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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I've been keeping off social media a bit lately but built these two Lego sets lately and was very happy with them. The miniature Lego Star Wars Death Star II 40th Anniversary of RotJ set and the Lego Star Wars Millennium Falcon 25th Anniversary set. Very nice models to put together.

Miniature Lego Star Wars Death Star 2 for 40 Anniversary of Return of the Jedi beside the Lego Star Wars Death Trooper and Night Trooper set.

Lego Millennium Falcon 25th Anniversary set

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is one hell of a season of @forcemajeurepod.bsky.social I am really enjoying it and it is a good way to spend a bit of a day off.

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Deciding to start a quick Lego build on lunch with Lego Star Wars AT-AT

The box for the Lego Star Wars AT-AT being held up in front of a bookcase.

The completed bag 1 of the Lego Star Wars AT-AT

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

So it begins. About to start in on building this beast. The Lego Star Wars UCS Millennium Falcon

Manual of the Lego Star Wars UCS Millennium Falcon on a table.

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Just finished watching He-Man and the Master's of the Universe and it is such a fun movie. Thoroughly enjoyed it and want to see it again now.

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Lovely rainbow greeted us last night as we left the pub.

Rainbow over Marcie Regan's pub last night with the ruins of the abbey of St John the Baptist in the background.

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Share the last 4 ttrpgs you GM'd or played and strut your gaming habits! The Mecha Hack (GM) Pirate Borg (player) Daggerheart (player) Star Wars Roleplaying Game Saga Edition (GM)

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

This was another great episode of @forcemajeurepod.bsky.social I quite enjoyed the reference to the AUG as I trained on them many many years ago.

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Came home to a rather large Lego Star Wars delivery yesterday. I am very much looking forward to building these kits especially the UCS Millennium Falcon

A picture of 4 star wars Lego sets in boxes. The UCS Millennium Falcon, the Mini Razor crest, the New Republic X-Wing and the Darksaber.

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Today was a day well spent building the Lego Star Wars Executor Super Star Destroyer and now to watch the last two episodes of Star Wars Maul Shadow Lord.

The completed Lego Star Wars Executor Super Star Destroyer on a bookshelf.

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Another fantastic episode of @forcemajeurepod.bsky.social with some great rolls and surprises.

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Celebrating May the Fourth with some Star Wars Lego while listening to the two most recent episodes of @forcemajeurepod.bsky.social

The Lego Star Wars Executor Super Star Destroyer box held up in front of a bookshelf.

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The Castle Studies Trust @castlestudies.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

In 2025 we awarded a grant to @crookston.bsky.social to carry out a community geophys survey of Crookston Castle supported by the geophys team of HES. We found not just some great archaeology but also a local area keen to learn more about "their" castle: castlestudiestrust.org/blog/2026/04...

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

@forcemajeurepod.bsky.social is really nailing this season. Thoroughly enjoyed this episode.

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

"I have a plan" are four words you don't want to hear your toddler say as she power marches towards a box of markers.

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Preparing to run my first game of The Mecha Hack from Absolute Tabletop tonight. I love me some mech action and this system looks fun and not too difficult to run.

The Mecha Hack rulebook and Mission book sitting on a notepad which is resting on a tablet with a box of black and white dice at the top of the image.

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

This was a fantastic episode of @forcemajeurepod.bsky.social and the tension is only increasing with each episode.

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Long commute means podcast time and I have just caught up on @forcemajeurepod.bsky.social and this season is great. I am really enjoying it so far.

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

This was a damn good start to the new season of @forcemajeurepod.bsky.social Really looking forward to getting more of this story and characters.

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Finally caught up on the Mecha Hack game this week from @forcemajeurepod.bsky.social thoroughly enjoyed and what an ending!

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Albert the Llama Enterprises @forcemajeurepod.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

In just under a week, season 9 of Force Majeure starts! As I'm a little bit behind with my promo posts, let's get things going, starting with our season banner reveal!

Against a backdrop of tall narrow trees and a foreground of grass and heather, a starship is parked at an oblique angle.

A square block out on the left says:

Force Majeure
Season IX
A Shot at Redemption

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Caught up on Fallout season 2 tonight and it is very good. However I have made the mistake of hitting play on the Stargate movie and now I am wholly invested even though I have seen it so many times already.

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a man is standing in front of a wall that says fandango movieclips on the bottom

Alt: The character of Daniel Jackson in the Stargate movie stepping through the Stargate

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Dhyan @khalsafamily.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Ringing in the New Year the best we know how… with LEGO! Build your best year yet! 🎉 Happy New Year Blue Sky friends and May the force be with you! 🥳

We are building two sets next to each other!

