"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."

True

it’s weird how the international conservative conspiracy is everywhere a traitor to its host country

Wake up babe, a load of our PDFs are half price at @drivethrurpg.com now! a|state, Maskwitches… www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...

I am (in general) concerned that storytellers in my cluster are taking old, relatively idealistic stories and reframing them as tarnished and nasty under the impression that makes them more meaningful, when impossible dreams have never been more precious in my lifetime.

A note for your diary. Virtual GROGMEET 17 - 19th April. Hey up! I must be gaming.

This is lovely, but I laughed that it crossed my dash today, when I had written this sentence earlier. It's one of the NPC profiles for DIE RPG.

to my friends who run/have discord servers, ban these AI bots immediately. quarra.tumblr.com/post/7862015...

“Oh. Look. All this stuff comes out of my phone. Look. That’s nice. No further questions.” — Media Studies, 2026

New candidate for #Dungroggin? - Only £750K (plus, er, *£10 million refurb costs* !!! Right, well, maybe not, then). www.onthemarket.com/details/1774...

A social experiment. IF you have the John Carter of Mars #ttrpg please comment below if you played/ran it & what you thought of it. I'll go first... I got the core stuff for £15 in a sale, I played one game, which was a lot of fun, before deciding that the 2d20 isn't the system for me.

Just sharing this Niels classic again:

Since someone asked, here are some (hopefully) more Tolkien-y feeling #TTRPG rules I wrote which I've been using, avoiding the hyper-focus on combat. I dearly love #TheOneRing (we ran a game for years), and I wrote these rules to try and create tales more in line with Professor #Tolkien. Cheers!

@stephencollins.bsky.social made the point best

“What the hell kind of Christian is this guy anyway?” From the new Private Eye, out now.

it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI

More relevant than ever, and by popular demand: another LIMITED run of our Antifa miniatures shirt courtesy of SlowDeath Games. Available in red or black and several sizes. Only in the shop for a couple of weeks so nobody's waiting forever for these to arrive. Grab yours now, terrorists!

And here's the ap, just an absolutely gorgeous run:

If you want to take the Trouble Engine for a spin you can get the a|state second edition pdf here: www.drivethrurpg.com/product/3935...

The essay in this one is fun, I think. Meta advice on what advice does.

Holy fuck. Well one thing is sure, no women will buy anything from @warlordgames.com. Asshole. And before Bexit I did buy some models from them. Never again. Did I mention 4P Press offers some lovely STL files of model ships and WWI planes, while providing a nice array of rules to cover such?😊

Letraset's ACTION TRANSFERS are a perennial Scarred For Life favourite, allowing kids to recreate their favourite moments from films, TV shows, comics, and, erm, the San Francisco earthquake of 1906...

Not sure where I'd position "marking" in Dante's levels of hell, but it's definitely on there somewhere.

Chewing on this. I don’t disagree with it, but it also comes down a more negatively than I would frame it, and I’m finding it interesting to chew on why that is, because a lot of the answers come down to signalling and pacing.

Saw a story re an IPO for Discord and saw this post. I will need to check it out

Join us on a field trip to a scene from This Slavery graphic novel. It turns out if you draw first and visit later, you get lots of surprises (including a mistake a whole quarter of a mile long)

Love this from Guillermo del Toro

This music will cause violence so must be banned! (Never does) These movies are too gory and will cause violence so must be banned! (Never does) These games are too violent and will cause violence so must be banned! (Never does) "AI" chat bots talking people into murder and/or suicide: *crickets*

Just realized that Emperor Qin Shi Huang's "Terracotta Army" of clay soldiers he kept in a vault in like 200 BC make him the first Warhammer Guy. he got some disposable income and started painting minis. totally get it

It is 50 years since the creation of @chaosium.bsky.social ... what five objects tell the story of its history? @rickmeints.bsky.social takes on the challenge. Plus, more stories from GROGMEETish. thegrognardfiles.com/2026/01/01/f...

I’ve listened to enough Magnus Archives to know to leave this WELL alone.

Ran this excellent rules light MR James style Edwardian ghost story scenario for the family tonight- excellent fun and superbly spooky! Available from @savagespiel.bsky.social here! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...

It is a shame this TTRPG is tucked away in a board game campaign! We review the Batman: Gotham City Chronicles Quick Start. The Exploit Points system is a perfect fit for superheroic action.

Seems like a good provocation to share this analysis of AD&D combat by Ron Edwards, particularly attending to initiative, based on both a close analytical reading and actual play. youtu.be/Y4f9J47X-E0?...

And so does 2025 begins its own pilgrimage to the shadows of the dark, dank ossuary of yesteryears

Thanks to @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social for Dirk’s Dossier, which has seen me through the Christmas washing up nicely. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Lulu and the mistletoe on Christmas Eve. Louise in Pandora’s Box (1929):

And Tiny Tim, WHO COULD NOT DIE, crawled on under the glare of the dying sun

10 TTRPGS I’d really like to play/run in 2026. - Ten Candles - Delta Green - Raven - Dead Air: Seasons - Tainted Grail - Triangle Agency - Otherscape - Neon City Outlaws - Liminal - Cold City

How I'm turning up to the Bluesky Christmas party.

You will be visited by three spirits

A ridiculously useful blog on running Session Zero.

Here we go again; must be those flipping chronitons... www.patreon.com/posts/episod...

One of my absolute favourite RPGs and an outrageous bargain at this price.

One final seasonal RPG scenario recommendation: if what you really want is a classic ghost story taking inspiration from the works of M. R. James, A Winter Haunting should be just the thing. Written for Cthulhu Dark, and adaptable to other horror games. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...

Right, back to it. Bit more on stats, suspect reason for using 3-18 is partly tradition, partly to allow for gradual increases over levels. Not a fan. Arrays are default, but there are point buy and rolling options in an appendix. Which also largely duplicates p25. Filling empty space probably 11/

Play School (19th December 1977). Chloe Ashcroft and Johnny Ball are getting ready for Christmas.

A tip of the hat never hurt anyone or being thankful. I am deeply touched that others think Honorbound was worth it to at least get on the list. We have no delusions of winning but if you have an extra vote laying around... www.enworld.org/threads/its-... The #raspyraven bump is real!