Grateful that Stella Creasy has spoken out.

This isn’t me soft-launching the Kickstarter for Secret Passes

As a washed up former consumer magazine editor it’s actually amazing how little of the text on this cover is readable. Props to the white on lime - that’s above and beyond.

some day someone who either works at or developed the DriveThruRPG website is going to actually try using it and they're going to feel bad

remembering when I got a C&D letter from Portaloo because my ebay listing for these might confuse one of their customers about what they were getting for their 4.99

The campagin for the third Issue of SECRET PASSAGES is announced. Is it worth of Your money? Sure. Am I involved? Yes. Would I recommend it otherwise? Of fckng course. Support independent old school small press magazines or else You will drown in the Sea of Generic Slop.

Issue 3 of Secret Passages is about to hit Kickstarter, click below and follow along to get notified when it goes live.

Charles Platt’s column about his rejected #Warhammer novel from Interzone #36 (June 1990) is quite a take... he admits not taking the material seriously, turning in a pre-pubescent power fantasy, and then gets aggrieved when Drachenfels comes out. #blacklibrary #warhammerfiction

The pre-launch page for Secret Passages #3 is LIVE, which means I now have to DO THINGS. Give it a follow and share it with your pals for #BloodBowl #Warhammer #Spelljammer #DND #WayoftheTiger #HeroesUnlimited #WorldofDarkness and more! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jdh...

Print proofs for The Thunder Perfect Mind arrived today. Very much scratching the oWoD occult action thriller itch. Follow the KS pre-launch page here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/flo...

Yeah, sure, Rufus AI. I don’t want to know the answer to a specific question, I just like to talk about shopping things with a bot.

Heart-breaking : The worst independent MP you know just made a great point.

Every fortnight I share a behind the scenes peak at my work and leisure in an exclusive podcast for paid Patreon supporters & YouTube members. If you’re interested you can check it out here: www.patreon.com/posts/143323...

My stress has reached the chest pain stage. Does anyone have any tips for managing it?

bluesky branding refresh unveiled

The making of Blood Bowl! My latest video is live a little later than planned, but there’s always extra time for the great fantasy sports game ever! #WarhammerCommunity youtu.be/PFzvFV1zyvQ

I was going to give ZineQuest a miss this year. Instead I'll launch a game and put the profits into the strike fund. Probs the least I can do.

Had not known that Hustler put out paperbacks. What a bizarre world.

If you want to understand the emotional end intellectual malaise of British politics, this piece by @mjrobbins.com is a pretty good place to start. It effectively describes a country that has gone mad. open.substack.com/pub/martinro...

The refurbished Lincoln Bathroom in the White House

If you're in need of positive and rather wholesome news, there's a high school teacher named Bryan who took a ton of freely licensed celebrity headshots at the New York Film Festival last month for Wikipedia, and I truly can't believe how drastic the upgrade is for some articles (thread)

Happy “Halloween is actually pagan” low effort social post day to all who celebrate.

#TTRPG crew, do any of you have the original #Spelljammer boxed set to hand and can take some lovely photos of it and its contents for a future issue of Secret Passages? I'll credit you in the mag and send you a copy! (No rush btw)

I’m looking for someone who knows their way around InDesign, has a passion for the hobby, and would be up for taking some layouts off me for Secret Passages issue 3 and – if we both have a lovely time – beyond. If that sounds like you, DM me! #ttrpg #zine #design #indesign #graphicdesign

Geordie heritage

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"To say 'Zelenskyy is no friend of the working class' is an insulting, facile distraction from the fact that Sultana refuses to support the Ukrainian people’s fight for existence." Proper cold fury and moral clarity from @paulmason.bsky.social on Sultana. open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/c...

My conversation with @doublecritfail.bsky.social was terrific because it was nicely far-ranging. One tidbit that he highlights here: we don't know the artist of the Blackmoor cover. This lack of credits was common early at TSR (though many we've been able to more confidently identify).

Have any UK kofi creators registered as a sole-trader recently? Is there a nice easy guide to what I should be doing? I wasn’t anticipating even mild success.

“Tactical voting“ chat is like the progressive alliance chat: it dances around the central problem of “the Labour party needs to appeal to more people”.

We commissioned @yougov.co.uk to poll trans people on how they feel about parties, institutions and the UK. A striking 91% of trans people distrust the Labour Party. goodlaw.social/wcsv

For the first time the comparison to Jeremy Corbyn looks more than superficial

As long as the Tories were less extreme than Reform I thought better them on the right than the alternative but if they’re going to be another far right party - one with better infrastructure and funding and more MPs than Reform - we should pray for their destruction

We've got our first 250 backers for Designers & Dragons Origins. Thanks folks! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e... (And 253 in the time it took me to screenshot and write this.)

Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.

When I spoke with Rascal News about Designers & Dragons Origins, we discussed the famous, recalled B3: Palace of the Silver Princess. They asked if they could publish the history portion of the product entry from Origins, and now they have (paywalled, but Rascal is a great news source to support!).

Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped

Just had a crystal clear vision of me on top of a water tower staring down the scope of a sniper rifle

I’ve given myself two articles to write for Secret Passages 3 and neither of them are panning out how I’d like. The sensible thing to do is park them until I can make them properly work, but then the pressure is on to fill their pages with something equally strong.

So I made this starter pack long ago! Please let me know if you do a talk show or interviews which is related to TTRPGs and board games, let me know! go.bsky.app/EpqBMoi

Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."

heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god

the hustle pages are posting theresa may inspo content now

always a better choice than *gestures at everything else*

Work will never love you back. Consistently make regular time for your physical and mental health and your relationships.

I’m looking for children’s’ book recommendations. Once a week I read my 8-year-old a bedtime story from roughly 10,000 miles away.

This is how they wrote The Mandalorian