For the first time ever, here is the art of all the player characters from the Star Trek Adventures campaign I gamemastered. We played Thine Own Self for 2 “seasons”. The only player character absent here is the Trill Cmdr. Jora Mungar. We last saw him at the end of […]
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Alien RPG: Hope’s Last Day Part 2
It was early morning and exactly a year since we played part one of Hope’s Last Day. Soon Irfan will be away for his studies and we will unlikely have time to play. So, I thought we should complete our adventure on LV-426 a.k.a. Acheron… Dramatis Personae Dr. Westerlund – […]
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Mini Six: The Swiss Extraction Operation
Earlier this week, I dropped by EdVentures Malaysia (Persatuan Kembara Ilmu Malaysia) to deetermine the feasibility of applying TTRPGs in training for youngsters. Besides running a demo for them to grasp the what, who, when, why and how of the game, I was also inundated by many a question. The […]
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19th Convocation Attendance
It’s that time of the year again. The faculty tasked me with attending the university convocation ceremony as a staff member. There is not much to it. I attend, they provide the attire (and lunch) and we file in for the sixth session of the convocation ceremony. Then I try […]
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First Face-to-Face Classes of This Semester
Remember the first time I taught English? It’s fine. I barely remember it. But I never returned to that classroom since that first semester I began as an English language instructor for the university… until today. Although I had my first classes yesterday, those sessions were online. Today however, I […]
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Mysti Has Tabled A Motion
I am glad to report that young Mysti is making herself comfortable at home in no time.
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A Polytech Graduation
Once upon a time, Irfan enrolled into a course at a Polytechnic here in Perlis. Today, nearly four years later, he graduated. I am and will always be proud of him and his achievements. It’s not evident, but the three of us have always been saddled with one handicap or […]
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MASAGA Mini Six Session: The Egypt Interception
During my MASAGA 2024 talk I ran a demo session of Mini Six RPG for the attendees. This was the first time I ran a game for a huge group that were not my colleagues, people I previously knew or my students. Being a mix of educators, trainers and researchers, […]
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MASAGA 2024
And so it came to pass that I attended the 4th Malaysian Simulation And Gaming Conference (MASAGA) 2024 at The Everly Putrajaya Hotel as a representative of UniMAP. Accordia Training and Development organised the conference. A couple of months ago, Mr. Jegatheeswana Manoharan of Accordia invited me to speak as […]
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Another Anniversary
Every year, every day I feel thankful for our life together. I has been 24 years; 25 next year! Every year, every day I marvel at how far we have come from where we were. But sometimes it seems as if we are at a standstill because of uncontrollable circumstances. […]
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Impending MASAGA 2024 Talk
As you can read in the poster above I am due to talk at Malaysian Simulation And Gaming (MASAGA) 2024. This is the first time I’ll be speaking at a conference. The talk will be held at The Everly Hotel, Putrajaya. The title of my talk on the poster […]
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A 22nd Birthday
Has it been 22 years since I took a photo of the little baby with the 5th edition Call of Cthulhu RPG rulebook? Next month, it would be time for his convocation at the polytechnic. Next year, he’s leaving for a bachelor’s degree programme away. Time flies really fast.
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An Omelette Kind of Day
I miss cooking. Once in a while I try to make an omelette or two when I can.
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TTRPGs at Kota Kayang Museum Soon?
Muzium Kota Kayang, located not far away from Kuala Perlis, is a museum that is part of the Department of Museums Malaysia. I have posted about weapons at the museum before. Today, I had a meeting with its director to propose tabletop role-playing game on behalf of UniMAP as a […]
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A Mini Six Adventure At A SMSTSP
After some weeks of planning (and last minute frenzied preparation) the TTRPG Programme at SMSTSP went forward yesterday, between 9am to just after 12pm. I had Irfan with me as photographer and videographer, and my facilitators were Mdm Syafawati and Mdm Yuziana. After some time considering it, I had decided […]
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Welcome to the Family, Mysti
It has been two months and I have not posted about our new family member. Young Mysti, as she is named by Irfan, is a stray kitten who appeared in Atok and Opah’s house and refused to leave the yard. She took shelter under the heavy foliage around the house, […]
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