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ViscountEric

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Middle aged role-player, wargamer, and hobbyist historian

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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My Hawaiian Gnomes (aka “Polygnomials”) now have outrigger canoes from DiabolicalTerrain. Also turned some dollar store red clear “candy containers” into giant pineapples and pineapple statues. #paintingminiatures #miniaturepainting gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/10/pain...
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(Painting) Outrigger Canoes by Diabolical Terrain
I did complete my first unit Hawaiian Gnomes (The Polygnomials) less than a year ago.  They have proven to be a fun nationality, and most o...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It’s time to post my grand gaming plan for the next 12 months… gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/10/my-g...
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My Gaming Plans for 2026-27
Another year, another 20% of plans actually achieving.  To be honest, I hit six out of seven (83%) of the core goals last year, with close t...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I track my gaming year like the Federal calendar, hopefully with a little more fiscal responsibility. It’s time for the 2025-26 #YearInReview #RPG #Wargaming #PaintingMiniatures gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/09/gami...
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Gaming Year in Review 2025-26
I've always tracked my gaming progress like the US Federal fiscal calendar (October through September). Don't ask why, it's always been lik...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#GammaWorld Campaign Episode 131 - The De Facto Explorers reach… The Hanging Spine gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/09/gamm...
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(Gamma World) Not a Test #131 - The Hanging Spine
Our heroes, the De Facto Explorers, have decided to embark on an epic quest to reach Lathar's long-lost father, Harkonn. After side-quests,...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A random 3-D printed tent and a dollar store candle base to finish out my gaming year…. #miniaturepainting #paintingminiatures gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/09/pain...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#GammaWorld Campaign Episode 130 - the slow walk to the Gren gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/09/gamm...
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(Gamma World) Not a Test #130 - The Slow Walk to the Gren
Our heroes, the De Facto Explorers, have decided to embark on an epic quest to reach Lathar's long-lost father, Harkonn. After side-quests, ...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I so needed the season 3 premiere of #PinkFohawk today. #BeaverHole
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Sword in the Stone Games has opened up a new location in the Laurel Mall, Hazleton, PA. Gaming with the Gnomies approves… gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/09/revi...
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(Review) Sword in the Stone Games, Laurel Mall, Hazleton, Pennsylvania
I've had the good fortune to travel around a bit this summer, discovering quite a few game stores.   But nothing quite got me excited like t...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
After 17 years of blogging, I think chronicling my hobbies is my main hobby.🤓 gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/09/17-y...
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17 Years of Gaming with the Gnomies
On this day, seventeen years ago, I published my very first post onto Gaming with the Gnomies. 5700 posts, 4.5 million page views, still goi...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#GammaWorld Not a Test Campaign - Episode 129 - The Third Reflecrion of the Ninth Crossing #TTRPG gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/09/gamm...
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(Gamma World) Not a Test #129 - The Third Reflection of the Ninth Crossing
Our heroes, the De Facto Explorers, have decided to embark on an epic quest to reach Lathar's long-lost father, Harkonn. After side-quests,...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
#GammaWorld Not a Test - Episode 128 - Time Constraint gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/09/gamm...
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(Gamma World) Not a Test #128 - Time Constraint
Our heroes, the De Facto Explorers, have decided to embark on an epic quest to reach Lathar's long-lost father, Harkonn.  After side-quests,...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A fan of 30+ year old #BurningPlastic runs a game for his son. #wargaming gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/09/burn...
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Burning Plastic AAR - Thanks to Cyrus Duane
Last Mepacon, I had the pleasure of running two games of Burning Plastic, the sci-fi miniatures rules I helped create (and mostly promote) m...
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Gareth Hanrahan @mytholder.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Me two weeks ago: Two weeks is plenty of time for me to put together a lovely thematic dungeon crawl through the roots of the Tree in this Mythic Bastionland game. Actually prepping for once! Me today: or, Y’know, I could roll stuff randomly and make it up again.
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Richard 'Bat' Brewster @batjutsu.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I have made a list of some of the participants and their posts for #RPGaDay #RPGaDay2026. Quite a sizeable collection, so there should be something of interesting for a role-player 🙂 batjutsu.wordpress.com/2026/09/05/i...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
#RPGaDay2026 Day 30 “Pride” Three convention events that make me feel all fuzzy inside. gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/08/rpga...
