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Tails of Equestria

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Time to introduce the new generation of table-top gamers. I've been looking for a means to get the girls playing RPGs for a while, and have toyed with various entry points. Finally, I spoke to the boss , and she agreed that My Little Pony: Tails of Equestria would probably be a hit, so I finally bought a copy last weekend. I had been holding off on going all in on this game, not because I wasn't sure they'd like it, but because I'm not well versed in the MLP lore. I mean, you want me to run a years long campaign in Middle Earth, Lovecraft Country, pretty much any historical era, Pulp, Superheroes, or many other genres? Sure, you got it! But run a game in Equestria? Ummm... Since there weren't many adventures around for the game, which I would need, I'd not bothered to pick it up, but now there are three seperate adventure books and a bestiary that have been released, so those will help take the pressure off me, as I won't need to write anything for a

T.W. Boyd & Son Sporting Goods Catalogue

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From 1925, this catalogue is the perfect player handout for their shopping trip for an excursion out of town.

Pic of the Day

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Captain C. Holliwell. Montreal. Okay, so this image is from the gaslight era, but I am totally going to use this as my next investigator protrait, no matter which era. This guy has seen something. I've tried to find out who this genleman was, but other than finding other portrais of him, I'm at a loss as to who he was.