Just got back from 11-day Mediterranean cruise on Celebrity Infinity. Thought I would share what we did and what learned and liked since this gets asked about a lot. Hope it's helpful :)
FYI-We prefer doing food and wine activities over sightseeing and touristy stuff, I will try to add things I heard from other passengers re: things we did not do. I am going to put he tour provider for each excursion for those who might want to book direct. Also, we sacrifice cabin class for good food and more expensive excursions to stay within our budget.
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Barcelona- We embarked here and spent a few days prior. We were not prepared for the jet lag as we flew overnight and had one quick layover. We arrived midday and napped, but our schedules were off. I would recommend trying to stay up as long as you can and sleep at night, your normal time. Barcelona is seven hours ahead of the Midwest, where we live. Nevertheless, we rallied our middle-aged asses and had and an amazing time.
I pre purchased skip the line tickets for La Sagrada Familia and Parc Guell on separate days. We went at our scheduled time and did not wait. We stayed on Las Ramblas and took cabs there and walked back. Many people did hop on/off and that worked well. We also went to La Boqueria Market and bought little things from many stands and sampled a lot. Very fun and cool experience. Did a DYI tapas tour I put together on my own from just research. We did not know this, but Elton John was performing when were there and we got to go, which was amazing! Coldplay was also performing there so the city was crowded.
We stayed on Las Ramblas, which was close to the port, but I would recommend staying more inside the city. Our hotel was okay, clean, but not many amentities. Suited our purposes, but was loud some nights. Cabs and food are relatively cheap and easy.
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Day 2- Marseille- We did a walking food tour through Shore Excursions Group since the Celebrity one was sold out. This was operated by a company called Do Eat Better Experience. There were six of us, the other 4, not on cruise. Was a four-hour tour and worth it. Went to places I would not have known about. Guide was ok, but not very interactive. We had a great time with the other couples.
We got off early to walk around before the tour which met at 11:30. However, shops and cafe's do not open up till later. I would recommend sleeping later and going into port later, if you dont have an excursion booked. By the time our excursion was over, the towns were buzzing. We took a cab from the port and back, but you can take a bus or shuttle, I believe. Very nice day.
Day 3-Nice (Villefranche)- We did a tour through Celebrity, called Destination highlights, Nice and St. Paul de Vence Village. This was operated by Intercruises Shoreside and Port Services. We tendered super quickly. This was great day and included a lunch at a Michelin starred restaurant and a wine tasting at Cave Bianchi in Nice. We also had plenty of free time to explore each place. The formula 1 racing was in Monoco so there were Ferrari's, Lambo's and other racecars all over the place. We were allowed to look and take pics which was cool.
The lunch and wine tasting were phenomenal. The beach at Nice was gorgeous and if we would have known we would have brought our bathing suit and towels to go there, rather than walk around in the town. You can easily take a cab there and go on your own without doing an excursion. This was an all-day tour. So were back on the ship in time to relax and eat in MDR and chill for the night. It was a great, great day. I will say the people and guides were not as friendly and helpful as in other places, but it's not really an issue and doesn't ruin anything, we just didn't expect it. Our guide in Nice as a little on the unprofessional side, but, to each their own.
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Day 4-Florence/Pisa (La Spezia), Italy- We booked a tour through Celebrity called, Destination Highlight: Coast of Cinque Terre and Portovenere, operated by Aloschi Brothers. Our guide was absolutely incredible, probably the best one we have had. her name was Duna in case you ever do this privately. We had individual small receivers and ear buds so we could hear her perfectly. We started in Portovenere where there is the famous Church of San Pietro. Just amazing and stunning views. The town is charming, and we walked and sampled. Did not buy much, just some food to take home.
We then took a boat ride up the coast and ended at the last of the Cinque Terre Villages, Monterosso. I am so glad did this over the three-village tour by bus. The boat ride up the coast was just amazing, and I assume this villages were similar. Gorgeous village. Rather than fight the crowd we hiked up a steep hill to the just incredible Porto Roco hotel and ate an incredible seafood and pasta lunch. The views were fabulous, and we had it to ourselves. Great meal. There is also a small, but beautiful beach at Monterosso you can hang out on. This was our favorite day.
We did the Chef's table on Celebrity that night which was otherworldly. A lot of eating and drinking this day. Incredible day!
Day 5- Rome (Civitavecchia) We were never going to Rome, no desire to travel there and deal with the crowds. I booked a private car from We Love Italy to go wine tasing in Tuscany. We had a husband-and-wife couple, Paulo and Nicola driving us, and it was great. They were absolutely lovely, and it was a pleasure and privilege to be with them, so kind and generous. They have an open invitation to stay with us if they ever visit. They also took us to a village and beach in Capalbio and for lunch in Manciano-Saturina. Again, amazing food and wine. The boat left late so we had lots of time.
I heard Rome was not as crowded as some thought and some of our shipmates actually got a glimpse of the Pope at the Vatican, which is so special.
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Day 6-at Sea- up by 7 :( and got a spot and the hot tubs after breakfast. Stayed by the pool most of morning, it was great weather. Lots of activities to do but we chilled. We did the Mixology class offered by Celebrity which was a blast. We were bartenders at Martini bar for a few hours learning to make and serve cocktails. So, so fun and crew and guests were great.
Day 7- Valletta, Malta: We did an excursion from Celebrity called, Destination Highlight: Seaside towns of Vittoriosa and Marsaxlokk. Operated by Sam Mifsud and Sons. The tour was so so, the best part being a trip for wine and food tasting. Do you guys sense a pattern? It was rather boring, I should have researched better on this one. The fishing village, Marsaxlokk was a basic tourist trap with a makeshift market and nothing open. Vittoriosa was nicer and where the restaurant was. They did set up a nice area and what was served was good. I think doing more on your own or going to Gozo or Limoncello tasting would be good. I looked after and there are some excursions that looked way better.
Day 8-at Sea- Very chill day. We did the Blendique Wine Class and the World Wine Tasting which we have done before. Both super fun with great people and crew. We did not eat much or go to pool.
Day 9- Santorini, Greece-We did an excursion through Celebrity called, Small Group Discoveries: Island Wine Tasting Experience, operated by Rhapsody Travel. Tendering ashore was organized and quick. Went to three wineries on the island and had food at each. Also visited black sand beach and red sand beach. the latter of which was spectacular. Very nice tour with not a lot of people. This also included our cable car tickets down. We ate lunch at a restaurant on the water, which I forgot the name, but it was good. There were 8 other ships there, so it got crowded, we left after lunch and waited a very reasonable hour for the cable cars down to the tender spot. Up tp this point it was nice day.
Due to something very upsetting I witnessed in the town, not cruise related, I will never, never, ever step foot on Santorini again. Not necessary to discuss as it was personal to me, and I don't want to cloud anyone else's experience or opinion.
We watched the famous sunset from the top deck and it did not disappoint. We avoided the very long lines to get back to ship at night.
Day 10-Mykonos, Greece: We did a Celebrity excursion called, Small Group Discoveries: Mykonian Cooking Experience, operated by Rhapsody Travel. People, I cannot tell you how great this was. We went to a private home or spiti. There 14 of us. Teta was our host and the home own. So gracious and generous. We learned so much and all interacted and prepared an authentic lunch and sat down to eat. She prepared dessert as well. It was around 4 hours. She was incredibly gracious and generous. Probably the second-best day we had. One of the best excursions we have ever done. I would do it again for sure.
We walked around Mykonos after and had ANOTHER lunch at a restaurant called Promenade that was great. Very fresh seafood and authentic food. This a was very nice town, we loved it. There was a very small church with a blue dome, (others had different colors) that was open and it was beautiful inside. It was right by the water. I'm not Greek orthodox or even religious, but I got chills. I small prayer of thanks to my G-d for giving me this experience. I would 100% come back to Mykonos.
We bought beautiful piece of art from a local artist and owned studio called, Triciclo. It was really our only big purchase. We don't really but T-shirts, magnets, etc.
Day 11-Athens: I had transfer and we went right home. :(
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This was a beautiful, beautiful cruise. I could not have asked for better experiences.
Celebrity tendering was fast and organized and easy. This who had excursions at applicable ports met and left by group with 30 minutes of docking. Those who had tickets to tender without a Celebrity excursion got called overhead by group and left from a different deck, also fast.
Quite a few of the guide said Celebrity tender the quickest and best. They mentioned other line by name that were not good, but I don't be negative or worry someone else, so I won't mention specifics.
My other suggestion for Celebrity would be to pick excursions that are "Small Group Discoveries", or "Destination Highlights". These seemed to be a better experience.
Happy and safe cruising everyone!!