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#RPGaDay2026 - Day 30 - "Pride"
It's Day 30, the penultimate day of #RPGaDay !   And we should show a little "Pride" that we've made it this far.  We'll even go so far and...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
#RPGaDay2026 Day 29 “Labor” My last major labor of love was tying up the loose ends of 11 years of campaigns into the Lost Dispatches of Feraso #DnD gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/08/rpga...
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#RPGaDay2026 - Day 29 - "Labor"
Four weeks down with #RPGaDay and we're in the home stretch with "Labor." This September will be the 17th anniversary for the blog.  I've be...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
#RPGaDay2026 - Day 26 - “Regret” - What’s driven Zorin Redrock for a decade post-retirement gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/08/rpga...
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#RPGaDay2026 - Day 26 - "Regret"
It's Day 26 of #RPGaDay and as we wheel closer to the end of week 4, there should be no "Regrets," but one character from my beloved Hackmas...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
After fives weeks off… we’re up to episode 145 of Gamma World
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
It’s fitting that my Monday night online game comes back from hiatus on Day 24 of #RPGaDay2026 “Distance” gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/08/rpga...
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#RPGaDay2026 - Day 24 - "Distance"
Day 24 of #RPGaDay and the prompt of "Distance" is a no brainer from a guy who games online. Yes, it's a poor attempt using Gemini, but, her...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Keep it simple: Basic D&D and Paranoia
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
#RPGaDay2026 Day 22 “Grit”. It’s not even a character from my own campaign it’s campaign adjacent) but with the excitement in my players voice, I had to include Benverho’s one gritty moment. #dnd gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/08/rpga...
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#RPGaDay2026 - Day 22 - "Grit"
Day 22 of #RPGaDay and my old college roommate, Steve continues an extensive influence on my posts, even showing a bit of "Grit" by giving m...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
#RPGaDay2026 Day 20 “Promise” Sometimes that playtest torches promise at first contact. gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/08/rpga...
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#RPGaDay2026 - Day 20 - "Promise"
Day 20 of #RPGaDay and I expected "Promise" to be a fun topic for discussion at our last Monday night game session. I was horribly wrong,  S...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
#RPGaDay2026 Day 15 “Endurance” My memory fails me endurance was not one of the mechanics we avoided playing Hackmaster … it was Fatigue Factor, and a few others… gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/08/rpga...
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#RPGaDay2026 - Day 15 - "Endurance"
Day 15 of #RPGaDay and "Endurance" can go into so many directions. I immediately thought of Hackmaster and the rules I didn't use, combat en...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
#RPGaDay2026 Day 14 - “Regard” What RPG do I hold in high regard and have yet to play? After months of #KARTAS ads and a visit to #Historicon, I do have a copy of Nations and Cannons. gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/08/rpga...
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#RPGaDay2026 - Day 14 - "Regard"
Day 14 of #RPGaDay, and I'm grateful for the alternative question for the prompt "Regard." "What is a game held in high regard you have yet...
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Runeslinger @runeslinger.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
We are almost to the mid-point of #RPGaDAY2026 and for those who are responding every day, we salute you! If things are getting harder, if you have missed some days, if you are late starting, or hitting some blank spots - we salute you too. Don't forget, there are also questions if you prefer them:
A list of question-style prompts for #RPGaDAY as an alternative to the single-word prompts in use this year:
1. Share a character or fellow player who is a strong example of discipline.	
2. What does one character’s stature in their community mean to them?
3. Poise: How does one character present themselves?	
4. An enjoyable moment of charm gone right or wrong?	
5. What burden is a character willing to carry until the end?	
6. Reach: Who would you like to be able to share RPGs with?	
7. A moment of mercy received or given?	
8. A moment when a character kept or broke their resolve?	
9. Give one reason why it is a privilege to play with your group.
10. A secret you hope comes out about a character?	
11. A character made great by having or not having tact	
12. Most things end. What is one RPG loss you still feel?	
13. Strain: So far, what is the heaviest set of RPG things you have carried to play?	
14. What is a game held in high regard you have yet to play?	
15. How would you organize an endurance session of your favorite game?	
16. One thing that will cause a character to lose their composure?
17. A satisfying example of a character’s integrity	
18. Directness: A fast introduction of a new PC or player?	
19. A huge risk taken because of desire?	
20. Have the characters kept or broken more promises?	
21. Share an RPG charity past or present that moved you	
22. An enjoyable moment of grit PCs did or did not tough out	
23. An enjoyable moment of good or bad fortune
24. Your preferred distance in any type of RPG conflict?	
25. One game you want to get more familiar with?	
26. One game you regret not trying?	
27. What do you hunger for most from a session?	
28. Devotion: Game you have played the most!	
29. Labor: Thing you are most willing to work on for a game	
30. A game event that you are still proud of.
31. Why does a character think they have an edge?
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
#RPGaDay2026 Day 13 - “Strain” While most of the group took across dimensional summer vacation in the lands of Talislanta, two characters struggled to keep everything they knew dear to their hearts intact, hoping for a miracle. gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/08/rpga...
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#RPGaDay2026 - Day 13 - "Strain"
Day 13 of #RPGaDay and I'm feeling the pressure, perhaps the "Strain?" If cheesy line about pressure creating diamonds, what does strain cre...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Favorite Movie of Each Year in the 80s: aka we had HBO: 1980 - Airplane! 1981- Cannonball Run 1982 - Beastmaster 1983 - Krull 1984 - The Natural 1985 - Better Off Dead 1986 - Ferris Buellers Day Off 1987 - The Secret of My Success 1988 - Scrooged 1989 - Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
#RPGaDay2026 Day 12 “loss” the greatest character loss might be that of Dr Pittleman #illuminati gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/08/rpga...
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#RPGaDay2026 - Day 12 - "Loss"
This past weekend, driving up four hours to see the kids, I vacilitated between the latest episode of Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff, a ful...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
#RPGaDay2026 day 11 - “Tact” For a mutant sunflower, Sonny Helianthus has a certain knack for tact… Tactical nuclear weapons, that is… gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/08/rpga...
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#RPGaDay2026 - Day 11 - "Tact"
Day 11 of #RPGaDay and we revisit a often used prompt: "Tact" My first thought on this one?  There's always a charming character or two in ...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
#RPGaDay2026 Day 10 - “Secrets”. Some will be revealed, some won’t , and some are just kinda weird. gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/08/rpga...
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#RPGaDay2026 - Day 10 - "Secret"
Day 10 of #RPGaDay2026 and they drop "Secret" on us. I'm a full-time GM, secrets stay locked up in my brain, many forever.   Here's three th...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
#RPGaDay2026 Day 9 - “Privilege” It was a privilege to play in person… Until the Imperial Japanese Navy got involved. #RPGADAY #Callofcthulhu gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/08/rpga...
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#RPGaDay2026 - Day 9 - "Privilege"
Day 9 of #RPGaDay and the prompt is "Privilege." Outside of the random convention game or the random in-store event, in-person gaming has be...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
#RPGaDay2026 Day 8 “Resolve” The day Talis Makolin broke. gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/08/rpga...
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#RPGaDay2026 - Day 8 - "Resolve"
Day 8 of #RPGaDay and we hit a new prompt, "Resolve."  The alternative prompt is a predictable, "A moment when a character kept or broke th...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
#RPGaDay2026 Day 7 - “Mercy” You’re going to show mercy to a random kobold in a dungeon crawl? Cause stuff like that is why we have kobold paladins… and nice things. #RPGaDay gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/08/rpga...
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#RPGaDay2026 - Day 7 - "Mercy"
Day 7 of #RPGaDay is "Mercy" and to be honest, it's a slam dunk.  Half the players forgot that there was a TPK.  Others forget being trans...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
#RPGaDay2026 Day 6 - “Reach”. Outreach for RPGs has its pros and cons. I’m much more immersed in wargaming outreach, although the model is scalable #HMGSNextGen #RPGaDay gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/08/rpga...
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#RPGaDay2026 - Day 6 - "Reach"
Day 6 of RPGaDay and we move to "Reach." I will again push back the stories of a four-armed, ten-foot tall mutant sunflower, and work towar...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
#RPGaDay2026 Day 5 - “Burden” Burdening elves with role-playing restrictions, for better or for worse gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/08/rpga...
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#RPGaDay2026 - Day 5 - The Elden Burden
Day 5 was the first day of #RPGaDay the stopped me cold.  "Burden" Picture this: The early 90's, 2nd Edition AD&D is in full speed, splat b...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
#RPGaDay2026 Day 4 “Charm” Sometimes having to much charm details the whole operation. gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/08/rpga...
