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J. Alan Henning @jalanhenning.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Size in the picture equals importance, orientation equals convenience: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.108…

Figure 3. Margrave Otto of Brandenburg and his opponent in chess are depicted larger than the musicians at the bottom because of hierarchical proportion. The chessboard is flipped by 90 degrees so the viewer can see it, and for the same reason its pieces are flipped again so their types become visible: Heidelberg, University Library, Cod. Pal. germ. 848, fol. 13r. Public Domain Mark 1.0.

J. Alan Henning @jalanhenning.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Odyssey-inspired TTRPG, where the cover is from an actual physical mosaic they commissioned and the world-building is done through an epic poem: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soulmu… #SoulMuppet #Atrapos #TTRPG

Atrapos book cover over illustration of chariots

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J. Alan Henning @jalanhenning.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

Pay Day was one of my favorite games as a kid. Apparently it outsold Monopoly for one year?! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay_Day_(boar… #BoardGames

Board and box for the Winning Moves reissue of Pay Day

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J. Alan Henning @jalanhenning.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

The next night, I taught him Fate of the Fellowship, which is a reimplementation of Pandemic: Fall of Rome. He loved how thematic it was. In our game, Galadriel used her Mirror to help everyone behind the scenes, while leading her elves to cleanse Mirkwood. Eowyn […] [Original post on dice.camp]

Fate of the Fellowship board state during play

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J. Alan Henning @jalanhenning.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

Last Wednesday I introduced a friend of mine with a history degree to Pandemic: Fall of Rome, where you defend Rome from its enemies. He liked it more than Pandemic, but didn't love it. #FallOfRome #Pandemic #Boardgames

End of Pandemic: Fall of Rome board game

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J. Alan Henning @jalanhenning.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

Spotted this today: it was immaculate inside and out. #weirdcarmastodon

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J. Alan Henning @jalanhenning.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

On the PbtA Discord, there's been a lively discussion of hit points vs. Harm, as well as damage rolls. I dug up two old Reddit polls: troypress.com/quick-polls-hp-or-con… #PbtA #Blaugust

When Playing PbtA, do you prefer HP or Conditions?
269 - conditions
67 - hit points
93 - third option / results

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J. Alan Henning @jalanhenning.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026

"Alternate between an archaeologist exploring the temple in 3D and a painted figure navigating the 2D frescoes etched into the stone." store.steampowered.com/app/4373620/… #Fresco #Steam #VideoGames

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J. Alan Henning @jalanhenning.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 12/05/2026

I'm minding my own business, using Excel, when Son of Clippy appears, granting me three wishes, each irrelevant to the task at hand. #Copilot #Clippy

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J. Alan Henning @jalanhenning.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 22/02/2026

I saw this parody of the American flag on a post calling for Europeans to boycott American goods, and I thought it was on point.

US flag with red stripes rearranged to display a circus tent on a field of white, with the 50 stars on a blue background in its usual place in the upper left corner

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J. Alan Henning @jalanhenning.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 21/02/2026

Friend who is a professor: Wow, you've read a lot of the classics! Me: My parents made sure I did. My parents:

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J. Alan Henning @jalanhenning.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2026

Sam Peeples shared his collection of science-fiction magazines with Gene Roddenberry, for ideas about what the USS Enterprise should look like. One that resonated was this cover by Frank R. Paul for the October 1953 issue of Science-Fiction Plus. (Photo by Abe Books.) #StarTrek #InsideStarTrek

A spaceship with two nacelles and a narrow body - looking like the USS Enterprise without the saucer section. On a magazine cover.

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J. Alan Henning @jalanhenning.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 26/01/2026

I played SETI at my FLGS on Thursday night and loved it so much I arranged another play today. Then I ended up buying a copy for myself. I love how the configuration of the solar system affects your options: the inner planets always rotate, the middle planets […] [Original post on dice.camp]

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J. Alan Henning @jalanhenning.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 14/01/2026

In Cycladic League, you explore the Cyclades archipelago to build your civilization. A browser-based civ game with a pixel-art map and text interface, it takes about 20 minutes to play. troypress.itch.io/cycladic-league #QBASIC #retrocomputing #retrogaming

Screen shot of end screen of Cycladic League

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J. Alan Henning @jalanhenning.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 05/01/2026

In the rematch, as the USSR, I again lost control over Europe, but this time I scored the Middle East twice, Asia once, and Southeast Asia with its special card. So I managed a clean win in four turns. #TwilightStruggle #Boardgames

Final state of board for Twilight Struggle, showing the US dominating Europe and the USSR dominating the Middle East, Asia, Southeast Asia.

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J. Alan Henning @jalanhenning.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 03/01/2026

I have, and not for the first time, let the USSR overrun Europe. (In Twilight Struggle, you automatically lose if one player dominates Europe when its scoring card is played. Twice I've played a long game elsewhere, built a lead in VPs, but lost on this card.) #Boardgames #TwilightStruggle

Twilight Struggle boardgame showing the end of the game

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J. Alan Henning @jalanhenning.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 24/12/2025

A robot Santa with an Erector-set Christmas tree, while a four-armed (before AI!) Santa looks on, perplexed. #SciFi #GalaxyMagazine

Galaxy Magazine cover, December 1960: A robot wearing a Santa hat hanging nuts and bolts on a green Erector-set Christmas tree, while a four-armed (before AI!) Santa looks on perplexed from a doorway in the background.

