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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

[3] Look at me mansplaining! Ain't I big-brained, me? ;)

Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

[2] og klansnavnet Caesar (til ære for sin forgjenger og adoptivsfar) og valgte det som sitt familienavn. (Kompliserte greier og jeg er ingen ekspert) Octavian/Augsutus' etterkommere tar alle familienavnet Caesar, som snart blir synonymt med "enehersker". Derfra går ordet inn i haugevis av språk.

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

[1] Jepp. "Kaiser", "Cesar", "Tzar" og de mange varianter avleder alle fra the latinske klansnavnet, Caesar. Gaius Julius Caesar = personnavn + slektsnavn + klansnavn. Da Octavian ble enehersker fikk an ærestittelen "Augustus" av senatet og tok selv "Imperator" (hærfører/kommandør),

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Samme med "face", avledet av facio, hvis fra vi, f.eks. har ordet "fakta". Caesar het "Kaesar", Cyclops = "Kyklops", Circe = "Kirke", Cerberus = "Kerberus", etc.

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Forøvrig burde også begge låneord bli uttalt med "k". Fun fact, engelsktalende skjønner ikke bokstaven "c" ;)

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Ja men tenk hvor mye de lider, disse rikingene som beklageligvis må hyre disse dygenigtene som plent skal ha lønn og vilkår og andre ufornuftige goder. Der er jammen ikke lett å være dem, så det er nok best at vi andre tar ansvar og tekker dem. [ironi]

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Jeg tror jeg er ca. 30% kvinne 🤘🤩🤘

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Det han egentlig mente var: "Jeg er rasist"

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I'm doing a new lecture series on Ancient Egypt this fall, starting with Hatshepsut -- The Woman King on Thursday 27th September. Jeg gjør en ny foredragsserie om Oldtidens Egypt i høst, og vi begynner med Hatshepsut -- Kvinnekongen, på Torsdag 27. september. bergenbibliotek.no/arrangement/...

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Hope you are doing ok, Jake. You picked one hell of a first-night in Kyiv! I bet you didn't sleep much last night. Can't wait to see what you have to report. Stay safe, though ❤️ Slava Ukraini!

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I'm sure he found some tourist to pester or a café table to raid 😁

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I imagine he's very hangry! ☺️

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I'm doing exactly that now, switching from heavy GM-driven all-plot campaigns to start a player-driven sandbox (Forbidden Lands) where I turn over the pacing, rhythm, & direction of the loose meta-plot to the players. Its an interesting experience, and I hope to learn a lot from my players :)

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Personally, I love running published scenarios to see what the game makers thing their game is & should run like. Of course, one can't help but tinker with it, sometime till it no longer resembles the original, but still :) Also, I love taking apart creators' stories; one learns a lot from that!

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Let me guess: The new and fancy system is not as good as the old one? Shinier and hipper, yes, but can't really do the work as well? I've encountered that a few times in my life. Everything wasn't better before but it sure does seem that more stuff is made purposefully to be crap these days...

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Same here, really. In my groups, we're at the stage where the GM creates the characters (based on wishes and discussions) to mesh well with the world and story and themes and whatnot. I can't remember the last time I actually created a character for myself or ran a Session Zero kind of thing.

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Yup, our nerdiness is gearing up big time! MTFBWY

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

ALIEN (Free League) STAR WARS (FFG RPG) LEGENDS OF THE 5 RINGS (homemade YZE adaptation) And, prepping a homemade Bronze Age Fantasy RPG thing using adapted YZE (or potentially just switching wholesale to FL's FORBIDDEN LANDS rules set), set in my fantasy fiction world, "Saga of the Central Seas".

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Published/starter scenarios is where I typically get sold on a game. This is were the creators get to tell me what THEY think the game is about and to present a story that THEY fink fits and wants to tell. So yeah, I leaf through the rulebook and then read the starter scenario to "get" a new game.

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Hi, Tombo! Good spot you've got there, mate!

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Thank you, Jake, and everyone who marched ❤️ -Vidar from Norway

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Probably the "Destroyer of Worlds" cinematic adventure for Alien RPG. It really is a very rich, dramatic, well-written, & well-"staffed" scenario that runs with the franchise like there's no tomorrow. Great stuff

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Sadly, I rarely visit game stores these days. They rarely stock what I am after (i.s., 90% of their RPG section is D&D stuff) and their prices tend to be eye watering. My local shop is called Outland (a Norwegian geek-shop chain). The staff is very good, but the CEO is a bit of a nob ;)

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Finally, could another character be tasked with going after Bob, making sure to rail them in every now and again? That might add lots of purpose and identity to a more heroic character, for example.

