FIveEvil is looking so good. Not long now until it's in my hands! youtu.be/wvtv8zME3gg?...

What's a game you tend to go back to? Not necessarily in play, but just, cause it does cool things and you enjoy flipping through it. For me, its Beyond the Wall. Oddly, I never picked up the physicals, never "played" it, but open the pdfs often simpleness, presentation, Playbooks & Packs

So much of #fantasy leans on #medieval life: castles, markets and, of course, all those taverns and inns! If you want the real details behind the tropes, TL Clark’s new book, 'An Author’s Research Notes on Medieval England', is a fantastic dip-in-and-out reference for fantasy writers. #bookrec

I worked at an Ottakar’s bookshop and then a Waterstones when I guess I was 20-23, so end of 90s, v.early 2000s and it was wild how much control I had over what I stocked, I ran the sci-fi, fantasy, horror, comics, music and mind, body, spirit sections and I had almost free reign with very limited

Fuck I just looked at the news I need to scale back.

Roland Barthes is having a lovely time and wishes you were here:

The problem is they haven't ignored the fears - they've accepted the fears, and failed to present a narrative where the fears ARE just fears, unrelated to their material discomforts. You may as well try to create policy based around dealing with people's fear the sky my fall on their heads.

Happy Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov Saves the World Day, everybody. 42 years ago today, Lt. Col. Petrov prevented an accidental nuclear war. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisl...

All Judge Dredd Brit-Cit vibes entirely intentional, doubtless.

If this intends to make it legally compulsory for every adult in Derry to carry something called a "Brit Card", then I'm willing to offer some high-paid consultancy on why this plan might be flawed.

Regarding the 30 or so delta green books we’re working on… www.kickstarter.com/projects/arc...

My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books p.s. My new book of science cartoons is here: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

Good news 🥳 For the 3rd year in a row, since the 2023 project to lower the sea walls and create new saltmarsh, surveys at Northey Island have shown an increase in fish such as sand smelt and bass - an essential food for other fish, mammals and birds on the island and the wider Blackwater Estuary.

Always worth looking at how an artist approaches his script. Here's Gibbons' annotation for Watchmen's panel 1.

Share your favourite black and white movie.

When the Wind Walks A review of Jack Frost, the scenario in which the Player Characters are MAJESTIC, published by Arc Dream Publishing for Delta Green: The Role-Playing Game. rlyehreviews.blogspot.com/2025/02/when... #reviewsfromrlyeh #rpgreview #rpgreviews #DeltaGreen

had the urge to do this since the moment i saw this post! #pixelart

I've been at my computer since 0410 & taking a screen break. I've started a full #DeltaGreen reread cover to cover this time. The art? Stunning. The style? Unmatched. The writing? Crisp, sharp, & absolutely chilling. So I’ve got to ask, what’s your favorite Delta Green book? 📚👁️ #TTRPG #HorrorRPG

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Part Three (24th September 1979). "Poor loves. Trained to Empire. Trained to rule the waves. Englishmen could be proud then."

AI companionship From the new Private Eye, out now.

Releasing some Patreon comics over the next few days.

Repost for Irish Film Classifications by Damien Owens, because it's just come up in FB memories and it's still *brilliant*.

Absolutely fantastic thread (mainly) on Unknown Armies.

The Angels of Peace Descend on Belgium, by David Low, June 10th 1940. The most utterly chilling political cartoon I’ve ever seen. It’s haunted me ever since I saw it in an O-Level book. It did its job. I wasn’t the brightest kid, but it taught me, this is where Fascism always leads. Always.

Ah, the greatest.

I wonder which US tech company that has donated to the Labour Party will get the extremely lucrative contract.

This is true (Quinns prominence is as if in the 1990s there was 1 games magazine with 1 writer) but also depressing that folks ARE taking it that, as it's a misunderstanding of what Quinns. The point of this school is to give enough information to make your own mind up while sharing his own.

The Magnus Mythos A review of The Magnus Archives Roleplaying, the Cypher System roleplaying game from Monte Cook Games based on The Magnus Archives podcast. rlyehreviews.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-... #reviewsfromrlyeh #rpgreview #rpgreviews #rpg

Another great episode. So good to hear a thorough dissection of a game.

I laughed.

Thief: The Dark Project (1998). This game made light and sound core mechanics, where shadows protect you and sounds can give you away. Plus, the sound design made each room feel tense.

Ian MacKintosh sets the scene for The Sandbaggers with this introductory story. TV Times (w/e 22nd September 1978).

Check out our talk with @savagespiel.bsky.social as we discuss how to write an adventure for her Brindlewood styled game, Matrons of Mystery. The C word may be used, Cosy that is. open.spotify.com/episode/1EWQ... #TTRPG

#thiswritinglife #booksky As prescribed in scripture: 1 screeching handbrake turn in plot underpinning 2 yawning existential doubt as to quality of text so far written 3 despair 4 yawning existential doubt as to quality of self 5 profound sympathy for writers who abuse drugs 1/n

Look where this fucking WOKE policy has gotten US! BETTER OFF! Few people being INJURED. WOKE is a pois ... oh wait? It worked? Oh cool.

The only correct answer.

One-shot #TTRPGs should be one session, no more no less - yeah? Am I being unnecessary purist about this?

Do you like The X-Files? Twin Peaks? Paranormal drama? Mystery spookiness? I have a game for you. There's just one catch: you've got to be quick if you want a cheeky Kickstarter discount. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mon... #ttrpg #solorpg #solosept

Utopia. Scandalous that it was cancelled.

Gallows Corner is launching on Kickstarter in February and will be delivered in June (just as we did with Mappa Mundi). You can download the Prerelease Guide and intro adventure on our KS prelaunch page (and drop us a follow while you're there)! www.kickstarter.com/projects/thr...

Very much this.

If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.

Apparently Roman rabbits enjoyed chariot racing! At least according to a mosaic found at Hadrian’s villa in Tivoli (now in the Louvre collection)

Having enjoyed two excellent games at #OBaWS convention yesterday, I have an addendum to RPG theory: System matters...but in 3 hour convention one shots, it doesn't matter very much

Make a band singular… Field of the Nephilim

A rather telling sign of the times. Matt from Mongoose explains a tweak to the "rescue a billionaire" sample adventure in their upcoming near-future RPG. #games #rpg #gooddog

Within a 50 mile radius of my office, there are many, many institutions offering history degrees: LJMU, UoLiv, Hope, Manchester, ManMet, Lancaster, Huddersfield, Bradford, Keele, Bangor, and so on. How's that going to work, then?

Good morning! Here is a meme (ganked from somewhere it was retooted on Mastodon, original source lost in the mists of time)

"I'm just putting out messages and hoping somebody, somewhere connects with them" The Sherpa Van Trophy of podcasts is always nice for a gentle listen, like enjoying a pint of mild and a pack of plain crisps while sat on the well-worn paisley upholstery of traditional Lancastrian pub.

"The kids are living out soap operas and calling that D&D, Peggy. It ain't right." "Oh, Hank! Our characters were in a relationship, too. Don't you remember when your half-orc barbarian married my elf rogue?" "That was different. It was a ruse to trick the baron." "It was not a ruse to me, Hank!"