Working on the Compendium

I’m currently up with Anne in Lerwick for Up Helly Aa, visiting friends: you won’t see much blogging, but I’m attempting to wrap the Compendium this week and next (both of which I have off work). First on the list are working my way through Guy Halsall’s “Worlds of Arthur” and adding a campaign section o the Compendium based on some discussion on Facebook and some ideas I already had kicking around.

Weekend reading

I’m at the Country2Country festival at the O2 from last night so my hobbystreak until Monday will consist of catching up on various bits of reading on the Kindle.

Last night was beginning a reread of “As Told In The Great Hall’ - So for, not sure I like the rules of the book but there’s a lot of descriptive text which was thought-provoking - which is kind of the point :)

"Setting the Scene" book - act now if you haven't bought it!

If you haven't bought a copy of Pat (Silver Whistle)'s stunning scenery book, Setting the Scene, I have good and bad news.

The bad news is it's sold out (although I suppose from Pat's point of view that could be construed as good news!)

The good news is that they're planning a reprint if there is enough interest. If you go to the link from the book title, you can register an interest, but don't hang around as they're only letting this run for a week or so.

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Accountability update:
Compendium: Google research into provinces. Lots of it. :D

I'm going to have to take a day out sometime to do my taxes before the end of the month.
Also, please remember you have until Feb 1 to enter my 750K page view draw for a £20 TFL voucher.

"Setting The Scene" book, accountability post for 12th Jan

Oddly quiet day, apart from showing Reuben round the building works and feeding the builders tea.

I have been mostly doing something I should have done a while ago, namely re-reading the two Dux Britanniarum books and making notes: had an awful moment of wondering whether I'd screwed something up in our campaign to my detriment, but sadly not :D I aim to spend a chunk of tomorrow making sure I have the rules from all three books for a Lord's advancement properly amalgamated.

Other than that, seems to have been a day for life-related admin (oh the joys of being technically unemployed).

Today's arrival, though?

Silver Whistle (Pat Smith)'s rather fabulous "Setting The Scene" book, on terrain building, specifically a winter table.

Gorgeous pictures, and I've always found his scenery work an inspiration - check out his SP/War of The Roses table. Recommended buy, definitely, with just one teensy criticism: given the amount of white space available on all the 103 pages, it might perhaps have been a kindness to those of us with failing or recovering eyesight to up the font size on the text a bit. But that's my only gripe on an otherwise absolutely beautiful book.