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

What story beats, investigation clues, and meaningful trouble can I device for Bob's solo-escapades this week? Importantly, I take care not to let Bob take up more of the limelight than the others. Also, I will punish their character hard if they keep getting into stupid situations.

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

As a GM, I am a planner & set'er-up'er (some might accuse me of therefore being a railroader). I tend to try and take each player's style into consideration. If I know that Bob will always go off on their own (and end up on a rooftop fighting naked in the rain <--true story), I simply plan for that.

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

IMHO, rolling dice is for resolving critical beats and climaxes in the narrative. Everything else should be resolved through roleplaying (i.e., we're playing RPGs, not DRG [Dice Rolling Games]).

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I have never bought a fancy version of any game book in my life -- not interested in that -- but swanky player aids, and maps, and such I very much appreciate. Basically, anything only the GM sees I don't need to be fancy, but what the players get to play around with, that I want to be nice.

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I'm actively running (as in, ran at least one session last year) 6 different campaigns: 2x FFG SW RPG 1x Alien RPG 2x L5R (homemade rules) 1x CoC Delta Green Am also currently playing in 1 campaign: 1x Warhammer FRP

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Same here; just watched the recording. The winning trio seems very sweet and Malinin congratulating Shaidorov shows good sportsmanship. All in all a wholesome event :)

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

I'm indifferent to D&D & its catalogue of games worlds. There are much more interesting games to choose from. That said, the conduct of D&D owners & publishers have often aggravated me in the past and I'd much rather give my money to wholesome, community-supporting companies than to WotC & Hasbro.

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Alien Alien 3 (Assembly Cut) Aliens Alien: Romulus Alien: Covenant Alien: Earth [Hon. mention = Predator: Badlands] Prometheus Aliens vs. Predator ------------------------- Alien 3 (theatrical version) Alien: Resurrection Aliens vs. Predator 2: Requiem

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Most players tend to just shrug stuff off and reset their character behavior back to "factory settings" without any development. This makes it very difficult to do true horror, relationships, and any kind of debt of story. Players, let yourself (i.e., your PC) get scared, corrupted, angry, moved!

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

I wish players were better at developing their character behaviors in response to things that occur in the game, in particular in response to trauma (i.e., when a PC almost was killed by ninja, nearly got eaten by owl-bear, saw their best friend die in battle, got mind-controlled by Dark Lord etc.)

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Jeg synes Nissens regler er litt drøye: du er hittebarn og har ikke foreldre, så du står ikke på gavelisten? Så bare de vellykkede og heldige kommer på nissens liste, altså... Snakk om dobble-whammy!

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Prepping a session of their favorite I-never-get-to-play-this game and booking a surprise game night with the group behind their back?

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Players who can't make character decisions themselves, but rather want to roll dice for everything. If all a player brings to a game is rolling dice, then I could be playing the scenario by myself and just roll dice for everything. Players ought to play their characters, not react to dice.

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

I am of the conviction that it is as much the players' responsibility as the GMs to make sure the game & session is fun for all. Players who selfishly sabotages a session is not pulling their weight. If there are logical reasons for a PC's reluctance, then players & GM find a way to make it work.

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

I can't remember any of my own moments, but recently my buddy told how he GMed for his 12yo daughter & her two friends, when one of their characters face death. It all came down to a single save throw with poor odds... which came up a natural 20! The room exploded with joy, and now I'm tearing up.

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

🤣 Hvis jeg dør nå så er det din skyld, Maja! 😆

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

I think I ran a 9-player game at some point, perhaps a hundred years ago. Nowaday, 5 players is a hard max for me but I prefer 2-3 tbh.

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Currently, our campaign (L5R) revolves around a bunch of escalating story treads in a single, quite trouble city (Ryoko Owari Toshi - The City of Lies; if you know you know). The previous campaign (also L5R) was more or a travel adventure, visiting many places, with some downtime at home.

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Basically, I'd be f***ed. Sometimes, I have notes and story beats plotted out in a paper notebook, but 9 times out of 10 I simply couldn't have run the session. (I should also mention that my memory is crap, so its simply impossible for me to GM without notes. I wouldn't remember a single thing!)

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

It is very difficult to calculate; some periods, we play multiple online (ca. 4 hours) sessions per week, or even several longer in-person (ca. 7 hours) sessions in a week, while in other periods we don't play for a month or so. But if I was to guess, I'd say we on average play about 6 hours a week.

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Vidar Edland @vidaredland.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

I'm willing to bet that cocaine was involved... 😏

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