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I'm not particularly close to Oxford, but I helmed and co-wrote Regency Cthulhu for the Call of Cthulhu RPG with @peregrinecorone.bsky.social for Chaosium. Depending on when and exactly where, I may be available :)

Can I just clarify, are you asking games nerds to respond to the CFP, or are you planning something?

No, but I *have* just realised you're the perfect beta reader for Next Big Game when I get back to it.

WHAAAT

i mean what do you classify as "within shouting distance" because i live in the next county over? i've been writing a game about the scottish highland droving trade in the 18th / 19th Century, with a smattering of highly unprofessional research throughout.

How ever did you get on that topic? And have you read Chatwin's On the Black Hill? It's set in Wales, not Scotland, and it's not specifically droving — I mean, okay, I guess it's not really related at all, fine — but it's a beautiful novel of British pastoralism and the invasion of the 20th century.

a very very long time ago i heard a radio programme about the droving trade and it was something i had never heard about. i found it really fascinating, how this entire trade had basically evaporated despite being incredibly important to the economy of the north in particular.

1. That game sounds fascinating 2. This is (hypothetically) for an academic conference in Oxford right after new year. I’d be schlepping myself over, but I understand that folks might not want to travel far pro bono to sit in a room with some professors and such. (Some do!)