LEGO Star Wars Set (in process) 75157: Captain Rex’s AT-TE

LEGO Creator Ser 31109 (in process) Pirate Ship

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Hoping for a nice chill day at home so I can start and finish the Lego Star Wars Acclamator-Class Assault Ship.

Lego Star Wars Acclamator-Class Assault Ship box in front of a bookcase.

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

My now traditional Christmas dinner drink. The Kinsale Mead Co Wild Forest Honey mead.

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Albert the Llama Enterprises @forcemajeurepod.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Merry Christmas to all our listeners! However you celebrate it, or don't celebrate it, we hope you have a wonderful day 🥰

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Christmas time is Lego time. Looking forward to building these today.

Lego Star Wars Acclamator Class Assault Ship box on top of Lego Star Wars Invisible Hand box. Both being held up in a hand in front of a book case.

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

That was a great episode to finish off the latest season of @forcemajeurepod.bsky.social I've really enjoyed this season and am looking forward to the inevitable relisten.

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Long commute today and thankfully had some @forcemajeurepod.bsky.social to listen too. This was a fun episode with yet another cliffhanger of an ending. I cannot wait for the next episode. Hard to believe this season is almost done.

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

This was a great episode of @forcemajeurepod.bsky.social really enjoying the encounter, the tension and Kuhro's glorious efficiency.

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Life with a toddler is great. Going to bed with the little one and mommy is coming to help until toddler looks at her and goes "no mommy leave me alone and go away". Totally ruthless.

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Albert the Llama Enterprises @forcemajeurepod.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

3 episodes of Season 9 in the bag, and I think @tcpatrick.bsky.social summed it up nicely by saying "Well, I wasn't expecting _that_!" Can't wait to share it with you all, as I think we're off to one hell of a start!

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Liam Hogan @liamhogan.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

I repost this each October in the hope that the complexity of Halloween's origins and customs are more widely appreciated. Claims of a simple historical & mononational genealogy for this celebration are themselves examples of contemporary folklore/mythmaking. limerick1914.medium.com/customs-vary...

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“Customs vary wi’ the times, At Hallowe’en”

Customs, Myths and Messiness

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Albert the Llama Enterprises @forcemajeurepod.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Getting set up to record the Season 9 Session Zero shortly! No rest for the wicked over here at Force Majeure Towers!

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Delighted to get the @inkstonebooks.bsky.social editions of the Star Wars The Essential Legends Collection signed hardbacks of Yoda: Dark Rendezvous by Sean Stewart and Knight Errant by John Jackson Miller.

The Inkstone books editions Star Wars Knight Errant and Star Wars Yoda: Dark Rendezvous on a bookshelf

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

This was a great episode of @forcemajeurepod.bsky.social Really enjoyed it and a great way to end the episode.

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Played my first game of Pirate Borg over the weekend. It was a lot of fun. I rolled up a character that was basically a conquistador. Rolled well right through until at the end we were rolling for loot then I got a black spot and 1 day to lift the curse. Better get that backup character ready 😂

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Another solid episode of @forcemajeurepod.bsky.social really enjoyed this one. The combat was a lot of fun.

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

I spent some of this past weekend attempting to paint my first ever Star Wars Legion minis. The Luke Skywalker Operative Expansion. I picked it up some time ago and decided to make a dent in the gray pile of shame of various minis I have collected over the last while.

The Star Wars Legion Luke Skywalker Operative Expansion miniature in front of the bottom front cover of the Legends of Luke Skywalker book.

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

A long commute this morning and enjoyed this latest episode of @forcemajeurepod.bsky.social really enjoying the story so far.

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

A fun day was had at @tabletopscot.bsky.social today. I got to play Mothership for the first time which was a lot of fun. The GM was great.

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Finished our Daggerheart campaign yesterday. It was a lot of fun and Daggerheart is definitely a system I could see myself going back to.

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

🚨 THIS WEEK🚨 Uncover the truth about Josef Mengele's life in Brazil with Betina Anton on this week's History Rage! Discover the myths and realities of Nazi fugitives in South America. #HistoryRage #Mengele Listen now 🎧 pod.fo/e/322222 #History #Podcast

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Pat Grogan @palaeopat.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Really enjoyed this episode of @forcemajeurepod.bsky.social the landing was perfect.

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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

In the bookshop this morning: PARENTS: “Okay, we’re leaving now.” CHILD: *pulls another book from the shelf and sits down * CHILD: “Then I guess this is goodbye.”

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