Week 311: Finspan

A week of multiple D&D sessions, pen and paper, coffee with the family, surgeries, well-attended drinks, tech trash fires, lazy weekends, new games, and roast dinners.

Posted on 11 October 2026 by Rowan Manning .
Tagged with D&D, Family, Health, Social, Work, Food, Games, Board Games

0 responses

I started the week off with D&D at Luke’s which was fun. The start of a new campaign where I get to be a player 🎉 a reasonable four hour session which we’ll be doing weekly, I’m excited for tomorrow!
On the subject of D&D I was really pleased with the session I ran on Wednesday for my FT group. A nice little combat, lots of new world lore, and a little cliff-hanger. Lovely stuff. I’m really enjoying making pen-and-paper battle maps at the moment.
On Tuesday I left work a little early on short notice because mum and George were nearby after a hospital appointment. Health wise we’re mostly out of the woods but he has one last scary surgery before the end of the month. I’ll relax properly after that.
Keran’s been in London and it’s been good fun seeing her. We went for well-attended drinks at the Market Porter on Thursday, a delight to see a bunch of people I haven’t in ages. Small comfort that everyone seems to be having a horrible time in tech at the moment. Stay put until the market is better, Rowan – better the devil you know.
We decided not to head to Matlock and had a lazy weekend. We went for a little walk, watched a lot of TV, finally played Finspan (which was good, a little simpler and quicker than Wingspan), and I cooked a great roast.