NotASnark

@notasnark
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Tabletop gamer (RPGs and Wargames). Developer. Game writer. aka Samuel Penn
Bloghttps://blog.notasnark.net/
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NotASnark5d ago
root42Mar 28
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
NotASnark6d ago

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

Show threadNotASnarkMar 26
@DrOinFL I considered doing a similar thing during online developer interviews. Never got to try it out though.
NotASnarkMar 21

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
NotASnarkMar 21
Merry ChristmasMar 18
Show threadNotASnarkMar 15
@DragonBard I mean, it started with region encoding on DVDs. It's just got worse.
NotASnarkMar 15

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.

NotASnarkMar 14

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
NotASnarkMar 13

We had our session of character generation for my next Traveller campaign. Set in Milieu Zero, at the dawn of the founding of the Third Imperium. We have five players, and we're using my MgT2e system on FoundryVTT.

All characters were mostly completed, and next I need to tweak my plans for the starting scenario.

#TTRPG #TravellerRPG
https://blog.notasnark.net/2026/03/travellers.html

Travellers

We did character generation for our next Traveller campaign. All five players managed to get most of their characters sorted in the evening.

Gaming Chronicles
Show threadNotASnarkMar 10

@bbbhltz @stodarahodan @leyrer My first computer used cassette tapes. It was several years before we got a 5¼" floppy drive.

For my first game console, you got plastic screen overlays which you had to stick to your TV screen to provide the graphics.