Librarian, podcaster, and author. Games From Folktales podcasthttps://bsky.app/profile/timothyferguson.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothyferguson.bsky.social/post/3mhzo3sgpi22j I just had a wonderful roleplaying experience in #FallenLondon. After eight real life years of play my character has evolved from being Destined to personally escape the doom that weighs on the city's future:at the cost of losing everything (the Road), through the darkness of hop27 Mar 2026 08:09 +0000at://did:plc:jn7rdxxrf343cjcdwfvbzfur/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhzo3sgpi22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothyferguson.bsky.social/post/3m3zlinptjc2zIf the US.military are having their salaries paid by a donor, aren't they mercenaries now under international law? I ask because my country has American personnel based in it and they don't seem to be being paid by the government of the United States, with whom we have a treaty, but by a third party25 Oct 2025 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:jn7rdxxrf343cjcdwfvbzfur/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3zlinptjc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothyferguson.bsky.social/post/3m3h2xsafnc2cSo, I coauthored a book of RPGs scenarios based on Elizabethan folklore. More commentary in the Kickstarter's page from the editor and coauthors. It's useful in most fantasy based settings, although my stories in particular lean toward urban settings. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Oct 2025 05:36 +0000at://did:plc:jn7rdxxrf343cjcdwfvbzfur/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3h2xsafnc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/timothyferguson.bsky.social/post/3lqvnkgkl3k2sThat terrible moment when you're trying to write Mythic Cheshire for Ars Magica and the ghost of Kenneth Williams sidles up and says "You know that D&D Ravenolft Venice thing you have been avoiding? This is what _I'd_ do... "06 Jun 2025 01:09 +0000at://did:plc:jn7rdxxrf343cjcdwfvbzfur/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqvnkgkl3k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/timothyferguson.bsky.social/post/3lqewtfoim22y [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 May 2025 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:jn7rdxxrf343cjcdwfvbzfur/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqewtfoim22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothyferguson.bsky.social/post/3lo6b2oz63k2jhttps://www.instagram.com/reel/DJCpIMRz6zD/?igsh=ZzZjd25qb2d3YTh602 May 2025 07:04 +0000at://did:plc:jn7rdxxrf343cjcdwfvbzfur/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo6b2oz63k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothyferguson.bsky.social/post/3lk6eurtnyc2aAlthough libraries provide many services during cyclone recovery, I believe this was the most popular12 Mar 2025 10:31 +0000at://did:plc:jn7rdxxrf343cjcdwfvbzfur/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk6eurtnyc2a