Are the transfer levels getting unusual?
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I am looking for a unyielding, AP, heavy leather left arm, with weapon weight, or maybe cavalier or sentinel.
A unyielding, intelligence, sentinel, wood left arm.
A Vampire, power attack, strength, chainsaw.
An AA, bash, 90% reduced weight, Minigun.
Chameleon, weapon weight reduction, excavator power armor, with a good second star, I don't need a left leg, or chest, and am mostly after a left arm.
Maybe a unyielding, +1 strength, weapon weight reduction, marine chest.
I will pay caps for weightless trapper, or forest scout armor, with slowly removes rads. For trapper I need a RA and forest scout armor I need a CP, LA, LL. If you have more then one piece I may offer more then caps
Now what I have for trade.
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Rare outfits
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tattered field jacket
blue ridge caravan outfit and and gas mask
both scout masks
white powder jumpsuit
responder fireman helmet
winter man mask
crazy guy mask
deathclaw mask
brahmin mask
demon mask
hag mask
buffoon mask
raven mask
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weapons
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Some enclave plasma rifles ready for rolling, and some mod boxes too.
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ranged
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aristocrats, explosive, less vats cost, double barrel shotgun
aristocrats, explosive, less vats cost, handmade
anti armor, explosive, V.A.T.S. critical meter fills 15% faster, radium rifle
anti armor, 50 more vats critical damage, less vats cost, pepper shaker
berserkers, 50 more vats critical damage, less vats cost, fixer
bloodied, explosive, breaks 50% slower, fixer
bloodied, faster fire rate, 90 reduced weight, minigun
bloodied faster fire rate 90 reduced weight gatling laser
bloodied, explosive, faster reload, submachine gun
bloodied, 50 more vats critical damage, less vats cost, gatling plasma
bloodied, 50 more vats critical damage, less vats cost, lever action
bloodied, faster fire, rate, 90 reduced weight, radium rifle
bloodied, faster fire, rate, less vats cost, railway rifle
bloodied, explosive, faster reload, ripe rifle/pistol
bloodied, faster fire rate, breaks 50% slower, ultracite gatling laser
executioner, explosive, less vats cost, fixer
junkies, explosive, faster reload, handmade
junkies, explosive, 90 reduced weight, handmade
junkies, explosive, less vats cost, light machine gun
junkies, explosive, less vats cost, 50 cal machine gun
junkies, explosive, less vats cost, pipe revolver
quad, 50 more vats critical damage, faster reload, fixer
quad, explosive, less vats cost, pipe revolver
quad, faster fire rate, faster reload, gatling gun
quad, faster fire rate, faster reload, assault rifle
quad, explosive, less vats cost, assault rifle
quad, explosive, less vats cost, bolt action pipe rifle
quad, explosive, faster reload, hunting rifle
quad, 50 more vats critical damage, less vats cost, gauss rifle
tse, less vats cost, pipe bolt action pistol/rifle
tse, faster reload, pump action shotgun
tse, less vats cost, combat shotgun
tse, faster reload, handmade
tse, less vats cost, radium rifle
tse, 90 reduced weight, 50 cal machine gun
tse, 90 reduced weight, gatling gun
two shot, faster fire rate, less vats cost, railway rifle
two shot, 50 more vats critical damage, faster reload, fatman
vampire, faster fire rate, less vats cost, railway rifle
vampire, explosive, less vats cost, railway rifle
vampire, explosive, faster reload, pipe revolver
vampire, explosive, less vats cost, assault rifle
vampire, explosive, faster reload, combat rifle
vampire, explosive, faster reload, radium rifle
vampire, explosive, less vats cost, pipe revolver
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melee
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anti armor, 50 more vats critical damage, less vats cost, chainsaw
anti armor, swing speed, + 1 strength, pole hook
anti armor, swing speed, + 1 strength, shovel
anti armor, swing speed, + 1 strength, shishkebab
aristocrats, power attack, breaks 50% slower, chainsaw
aristocrats, swing speed, + 1 strength, chainsaw
berserkers, power attack, + 1 strength, chainsaw
berserkers, swing speed, + 1 strength, chainsaw
bloodied, power attack, breaks 50% slower, chainsaw
bloodied, power attack, 90 reduced weight, chainsaw
bloodied, power attack, + 1 strength, chainsaw
bloodied, AP, 90 reduced weight, chainsaw
bloodied, power attack, + 1 strength, grognak axe
bloodied, swing speed, + 1 strength, assaultron blade
bloodied, swing speed, + 1 strength, sledgehammer
bloodied, swing speed, + 1 strength, hatchet
bloodied, swing speed, + 1 strength, multi purpose axe
furious power attack, + 1 strength, chainsaw
junkies, swing speed, +1 strength, pole hook
junkies, swing speed, +1 strength, cultist dagger
junkies, swing speed, +1 strength, death tambo
junkies, swing speed, +1 strength, chinese officer sword
junkies, swing speed, +1 strength, tire iron
junkies, swing speed, +1 strength, pickaxe
instigating, swing speed, +1 strength, super sledge
vampire, +25% damage while standing still, + 1 strength, chainsaw
vampire, swing speed, less vats cost, chainsaw
vampire, power attack, less vats cost, chainsaw
vampire, power attack, breaks 50% slower, chainsaw
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armor
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assassins, AP, sentinel, sturdy robot left leg
chameleon, ap, sentinel, heavy combat armor right arm
overeaters, + 25 fire resistance, weapon weight reduction, urban scout right arm
overeaters, receive 7% less explosion damage, sentinel, sturdy metal right arm
overeaters, + 1 perception, cavalier, trapper left arm
overeaters, poison resistance, weapon weight reduction, urban scout chest
overeaters, AP, cavalier, trapper left arm
overeaters, 25% disease resistance, weapon weight reduction, trapper left arm
overeaters, 1 strength, cavalier, forest scout right leg
overeaters, hunger and thirst 10% slower, sentinel, heavy leather left arm
overeaters, Fire resistance, weapon weight reduction, wood left leg
overeaters, Fire resistance, cavalier, wood right leg
overeaters, poison resistance, cavalier, heavy combat right arm
overeaters, radiation resistance, AWR, forest right arm
overeaters, poison resistance, AWR, marine right arm
overeaters, Fire resistance, sentinel, heavy combat left arm
unyielding, radiation resistance, cavalier, marine chest
unyielding, 1 strength, harder to detect while sneaking, forest scout chest
unyielding, 1 strength, sentinel, sturdy leather chest
unyielding, 1 strength, sentinel, heavy metal chest
unyielding, 1 strength, cavalier, forest scout left arm
unyielding, AP, cavalier, urban scout right leg
unyielding, 1 perception, weapon weight reduction, light leather left arm
unyielding, 1 intelligence, cavalier, heavy leather left arm
unyielding, 1 intelligence, sentinel, wood right leg
unyielding, 1 luck, sentinel, light leather right leg
unyielding, poison resistance, cavalier, forest scout left arm
unyielding, AP, sentinel, heavy combat armor chest
unyielding, AP, weapon weight reduction, light combat armor right leg
unyielding, AP, cavalier, trapper right arm
unyielding, radiation resistance, harder to detect while sneaking, marine left arm
unyielding, radiation resistance, harder to detect while sneaking, sturdy left leg
unyielding, 1 luck, sentinel, heavy raider chest
unyielding, 1 intelligence, cavalier, marine right leg
unyielding, AP, harder to detect while sneaking, sturdy robot right leg
unyielding, 25% cryo resistance, AWR, marine left leg
unyielding, radiation resistance, AWR, forest scout left leg
unyielding, poison resistance, weapon weight reduction, heavy raider right arm
unyielding, poison resistance, cavalier, forest scout left arm
unyielding, poison resistance, harder to detect while sneaking, trapper left arm
unyielding, receive 7% less explosion damage, sentinel, heavy robot left arm
unyielding, receive 7% less explosion damage, FDC weight reduction, heavy raider left arm
unyielding, radiation resistance, cavalier, heavy combat right leg
unyielding, radiation resistance, cavalier, wood right leg
unyielding, Fire resistance, harder to detect while sneaking, wood left leg
vanguard, radiation resistance, weapon weight reduction, heavy combat armor chest
vanguard, radiation resistance, weapon weight reduction, heavy robot chest
vanguard, ap, harder to detect while sneaking, forest scout right arm
vanguard, 1 strength, sentinel, heavy combat armor left arm
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power armor
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assassins, AP cavalier, excavator torso
assassins, radiation resistance, sentinel, excavator right leg
assassins, poison resistance, AWR, excavator right leg
Auto stim, AP, sentinel, excavator torso
Auto stim, AP, sentinel, excavator right leg
Auto stim, AP, FDC weight, excavator torso
Auto stim, AP, FDC weight reduction, excavator torso
Overeaters, receive 7% less explosion damage, weapon weight reduction, t45 right arm
Overeaters, Fire resistance, weapon weight reduction, excavator right leg
Overeaters, radiation resistance, weapon weight reduction, excavator torso
Overeaters, 25% disease resistance, weapon weight reduction, excavator right leg
Overeaters, + 1 endurance, FDC weight reduction, excavator left leg
Overeaters, 25% disease resistance, AWR, excavator left leg
Overeaters, 25% disease resistance, AWR, excavator left leg
Overeaters, Fire resistance, sentinel, excavator right arm
Overeaters, + 1 strength, sentinel, excavator left arm
Overeaters, poison resistance, sentinel, excavator torso
Overeaters, poison resistance, cavalier, excavator torso
Overeaters, + 1 strength, AWR, T60 right leg
Overeaters, + 1 intelligence, weapon weight reduction, ultracite right leg
troubleshooter's , 1 strength, AWR, excavator right leg
vanguard's, AP, weapon weight reduction, excavator right leg
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plans
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I have most rare plans such as.
I believe I have all the rare Ultracite power armor plans
dense trapper torso plan
dense marine torso plan
T60 full set of plans
And much more. If there is a plan you are after feel free to ask if I have one.

Hey everyone, got another bunch of records for sale! I've added 100+ new items since my last post and dropped prices on others. Please feel free to ask if you have questions regarding specific pressings or need any clarification on condition.

• Shipping in the USA only via Media Mail
• Shipping is $5 for the first 2 records, plus $1 for each additional after that
• Grading is Vinyl/Sleeve
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METAL

