I had really not appreciated how much clean up there is to do on modern 40k models. There's just so many parts that it's going to take me forever just to assemble this dreadnought, let alone paint it. It's a good thing I have a backlog of podcasts to listen to while I work on it.

Project Hail Mary wasn't quite what I was expecting but still very good. Slightly ruined by the people sitting behind who rustled their way through an entire packet of crisps and the people in front who kept talking.

Rewrite history and unleash the butterfly effect in The Words We Leave Behind, a duet/solo time travel RPG from LunarShadow Designs - available now in PDF (print store coming soon!) lunarshadow.itch.io/the-words-we...

A Cold Spell - winter supplement for Wise Women is now available to download. It includes some setting inspiration, additional rules for finding plants and a ready-made adventure. This has been long in the making and it's out just for the end of winter. But what if the snow refused to melt?

An Abba medley

I don't know what this random piece of plastic on the desk I'm using today is from but if nobody claims it then it's going to make a fantastic Blade Runner Spinner like model.

Rewrite history and unleash the butterfly effect in The Words We Leave Behind, a duet/solo time travel RPG from LunarShadow Designs - available now in PDF (print store coming soon!) lunarshadow.itch.io/the-words-we...

Dragonmeet trader bookings go live this evening and I've made the difficult decision not to book a table after 4 (or is it 5?) years of trading. I've loved trading but I need to revise my lineup before I do it again given how many of my games have been on sale for multiple years.

Added something new to my WIP list this morning.

I still haven't got the Wolf Guard terminators but since getting back into minis I've picked up the Rune Priest terminator and both versions of Bjorn the Fell Handed that are in various stages of assembly. Maybe I will finally collect the Space Wolves army I dreamed of back in the 90s.

Given multiple people have included my games in their own shout outs I figure it's only right that I do this as well. 1 like = 1 TTRPG in my library

I love seeing write ups like this and I'm still amazed at how many people Signal to Noise has reached given it started as a project to distract myself with during lockdown.

The Words We Leave Behind is now available from @relicandroll.bsky.social in Manchester! Just look at the amazing collection of games it finds itself alongside.

Part one of the ship is complete so of course I'm skipping ahead to priming so I can start painting while I construct the rest of it

Seeing talk of how much copies of the Leverage RPG sell for second hand and I'm seriously considering whether I need my copy or not given how long it is since I last opened it.

Time for a stock check before I drop off a bundle of games to @relicandroll.bsky.social in Manchester tomorrow. I love the fact that I've not only been able to print all of these but for most have had multiple (small) print runs!

My new Wretched & Alone game Blood In The Margins is out now! You killed someone on campus with your friends. Journal about the victim, the justifications, the investigation closing in. https://loottheroom.itch.io/blood-in-the-margins

Small pleasures: reading "This is Now You Lose the Time War" by @maxgladstone.bsky.social and @amalelmohtar.com again, to prepare before playing duet TTRPGs "Against Time and Death" by @ickbat.bsky.social and "The Words We Leaves Behind" by @whodo.bsky.social ❤️📚

Life with cats

Love starting the week by arriving at work to find I've been locked out of the office and having to wait for someone to come and open it up.

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I wish I'd gotten back into model making years ago. My scratch build stuff is never going to be pristine, clean lines but I've just spent an hour cutting and scribing parts with the window wide open so I can listen to the rain. It's done wonders for helping me relax.

Well, it's going to be one of those days I guess. Time for the rage music.

I'm trying not to enjoy the rugby too much right now but it has been a very satisfying first half.

I've been wanting to play Chiron's Doom by @ickbat.bsky.social for YEARS, so when I needed to sit down and record a solo game for the show it was the obvious choice and, truly, this game was everything I hoped it would be and more. what a sick fucking game holy shit I had so much fun

I just listened to @cprevas.bsky.social’s game of Chiron’s Doom, and I think you should too! It’s classic Chiron’s Doom — the curiosity, the spiralling complications, the fear… Plus I found a new AP to listen to, and that’s always a bonus! Thank you christine!

