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[Martin Orchard @OrchardMartin]

Reject beds as oppression. Occupy furniture.

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@greateranglia both of the ticket machines at Harlow Mill are out of use, making it impossible to collect pre-booked tickets for travel across London

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@sundersays And as if to prove my point, the first like on this reply is a bot that has picked up on my location

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@sundersays 2 and hence 3. Not yet at the stage of deleting it entirely, but definitely checking it far less than I used to.

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@eldritchmouse "As a cross between a crocodile and a spider"

Sir Anthony Hopkins, on being asked how he approached the character of Hannibal Lecter

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@MoseyDm All of this fits perfectly within the typical principles of OSR games/tables.

Where you saw the kind of behaviour is 90s/00s 2/3rd edition where the rules got so complex and detailed there were bound to be errors and exploits, as well as big variations in character power

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@vyderac Just 1 degree Celsius more and it would indeed be a heat wave in most of the country

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@Alderdoodle Mothership and Alien (1979)

Alien: The Roleplaying Game and Aliens (1986)

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@GWRHelp On the 19:12 London Paddington to Bristol Parkway - there have been no announcements to the passengers about how the current disruption will impact this train

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@JonnElledge Also the lyric is 'and they *called* it puppy love'

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@eldritchmouse My wife edging away from me as I inadvertently mutter "you cannot have a meaningful campaign if strict skin records are not kept" under my breath

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@HKesvani Vote Labour to invest in STEM and create a magnet that works on rubber dinghies

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@pjcavender You do if your agriculture is really inefficient

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@salvey1 We had Labour immediately, then Lib Dem, Reform and SDP bundled together yesterday.

Nothing from Green or Conservative

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@Samfr It's a 1981 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons module

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@Quinns108 *consults the orb*

Brindlewood Bay

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@JonnElledge Siobhan Baillie express her support for pub fights (top of second column)

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@JuneSayers1 Would Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell count as alt-history? Albeit one with fantasy rather than sci-fi elements.

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@riseupcomus @panny_lines "Tired of games holding back content for the inevitable soup DLC"

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@salvey1 Ah yes, a leading light of the ruling party warning that it might be easier for my wife to vote should the opposition win.

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@panny_lines The year is 2034 and ttrpg play culture has divided into three factions; soup preppers, soup random tablers and soup improvisers.

A rag tag band of GMs attempt to solicit player input via questioning the position and effect of soup. They are swiftly exiled.