• Abbath - Abbath (Ice Blue / White vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played 2-3 times) - $35
• Adramelech - Psychostasia (Black vinyl, NM / NM- Bought new, played once. Sleeve has tiny bend to top of sleeve, barely visible) - $25
• Aenigmatum - Deconsecrate (Blue/Pink/Yellow Splatter vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $13
• Am Himmel - As Eternal As The Starless Kingdom Of Sorrow (Green Transparent vinyl, NM / VG+ Bought new, played once. Small ding to upper right corner of sleeve) - $22
• An Abstract Illusion - Woe (Ghostly Purple vinyl, NM / VG+ Bought new, played once. Very minor creasing to top of sleeve (NM-)) - $70
• Antzaat - For You Men Who Gaze Into The Sun (Transparent Blue/Bone Quad w/ Black Splatter vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played 2-3 times) - $20
• Archspire - Relentless Mutation (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once. Tiny ding to upper-left corner of sleeve (sleeve NM-)) - $35
• Arcturus - Sideshow Symphonies (White vinyl, NM / G Vinyl played 2-3 times. Heavy creasing to upper-left corner of gatefold, top of spine is somewhat crushed) - $15
• Atheist - Elements (Blue/White/Black Marble vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $23
• Atheist - Piece Of Time (Transparent Red/Black vinyl, VG+ / NM Bought new, played once. Vinyl shows hairline) - $25
• Atrae Bilis - Apexapien (Orange/Bone/Black Merge with Silver Splatter vinyl, NM / VG+ Bought new, played once. Minor wear to sleeve.) - $16
• Bedemon - Child Of Darkness: From The Original Master Tapes (Black vinyl, NM / NM- Bought new, played 2-3 times. Very light bumps to sleeve corners) - $15
• Black Cilice - Banished From Time (Orange vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $18
• Black Cilice - Transfixion Of Spirits (Blue vinyl, NM / VG+ Bought new, played once, some wear to sleeve) - $16
• Blood Magic - Medieval Dark Arts (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $20
• Blut Aus Nord - 777 - Cosmosophy (CleaGrey Cloudy vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $25
• Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Black Earth (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $40
• Boris - Boris At Last -Feedbacker- (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $32
• Boris With Michio Kurihara - Rainbow (Black vinyl, NM / VG+ Bought new, played 2-3 times. Sleeve shows small bumps to corners) - $60
• Bütcher - 666 Goats Carry My Chariot (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $23
• Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle (White vinyl, NM / NM- Bought new, played 2-3 times. Sleeve has a tiny nick to the top right corner. Includes both posters, no sticker) - $45
• Carpathian Forest - Through Chasm, Caves And Titan Woods (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $18
• Church Of Void - Dead Rising (White vinyl, NM / VG+ Bought new, played once. Very minor wear to corners of sleeve.) - $10
• Circle Of Ouroborus - Autuala (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $25
• Circle Of Ouroborus - Eleven Fingers (Black vinyl, NM / NM- Bought new, played once. Tiny ding to sleeve corners. Includes booklet) - $60
• Circle Of Ouroborus - Vangin Laulu (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $40
• Constellatia - The Language Of Limbs (Yellow/White Marble vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $15
• Cosmic Putrefaction - The Horizons Towards Which Splendour Withers (Blue vinyl, VG+ / NM Bought new, played 2-3 times. Vinyl shows light scuffing from paper inner sleeve) - $30
• Cult Of Luna - A Dawn To Fear (Purple/White Marble vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $38
• Dark Fortress - Spectres From The Old World (Black vinyl, NM / VG+ Bought new and played twice. Gatefold sleeve shows some ring-wear. ) - $15
• Dark Tranquillity - Moment (Black vinyl, VG+ / VG+ Bought new, played once. Very minor wear to sleeve (NM-), very light scuffing to vinyl from paper inner sleeves) - $14
• Dëgénéréscence - Ainsi! Nous Dansâmes Aux Limbes Détesté (Black vinyl, VG+ / NM Bought new, played once. Vinyl shows some light scuffing) - $35
• Det Eviga Leendet - Reverence (Black vinyl, NM / VG+ Bought new, played once. Very very minor wear to sleeve) - $16
• Dusk In Silence - Beneath The Great Sky Of Solitude (Transparent Orange w/ Black/White Splatter vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $25
• Elder - Lore (Clear w/ Red Smoke vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $40
• Elffor - Unholy Throne Of Doom (Galaxy Swirl vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $28
• Emanation - The Emanation Of Begotten Chaos From God (Black vinyl, VG+ / NM Bought new, played once. Vinyl shows some light wear from inner sleeves) - $22
• Epica - Omega (Blue/Green Swirl vinyl, NM / VG+ Bought new, played once. Light wear to sleeve) - $17
• Escumergamënt - .​.​.​Ni Degu Fazentz Escumergamënt E Mesorga​.​.​. (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $20
• Esoctrilihum - Dy'th Requiem For The Serpent Telepath (Cloudy Purple vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $50
• Excoriate - On Pestilent Winds... (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $23
• Fallujah - Dreamless (Sea Blue vinyl, VG+ / NM Bought new, played 2-3 times) - $50
• Finntroll - Vredesvavd (Black vinyl, VG+ / NM Bought new, played once. Light scuffing to vinyl from paper inner sleeve) - $14
• Fleurety - Min Tid Skal Komme (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $24
• Forgotten Woods - Sjel Av Natten (Black vinyl, NM / VG Bought new, played 2-3 times. Sleeve shows light creasing to edges and a seam split is beginning to form at the top) - $40
• Forteresse - Thèmes Pour La Rébellion (Black vinyl, NM / VG+ Bought new, played once. Sleeve has tiny bumps to corners (NM-). Includes poster) - $43
• Ghost - Impera (Coral vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $20
• Ghost - Meliora (Black vinyl, NM / VG+ New, sealed. Light shelf wear) - $24
• Ghost Bath - Moonlover (White vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played 2-3 times) - $30
• Green Druid - Ashen Blood (Black vinyl, VG+ / VG+ Very light wear to sleeve and vinyl) - $25
• Hell - III (Silver vinyl, NM / NM Unplayed) - $32
• Heltekvad - Morgenrødens Helvedesherre (Gold vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $40
• Hooded Menace - The Tritonus Bell (Crystal Clear & Black Marbled vinyl, NM / VG+ Bought new, played once. Small ding to upper right corner of sleeve) - $25
• House Of Atreus - The Spear And The Ichor That Follows (Black vinyl, VG+ / VG+ Bought new, played once. Minor wear to corners of sleeve) - $9
• Ihsahn - The Adversary (Brown vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $30
• In The Woods... - Three Times Seven On A Pilgrimage (Black vinyl, NM / VG+ Bought new, played once. Minor wear to upper-right corner of gatefold) - $25
• Isengard - Hostmorke (Black vinyl, NM / VG+ Bought new, played once. Light wear to sleeve) - $20
• Isenordal - Shores of Mourning (Yellow vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played 2-3 times) - $20
• Issolei - Devouring Current I: Crystalline Fractures (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $21
• Jordablod - The Cabinet Of Numinous Song (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played 2-3 times) - $15
• Kadavar - Rough Times (Light Blue vinyl, NM / NM- Bought new, played 2-3 times) - $32
• Kayo Dot - Moss Grew on the Swords and Plowshares Alike (Green/White/Black Marble vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $23
• Kerasfora - Denn Die Todten Reiten Schnell (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $18
• Khazad-Dum - Hymns From The Deep (Yellow/Blue vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once - actual color of vinyl is closer to green) - $18
• Knokkelklang - Avgrunnens Klangverk (White vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $23
• Knokkelklang - Jeg Begraver (White Smoke vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $25
• Kostnateni - Ohen hori tam, kde padl (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $15
• Krypts - Remnants Of Expansion (Black/Grey Merge vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $18
• Malokarpatan - Nordkarpatenland (Green vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $30
• Mayhem - Live In Leipzig (Black vinyl, VG+ / NM Bought new, played once. Vinyl shows some light wear) - $25
• Mesarthim - Isolate (Green vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $30
• Moonsorrow - Verisäkeet (Black vinyl, VG+ / VG Vinyl shows hairlines. Sleeve shows some light wear including bumped corners and some ringwear (sleeve graded conservatively at VG)) - $35
• Morketida - Traveler Of The Untouched Voids (Purple Translucent/Clear Mix vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $11
• Mortifera - Vastiia Tenebrd Mortifera (Black vinyl, VG+ / NM Bought new, played a few times. Very light wear to vinyl. Includes booklet, no poster.) - $24
• Mütiilation - Vampires Of Black Imperial Blood (White/Black Galaxy vinyl, NM / VG+ New, unplayed, did not come sealed. Sleeve has crease to upper-left corner) - $30
• Nachtmystium - Instinct: Decay (Clear vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played a few times) - $25
• Nargaroth - Black Metal Ist Krieg (Black vinyl, NM / NM New, unplayed, did not come sealed) - $35
• Necrophagist - Epitaph (Black vinyl, NM / VG+ Bought new, played once. Very minor wear to sleeve (NM-)) - $35
• Negative Plane - The Pact (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $25
• Nusquama - Horizon Ontheemt (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played 2-3 times) - $20
• Olio Tähtien Takana - Spectral Katharsis (Purple in Black Galaxy vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $23
• OM - Live (Purple Smoke vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $21
• Pallbearer - Foundations Of Burden (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $20
• Panopticon - The Scars Of Man On The Once Nameless Wilderness Part 2 (Purple/Green vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played twice. Very minor ding to bottom-left corner of gatefold.) - $28
• Paysage D'Hiver - Winterkaelte (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $40
• Pest - Dauðafærð (Black vinyl, VG+ / VG Bought new, played 2-3 times. Vinyl shows hairlines, sleeve has some wear including creasing.) - $40
• Predatory Light - Death And The Twilight Hours (SilveWhite/Gold vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $20
• Primordial - Where Greater Men Have Fallen (Black vinyl, VG+ / NM Bought new, played 2-3 times, light wear to vinyl. Does not include poster) - $19
• Reverend Bizarre - Harbinger Of Metal (Black vinyl, VG+ / VG+ Vinyl shows some light scuffing from inner sleeves. Ding to top of sleeve, light bends to corners) - $27
• Rundgard - Stronghold Of Majestic Ruins (White vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $22
• Saor - Origins (Crystal Clear & Silver Marbled vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $40
• Scum - Garden Of Shadows (Black vinyl, VG+ / NM Bought new, played once. Very light wear to vinyl from inner sleeve) - $12
• Sigh - Gallows Gallery (Blue vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $35
• Sigh - Heir To Despair (Purple / White Merge vinyl, NM / NM- Bought new, played once. Very very minor wear to sleeve) - $17
• Sleep - The Sciences (Black vinyl, VG+ / VG+ Very minor wear to sleeve & vinyl) - $18
• Slutet - Begynnelsen (Black vinyl, NM / NM New, unplayed, did not come sealed. Includes book) - $70
• Solar Temple - Fertile Descent (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played 2-3 times) - $17
• Solstafir - Svartir Sandar (Black vinyl, VG+ / NM Bought new, played twice) - $25
• Sorguinazia - Negation of Delirium (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $15
• Spirit Adrift - Curse Of Conception (CleaCyan w/ Splatter vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $16
• Spirit Adrift - Enlightened In Eternity (Red/Cyan/Bone Merge w/Splatter vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $16
• Sulphurous - The Black Mouth Of Sepulchre (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $18
• Summoning - Dol Guldur (Black vinyl, NM / VG+ Bought new, played once. Sleeve shows light corner wear and minor creasing) - $40
• Summoning - Stronghold (Black vinyl, NM / VG+ Bought new, played once. Sleeve shows light corner wear and minor creasing) - $40
• Sun Of The Sleepless - To The Elements (Clear vinyl, NM / VG+ Bought new, played once. Light wear to sleeve) - $20
• Sunn O))) - Black One (Clear vinyl, NM / VG Sleeve has bumped corners and seam splits beginning to form at top) - $45
• Sunn O))) - White2 (Black vinyl, NM / NM- Very light wear to opening of front gatefold sleeve) - $25
• The 3rd And The Mortal - Tears Laid In Earth (Blue vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once. Tiny ding to corner of sleeve (NM-)) - $45
• The Ruins Of Beverast - Unlock The Shrine (Black/White Merge vinyl, NM / NM New, unplayed. Did not come sealed.) - $35
• The Wizar'd - Ancient Tome Of Arcane Knowledge (Purple vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played 2-3 times) - $26
• Thy Catafalque - Vadak (Black vinyl, VG+ / VG+ Bought new, played once. Very minor wear to sleeve (NM-). Vinyl shows some light scuffing and hairline scratches from paper inner sleeve) - $24
• Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale (Gold vinyl, NM / VG+ Bought new, played 2-3 times. Light wear to upper right corner of gatefold) - $80
• Turia - Degen Van Licht (Black vinyl, NM / NM- Bought new, played once. Very very light wear to upper-right corner of sleeve) - $25
• Ulver - Nattens Madrigal - Aatte Hymne Til Ulven I Manden (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once. “Deluxe” European pressing) - $45
• Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats - Mind Control (Purple Transparent vinyl, VG+ / VG+ Light wear to sleeve and vinyl) - $30
• Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats - The Night Creeper (Purple Transparent vinyl, VG+ / VG+ In shrink, shows some light corner wear. Vinyl shows some hairlines) - $40
• Undeath - It's Time...To Rise From The Grave (Purple Translucent w/ White Splatter vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $20
• Urfaust - Der Freiwillige Bettler (White vinyl, VG+ / NM Vinyl shows hairline. No poster) - $20
• Urfaust - Geist Ist Teufel (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played 2-3 times) - $30
• Vargrav - Netherstorm (Purple vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once. Tiny ding to upper left corner of sleeve (NM-). Includes 7â€ with printed sleeve) - $20
• Vektor - Outer Isolation (Orange/Red vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played twice) - $45
• Vicarivs Filii Dei - Non Cogitant Sed Tamen Sunt (Black vinyl, NM / VG+ Bought new, played once. Tiny ding to upper right and bottom left corners of sleeve) - $20
• Warmoon Lord - Battlespells (SilveBlood Splatter vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once. Tiny ding on top of sleeve (NM-)) - $24
• Wayfarer - A Romance with Violence (Black/Red/Cream vinyl, NM / VG+ Bought new, played once. Minor wear to sleeve) - $36
• Wiegedood - De Doden Hebben Het Goed (Gold vinyl, NM / VG Bought new, played once. Sleeve shows seam split beginning to form, and light wear to corners) - $20
• Wiegedood - De Doden Hebben Het Goed II (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once. Tiny ding to bottom right corner of sleeve (NM-)) - $18
• Wiegedood - De Doden Hebben Het Goed III (Red vinyl, NM / VG Sleeve shows creasing on the back near the spine.) - $28
• Wizard Eye - Wizard Eye (Magenta/Blue Swirl vinyl, NM / NM- Bought new, played once. Tiny ding to front of sleeve) - $8
• Woods Of Ypres - Pursuit Of The Sun & Allure Of The Earth (Yellow/Black Split vinyl, VG+ / NM Bought new, played once. Vinyl shows minor scuffing from inner sleeve) - $50
• Woods Of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $22
• Zalmoxis - A Nocturnal Emanation (Yellow Marbled vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $15
• Zhrine - Unortheta (Black vinyl, VG+ / VG+ Bought new, played once. Tiny ding to upper left corner of sleeve (NM-)) - $18

