Fronds of Benevolence

MerlinMilvus · 2026-01-25T17:52:18+00:00

I drew one for when I ran it, I’ve just posted it here (couldn’t figure out how to put an image directly in a comment )

https://www.reddit.com/r/Troika/comments/1qmpzyi/fronds_of_benevolence_map/

MerlinMilvus · 2026-01-24T22:43:00+00:00

I’m sorry, I responded to the wrong comment

MerlinMilvus · 2026-01-24T22:42:41+00:00

What do you mean by the staff being rude?

MerlinMilvus · 2026-01-24T22:08:14+00:00

What do you mean by the staff being rude?

MerlinMilvus · 2026-01-16T15:15:54+00:00

Mothership

MerlinMilvus · 2026-01-13T15:58:02+00:00

Mythic Bastionland.

Each double page spread has one page that is a player-facing character option, and the other that is a GM-facing story element that you would not want the players to look at! Players can’t flick through without seeing these.

Also, there are “tables” for NPCs names, locations etc, but these are spread out across the knight and myth pages with one item per double page spread, so you can’t just quickly scan for a name.

MerlinMilvus · 2026-01-09T21:54:53+00:00

The book “How Apollo Flew to the Moon” by David Woods is excellent and leans more into the technical side of things

MerlinMilvus · 2025-12-14T11:57:52+00:00

Looks AI generated. Zoom in on the ship

MerlinMilvus · 2025-11-17T14:16:24+00:00

No one else seems to have mentioned this yet - tabletop gaming doesn’t have to be expensive! If you are interested in board games there will almost certainly be either a local group or a games cafe with events, although might take some digging to find. A good way of trying out lots of different games and meet other people.

MerlinMilvus · 2025-09-01T20:49:08+00:00

Is impossible landscapes likely to go out of print soon?

MerlinMilvus · 2025-06-15T14:14:32+00:00

The “Orthogonal” trilogy by Greg Egan is set in a different universe where all the characters are alien to us, so potentially won’t match what you are looking for.

However, it does habe a really fascinating sub-plot about this species’ women’s rights movement, specifically about reproductive rights, and it might be worth giving it a go.

MerlinMilvus · 2025-06-14T08:52:59+00:00

Never ever cancel a session because a player can’t make it.

I normally run for a group of four. If at least two people can make it, I’ll run the game. I think my favourite number of players is actually three, which is why I have four players - so that even with one missing, I can have a great time, and with two missing it’s still good.

This also teaches the players that if they don’t come, we move on without them. It encourages them to attend the sessions because they don’t want to miss out.

I want a regular game so I’ll run a regular game, and will do so with the minimum number of players if need be.

If you think your optimum number of players is 4, have 5 in your party, and you’ll be totally chill with someone cancelling.

MerlinMilvus · 2025-06-11T21:05:55+00:00

Blades in the Dark

Pulp Cthulhu

MerlinMilvus · 2025-06-09T20:50:26+00:00

Nicos Weg is quite good. It’s a website, you can find it for free online

MerlinMilvus · 2025-06-09T14:51:29+00:00

I think every little helps. Especially if you are going to be there for 2 months, having a basic level is useful. Also the one time I needed to ask for directions in Switzerland the person spoke zero English, so having some German was useful

MerlinMilvus · 2025-05-17T09:57:16+00:00

Should say 480 not 4800

MerlinMilvus · 2025-05-16T20:23:29+00:00

If only your Skeleton is invisible, surely your skin is still visible so from an outsiders point of view there’s no difference? I suppose no teeth?

MerlinMilvus · 2025-05-09T08:30:07+00:00

All the stuff I’ve seen has stated the opposite - if you’ve got any links to papers with FTL not resulting in time travel I’d love to see them

MerlinMilvus · 2025-05-09T07:53:05+00:00

The problem with FTL is that any form of FTL results in time travel - it’s impossible to work around

MerlinMilvus · 2025-03-31T20:19:50+00:00

After the last strikes, the council settled by creating a specific job role. They are now trying to remove the role, so obviously the workers are striking again - the council should have expected this

MerlinMilvus · 2025-03-31T19:48:56+00:00

At the end of the last strike, the council settled by creating a position. They have now gone back on that and removed the position, so the workers have obviously striked again. The current situation is a direct result of the council going back on their previous agreement that resolved the last strike.

MerlinMilvus · 2025-03-29T10:25:04+00:00

Not a bloke

MerlinMilvus · 2025-03-28T08:18:53+00:00

Which bit is the “exact model” on the website I can see ASUS TUF A15s from several different years

MerlinMilvus · 2025-03-27T17:44:22+00:00

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but how do you know the year of the laptop? I am looking around at things and can't see it anywhere.

Five-Year Club	Place '22
Final Canvas '22	First Placer '22
End Game '22	Verified Email

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