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Andrew Oakley has been playing RPGs since childhood in the 1970s with D&D 2nd Edition. He usually prefers systems with light rules but thinks that the rich backstory of Ars Magica, plus its unique and highly flexible spellcasting system, is well worth making an exception for.
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He lives on the outskirts of Tewkesbury about 15 minutes' drive from Grand Tribunal's Gas Green Cheltenham venue, with his wife, primary-age daughter and two goblins... er, twin toddlers.
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==Contact==
  
Andrew works as a Software Development Manager for a government agency in Cheltenham (no, not that one, and yes, he is allowed to talk about it). His other interests include Linux, electronic music, the countryside and getting an unbroken night's sleep, uninterrupted by goblin visitations.
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Email: [mailto:andrew@aoakley.com andrew@aoakley.com]
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<br/>Mobile: 07711 891061 (international +44 7711 891061 )
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<br/>Twitter: [https://twitter.com/aroakley @aroakley]
  
Stationery, tea & coffee, the Friday afternoon meet & greet, the Saturday evening take-away food orders and other supplies for Grand Tribunal Cheltenham are organised by Andrew. Basically all the boring stuff that doesn't involve actual roleplaying. He also happens to drive a car and is happy to be an emergency contact on his mobile 07711 891061 (international +44-7711-891061 ).
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==At Grand Tribunal==
  
Andrew is also the webmaster for this website and wiki, which runs on his server, based at the Blue Square data centre near London. You can email him: [mailto:andrew&#064;aoakley.com andrew&#064;aoakley.com]
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Stationery, tea & coffee, the Friday afternoon meet & greet, the Saturday evening take-away food orders and other supplies for Grand Tribunal Cheltenham are organised by Andrew. Basically all the boring stuff that doesn't involve actual roleplaying.
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Andrew is also the webmaster for this website and wiki, which runs on his server in the Amazon cloud.
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He can also provide lifts to/from the railway and bus/coach station before 10am on Saturday and after 4pm on Sunday.
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In 2014, Andrew wrote and guided the freeform, a story about the ancient [[Mop Fair|Tewkesbury Mop Fair]].
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Andrew wrote the short campaign [[The Cathedral and the Bizarre]] specifically for Grand Tribunal.
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==Biography==
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Andrew Oakley has been playing RPGs since childhood in the 1970s with D&D. He usually prefers systems with light rules but thinks that the rich backstory of Ars Magica, plus its unique and highly flexible spellcasting system, is well worth making an exception for. Andrew also wrote a large part of the [http://shop.cubicle7store.com/Laundry-Files-Agents-Handbook Agent's Handbook] for the [http://www.cubicle7.co.uk/our-games/the-laundry/ Laundry Files] paranormal secret service RPG.
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Andrew makes his own amateur RPG scenarios & supplements available on his website. They are typically public domain.
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* [http://aoakley.com/articles/?subject=RPG aoakley.com/articles/?subject=RPG]
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He lives on the outskirts of Tewkesbury about 20 minutes' drive from Grand Tribunal's Gas Green Cheltenham venue, with his wife, two teenage children, and has an elder daughter at university.
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Andrew works as software development manager. In his spare time he runs [http://www.cotswoldjam.org Cotswold Raspberry Jam], a bi-monthly event celebrating the low-cost Raspberry Pi computer and teaching children how to write programs.

Latest revision as of 17:29, 12 August 2025

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[edit] Contact

Email: andrew@aoakley.com
Mobile: 07711 891061 (international +44 7711 891061 )
Twitter: @aroakley

[edit] At Grand Tribunal

Stationery, tea & coffee, the Friday afternoon meet & greet, the Saturday evening take-away food orders and other supplies for Grand Tribunal Cheltenham are organised by Andrew. Basically all the boring stuff that doesn't involve actual roleplaying.

Andrew is also the webmaster for this website and wiki, which runs on his server in the Amazon cloud.

He can also provide lifts to/from the railway and bus/coach station before 10am on Saturday and after 4pm on Sunday.

In 2014, Andrew wrote and guided the freeform, a story about the ancient Tewkesbury Mop Fair.

Andrew wrote the short campaign The Cathedral and the Bizarre specifically for Grand Tribunal.

[edit] Biography

Andrew Oakley has been playing RPGs since childhood in the 1970s with D&D. He usually prefers systems with light rules but thinks that the rich backstory of Ars Magica, plus its unique and highly flexible spellcasting system, is well worth making an exception for. Andrew also wrote a large part of the Agent's Handbook for the Laundry Files paranormal secret service RPG.

Andrew makes his own amateur RPG scenarios & supplements available on his website. They are typically public domain.

He lives on the outskirts of Tewkesbury about 20 minutes' drive from Grand Tribunal's Gas Green Cheltenham venue, with his wife, two teenage children, and has an elder daughter at university.

Andrew works as software development manager. In his spare time he runs Cotswold Raspberry Jam, a bi-monthly event celebrating the low-cost Raspberry Pi computer and teaching children how to write programs.

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