EVERYTHING ELSE

• :Of The Wand & The Moon: - Sonnenheim (Gold vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $40
• Airs - Apart (Black vinyl, VG+ / VG+ Light scuffing to vinyl from paper inner sleeve, minor wear to upper-left corner of sleeve) - $22
• Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $25
• Anna von Hausswolff - All Thoughts Fly (Light Tan vinyl, NM / NM In shrink, played once.) - $18
• Astronoid - Air (Opaque Sky Blue vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $26
• Black Midi - Schlagenheim (Black vinyl, NM / VG+ Bought new, played once. Sleeve has tiny dings to top corners) - $19
• Burial - Untrue (Black vinyl, NM / VG+ Bought new, played once. Hint of seam split beginning on top of sleeve) - $24
• Cathedral Bells - Ether (Black vinyl, VG+ / NM Bought new, played once. Light scuffing to vinyl from paper inner sleeve) - $30
• Chelsea Wolfe - Apokalypsis (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $15
• Circle Of Ouroborus - Unituli: The Dream Fire (Black vinyl, VG / VG+ Light wear to sleeve and vinyl.) - $7
• Cocteau Twins - Garlands (Black vinyl, NM / NM- Bought new, played once. Tiny bump to upper left corner of sleeve) - $20
• Cocteau Twins - Victorialand (Black vinyl, NM / NM- Bought new, played once. Tiny bump to bottom left corner of sleeve) - $20
• Coniferous Myst - Lost Mountain Pathways (White vinyl, NM / NM New, unplayed. Did not come sealed.) - $29
• Current 93 - Baalstorm, Sing Omega (Gold vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $30
• Current 93 - HoneySuckle Aeons (Gold vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $22
• Current 93 - If A City Is Set Upon A Hill (Curacao Transparent vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $25
• Current 93 - Invocations Of Almost (Ivory vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $20
• Current 93 - The Stars On Their Horsies (Turquoise vinyl, NM / VG+ Bought new, played once. Bend to upper right corner of sleeve) - $19
• Damiana - Vines (Black vinyl, NM / NM- Bought new, played once. Sleeve has tiny ding to top left corner) - $10
• Dead Can Dance - Dead Can Dance (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $18
• Dead Can Dance - Garden Of The Arcane Delights & The John Peel Sessions (Black vinyl, VG+ / NM Bought new, played once) - $18
• Deer Tick - War Elephant (Black vinyl, VG+ / VG Vinyl shows light scuffing from paper inner sleeves. Sleeve has small bend to bottom left corner and other light wear) - $20
• Dernière Volonté - Devant Le Miroir (Brown vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $31
• Drab Majesty - The Demonstration (Green vinyl, NM / VG+ Bought new, played once. Very minor wear to sleeve (NM-)) - $30
• Druadan Forest / Old Sorcery - Druadan Forest / Old Sorcery (Blue vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $17
• Dungeontroll - Mournful Melodies Of Ophior's Grotto (Pink vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $22
• Envy \ Jesu - Envy \ Jesu (Gold vinyl, NM / VG+ Very light wear to sleeve (NM-)) - $25
• Erang - Imagination Never Fails (Purple/Red vinyl, VG+ / NM Bought new, played once. Vinyl shows very minor surface marks from paper inner sleeve.) - $17
• Fief - III (Blue vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $18
• Grouper - Shade (Black vinyl, VG+ / NM Bought new, played once. Vinyl shows minor scuffing from paper inner sleeve) - $15
• Hans Zimmer - Dune (The Dune Sketchbook) (Music From The Motion Picture) (Black vinyl, NM / NM New, sealed) - $50
• Hans Zimmer - Dune Part One (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Sands of Arrakis vinyl, NM / NM New, sealed) - $75
• Hatchie - Giving The World Away (Black & Yellow vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once. #353/500) - $22
• Just Mustard - Heart Under (Blue Transparent vinyl, NM / VG+ Bought new, played once. Sleeve shows some light wear) - $17
• Les Chasseurs De La Nuit - Gleam On You Empty Gem (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $20
• Les Chasseurs De La Nuit & Burial Hex - Les Chasseurs De La Nuit / Burial Hex (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $20
• Les Discrets - Ariettes Oubliées... (Clear vinyl, NM / VG+ Bought new, played once. Sleeve shows some minor creasing) - $25
• Marissa Nadler - The Path Of The Clouds (VMP Milky Clear & Light Blue Galaxy vinyl, NM / NM New, sealed, numbered # 058/300) - $35
• My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (DELUXE EDITION Black vinyl, NM / NM- Bought new, played once. Tiny ding to corner sleeve) - $25
• Myrkur - Folkesange (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $24
• Old Tower - The Rise Of The Specter (Warlock Purple vinyl, NM / NM- New/unplayed, did not come sealed. Tiny crease toward top of sleeve, barely visible) - $30
• Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (Black vinyl, VG+ / NM Bought new, played once. Light wear to vinyl) - $40
• Rammstein - Mutter (Black vinyl, NM / VG+ Sealed, crease to upper-left corner of sleeve) - $35
• Rammstein - Reise, Reise (Black vinyl, NM / VG+ Sealed, crease to upper-left corner of sleeve) - $31
• Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hill (Black vinyl, VG+ / NM Bought new, played 2-3 times. Vinyl shows light scuffing from inner sleeve) - $25
• Sadness - Motionless, Watching You (Transparent/Magenta vinyl, NM / NM New, sealed) - $20
• SALEM - King Night (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $13
• Sceptre Of The Fading Dawn - Wandering In Lands Unseen (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $22
• Sigh Down One - Memory Is Short Longing (Blue vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $4
• Sleep ∞ Over - Forever (Black vinyl, VG+ / VG Light wear to vinyl, sleeve shows small creases on front and a crease on top left of back) - $13
• Sol Invictus - The Killing Tide (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $22
• Sonhos Tomam Conta - Hypnagogia (Purple/Black Splatter vinyl, NM / VG+ Sealed, tiny ding to upper right corner of sleeve, seam split beginning to form at top) - $22
• Sorrow - Dreamstone (Black vinyl, VG+ / VG+ Includes CD. Light wear to sleeve and very minor wear to vinyl) - $45
• Sun Kil Moon - Benji (Clear vinyl, NM / NM- Bought new, played 2-3 times. Sleeve shows very minor wear incl. Tiny ding to bottom left corner) - $85
• System Of A Down - System Of A Down (Black vinyl, NM / VG+ Bought new, played once, very light wear to sleeve) - $19
• System Of A Down - Toxicity (Black vinyl, NM / VG+ Bought new, played once, very light wear to sleeve) - $19
• The Cure - Seventeen Seconds (Black vinyl, NM / NM- Bought new, played once) - $17
• The Horrors - Skying (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $24
• The Oracle - Hypogeum (Black vinyl, NM / VG+ Bought new, played once. Very light wear to upper-left corner of sleeve) - $16
• The War On Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore (Black vinyl, NM / VG Bought new, played once. Seam split beginning to form at top of gatefold, sleeve is otherwise NM) - $19
• Ulver - The Assassination Of Julius Caesar (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $35
• Ulver - Themes From William Blake's The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell (Red + White vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $30
• Ulver - Wars Of The Roses (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $21
• Ulver With Tromso Chamber Orchestra - Messe I.X-VI.X (Picture Disc vinyl, NM / VG+ Unplayed. Small ding to bottom left corner of sleeve) - $25
• Unison - Unison (Black vinyl, VG+ / G+ Unplayed, light wear to vinyl. Sleeve shows seam split and general wear, most notably to the upper-right corner.) - $9
• Various - Wayfaring Strangers: Lonesome Heroes (Black vinyl, VG+ / VG+ Light wear to sleeve and vinyl) - $14
• Vaura - The Missing (Black vinyl, VG+ / VG+ Very light wear to sleeve and vinyl) - $19
• Venetian Snares - Rossz Csillag Alatt Született (Bronze vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $65
• Weyes Blood - Cardamom Times (Black vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $13
• Weyes Blood - The Innocents (Blue “Nuclear Pond” vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $15
• Wife - What's Between (Black vinyl, VG+ / VG+ Vinyl shows light scuffing from inner sleeve, very light wear to sleeve.) - $6
• ZAAR - Magicka Dzungl'a (Green vinyl, NM / NM Bought new, played once) - $45

