Sunday, 3 May 2026

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
4x26 Week 6: Monday
4x27 Week 6: Tuesday
Having caught up, it's back to some old episodes I missed at the time and fortunately downloaded (because they've not been on iPlayer for ages).

Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
Part 1 (of 2)
Part 2 (of 2)

Films

Locker Sixty-Nine (1962)
[#22 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]

Tabletop Games

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Trick-Taking Game

Saturday, 2 May 2026

TV

Leverage: Redemption
1x14 The Great Train Job

Richard Osman's House of Games
9x99 Champions Week 3: Thursday
9x100 Champions Week 3: Friday [season finale]
Sort of a series finale, too, as this is Osman's last full season as host — it will be Michael Sheen's House of Games soon; but I believe Osman is hosting one final week first.
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Collection Count

Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.

Number of titles in collection: 3,685 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 965 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,720 [no change]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 524 [up 1]

Number of discs in collection: 8,845 [up 3]
Number of films: 4,737 [no change]
Number of additional cuts: 490 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 10,134 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,293 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

Thursday, 30 April 2026

Wednesday, 29 April 2026

Tuesday, 28 April 2026

Fiction

Swords Against Wizardry by Fritz Leiber
II. Stardock pp.1–6

Stardock is about the same length as Ill Met in Lankhmar, which I did read in one sitting; but it’s not that much shorter than Adept’s Gambit, which I did not. However, like the former and unlike the latter, it does not have chapters, hence page numbers.

Monday, 27 April 2026

TV

Critical Role
4x12 The Giant's Belt [2nd half]
Watching one episode a month is not a great way to go about catching up.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or for subscribers on Beacon or Twitch.]

Critical Role Cooldown
Campaign 4, Episode 12
[Watch it (again) on Beacon.]

Fiction

Swords Against Wizardry by Fritz Leiber
I. In the Witch's Tent

After a little time off for some other books, it's back to Nehwon for the fourth volume of adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. This is a low-key start — a "short story" so short that it barely qualifies as a story — but next up is one of the longest tales so far.

Tabletop Games

Daggerheart
All 3 games continuing.