NotASnark

@notasnark
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Tabletop gamer (RPGs and Wargames). Developer. Game writer. aka Samuel Penn
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NotASnark1d ago

The Travellers reach the world of Kishnar, which has a small colony of hippies. However, they're having health problems, and some of the children don't seem too bright.

Tracking down the biologist they've been sent to find, they discover that there's a problem hidden in the food. Not only that, but the pre-sophont humans on the world which were thought to be a separate human sub-species are more closely related than expected.

#TTRPG #TravellerRPG
https://blog.notasnark.net/2026/06/kishnar.html

Kishnar

The Travellers reach the world of Kishnar, which there is a small settlement of hippies. The other humanoids don’t count because they’re not really humans.

Gaming Chronicles
NotASnark3d ago

In our game of Pendragon this week, we get to take part in a rather important wedding. There is fighting, chasing of hounds, kidnapping of ladies in white and more fighting. A Saxon is told to go away.

We round things off with some raids on Saxon lands, because why not?

#TTRPG #Pendragon
https://blog.notasnark.net/2026/06/a-wedding.html

A Wedding

It is the wedding of the Boy King Arthur, and Gwenivyr. Some strange things happen, Saxons are involved and 5% chances turn up nine times out of ten.

Gaming Chronicles
NotASnarkJun 6

Trying to do some icons to include with my FoundryVTT system for Traveller. I figured that it would be nice to have some simple, generic tokens for "security", "starship crew", "mercenary" etc., as well as some of the common species. I could really do with a spare 10,000 hours.

#TTRPG #TravellerRPG

NotASnarkJun 6

We have a game within a game for this week's Traveller session, running some simulated starship combat. It gives the players a chance to see how the rules work, and gives me a chance to see how risky it is.

The main takeaway is that it's expensive even when you win.

#TTRPG #TravellerRPG
https://blog.notasnark.net/2026/06/pirates.html

Pirates

We take a break from the usual scheduled game, to have a virtual space combat with the player’ ship to try out the starship combat rules.

Gaming Chronicles
NotASnarkJun 4
gábor ugrayJun 1

For some reason, Mastodon doesn't seem to have discovered this essay on AI yet. It is by far the sharpest analysis I've read to date. It is also the most depressing.

But it is angry, and anger is a powerful energy that we can turn into action.

https://www.owenmcgrann.com/p/the-dead-economy-theory

The Dead Economy Theory

We can laugh at them but we have to take this seriously

The Palimpsest
NotASnarkJun 2

Our game of Pendragon begins with a grand battle to rescue a young Lady. I start by rolling a fumble, my opponent rolls a critical, and I am left dying of a mortal wound on the floor. Things could have gone better.

#TTRPG #Pendragon
https://blog.notasnark.net/2026/06/a-temple.html

A Temple

In Pendragon, Sir Geoffery charges some Saxons, trips over and is run through with a spear. There are better ways to begin a session.

Gaming Chronicles
NotASnarkJun 1
At the very start of our session of Pendragon this evening, my Knight charges a Saxon. I roll a fumble, he rolls a critical. I'm down on the floor dying with a mortal wound.
#TTRPG #pendragon
NotASnarkMay 31

Nobody has complained that MgT2e is having problems on FoundryVTT v14 yet, so I'll set 14 as verified on the next release. Just pushed out 0.21.1, which has a few bug fixes and support for storing multiple fighters in a docking bay.

At some point, I need to have an option to launch fighter squadrons directly from a carrier, but not yet.

In the meantime, I'm doing more work on adding support for the new Vehicle rules.

#TTRPG #TravellerRPG #FoundryVTT
https://foundryvtt.com/packages/mgt2e

Mongoose Traveller 2e | Foundry Virtual Tabletop

Mongoose Traveller 2e, a Game System for Foundry Virtual Tabletop

NotASnarkMay 31
Show threadgloriouscowMay 30

This is Area 5150.

This is CGA. Yes, it does 16-color graphics on good ol' 4-color CGA. See if you can guess how this is done.

This effect breaks your emulator.

Unfortunately, this effect also breaks your Graphics Gremlin.

Well, I spent three years building an emulator that could run this effect, so I reckon if anyone's gonna make the Gremlin run Area 5150 all the way through it might as well be me.

NotASnarkMay 29

Another session of our Milieu Zero campaign for Traveller. The Travellers are getting involved in local politics, helping a politician's predictions about the reliability of their home grown power plants come true.

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https://blog.notasnark.net/2026/05/how-does-a-fusion-plant-explode.html

How Does A Fusion Plant Explode?

At the world of Shaaak, the Travellers are getting involved in some local politics. There is much hacking, and lots of talking and planning about just how a Nuclear Fusion Reactor explodes.

Gaming Chronicles