Because roleplaying is primarily a 1st person experience, where we think and speak as a particular character, it can be easy to forget about a vital tool DMs are constantly using in other modes of the game, which is to describe the actions of a character objectively, as if someone else was observing them. This is particularly useful for a few reasons:

1. Move the scene along! If an RP scene is starting to drag, you can press the gas by switching to a descriptive mode of the NPC. Describe the barkeep getting into an altercation with an ornery customer, or have him get called back into the kitchen to tend to a grease fire. Either of those moments are potential hooks for your party, as well, and the scene may evolve into them helping the barkeep, but it also gives PCs a chance to move forward with the story by leaving the scene.
2. React properly. It can be very hard to roleplay certain emotions or reactions very well. For example, the parent who cries tears of joy when their child is returned to them is usually not very satisfying RP, but players will get a better payoff if you zoom the camera out and describe the reunion between the NPCs objectively. And again, these moments serve as very effective prompts. The players usually have an emotional disconnect to the father who weepingly thanks them directly, but if you present the scene of the reunion from a distance, the PCs have a wider variety of reactions they can go with. Perhaps this is the perfect time for them to leave. Perhaps the scene switches gears here, and the party begins to question the father, or maybe the greedy PC in the party smashes the moment (and generates new drama for the game) by demanding payment for the child’s rescue.
3. Encourage players to focus on their own PCs actions. In dungeons, or in combat, players are very used to this mode of description for their own characters. But it is no surprise that, just like DMs, the default mode of RP is something akin to first person play. But the more you demonstrate NPCs taking objective actions, the more you will see your players start to as well. Soon you will be building scenes together where your players use their PC's actions and even body language to participate, and communicate, in RP scenes. And when PCs want to take more objective actions in a scene, they start seeking more interactive elements of the world– windows to break, chessboards to throw, keyholes to peep through, and all of this adds up to a more dynamic experience.
4. Summarize an NPC's position or approach. If an encounter has run its course, or if a conversation has nowhere else to go, zooming out is the perfect way to signal this to the players. “No matter how much more the barbarian smashes the farmer’s knuckles, his only response is to whimper and shriek that he knows nothing.” “You’ve made all the arguments you have to the queen, but she furiously stalks back to her throne and waves you off without looking at you.”
5. Flavor the character. Actions speak louder than words. Active NPCs are one of the core elements of making your game world come alive. Once you start activating NPCs, their personalities become more apparent. The things they want to do start to paint a more detailed picture of who this NPC is. And if the NPC is recurring, now you have a tool you can use during prep to move the world along.

Here’s an example: When the party first meets the blacksmith, he is in his house instead of at work. They knock on his door and find that he is in the middle of preparing a cake for someone’s birthday. Now the blacksmith has a hobby, he has a relationship with whoever’s birthday it is, and the celebration marks the passage of time in this world. Your players now have extra material to react to and to use if they interact with the blacksmith again. But let’s say, for simplicity’s sake, it’s a straightforward scene. The PCs peel the blacksmith from home so he can sketch out a new shield for the fighter. Two weeks later, the party will come back.
In prep for the next game, we have some decisions to make about the blacksmith. In addition to developing him from whatever interactions and details emerged during the game, we have some questions to answer regarding that cake. Whose birthday was it for? Let’s say his… neighbor! An old woman with a missing leg who can’t get around much, and also the one who taught the blacksmith how to bake in the first place. Now we are adding more developments to this character!
So, the party shows up a second time, and the blacksmith is working. His neighbor is down in his shop too, and guess what they’re doing: In between hammering the fighter’s shield, they are eating from a loaf of bread she baked (and the bread can be offered to the party), and the blacksmith is taking notes on a little piece of parchment, getting her recipe down to each detail and asking lots of questions to learn more (a moment the players can either participate in, cut off halfway through, or allow to happen while they observe). Doesn’t that seem a lot more real than a blacksmith perpetually beating on an anvil until the party enters his shop to pull him from his craftsman’s slumber? All of that comes from a simple cake.
Now the blacksmith is much more alive because he has a friend, an unlikely friend, and he’s got the humility of a student and the love of a son for this lady who taught him how to bake. So we can develop it further. Maybe they rely on each other in some way. There’s a nice little story that is starting to build. Maybe the party picks it up, and maybe they don’t. Maybe they start to like the blacksmith a lot, or maybe all this picture painting doesn’t do anything directly for the story other than to act as window dressing for the start of the scene with the Blacksmith and the party. Even then, I argue, the technique is worthwhile because detailed NPCs stick to players’ minds, and sooner or later, your players will be drawn to one of them.
So, imagine that our party has taken a liking to the blacksmith, and vice versa. They’ve exchanged work, maybe even one of them has cooking proficiency and so the game develops there (or better, make the blacksmith’s hobby relevant to one of the PCs tool proficiencies at the outset!). What if you want to escalate the blacksmith's story, and thus the world of the game? There’s obvious answers, but at this point, the situation has so flared my imagination that I’d prefer to make a hotlist.
What happens next? Roll D10 1 Githyanki slavers steal either the lady, the blacksmith, or both. 2 The lady reveals she is a celestial being sent to protect the town from a demon. 3 An oblex moves into town and takes over either the blacksmith or the woman. 4 The blacksmith enters a baking contest in town but loses to the corrupt mayor. 5 The lady falls ill with sepsis. 6 The lady's runaway bandit son returns badly wounded; bounty hunters are after him. 7 The blacksmith burned his hand at work and the lady is tending to him. 8 Both blacksmith and lady are being evicted by their dwarf emerald baron landlord. 9 The smithy was robbed by night goblins. 10 The blacksmith and lady together are baking many goods for a holiday.
The goal with the above list is to expand the range of possibilities with the modest baking blacksmith and his granny companion. If you’re not looking to hook an adventure through these NPCs, you could keep their growth subtle; they’re pieces of the background, as opposed to the meat of the drama. But if they live in a world that is impacted by the greater events of your game, like a demon incursion, or a cataclysmic storm from space, then you have fully humanized story-telling elements that you can use to direct the punch of the drama right into your party’s gut.

