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Kevin Gilmartin πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸŽ²πŸ‰
@kevingilmartin.bsky.social
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Reader of books, player of games, complainer about the Scottish weather. I love video games and TTRPGs. Probably, technically, a Grognard, but not the πŸ””πŸ”š kind. You won't find me gatekeeping. I welcome everyone to the hobby.
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Kevin Gilmartin πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸŽ²πŸ‰ @kevingilmartin.bsky.social Β· Oct 17
Hello! Finally on Bluesky since the other place is a bin fire. Hoping for a wee community of likeminded, tolerant gamers. I'm a mostly-DM, love #TTRPGs, #sci-fi, #fantasy. Currently DM'ing #Eberron, player in #CallOfCthulhu and #AlienTTRPG. Please say hello! #TTRPGIntro
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Kevin Gilmartin πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸŽ²πŸ‰ @kevingilmartin.bsky.social Β· 17h
If anyone is off to see @nickofferman.bsky.social in Birmingham tonight, you're in for a treat. I saw him at the Glasgow Pavilion last night and it was an excellent time. Also, bonus Flo & Joan!

#birmingham
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Kevin Gilmartin πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸŽ²πŸ‰ @kevingilmartin.bsky.social Β· 4d
I just watched the first episode of Kindred: The Embraced for the first time in almost 30 years.

It was pretty much as cheesy as I remember and I loved every second. Gonna binge the rest over the weekend. #vampirethemasquerade #vtm
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Kevin Gilmartin πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸŽ²πŸ‰ @kevingilmartin.bsky.social Β· 4d
Minimum!
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Kevin Gilmartin πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸŽ²πŸ‰ @kevingilmartin.bsky.social Β· 4d
You know when you've been scrolling too long on the toilet and you know that the lights are about to go off because nobody has triggered the motion sensor since you sat down and you're gone need to lean out and wave at it and hope nobody sees you but then somebody comes in and resets the countdown?
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Kevin Gilmartin πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸŽ²πŸ‰ @kevingilmartin.bsky.social Β· 8d
Secret DM stuff we're not supposed to talk about:

Schroedinger's Trap

A trap that simultaneously exists and does not exist. Pops into existence when cocky players open a previously untrapped door without declaring a trap check.

Likely to manifest when the DM is irked.
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Kevin Gilmartin πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸŽ²πŸ‰ @kevingilmartin.bsky.social Β· 22d
Tori Amos' Little Earthquakes is one of the finest albums ever recorded, and I will hear nothing to the contrary!
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Kevin Gilmartin πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸŽ²πŸ‰ @kevingilmartin.bsky.social Β· 25d
Very sorry to hear of the passing of ManchΓ‘n Magan this morning. I enjoyed his appearances with @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social. Blindboy, my condolences on the loss of your friend. Go dtabharfaidh na sΓ­oga solas agus sΓ­ochΓ‘in dΓ³.
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Kevin Gilmartin πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸŽ²πŸ‰ @kevingilmartin.bsky.social Β· 25d
Deleted my Threads profile this morning. Seems I'm engaging less and less with social media these days. I do still enjoy Bluesky though, I should make more of an effort here.
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Kevin Gilmartin πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸŽ²πŸ‰ @kevingilmartin.bsky.social Β· Aug 15
Great @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social podcast this week. Might be my favourite live one yet; I could listen Debs Newbold telling stories all day. For me, as a DM always trying to improve my storytelling, she's an inspiration. Give it a listen, if only for her hare story.

#storytelling #DMinspiration
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Kevin Gilmartin πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸŽ²πŸ‰ @kevingilmartin.bsky.social Β· Aug 13
What in the Lovecraftian Horror Easter Special...

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'Frankenstein' rabbits with tentacles sprouting from faces spreading across US
A woman saw a bunny with 'black toothpicks sticking out all around' it in her garden.
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Kevin Gilmartin πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸŽ²πŸ‰ @kevingilmartin.bsky.social Β· Jul 29
I'm calling it now, Star Trek SNW will close with Sulu on the helm asking Kirk, "Course and speed, sir?" and Kirk says, "Second star to the right. And straight on 'til morning."

#startrek #startreksnw
Season 5: Assembling the TOS crew The pair of showrunners confirmed with THR that they have already broken down the six episodes planned for season 5, which should begin production by the end of this year. Akiva Goldsman has already indicated in his TrekMovie interview that they plan to end the series (in season 5) by showing James T. Kirk’s first day in command of the USS Enterprise. And the show already has much of Kirk’s crew cast, especially with the addition of Scotty (Martin Quinn) in season 3. There are still some key characters missing, including Dr. McCoy, Sulu, and Chekov (who didn’t show up until season 2 of TOS). In his TrekMovie interview, Goldsman noted he sees the start of TOS as β€œWhere No Man Has Gone Before.” He elaborated to THR how that impacts the way they will be introducing more members of Kirk’s crew:
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Kevin Gilmartin πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸŽ²πŸ‰ @kevingilmartin.bsky.social Β· Jul 27
I spotted you on there! There's a few interesting revelations on that wall.

