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Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Happy Anniversary to me and my wife!

No post today. Celebrating my 30-year anniversary! Wild that I have been married for 30 years.

Here is my Facebook post for it.

Posted by Timothy S. Brannan at 9:30 AM

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4 comments:

Mike Wevanne said...: Selune bless you two!; July 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Lasgunpacker said...: Congratulations!; July 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Grif said...: Happy Anniversary!; July 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Jonathan Linneman said...: Hope y'all had a great anniversary, Tim! Thirty years is VERY much something to celebrate!!; July 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM

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Lasers & Feelings & Assorted L&F Mods - *THIS LIST IS NO LONGER UPDATED AS OF 2022-10-18* *I have a soft spot in my heart for Lasers & Feelings. I use it in my Digital Narratives class to introdu...
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Murky Murky: Roleplaying Advice and Fiction

Full-Armor Alexa and more fiction excerpts! - More Alexa concept art, this time regarding the heavier armor that she brings along when she knows she will need it. At first, I was really in love wit...
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A Hamsterish Hoard of Dungeons and Dragons

More Little Treasures - Well. My tentative plans to actually post this year were well and truly derailed over the last few months by everything from surprise renovations (ongoing...
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Secrets of the Shadowend

Monster/Adventure: Apisastes [S&W] [5e] - I'm experimenting with dual-stat blocks for monsters. This is a first draft, so expect changes and feedback is strongly desired. *Update: Revised stat block...
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