Arsenal 22/23 A Season Review Part 1 Of 3: August-World Cup: A Stunning Start.
The 2022/23 season is Mikel Arteta’s 3rd full campaign in charge of Arsenal and as well the 3rd of his managerial career. His 1st game in the hot seat came on Boxing Day of 2019, a 1-1 draw at Bournemouth which saw Arsenal drop down a place to 12th in the table. Just a few months into his reign and Arteta was the first high-profile figure in English Football to be diagnosed with Covid-19, the virus which drew the Premier League to a standstill for 3 months and the wider world for a much longer time. It was to empty stadiums which Arsenal played out the remainder of their season which eventually concluded on the 1st of August. An 8th-placed finish was the club’s lowest since 1995. However, there was joy to be found as there so often has been for Arsenal, in the FA Cup. In the one and only Covid FA Cup Final played in front of no spectators Arsenal came from behind to defeat London rivals Chelsea for their record-extending 14th FA Cup, after reaching the final with an unlikely triumph over Manchester City in the semis. Arteta’s first half-season had ended brilliantly and his first full-season started in the same vein with more silverware following as Arsenal defeated Premier League Champions Liverpool to win the Community Shield. Tough times quickly followed and Arteta may have been somewhat grateful for the empty stadiums, as it’s questionable whether the board would have held their nerve and kept faith with such a young manager through this dreadful period had the fans been inside the ground and able to voice their frustrations. On Boxing Day of 2020, not only did Mikel celebrate the 1 year anniversary of his first match in charge, he celebrated a 3-1 victory over Chelsea, his side's first league win for nearly 2 months. It was the first time Saka, Martinelli & Smith Rowe all started a league game together for Arsenal. It was to prove a seminal moment, but it wasn’t enough to move his team up from 15th in the table. It was never so bad again for Arteta and his Arsenal team, with the side eventually settling for a repeat of the previous season’s finish, again coming in 8th. Failure to win the Europa League (exiting the competition to Villarreal in the Semi-Finals, who were incidentally managed by Unai Emery, the manager sacked prior to Arteta taking the job) meant that Arsenal would be without European football for the first time since the 95-96 campaign. And the 21-22 season would begin horribly with Arsenal bottom after 3 matches in which they failed to score and conceded 9 goals. However as the season progressed Arsenal began to find some resilience, quality and self-belief. The sides upheaval came not coincidentally around the time club captain Aubameyang was stripped of that duty before being allowed to depart for Barcelona in the January window. Aubameyang had been the team’s standout performer when winning the FA Cup, but since those performances had seen him rewarded with a new bumper contract which made him by far the club’s best-paid player, his attitude and performance level had become a problem that needed to be dealt with.
More so than any win, it was actually a home defeat to Champions City which perhaps best demonstrated this new Arsenal which was beginning to emerge. They took City on and pushed them all the way only to eventually lose in the 93rd minute, whilst being a man down for the final half-hour with centre-back Gabriel being harshly dismissed. The fight was on with local rivals Tottenham for the final Champions League spot and it was firmly in Arsenal’s hands until a run of 4 defeats in 5 allowed Spurs back into contention. The Gunners appeared to retake control with a run of 4 straight wins before losing tamely away at Spurs and then Newcastle, in the end missing out by 2 points. Throughout the season Arsenal had spells of real high-quality football, and the fans had taken to the project with more passion and belief than they had in the final years of Wenger’s reign or during Unai Emery’s short-lived stint. In the end, though they missed out on the prize of Champions League football due to a combination of injuries to important players and the inexperience of a young group.
Despite the significant setback of missing out on a Champions League spot having held it in their hands for many of the season’s final months, Arsenal still entered the summer of 2022 with plenty of reasons for optimism. Bukayo Saka and Emile Smith Rowe had emerged as the real breakout stars of the prior season and Gabriel Martinelli wasn’t too far behind. There had been some clearly smart signings made by the club, in particular, those of Martin Ødegaard and Ben White, signed from Real Madrid and Brighton & Hove Albion respectively. The July purchases of Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko for a combined 75M from Manchester City seemed yet more smart business, in them, they had picked up two quality players with four Premier League winners medals each, and both arriving aged 25 they seemed in the perfect age bracket to become big players for Arsenal not just for the immediate but as well the foreseeable future.
Jesus’ Arsenal debut came in a 5-3 friendly win over FC Nurnberg in which he scored twice. He followed this up with another in a 2-0 win over Everton as Arsenal continued their pre-season with a tour of the USA. Arsenal played 3 matches in America and won all 3, by far the most impressive being a 4-0 trouncing of Chelsea. The Gunners made it 5 pre-season wins from 5 when they returned home the following weekend to beat Sevilla 6-0 at the Emirates, a hattrick from Jesus meaning he had netted 7 goals in his first 5 appearances in Arsenal colours. Arsenal would get the Premier League season underway away at Crystal Palace, under the Friday night lights of Selhurst Park. No Premier League side would have envied them this difficult fixture, Arsenal had experienced just how tough it was 4 months prior when a 3-0 loss away at the ground began a torrid run of results for the Gunners. Arsenal had also begun the previous season away on a Friday night and come unstuck against newly promoted Brentford. Again Arsenal was straight back under the Premier League spotlight to see whether they had grown and matured from such damaging defeats last season. The Arsenal quickly proved they were up to the test, starting right on the front foot and keeping Palace penned back in their own third. Jesus immediately highlighted the new dimension he was going to bring to Arsenal’s attack, when his strength and then neat dribbling fashioned a great chance out of nothing, a chance Martinelli should have done much better with, his side-foot finish going the wrong side of the post with the goal gaping. The Brazilian would make up for it in the 20th minute when a corner was headed into the six-yard box by Zinchenko, who was picked out by Saka to deliver a free header. His head found Martinelli’s and from close range, he was able to notch Arsenal’s first of the league campaign. That was to be the only goal in the game for the next hour, but despite Arsenal’s slender lead they rarely looked in danger of being pegged back. On the instances that keeper Aaron Ramsdale was called into action, he was ready and dealt with Palace’s occasional threats soundly. The game was put beyond Crystal Palace in the 85th minute when Bukayo Saka’s dangerous ball across the six-yard box was headed into his own net by Guehi. This made certain of 3 richly deserved points for the Gunners.
Jamie Carragher for one was particularly impressed with the start Arsenal made to the game saying afterwards: “Arsenal played like a big team. When I say a big team, I’m talking about a Man City or Liverpool, a team who wherever they go, dominate the opposition. I felt like we were watching City or Liverpool in that first 20 minutes, half an hour.” Fellow Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville was more impressed with Arsenal in the second half saying: “The question mark about Arsenal will be whether they’ve got that robustness and resilience, physicality to get through that difficult 15 or 20 minute periods in away matches, and they got through that (tonight) and that impressed me.” Saliba was also singled out for praise with Carragher adding: “He looked the real deal. He adds something, we’ve always felt they were weak, at Brentford last season they got bullied and here last season, his physical stature will certainly help them in tough away games.”
Arsenal’s first home league game of the season was against Leicester City. The opening goal began with Jesus tormenting Johnny Evans tight to the touchline, after beating him he fed Martinelli who was able to get into the penalty area and find Xhaka, the Swiss international touched it first time back into Jesus who took a touch to steady himself then teased it over the head of Ward in the Leicester goal and into the net. It was an angle he had no right to try from, let alone score from but such was the Brazilian forwards confidence in front of the goal he fancied his chances from anywhere. The goal was nominated for Premier League goal of the month. Jesus got his second to double Arsenal’s advantage in the 35th minute, this time in a much simpler fashion. A corner across the six-yard box was not dealt with, a Leicester head on it only sped up its path to Jesus who was waiting to nod home from practically on the goal line.
Later in the first half, Leicester thought they had a way back into the game when referee Darren England pointed to the spot having judged Ramsdale to have brought down Jamie Vardy. However VAR advised him to check the monitor, and after re-watching the incident it was clear there was no contact made and the penalty decision was reversed. Leicester did still manage to half their deficit early in the second half though, a long ball was flicked on leaving Saliba in a difficult situation to deal with. Ramsdale was advancing but wouldn’t get there first and Vardy was waiting on the French defender’s shoulder, leaving him no alternative but to try and head the ball clear whilst facing his own goal. He only succeeded in diverting it into the net. This could have been a moment when the Arsenal crowd got nervous and frustrated. They had allowed a soft goal and their youngest defender was at fault. However the crowd immediately rallied behind Saliba and his teammates, he and the team needed help putting that mistake behind them and the crowd’s noise in the aftermath of conceding will have been reassuring to the players.
Demonstrating this, Arsenal went straight up the other end and scored, Ward made a meal of a cross, dropping it at the feet of Jesus who squared for Xhaka. The Swiss midfielder was being deployed in a new, more adventurous role where he was spending more time in the opposition box, he got his reward for this new tactic with a simple tap-in from right in front of the goal. Leicester would again reduce the home team’s lead to one however when Iheanacho found Maddison, who was able to shoot straight through Ramsdale. The young English keeper will have been disappointed at being so easily beaten from such an angle, his wide-open legs presenting the opportunity to the Leicester midfielder. Again Arsenal immediately responded to the setback by going up the other end and scoring again. This move began with Martinelli winning the ball back and feeding Ødegaard who moved the ball on to Jesus, who carried it forward before finding Martinelli who shot low from outside the box, he beat the outstretched Ward and hit the bottom corner, with the ball hitting the inside of the post on its way in. It had been a good day at the office for Arsenal and a great day for Gabriel Jesus, though despite scoring 2 and assisting the other 2 of Arsenal’s 4 goals, according to his manager Jesus left the field disappointed because: “he thinks he should have scored 4, that’s the sort of mentality you need. I wouldn’t like to play against him. He’s so mobile, intuitive, sharp and proactive in any moment or phase of the game.”
Arsenal next travelled to newly promoted Bournemouth. It took The Gunners just 5 minutes to take the lead and again it came from the phenomenal centre-forward play of Gabriel Jesus. A loose touch from White saw the ball launch high into the air, the Brazilian reacted first, beautifully controlling the ball whilst at the same time using his considerable body strength to hold off the Bournemouth midfielder, with exceptional balance he then dribbled around two other Bournemouth shirts until he was on the edge of the box facing their defence, with a lovely disguised pass he then fed Martinelli who was free to his left, his shot was saved but it fell straight at the feet of new captain Martin Ødegaard who was on hand to notch his first of the season. Rightfully though the praise went to Jesus with commentator Alan Smith saying: “You won’t see a better example of centre forward play than this.”
Ødegaard had to wait just 6 more minutes for his second of the season, a cross along the floor from White found Jesus who was free, his first touch wasn’t the best but it allowed it to set up nicely for the Norwegian to strike first time, which he duly did and the ball flashed into the net. Early in the second half and Arsenal had a third goal, with Xhaka setting it back to Saliba just inside the penalty area. Saliba struck it beautifully the first time, keeping his shot down under the bar and too perfectly placed for the keeper to do anything about. It was just Saliba’s second goal in senior football but he had finished it with the class and composure of a player who had scored 200. The strike drew Zinchenko to his knees, clutching his head in disbelief at the quality of the finish and unsurprisingly it was voted as Arsenal’s goal of the month. Jesus thought he’d netted Arsenal’s 4th but a VAR check ruled the goal out for offside, so the North Londoners had to settle for a 3-0 win in what had been an excellent away performance.
The Arsenal faced more newly promoted opposition the following week, this time back at home against Fulham for Arteta’s 100th Premier League game in charge. They would be without Zinchenko and Partey who had picked up injuries and were replaced by Tierney and Elneny respectively. The best chance of the first half went to Saka who got beyond his marker to face Leno one-against one, but he was unable to beat the keeper. It would be Fulham who took the lead however with Arsenal falling behind for the first time in the season. From the full-back position, Saka flighted a ball into Gabriel, who unnecessarily played himself into trouble. He never seemed to have the ball truly under his spell, and his second touch invited Mitrovic to try and take it off him, the defender then got his body positioning wrong, and failed to protect the ball allowing the forward to nick it from behind him and then the Serb was able to keep his composure and finish past Ramsdale.
Fulham’s lead lasted just 8 minutes, Martin Ødegaard lodging Arsenal’s response. There was a degree of good fortune about the goal, with a big deflection on the strike. But there was no doubt the Norwegian had deserved it, he was having an outstanding game with all of Arsenal’s danger coming through him. He was constantly creating, with inventive passes and dribbling runs. In this instance, a clever stepover had bought him the space for the shot. Ødegaard continued to lead Arsenal’s push for a winner with he, in particular, deserving to be on the winning side, and the winner did come though not until the 86th minute. Leno failed to deal with a corner, missing his attempted punch clearance and the ball fell at the feet of Gabriel who was able to gain the perfect redemption for his earlier error by securing all 3 points for his side. The goal kept Arsenal at the top of the Premier League as they remained the only team with a 100% record.
Arsenal finished August with another home game, facing Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa. This presented Arsenal with a chance to win their opening 5 league games for the first time since 2004. Saka passed up a golden opportunity to give Arsenal the ideal start when Martinelli’s cross found him completely free at the back post, it was set up perfectly for Saka to hit on the volley, which he did but he got too under the ball and lifted it horribly high and wide from inside the six-yard box. An Arsenal opening goal felt inevitable however and it came on the half-hour mark when Emi Martinez could only push out an Xhaka shot as far as Gabriel Jesus, who was on hand to punish him. Martinez did go someway to redeeming himself later in the half with an excellent stop to deny a brilliant half-volley from Martinelli from 25 yards out.
Arsenal dominated the first half and continued their domination in the second but could not increase their advantage, it was instead Aston Villa who got the second goal of the game, in a somewhat controversial fashion. A corner from Douglas Luiz went straight into the net with Ramsdale unable to reach the ball due to his path being completely blocked by Kamara, who also limited the keepers’ movement by having both arms wrapped around his back. The goal stood but Arsenal cancelled it out in their own way, by going straight up the Villa end and retaking the lead. Saka coolly picked out Martinelli who struck it the first time on the half volley, Martinez clawed desperately at the ball but could not prevent it from going over his goal line and The Gunners were able to see the victory out. Arsenal’s player of the month was unsurprisingly Gabriel Jesus with 3 goals and 3 assists in 5 games. Arsenal’s maximum points after 5 games saw Mikel Arteta pick up Premier League manager of the month.