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J. Alan Henning @jalanhenning.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 23/12/2025

I played Cyclades for the first time in 8 years. Kept alive my streak of losing for 6 games in a row! But I still love the game, for both its design and production. boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/54998/c… #BoardGames #Cyclades

Final state of a 3-player game of Cyclades, where yellow has conquered blue and occupies most islands

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J. Alan Henning @jalanhenning.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 21/12/2025

With just 10 Star Trek episodes and a movie, the year 2025 saw a dramatic drop from 2024, when 40 episodes premiered across Discovery season 5, Prodigy season 2, and Lower Decks season 5. This year had the lowest number of new Star Trek episodes since 2018 […] [Original post on dice.camp]

Star Trek episode count by year:
1966: 15 episodes
1967: 29 episodes
1968: 24 episodes
1969: 11 episodes
1973: 14 episodes
1974: 8 episodes
1979: +movie
1982: +movie
1984: +movie
1986: +movie
1987: 11 episodes
1988: 20 episodes
1989: 27 episodes +movie
1990: 27 episodes
1991: 25 episodes +movie
1992: 28 episodes
1993: 56 episodes
1994: 41 episodes +movie
1995: 54 episodes
1996: 52 episodes +movie
1997: 51 episodes
1998: 51 episodes +movie
1999: 42 episodes
2000: 26 episodes
2001: 27 episodes
2002: 27 episodes +movie
2003: 25 episodes
2004: 22 episodes
2005: 13 episodes
2009: +movie
2013: +movie
2016: +movie
2017: 9 episodes
2018: 9 episodes
2019: 20 episodes
2020: 33 episodes
2021: 23 episodes
2022: 51 episodes
2023: 30 episodes
2024: 40 episodes
2025: 10 episodes +movie
2026: 20 episodes
2027: 16 episodes
2028: +movie

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J. Alan Henning @jalanhenning.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 28/11/2025

The iconic pair took this selfie early in their relationship. #StarTrek

Spock [Nimoy] and Kirk [Shatner] looking up, as if at a smartphone held at arm's length

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J. Alan Henning @jalanhenning.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 16/11/2025

Want to create a brand new conlang with 100 words by the end of December? Here are your daily prompts. troypress.com/lexember-2025-prompts… #Lexember #conlang

Lexember 2025 Swadesh List
Coin 3-4 words a day to create a conlang:
Dec. 1: I
you
we
Dec. 2: woman
man
person
Dec. 3: one
two
many
Dec. 4: not
all
full
Dec. 5: big
small
length
Dec. 6: this
that
who
what
Dec. 7: dog
bird
fish
louse
Dec. 8: skin
flesh
grease
Dec. 9: blood
bone
egg
Dec. 10: horn
tail
claw
Dec. 11: feather
hair
head
Dec. 12: ear
eye
nose
Dec. 13: tree
root
bark
leaf
Dec. 14: tooth
tongue
mouth
neck
Dec. 15: foot
knee
hand
Dec. 16: drink
eat
bite
Dec. 17: see
hear
know
Dec. 18: sleep
die
kill
Dec. 19: walk
swim
fly
Dec. 20: heart
liver
belly
breast
Dec. 21: fire
ashes
smoke
burn
Dec. 22: lie
sit
stand
Dec. 23: come
give
say
Dec. 24: sun
moon
star
Dec. 25: water
rain
cloud
Dec. 26: night
hot
cold
Dec. 27: stone
sand
soil
seed
Dec. 28: mountain
path
dry
name
Dec. 29: new
good
round
Dec. 30: black
white
red
Dec. 31: yellow
green

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J. Alan Henning @jalanhenning.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 16/11/2025

Want to create a naming language, two words a day in December for Lexember? #Lexember #conlang

Lexember 2025 Name Elements
Coin 2 words a day to create a naming language:
Dec. 1: beloved, warrior
Dec. 2: strong, ruler
Dec. 3: wise, gift
Dec. 4: brave, protector
Dec. 5: blessed, leader
Dec. 6: divine, guardian
Dec. 7: mighty, rose
Dec. 8: pure, lily
Dec. 9: powerful, battle
Dec. 10: lion-like, defender
Dec. 11: free, home
Dec. 12: happy, earth
Dec. 13: shining, rose
Dec. 14: valiant, people
Dec. 15: peaceful, smith
Dec. 16: victorious, helper
Dec. 17: loyal, keeper
Dec. 18: famous, healer
Dec. 19: protecting, rock
Dec. 20: fortunate, lover
Dec. 21: worthy, bearer
Dec. 22: swift, fighter
Dec. 23: eagle-like, giver
Dec. 24: desired, crown
Dec. 25: manly, spear
Dec. 26: womanly, wolf
Dec. 27: ready, hammer
Dec. 28: chief, daughter
Dec. 29: constant, son
Dec. 30: wealthy, parent
Dec. 31: noble, elf

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J. Alan Henning @jalanhenning.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 16/11/2025

What to coin a word a day in December for Lexember? Here are 31 thematic prompts. #Lexember

Lexember 2025 Themes
Coin a word a day to expand a conlang:
Dec. 1: people
Dec. 2: groups
Dec. 3: body
Dec. 4: actions
Dec. 5: senses
Dec. 6: animals
Dec. 7: plants
Dec. 8: nature
Dec. 9: tools
Dec. 10: containers
Dec. 11: clothing
Dec. 12: buildings
Dec. 13: leaders
Dec. 14: business
Dec. 15: religion
Dec. 16: judgment
Dec. 17: mind
Dec. 18: emotion
Dec. 19: comms
Dec. 20: games
Dec. 21: quantity
Dec. 22: degree
Dec. 23: direction
Dec. 24: motion
Dec. 25: vehicles
Dec. 26: time
Dec. 27: substances
Dec. 28: food
Dec. 29: matter
Dec. 30: events
Dec. 31: success

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