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#RPGaDay2026 - Day 4 - "Charm"
For Day 4 of #RPGaDay, I really wanted to look away from the magical or social intimate connotations of "Charm," I really did.   I've watche...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
#RPGADay2026 Day 3 “Poise” And Lathar Bracken in Gamma World has it on spades, for all the wrong reasons. gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/08/rpga...
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#RPGaDay2026 - Day 3 - "Poise"
Day 3 of #RPGaDay and we come to a prompt that surprises me.  Not only is "Poise" not something this activity has mentioned at all, but it'...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Day 2 of #RPGaDay2026 “Stature”. Our smallest party member in Gamma World, Sneaky Pete, might have the biggest aspirations. #RPGaDay gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/08/rpga...
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#RPGaDay2026 - Day 2 - "Stature"
When I first did a full review of this year's #RPGaDay, I had pall of dread overcome me, and only hit Day 2. "Stature"  Not wanting to go wi...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Day 1 of #RPGaDay2026 and the prompt is “Discipline” A quick shout out to to my friend, Hoyce. #RPGADAY gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/08/rpga...
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#RPGaDay2026 - Day 1 - "Discipline"
We have finally made it #RPGaDay2026 ! I'm coming into #RPGaDay this year with a different perspective.  Over a dozen years of questions and...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
#GammaWorld Campaign Episode 127 - Savory Finds gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/07/gamm...
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(Gamma World) Not a Test #127 - Savory Finds
Our heroes, the De Facto Explorers, have decided to embark on an epic quest to reach Lathar's long-lost father, Harkonn.  After side-quests,...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The #Gnome Wars games at Historicon, including the formal premiere of the Hawaiian (Tiki/ Easter Island) gnomes! gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/07/hist...
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Historicon 2026 - The Gnome Games
Let's be honest, as much as I like doing the After Action Report for Historicon, and as much as I love the traffic it creates for the blog, ...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
#GammaWorld Campaign Episode 126 - Downriver Guardians gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/07/gamm...
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(Gamma World) Not a Test #126 - Downriver Guardians
Our heroes, the De Facto Explorers, have decided to embark on an epic quest to reach Lathar's long-lost father, Harkonn.  After side-quests,...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
A smokey weekend in Lancaster for #Historicon #wargaming #minaturewargaming gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/07/hist...
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Historicon 2026 AAR
It's just after midnight as I try to put into words this past weekend at Historicon.  I'm slowly rehydrating, I've snuck in a nap, and I'm s...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
More #KARTAS inspired stuff: my Georic Gazetteer entry for the Bermeja Islands gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/07/geor...
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(Georic Gazetteer) Bermeja Islands
(Author's Note, 3rd Printing:   When I first compiled my simple notes from wandering the continent of Talaishia, it was meant first as a tr...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Between the #KARTAS ad campaign and their appearance at #Historicon, I finally broke .
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
#GammaWorld Campaign Episode 125 - Allocation is Under Review gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/07/gamm...
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(Gamma World) Not a Test #125 - Allocation is Under Review
Our heroes, the De Facto Explorers, have decided to embark on an epic quest to reach Lathar's long-lost father.  After side-quests, distract...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Yet Another Hawaiian Gnome Pineapple Catapult by Brigade Games. Ready for Historicon. gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/07/pain...
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(Painting) Yet Another Gnome Wars Hawaiian Gnome Pineapple Catapult
Historicon is officially less than a week away!  I'm not hitting the full panic mode until after this weekend: final packing, organizing wh...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Christmas Seal by Reaper #ChristmasInJuly gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/07/chri...
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Christmas in July - Christmas Seal from Christmas Familiars (Reaper 01553)
Just how many times can I put Christmas in a blog post?   Not in time for Christmas (There I go again), but this little seal is just one fig...
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
When you have your online group drops out of a session to focus on the World Cup. You break out the #RPGaDay2026 prompts with the rest of them and brainstorm/reminisce
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ViscountEric @viscounteric.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
It took nearly a decade but the shack of my dreams is completed gamingwiththegnomies.blogspot.com/2026/07/pain...
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(Painting) The Ancient Shanty of Perpetual Project
Even as we inch closer to Historicon, I am amazed when I get some random piece off the painting queue.   This little shanty has been incompl...
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