Arsenal started September with a chance to go 4 points clear of City in 2nd, after just six games. Standing in their way was Manchester United who would be hosting the Gunners at Old Trafford, a ground Arsenal had only won at once in the league since 2006, that one as well being without fans during the Covid season. Arsenal was boosted by the return of Zinchenko but had to start with their 3rd choice midfielder Sambi Lokonga for the Partey role after Elneny had followed the Ghanaian onto the treatment table. Regardless of the blow, Arsenal appeared to have made the ideal start when Saka threaded the needle and put Martinelli clean through on goal. The Brazilian finished brilliantly to give Arsenal the lead, but VAR advised the referee to have a look at a potential foul in the build-up. On review, the referee judged Ødegaard to have won the ball from Eriksen unfairly and chalked the goal off. The intervention made by Lee Mason on VAR was later judged by a Premier League review to be an incorrect one, the minimal contact not penalised in real-time by the ref was judged not to be a clear or obvious error. The review came too little and too late as far as Arsenal were concerned as they’d lost their lead and instead found themselves trailing at half-time after a good move from United culminated in a debut goal for Antony who finished past Ramsdale.
VAR’s intervention in the Arsenal goal was always likely to prove a vital one as remarkably United had not lost at Old Trafford when leading at half-time since 1984. This showed the size of Arsenal’s task going into the second half, but they continued to probe and ask questions of United and they got their equaliser on the hour mark when the ball broke to Saka in the penalty area after Ødegaard had looked to thread one through to Jesus. United dealt with that immediate threat but could only clear as far as Saka who slotted through the legs of Martinez for his first of the season. Arsenal looked to be in the ascendancy, but they were only level for 6 minutes. Overcommitting bodies forward left them without a midfield and after winning it back United was able to counter-attack with Bruno Fernandes who looked and found Rashford in behind the defence and he put United back in front. Arteta reacted immediately by looking to chase the game, giving a debut to summer recruit Fabio Vieira. The changes appeared to backfire however as Arsenal were left with even fewer defensive bodies on the field and in the 75th minute they were cut through once more, with Eriksen and Rashford both left in acres of space as United hit Arsenal once more on the counter-attack. It was a horrible goal for Arsenal to concede, it reminded of the worst years of Wenger with everyone so committed to attacking they had no thought for defending. Arsenal suffered their first defeat of the season going down 3-1.
There were some positives to take in how confidently and capably they had passed the ball around, however, United had defended their penalty area very well and counter-attacked effectively. The frustration for Arsenal was how they had helped them in that regard, by leaving key areas of the midfield devoid of players. Partey had been very badly missed, and to a lesser extent so had Elneny whose defensive intelligence would not have seen him vacate his position as often as Lokonga did. The third goal conceded was perhaps the responsibility of Arteta who had gone all out attack mode too early, given the counter-attacking success United were already enjoying.
Arsenal got the chance to put the defeat behind them 4 days later when they began their Europa League campaign. They were placed in Group A alongside PSV Eindhoven, Bodo/Glimt and FC Zurich, and would kick off against the latter away in Switzerland. Summer signings Matt Turner and Marquinhos made their competitive debuts, and Vieira would make his full debut. Arsenal did some counterattacking of their own in the 16th minute when Vieira found Nketiah who travelled down the wing before playing a great ball across the box which found Marquinhos who expertly finished the first time into the top corner. The hosts equalised on the verge of half-time however when Nketiah was judged to have committed an offence in his own penalty box. The death of the Queen being announced during the first half led to the unusual circumstance of a minute’s silence taking place before the second half. When it did kick off, Arsenal regained the lead in the 62nd minute through Nketiah who was found with a delightful ball by Marquinhos who had made a fine debut. That’s how the score remained. Arsenal would not be in Premier League action that weekend, with their home game against Everton being postponed due to the Queen’s passing. Also delayed was their home game against PSV the following week, so the team were not back in action until 10 days after the Zurich game when they travelled to Brentford.
Arsenal dominated the games opening and took a deserved lead in the 17th minute when Saliba’s header from a corner struck the inside of the post on its way over the line. Just shy of the half-hour mark and Arsenal had their second, again with a header, this time it was Gabriel Jesus who rose to meet Xhaka’s perfectly placed ball. The Gunners then got the ideal start to the second half, when Vieira, making his first start in the Premier League in place of the unavailable Ødegaard, struck a beauty out of nowhere from well outside the box for Arsenal’s September goal of the month. Arsenal was in cruise control, always looking like the more likely team to score whilst barely giving Brentford sight of their goal. In the final minutes, Ethan Nwaneri came on for his Arsenal debut, aged 15 years and 181 days he became the youngest player to ever appear in the Premier League. After the match, Brentford Manager Thomas Frank was one of the first to tip Arsenal for a title challenge saying: “I think they will do brilliantly. I think they compete for the title now.” Xhaka was the resounding winner of Arsenal player of the month picking up 83% of the votes. A once deeply unpopular player, his turnaround best exemplified the strides in the right direction Arsenal were taking.
After the international break, Arsenal returned to action in the North London Derby against hated rivals Tottenham. Arsenal went into the fixture just one point above their opponents. Spurs were content to let Arsenal have possession whilst aiming to contain them and spring counterattacks. They kept Arsenal at bay until the 20th minute when Thomas Partey shot from over 20 yards out and hit it so perfectly that Lloris couldn’t get so much as a fingertip to it, the ball flew past him into the net for Arsenal’s goal of the month. Spurs responded in the 31st minute however after a good counterattack between the front three of Kane, Son and Richarlison saw the latter presented with a chance to cross from inside the penalty area and Arsenal did not effectively deal with the situation, a loose touch from Xhaka put his side back in trouble and Gabriel was panicked into conceding a penalty. Kane stepped up and of course, scored for the 7th time from the spot against Arsenal. This sent the sides in at the break-level pegging.
Arsenal regained the upper hand early in the second half after a shot by Saka was spilt by Lloris to his centre-half Romero who, under pressure from Jesus, looked to return it to the French keeper. Lloris missed the ball, it travelled under his body and then Jesus reacted first to poach it home. Spurs hopes of drawing level for a second time were damaged when Emerson Royal was shown a straight red card in the 62nd minute for a stupid and unnecessarily bad tackle on Martinelli. Arsenal quickly punished this ill discipline getting their third 5 minutes afterwards, with Granit Xhaka rifling past Lloris. At this stage Conte retreated to avoid a hammering, he accepted defeat and took off his offensive players, bringing on defenders to ensure the score line didn’t get embarrassing and Arsenal saw out a comfortable 3-1 derby win. Arsenal next returned to Europa League action putting Bodo/Glimt to the sword with a 3-0 win, goals coming from Nketiah, Holding and Vieira, the latter after brilliant footwork in the box from substitute Jesus.
Next up for Arsenal was another tough test at home against Liverpool. With a win, Arsenal would return to the top of the Premier League. Arsenal had faced Liverpool 4 times the previous season, failing to win any, losing 3 times including twice at home. They had also failed to even score against Liverpool in their last 6 meetings with them, but they needed just 58 seconds on this day, with Saka finding Ødegaard, whose ball between Van Dijk and Alexander Arnold put in Martinelli who finished beyond Alisson. Liverpool recovered well from the nightmare start however and was the better team from that point until they got their deserved equaliser in the 34th minute through Darwin Nunez. It was Arsenal however who went into half-time with the lead when Martinelli led a brilliant counter-attack from a Liverpool set piece, finally taking out both Arnold and Henderson by cutting inside and finding an unmarked Saka who slid in to put his team back in the ascendancy.
Again Liverpool responded well, equalising for a second time early in the second half through Roberto Firmino. From that point on though Arsenal found another level, they searched feverishly for a winning goal, looking to pass Liverpool to death and calving many openings. The noise inside the Emirates had reached deafening decibels as the fans urged their team on. The golden chance came with just under 15 minutes to go when Thiago was judged to have caught the back of Jesus’s foot inside the penalty area, having been beaten to the ball by the striker. Saka stepped up and held his nerve, confidently dispatching an excellent spot kick. Arsenal held out for what was in the end a deserved win after an excellent second-half display. In a decision that had raised a few eyebrows, Tomiyasu had been drafted in for a first league start of the season to go into an unfamiliar left-back position, the move paid dividends as the Japanese international had a fine game up against Mo Salah. The result put Arsenal 14 clear of Liverpool who had endured a dreadful start to the season.
“These are broad shoulders, this is courage. A sporting moment in time. Bukayo Saka.. Such poise! such noise!” – Peter Drury as Saka beats Alisson Becker from the penalty spot.
Four days later Arsenal made it 3 wins from 3 in the Europa, with an away win in Norway on the artificial pitch of Bodo/Glimt. A sole goal from Bukayo Saka was enough after he got on the end of a one-two with Lokonga. His initial shot was blocked by a defender but the ball then deflected in after coming back off the Arsenal winger. Bodo calved out many good chances for themselves but was let down by woeful finishing, squandering chance after chance by blazing high and wide of the target. Arsenal then returned to Premier League action at Elland Road against Leeds, though 40 minutes behind schedule after a power outage just after the game had initially kicked off caused the game to need restarting once power had returned.
Again Saka was the only man to get himself on the scoresheet, his goal coming after Jesus had passed up a golden chance to open the scoring failing to hit the net from close range after Ødegaard had found him with a backheeled flick. Jesus attempted to lift the ball over the keeper, but he lifted it too high and it ended up over the crossbar. Arsenal did not let Leeds off a second time however and punished them after a sloppy cross-field pass from Leeds midfielder Rodrigo only found Saka who headed it into Ødegaard’s path. Ødegaard’s return pass then asked a lot of the winger, but his speed allowed him to reach the ball first. Saka was faced with a tight angle, but it didn’t phase him one bit and he picked out the top corner hitting it high into the roof of the Leeds net.
The second half was full of drama, first when Bamford thought he’d equalised but was instead penalised for a foul on Gabriel. The Leeds striker received a second chance though when Saliba was found guilty of a handball in the box after the referee had checked the monitor. Ramsdale guessed correctly in his dive, but in the end, he wasn’t required as Bamford’s penalty went wide of the post. Arsenal continued to suffer in the second half, struggling to cope with the Leeds onslaught and maintain their slender advantage. Through fatigue and pressure from the home side, Arsenal had lost all ability to pass the ball and could do little else but stay in their own half and try to defend. Ramsdale proved his worth to this Arsenal side with his best performance of the season to date, right when his team needed him most. It appeared as though Arsenal had got the job done when crazily they conceded a second penalty of the half in additional time. Patrick Bamford was nowhere near the ball which was safely back with Ramsdale when Gabriel was penalised for a kick out in the box on the Leeds forward. As well as a penalty, the Brazilian centre-back was also dismissed. However on a VAR review, it was clear that Bamford had fouled Gabriel first, barging him to the floor, so rightfully the decision was reversed and Gabriel’s red card was rescinded. Arsenal held on to a win they’d scarcely deserved and it proved an even bigger win later that day when City lost at Anfield meaning The Gunners stayed 4 points clear after 10 games.
The following Thursday Arsenal were back in action in the Europa League. They were originally scheduled to host Manchester City in the league that mid-week, but the Queens’ death led to the postponement of Arsenal’s fixture with PSV, and it was re-arranged to this game week. Arsenal battered their Dutch visitors, in the end mustering 25 shots to Eindhoven’s 4. As was often the case Saka and Jesus were the standout performers. The young English winger was unstoppable in his direct dribbling runs, unstoppable that is without resorting to fouling, which PSV defenders did time and time again after being skinned by Saka’s great ball control when running at speed. Jesus was similarly dangerous, doing his usual thing of fashioning chances out of nowhere with his quick thinking and somehow even quicker feet. In the end, though the deadlock was broken by Xhaka in the 70th minute when Tomiyasu found him in space 15 yards from the goal. He hit the shot down into the ground and it bobbled just at the right time to go under the keeper and past him.
Next Arsenal travelled to struggling Southampton looking to make it 9 straight wins across the Premier League and Europa. They started fast, and when Xhaka finished off White’s cross with a brilliant volley into the back of the net in the 11th minute, it looked like it would be a case of how many, as it wasn’t the first good chance Arsenal had created. For the first 20 minutes, Southampton couldn’t get out of their own half, Ødegaard cleverly found Jesus with a lifted return pass but his volley was straight at Bazunu in the Saints goal. Jesus was in again after a long ball flighted over the head of Caleta-Car putting the Brazilian clean through until the defender dragged him back using both arms. There seemed to be enough contact for 3 separate penalties in there, but unbelievably the referee Robert Jones didn’t point to the spot and nor did VAR intervene. One of the most inexplicable decisions of the season, and that’s saying something, meant that Arsenal went in at the break only a single goal to the good.
The Southampton defence must have felt encouraged from not being penalised inside the box, as the fouling continued on Jesus outside the box for much of the second half, Lyanco getting away with man-handling Arsenal’s striker time and time again, wrapping both arms around his body whenever the ball was anywhere near the Brazilian. Jones did not however ignore perceived ‘diving’ from Saka showing him a yellow card for simulation, even though there did appear to be some contact. A one-sided refereeing performance and poor finishing from Arsenal allowed the home team back into the game and they got the equalising goal with 25 minutes to go through Armstrong after a swift move cut through Arsenal’s defence. In the 78th minute, Ødegaard thought he’d put Arsenal back in front but Tierney had just carried the ball beyond the line before he was able to cut it back into his captain’s path.
The Gunners had to settle for a point and an end to their winning run, paying the price for not scoring more in the first half. As they began to tire in the second half Southampton calved out some good chances of their own, but there’s no doubt the visitors were also harmed by a dire refereeing performance. The dropped points cut Arsenal’s lead at the top down to two. Another away game followed for The North London side as next they travelled to Eindhoven. With 2 group games remaining, they needed just 1 more win to secure the top spot which would mean they progressed straight through to the final 16, without the need for a playoff game. However Arsenal’s performance was poor, PSV were the better team for 90 minutes and good value for their 2-0 win.

