. It's lavishly illustrated and looks like a lot of fun. Unless you hate Austen I think it's definitely worth taking a look.

We still don't have a Master and Commander supplement, or anything Sharpe-like, but apart from that I don't think there's anything I want to change here. It's a fun bundle and worth a look, especially if you like the source material.

ffutures

Something I didn't expect to see when I was walking down Harley Street on Saturday afternoon (having accidentally stayed on a bus a couple of stops past my destination, since I wouldn't normally have been there)...

Didn't seem at all worried by humans, just wandered along the road and stopped to scratch a bit while I was taking the photo. I'm guessing it came from Regent's Park, which is just the other side of Marylebone Road. Harley Street was very quiet, with very little traffic and few pedestrians, which may help to explain it. Couldn't stop to take more since I was headed for a bus stop and the Transport for London phone app said the bus I wanted would be there in a couple of minutes (which it was).

Full-sized version here

https://www.flickr.com/photos/150868539@N02/55114619271/in/dateposted-public/

ffutures

This is a bundle of material for Mists of Akuna, a "campaign setting of Eastern fantasy noir steampunk from Storm Bunny Studios for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition." Basically, slightly apocalyptic fantasy steampunk with Ninjas and oriental monsters and magic.

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/MistsOfAkuma

This is another setting that doesn't interest me much - I'm not a fan of 5E and I've never really got into the oriental background much, and piling so many elements together would probably be a steep learning curve if I tried to pick it all up now. Presentation is good, with a lot of the illustrations having an anime look, and it looks like you get a lot for your money.

ffutures

I've signed a good few online petitions over the years - but there are some I won't sign because there's only a very brief summary of the text and a "sign this petition" button. I've now set up a petition asking for it to be compulsory for all sites with online petitions to link to the full text of petitions without having to click a "sign this petition" button.

Needless to say the link they have sent me DOESN'T say that it's a link to the text, rather than making you sign, but I've checked and it does just link to the petition page.

Want to be the second to sign? Press the link below if you dare... And yes, I know that there's a missing "to" in the title of the petition, I noticed too late and can't change it...

Press Me

selenak

In which we get what is clearly supposed to be the Star Trek: Starfleet Academy equivalent of the TNG episode Family - but is it?

( Spoilers want to watch meteor showers as well… )

Current Mood: contemplative
Current Location: On the train

ffutures

This is another fantasy bundle described as an "old-school hexcrawl campaign," in which the characters are given a ship and a dead master, and have to make the best of things: "You were thralls. Now your master lies dead in the bottom of a raiding vessel, equipped for adventure. You are free."

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/WolvesCoast

This probably isn't for me - I've more or less given up on fantasy games completely, and if I was to come back to them I'd probably be looking for something more exotic. I'm also trying very hard not to laugh at one of the three islands that are the heart of the campaign, which for some reason is named Ruislip - for those outside the UK, ours is a suburb of London just to the north of Heathrow airport...

Having said that, this looks playable if you like this sort of thing, it's just not my cup of tea.

ffutures

Underground and aerial fantasy adventures from Aaron A. Reed, the second edition of Downcrawl (going downwards) adding Skycrawl, for the upwardly mobile.

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Downcrawl

I'm probably not going to find this useful, but if you run fantasy adventures it may be worth a look - it's cheap and seems to have some fun ideas.

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Paradise Season 2, episodes 1- 3

Another Repeat Bundle - Good Society

Slightly Foxed

Another Fantasy Bundle - Mists of Akuna

A small petition

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1.07

Another Fantasy Bundle - Wolves Upon the Coast

Another Fantasy Bundle - Downcrawl-Skycrawl

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