NotASnark

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Tabletop gamer (RPGs and Wargames). Developer. Game writer. aka Samuel Penn
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Our Masks of Nyarlathotep continues, as we explore the Pyramids at Giza. Evelyn picks up an Elephant Gun, and even gets to use it. Maybe it's a bit on the big side for her, but we are playing Pulp Cthulhu.

#TTRPG #CallOfCthuhlhu
https://blog.notasnark.net/2026/04/masks-of-nyarlathotep-21.html

Masks of Nyarlathotep 21

We are still in Egypt in our Masks of Nyarlathotep campaign. After the pyramids at Al Wasta, we are exploring the pyramids at Giza.

Gaming Chronicles

Not quite first session of my Traveller Milieu Zero campaign, since one player couldn't make it. But we had a chance to do initial shopping, and discuss rules and campaign details.

#TTRPG #TravellerRPG
https://blog.notasnark.net/2026/04/planning-milieu-zero.html

Planning Milieu Zero

Our first actual session of Traveller for my new Milieu Zero campaign, except one player couldn’t make it. So we had a refresher session, did some shopping, and talked about the start of the …

Gaming Chronicles

We had another game using the Dirtside II rules, with a near-future scenario of Russia versus Western European forces. Infantry forces were deployed to take out Russian air defence systems in a hilly border region.

#Wargames #Dirtside
https://blog.notasnark.net/2026/04/dirtside-with-roads.html

Dirtside with Roads

Another game of Dirtside II at the club, with Russian and Western European forces battling it out in some early border skirmishes circa 2030 or so.

Gaming Chronicles

It's been a while since I've had the time to do one of these, but I've finally found the time to put together another development diary for my Mongoose Traveller system for FoundryVTT.

Taking a look at some of the new features - both recently released and about to be released.

#TTRPG #TravellerRPG #FoundryVTT

https://youtu.be/cEtM_ZIDsKA

MgT2e FoundryVTT Dev Diary #20

YouTube
John Bradley, the author of xv, has died. The program was one of the early versatile image viewers for X11 on UNIX like systems, and no Linux distro in the 1990s was complete without it.
If you want to try it out, it compiles very easily on modern Linux systems if you use this patched source:
https://github.com/ingowald/updated-xv
#x11 #xv #linux

Released v0.19.0 of Mongoose Traveller for FoundryVTT. It would have been 0.18.10, but I've noticed that Foundry sometimes has problems when switching to a double digit version component.

A few small updates:
* Option to display hex in world UWP dropdowns
* World trade codes can now be manually set
* World factions can now be hidden
* Added a 'Skill Request' macro.
* Improvements to Spanish translations.

#TTRPG #TravellerRPG #FoundryVTT

https://foundryvtt.com/packages/mgt2e

Mongoose Traveller 2e | Foundry Virtual Tabletop

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

I shoot N10p in the face. In my defence I had just gone mad. In our Call of Cthulhu campaign, we meet something which may or may not be the Crawling Chaos. He may be an Outer God, but dropping in on a lady when she's just lost a big chunk of SAN doesn't always meet with a friendly response.

#TTRPG #CallOfCthuhlhu
https://blog.notasnark.net/2026/03/masks-of-nyarlathotep-20.html

Masks of Nyarlathotep 20

Shooting N10p in the face probably wasn’t a great move, but in my defence I was insane at the time.

Gaming Chronicles

Settled down last night to watch one of our new 4k Blurays ("Ronin"), only to be presented with a "Copyright Violation" error.

Makes me seriously consider figuring out how to pirate stuff.

In our Age of Chivalry game last week, the Flemish were very definitely defeated when the Free Companies decided not to fight them, but just grab the loot and run.

This time, we chose a scenario that would force me to fight. The Flemish pikemen were pretty tough, and so it was going to be a difficult battle.

The ending didn't quite go how I expected though.

#Wargames
https://blog.notasnark.net/2026/03/return-of-the-flemish.html

Return of the Flemish

The Flemish and Free Companies do battle once again. This time they both have to hold territory, so the Free Companies might actually have to get into a fight.

Gaming Chronicles