Bernice Summerfield: The Goddess Quandary

On to the next audio, and it's another one where Benny's off to another planet, to investigate a curious archaeological thing. In this case she's asked to look for the remains of a local warlord who's key to the local religion.

On plus after the recent run there were no scenes of torture. In fact it's a rather light audio, albeit with some scary scenes. The monks that Benny encounters are a curious bunch, and there turns out to be a reason for that. And what she discovers in the wreckage of a spaceship is not exactly what they expected ...

The best bit about the audio is Benny's quasi companion Keri, an old friend of hers, an almost mouse-like alien, who is there to record Benny's discoveries and broadcast them to viewers across space, using highly amusing roaming cameras. Keri is full of character, and very well played by guest star Jane Goddard (incidentally the wife of TV episode "Dalek"'s writer Rob Shearman). And their rapport, which does evolve too, is a delight to listen to.

So a rather light audio, not outstanding, but entertaining enough. And hey, no signs of torture.

The next audio looks like an important one. Looking forward to that.

Unsleeving game cards

Unsleeving my cards for the Fellowship of the Ring trick-taking card game. Had sleeved them cos I'll be shuffling these a lot. But my neuro illness hands struggle with them sleeved - too slippy, too bulky. So unsleeved it is. Feels like right step even if backwards!

All the removed sleeves are now back in their packet, beside those I hadn't sleeved onto cards yet. I may yet change my mind. Or might want to use the sleeves for something else. But I'm confident they're better not used here. At least for me.