Just had a lovely message from an ex-colleague of mine who has never played a TTRPG before, but wanted to have a go at one of mine. I suggested Love & Barbed Wire, a 2-player letter writing game. Here is what he said:

A few final bits of packaging should arrive today (yes, I ran out of mailers) so fingers crossed I'll complete the fulfilment on The Words We Leave Behind by the end of the week, giving me a bit of a breather before the next big thing (the next batch of marking)

Things I would rather be doing right now: model making, editing game drafts, going for a run. Things I am currently doing: Second marking 75 poster presentations and data entry of original comments. At least I have loud metal to drown out the world.

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Love having a DM notification I now can't clear since I've not validated my ID. Especially frustrating that my settings are set so that new people can't message me but that doesn't stop people who have previously messaged me from sending a DM I can't open.

The lack of hope and the horrific outcome of nuclear war is what gave Threads its power. It's the entire *point* if the show, made at a time when atomic fire was a real threat. Finding hope? That's a non-starter in the reality of the nuclear age. I'll watch Fallout for that kind of fantasy.

Back on my scratch build spaceship nonsense with a design of my own. Cutting is going to take me a while, after this one I might just pay for someone with a laser cutter to do it so I can skip to the build stage.

I'm feeling very disconnected from gaming of late, especially the play side of things, so there's a good chance this will be the first zine quest where I don't back something. Theres some great games out there, I'm just not feeling excited about them the way I usually would.

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Hell is trying to sort out the layout of a document created in word where people have merged sections from different documents with hidden section breaks and a mix of paper formats.

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After more delays than I'd have liked the first shipment of The Words We Leave Behind is away!

Get this occult action thriller ttRPG for 1-7 people. Perfect if you enjoy playing powerful undead revenants embroiled in breakneck action, interpersonal drama, and occult investigation. Soundtrack by @mollynoise.bsky.social and human-made art by @stregawolf.art. Jump in now for early bird deals!

Hello. It's my final week as a full time game designer, and as if to underline why I can't do this anymore, I currently can't afford to cover my bills at the end of the month. All of my work on itch is on sale. Tell your friends, buy something, thank you very much. itch.io/s/179351/jan...

A bit of research material for the SSBN rewrites. Having a local independent bookshop within walking distance is great but it's going to cost me a lot!

Looks like this weekend I'll be packing envelopes in preparation for shipping games.

Things I can now add to my list of life experiences: Getting stuck in a lift and needing to call an emergency engineer out. Thankfully I was only trapped for about 20 minutes as the engineer was already on his way to campus to fix a different lift.

Today is turning rapidly turning into a blast synthwave into my brain to get through mindless tasks. Except I forgot to pick up my good headphones and I'm in an open plan office space so instead I'm relying on caffeine to fuel my focus and awaiting the inevitable crash.

With The Words We Leave Behind at the printers I'm finally getting around to working on SSBN again by running through a series of test draws that have already highlighted how rough the current ashcan is.

I got a pasta roller for Christmas and gave it a first try today - the results were delicious 😋

THE WORDS WE LEAVE BEHIND Here is my cover art and some of the interior art for this excellent ttrpg by Lunarshadow designs @whodo.bsky.social available here! lunarshadow.itch.io/the-words-we... The Words We Leave Behind is a duet epistolary RPG about time travel and the butterfly effect #ttrpg

I hate the moment before putting in a new print order, the impossible to avoid thought of "have I screwed something up and am about to waste a lot of money" is absolutely terrifying.

Does anyone else have a cat that likes to play fetch? We're assuming Halley lived with a dog at some point given how often she drops toys at our feet and chases after them.

My new Wretched & Alone game Blood In The Margins is out now! You killed someone on campus with your friends. Journal about the victim, the justifications, the investigation closing in. https://loottheroom.itch.io/blood-in-the-margins