Author Archives: Shep

Egg Jarping

Inspired by a recent episode of Rory and Will – Champions of the World, we spent Easter Sunday in a pub in Peterlee, watching (and taking part in) the World Egg Jarping Championship. While we were there, I made this: … Continue reading →

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Big Surprise

One of the many ways that I eke out a living these days is by doing digital work for my friend’s record label. This week we put out a new single. You’ll find the video above. I think it’s a … Continue reading →

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Newcastle Gamers – 30th March – Tabletop Day

(photo: Steven Hesse / @Geek_Apocalypse) Saturday was Newcastle Gamers day… and, to co-incide with International Tabletop Day, we’d decided to have an all-day gaming session at our usual haunt. To be honest it doesn’t take an awful lot of goading … Continue reading →

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Tabletop Day

Next Saturday (the 30th March) has been declared International Tabletop Day… a day to turn off your TV, put aside your videogames, and to go and play some real-world, face-to-face tabletop games with friends, family, or anybody else who you … Continue reading →

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Newcastle Gamers – 9th March

Mental experiment time: Imagine you took the tile laying of Carcassonne, the worker placement of Le Havre, The pick-up-and-deliver / routebuilding of Steam, an auctioning system so odd-yet-devilishly-clever that it seems like it should’ve come straight out of a Reiner … Continue reading →

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