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  • Y'all seemed to enjoy the "overworld" map I shared the other day, so here's another "feelie" from my kids' ongoing D&D campaign.

    The party has just arranged for passage aboard a pioneering (and experimental) Elvish airship. Here's a deck plan (only needs a "you are here" dot!) to help them get their bearings.

    Full image of In the style of a passenger ferry, a floorplan for a dirigible, weighted down by polyhedral dice. Fantasy world quirks like bilingual text in Common and Elvish and the emergency exit sign depicting a fleeing witch complete the effect.
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    In the style of a passenger ferry, a floorplan for a dirigible, weighted down by polyhedral dice. Fantasy world quirks like bilingual text in Common and Elvish and the emergency exit sign depicting a fleeing witch complete the effect.

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    • posted 19 April, 2025
  • Image representing post: On This Day In 2005

    On This Day In 2005

    On this day in 2005, Dan received an unusual parcel. No, you're not reading the same post twice... this is not a fault... just deja vu!

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    • posted 4 May, 2012
  • This is what I would do with a hundred or so Dyson Bladeless Fans, too.

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    • posted 13 February, 2012
  • This repost was published in hindsight, on 12 March 2019.
    Ruth wrote:

    Since I last posted, I've been fairly busy, one way and another. First, Dan and I travelled up to Preston where I was forced to allow that it isn't a complete pit after all because it does have a couple …

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    • posted 8 July, 2009
  • Scotland Etc.

    A quick summary of a holiday (and a series of associated trips on the side) that Ruth and I took a fortnight ago (yeah; I've been busy). Ruth has already written a little about the trip. I'd hoped to blog "on the move", but a combination of low signal and low energy after a day …

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    • posted 16 June, 2009
  • Paul approaches carrying the balloons

    99 Red Balloons

    To celebrate his 23rd birthday, Paul launches 99 red balloons off Pen Dinas.

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    • posted 18 March, 2006
  • More Balloons

    Dan decides that it would be a good idea to fill a train carriage with balloons and then stick them to the ceiling of the carriage using static.

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    • posted 21 April, 2001
  • Fresher’s Week Aberystwyth

    If you were in The Glen on Saturday 23rd September, you'll probably have seen an odd chap in a very loud shirt, inflating balloons and giving out "Hot Wet Sex" posters! The whole thing became a huge party - everybody bouncing balloons across the dance floor and waving posters in the air! (I wonder how …

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    • posted 24 September, 2000

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