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★ Navaja Knife Doppler (Phase 4) FN, B/O: $199

★ Navaja Knife, B/O: $138

★ Navaja Knife Damascus Steel FN, B/O: $111

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★ Classic Knife Urban Masked FT, B/O: $146

★ StatTrak™ Classic Knife Stained BS, B/O: $168

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★ Ursus Knife Doppler (Phase 3) FN, B/O: $476

★ Ursus Knife, B/O: $375

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★ Skeleton Knife, B/O: $1137

★ Talon Knife, B/O: $608

★ Paracord Knife, B/O: $305

★ Survival Knife Forest DDPAT FT, B/O: $97

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★ Moto Gloves Transport MW, B/O: $204

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★ Moto Gloves Blood Pressure BS, B/O: $84

★ Moto Gloves Blood Pressure BS, B/O: $84

★ Moto Gloves 3rd Commando Company BS, B/O: $63

★ Moto Gloves 3rd Commando Company BS, B/O: $63

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★ Specialist Gloves Crimson Kimono WW, B/O: $1215

★ Specialist Gloves Tiger Strike FT, B/O: $672

★ Specialist Gloves Lt. Commander FT, B/O: $305

★ Specialist Gloves Lt. Commander BS, B/O: $140

★ Specialist Gloves Crimson Web BS, B/O: $137

★ Specialist Gloves Buckshot FT, B/O: $75

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★ Driver Gloves Crimson Weave FT, B/O: $359

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★ Sport Gloves Omega FT, B/O: $739

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★ Hand Wraps Giraffe MW, B/O: $212

★ Hand Wraps Leather FT, B/O: $160

★ Hand Wraps Desert Shamagh MW, B/O: $101

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★ Broken Fang Gloves Yellow-banded MW, B/O: $185

★ Broken Fang Gloves Needle Point FT, B/O: $67

★ Broken Fang Gloves Needle Point WW, B/O: $59

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★ Hydra Gloves Case Hardened BS, B/O: $65

★ Hydra Gloves Emerald FT, B/O: $65

★ Hydra Gloves Emerald BS, B/O: $62

WEAPONS

AK-47 Case Hardened BS, B/O: $130

AK-47 Bloodsport MW, B/O: $79

AK-47 Fuel Injector BS, B/O: $76

AK-47 Fuel Injector BS, B/O: $76

AK-47 Bloodsport FT, B/O: $70

AK-47 Neon Rider MW, B/O: $60

StatTrak™ AK-47 Aquamarine Revenge FT, B/O: $72

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AWP Fade FN, B/O: $1039

AWP Asiimov FT, B/O: $139

AWP Asiimov FT, B/O: $139

AWP Wildfire MW, B/O: $95

AWP BOOM MW, B/O: $93

AWP BOOM MW, B/O: $93

AWP Duality FN, B/O: $81

AWP Asiimov BS, B/O: $79

AWP Asiimov BS, B/O: $79

AWP Chromatic Aberration FN, B/O: $60

StatTrak™ AWP Hyper Beast FT, B/O: $68

StatTrak™ AWP Hyper Beast FT, B/O: $68

StatTrak™ AWP Electric Hive FT, B/O: $55

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Desert Eagle Blaze FN, B/O: $623

Desert Eagle Emerald Jörmungandr FN, B/O: $241

Desert Eagle Cobalt Disruption FN, B/O: $81

Desert Eagle Cobalt Disruption FN, B/O: $81

Desert Eagle Cobalt Disruption FN, B/O: $81

Desert Eagle Printstream FT, B/O: $54

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M4A1-S Blue Phosphor FN, B/O: $434

StatTrak™ M4A1-S Bright Water MW, B/O: $55

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M4A4 Poseidon FN, B/O: $1465

M4A4 Asiimov BS, B/O: $55

M4A4 Hellfire MW, B/O: $50

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USP-S Kill Confirmed MW, B/O: $72

USP-S Printstream FT, B/O: $69

StatTrak™ USP-S Kill Confirmed FT, B/O: $139

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AUG Flame Jörmungandr FN, B/O: $234

P90 Run and Hide FT, B/O: $147

Five-SeveN Candy Apple FN, B/O: $61

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Hi everyone, and particularly Tascam 12 owners. I’m pulling the trigger next week and picking one up. (The Soundcraft signature MTK was close, so if anyone wants to sway me I’m still open). In planning ahead, I’m new to using outboard gear and trying to learn/understand the best way (or different ways) to utilize aux sends and returns, as well as what inserts actually do, and how they differ. Down the road I’d like to pick up some pedals or filters, like the Erica Acidbox or Strymon Morbius. However, I have no experience using pedals and I’m a little confused as the best way to implement them in the chain. It seems like I would want to use them independently of one another, rather than chain them, like on a traditional guitar pedalboard. But that’s putting the cart before the horse, and I know I’m going to need a patch bay at some point, but for now, I’m wondering what the best method is in this proposed setup.
Suppose I have two stereo keyboards plugged into stereo channels 7/8 and 9/10. Then, I add these two pieces of gear, would I use, for example, aux 1 for the Acidbox and aux 2 for the Strymon (also, does it matter?) and then send them to stereo return on mono channels 3/4 and 5/6 panned L/R respectively. On the mixer would I adjust the wet/dry signal on the channel aux levels and set them pre-fade, recording/listening just channels 3-6 and muting channnels 7-10? This seems, from my limited understanding, the most reasonable approach.
Or would it work better to use the inserts on channels 1 and 2 and skip the stereo returns? It seems like it would it would then just be mono in that case, or am I wrong? I have absolutely no idea how inserts work at all but it seems like the issue of stereo never comes up when I try plugging in questions. And, if I’m right, should I just ignore inserts (for now) and just focus on routing the signals through the above method and start experimenting from there?
Last question and just to confirm my suspicions: if sending the signal out on aux to external devices and return stereo, I will lose all original stereo signal/effects from the synths’ native mix. Is this correct?

Hello!
I recently finished an weekly IRL 5e campaign of about 10 months where the characters went from lvl 3-7.
I loved my players and I received lots of positive feedback, though I'd like help with the negative piece: the characters felt like they didn't have time to catch their breath.
When I plan sessions I try to make sure there are options to keep the story moving. I usually throw in one encounter per 3hr session that's story-relevant (3-5 rounds.) I've not yet had a character die; there's an opportunity for at least a short rest before each encounter--if anything I was often worrying that they were too "set" on HP and spell slots.
During short or long rests I'd try to encourage PC or NPC interaction but they liked to play sort of mysterious/aloof, which is fine by me.
So I think the issue was that there was no extended offscreen downttime. Either they needed to find someone ASAP or world events were moving quickly and they needed to get from one place to another before something happened.
I probably wrote myself into that after a couple of times when I would suggest that they had a few days or weeks before the next plot point, thinking we would do a downtime montage. Instead they wanted to follow up with other story elements right away.
Because I try to make sure there's some sort of obstacle or revelation wherever they go to keep the story interesting, I ended up creating perpetual urgency. The alternative to that seemed to be creating dead ends or "that NPC isn't available" goose chases.
How do you all make sure you're pacing your stories so the characters have a chance to grow off screen?