CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

Okay, so this one makes me nervous, just because it's taken so long to get to this point. Here's the cover for my science-fiction-fantasy novel, Freeman's Choice , which is due for release in August. When Lorellan Cartwright finds buying back the woman he loves an impossible task, he promptly steals her away, but escaping from the criminally minded third duke of Aristoc and reaching a place of safety are two very different things. And stealing from the duke embroils Lorellan and Megan in the politics of crime lords, long forgotten races of fantasy, aliens and interstellar law enforcement. Can they escape the tangled webs woven by others and find refuge? Or will they join the ranks of those who tried before and failed?

SCENE 1B: ATTACK ON THE ARTIST Aftermath Once the Setites have been defeated or driven off, PCs can obtain directions from David Markovin to the mansion in the picture. It is known as Tenson’s Place. (Go to Act 4, Scene 1 .) If either David Markovin or the PCs are captured the following modifications are needed: If David is captured and taken away, but the PCs are able to fend off the Setites, then the Setites take the artist back to their temple and, after discovering the scene where the unicorn picture was painted, use his entrails as a source of divination. PCs do not get the ‘Modern Reward: Friend of the Artist David Markovin.’ If David and the PCs are captured and taken away, go to Act 4, Scene 3: Seek & Ye Shall Find. You will need to modify the action in this scene to reflect that the PCs have been captured and have not found the cultists temple through their own investigations; a sidebar is provided. PCs may wish to delay going to Tenson’s Place i...

Last week, I said I couldn’t access raids at gyms. As of yesterday, I was still having trouble, but I was still happy to discover that Niantic is onto the problem, so I’m hopeful the issues I’m having will be resolved over time. Yesterday’s experiment involved trying to join the raid towards the end of the time period, so I can now safely say that none of the following affect my ability to join raids: Automatic time and date (already set); Staying in range of the Gym; Leaving the Gym, then moving out of the range of the Gym and then back into it, and rejoining the raid; Internet connection; (no problems with this at the time); Version of PokemonGo (the app is up to date); Uninstalling PokemonGo, and reinstalling the game from scratch (and turning off the phone in between); Closing and reopening PokemonGo, either by minimising it, or by turning the application off, and then opening it as a fresh instance; Trying a different raid location; Raiding alone; Raiding with ...