Admiral Harry Kim! He finally got a promotion.

Lt. Nog is disappointing, I always thought he would have made Captain, at least.

Lt.JG Wesley Crusher? Canon confirmation that he returned to Starfleet after Journey's End.
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Kevin Gilmartin πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸŽ²πŸ‰ @kevingilmartin.bsky.social Β· Jul 9
@blindboyboatclub.bsky.social absolutely shat myself at the Attempted Seagull Pause, but quickly recovered at the sound of you unable to contain your laughter. πŸ˜‚
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Kevin Gilmartin πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸŽ²πŸ‰ @kevingilmartin.bsky.social Β· Jul 9
Been working on a nasty new spell and a trap designed for magic users. No artwork to go with them yet, though; haven't gotten to that stage yet and I'm honestly not sure what I'm going to use to illustrate the spell.
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Kevin Gilmartin πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸŽ²πŸ‰ @kevingilmartin.bsky.social Β· May 6
Congratulations! Welcome to the UK! I hope everything works out for you.
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Kevin Gilmartin πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸŽ²πŸ‰ @kevingilmartin.bsky.social Β· Apr 28
Can't use paper on the fly at work. And it's not as easy to fix mistakes.
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Kevin Gilmartin πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸŽ²πŸ‰ @kevingilmartin.bsky.social Β· Apr 28
Any recommendations for online apps for rough sketching out #TTRPG maps? I want something I can use to quickly sketch down an idea that I can later work up properly in Dungeon Alchemist or Photoshop.
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Kevin Gilmartin πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸŽ²πŸ‰ @kevingilmartin.bsky.social Β· Apr 27
Playing the Oblivion remaster and found the body of a depressed suicidal troll under a bridge. Genuinely felt crap for it, having been there myself. It was pretty tasteless 20yrs ago, felt more so now. I understand the desire to preserve the original, but removing that would have been a good move.
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Kevin Gilmartin πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸŽ²πŸ‰ @kevingilmartin.bsky.social Β· Apr 23
Very excited to play it! I loved the first one. Curious to see how the change to rouguelite format will affect the gameplay, but I really enjoyed the story and the world.
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Kevin Gilmartin πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸŽ²πŸ‰ @kevingilmartin.bsky.social Β· Apr 23
I just learned (a mere 8 months after it was announced) that there's going to be a new Lost in Random game coming out. This is excellent news! @lostinrandom.bsky.social was one of the best, if also shortest, gaming experiences I had last year. I bought art prints and everything.
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Kevin Gilmartin πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸŽ²πŸ‰ @kevingilmartin.bsky.social Β· Apr 10
Who would buy me if you saw me in your FLGS?
#TTRPG #DungeonMaster #D&D #DnD
Action figure of Kevin Gilmartin, a bald, bearded man with a red shirt, black zip-up hoodie, black trousers and boots, packaged under the title β€œDUNGEON MASTER”. Accessories include a red twenty-sided die, closed laptop with stickers, rolled parchment scroll, black pen, small dragon figurine, and a red-lined dice tray. Bottom right corner reads β€œACTION FIGURE” in a decorative gold frame on brown background.
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Kevin Gilmartin πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸŽ²πŸ‰ @kevingilmartin.bsky.social Β· Apr 1
I was a late-comer to appreciating Brennan Lee Mulligan. I'd only seen him on short clips of Dimension 20 and a couple of little things on Instagram and TikTok. I'll be honest, I didn't like him. But, having caught up with CR Downfall and given him a proper look, I'm happy to revise that opinion.
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Kevin Gilmartin πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸŽ²πŸ‰ @kevingilmartin.bsky.social Β· Mar 3
That last part is key though. If you've been dreading playing every week then you've done the right thing. It's not fair to force yourself to keep going, you'd only end up resenting a hobby that you love.
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Kevin Gilmartin πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸŽ²πŸ‰ @kevingilmartin.bsky.social Β· Mar 3
Same. The hair was the first thing I saw before I knew what it was supposed to be. Then as my eye moved down the rest, I was like, "wait, WHAT?!"

I showed it to my OH and she immediately saw it too.
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Kevin Gilmartin πŸ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπŸŽ²πŸ‰ @kevingilmartin.bsky.social Β· Mar 2
I bloody love @criticalrole.bsky.social. But how did nobody there look at this t-shirt design and immediately ask, "why does it look like Trump?"

The hair isn't even subtle, then there's the skin tone, the blue jacket, the hint of a red tie. You can't tell me that's just coincidence.
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