Absolutely this. I can't count how many market stalls I now see with the same mass produced AI tat there. I'd rather spend more on something handmade EVERY SINGLE TIME. I had FOMO about the Expo this year and was going to whip up a crowd to go in 27. I won't if this isn’t seen to.

A lovely meal at Hattis with the fam followed by some drinks and games up in the garden cwtch.

25th anniversary celebrations in Gran Canaria with the much better half. Got here on Friday and it has been an awesome couple of days of drinking & eating so far. Tomorrow we travel to the capital for some shopping and then a day of culture looking at old villages the day after. Tidy!

Out of office is now on. My first bit of annual leave of any real duration since Christmas. Time to celebrate the better half and my 25th anniversary. 5 days in Gran Canaria. No writing for RPGs in any way shape or form. Just reading, drinking, and generally doing bugger all in the sun. Tidy.

Share the last 4 TTRPGs you played and expose your gaming habits! - Stormbringer - I ran a one-shot playtest for a con game in June - Deadlands - My current long-term campaign - Ars Magica - A buddies campaign that I played on a break from mine - Tales from the Loop - My sporadic campaign

The Stormbringer one-shot playtest for Rolling in the Ruins Moorcock themed minicon went really wrll tonight. A couple of tweaks to some numbers and the pacing and it should be good to go!

So that's the maps, pre-generated characters, and 'most of the writing' completed ready for tonight's Moorcock themed minicon game playtest. More writing done last night. Still have to do bad guy/npc stats today. Let's hope I can represent Newport Gaming as best as I can in Bradford in June. Tidy

Boardgames and daytime drinking (eventually). What more could you ask for!

I always loved those Les Edwards Call of Cthulhu 4th edition colour plates.

Okay! That's the first and main part of the writing complete for the #Stormbringer one-shot I'm running for the #RollingintheRuins convention in Bradford in June. Now I just need to draw the maps, create the pre-gen characters, make the props, work up the stat blocks of the NPCs, etc. Tidy.

Now it's time for some writing with a cider up in the garden cwtch.

Don't name your top 15 TV shows FFS, this is a very common internet banking password recovery question.

No rest for the wicked. Fajitas. Cheers all. Hope you're all having a tidy, safe and sane Saturday. Xx

Today's lunchtime head clearer.

Tonight's viewing for writing research purposes.

What a show. I haven't danced for that long since Jacob's wedding party. My elderly knees will not thank me in the morning. Totally worth it.

Taj Mahal! We managed to get a Reiner Knizia classic to the table tonight. I introduced 2 friends to it for the first time and it seemed to go down well!

TTRPG about me First game: Tunnels & Trolls. Last game: (Ran) Deadlands - (played) Ars Magica. Longest game: Stormbringer 5th Ed - Running my Chaos Engineers campaign. Favourite game: Stormbringer/Elric. Favourite mechanics: BRP. Favourite art: Boring but true answer is Stormbringer again.

NEWS! Steve Devaney, who also was a Chaosium design contest winner, just put out Prince of Masks on RPG Now. If vampiric fey overlords & adult content is your bag, please consider supporting an indie creator. Like me Steve is a single dad working & gaming on the side, so show him some love!

So the White House basically told the Pope to go fuck himself and that it could bomb and destroy who it wants? Calling all so called Catholics in the USA….?

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I feel this.

I'm running the final episode of our second season of #Deadlands #TTRPG today so I thought I'd break out the big guns by way of T-shirts.

Having a sort out of my man-den and rearranging my #boardgames. I have a few! Some of these haven't made it to a table in a long old time.

Busy with #TTRPG! This coming Monday will see the finale of Season 2 of our #Deadlands campaign. Shortly after that, I'll be playtesting the NUNA RPG for my buddy @tedankhamen.bsky.social. Then playtesting my 1-shot for Rolling in the Ruins games con with @breakfastruins.bsky.social Phew!

Season 2 Finale prepped and ready! It may be 2 episodes worth or it could be done in one. It all depends on the choices the posse make. Some surprises were revealed in the previous episode but there are a couple more to go yet!

We are live with issue 55! Containing two witchy reviews with both Wise Women and the Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches, these games are very different but quite a crossover! Lots more inside for your TTRPG reading time. Available on DriveThru or via our Patreon. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

Pre-drinks with one of my daughters before #Gorillaz. It was one of those bands we always said we'd would see when I introduced her to them many years ago.

cruisingforamusing36190591.wordpress.com/2026/03/27/d... Episode 8 of our #Deadlands #TTRPG is on the blog. They discover a hidden part of a prop that they've had since season 1 (Thanks to Power Word Spill on YouTube for the idea). Episode 9 is coming in a week's time and may be the season finale.

The slightest bit of sunlight and I'm out in it. I'm very lucky to live in a part of Wales where there are loads of lovely natural spots to walk and/or cycle. I've been out with my daughter, with friends, and also on my own. Altogether, I've cycled around 63 miles, and walked around 7 miles. Tidy.

Busy day tomorrow so fajitas tonight. I hope you all have a better of a weekend. Cheers all!

I was sent this the other day by a buddy at just the right time. I was writing a game for a #TTRPG convention in June, to run for relative strangers. I was starting to lose faith in myself and my ability to write and run an enjoyable game. 1/2

#Deadlands ##TTRPG, S2 E8 was a blast! It was RP heavy, but the players did manage to learn that a book prop they've had since S1 E1, had writing in it that could only be seen in moonlight at an altar of the BBG! It was a lot of fun! Nearly at the season 2 finale. Write-up to follow shortly!

Episode 8 Prep Complete! Much later than I would have liked, I have managed to get everything out of my head, onto a page for #Deadlands #TTRPG Last episode was weighted towards action, this episode towards story and roleplaying. That's not to say they won't find a way to make it dangerous! 😂

Episode 7 write-up is on the blog! cruisingforamusing36190591.wordpress.com/2026/03/15/d... The day before episode 8, slightly delayed by the distraction of Resi 9. This episode has the party running into cannibals when they search for Twitch, & going to Japanese hell in search of Myazaki's soul.

At last, a 6 Nations gane I can be truly happy about. Cheers, chaps!

Sunday is writing day! #Deadlands #TTRPG #CreativeWriting #Blog

Wales may have lost yesterday, but they put up another good fight. Coupled with the results today has made for a tidy weekend so far! Fajitas and some booze followed by the last 2 episodes of season 1 of The Pitt. Cheers all!

Currently taking part in one of my favourite parts of writing for #TTRPG. Finding the right pieces of music to accompany the scenes I've written. I remember hearing an interview with Andy Nyman on the @scarredforlife.bsky.social podcast where he said that music is another character in the story. 👌

Episode 7 of our #Deadlands #TTRPG prep complete! The first full group session of season 2! The posse need to tie up the loose ends of the last couple of months with Twitch missing in action and Myazaki in a coma that appears to be getting worse.

Expensive Shopping Trip! Went with the family to Birmingham today for some retail therapy. I found an amazing FLGS that had the best collection of #Deadlands books that I've ever seen on a shelf. Along with some other things, I picked up a few books and am now skint (totally worth it!).

A mid-season trailer for our #Deadlands ##TTRPG campaign. A summary of where each character is after their solo and the outcome. A very short read and written from the perspective of our heavily pregnant dancin' girl, Mary. cruisingforamusing36190591.wordpress.com/2026/02/23/d...

The write-up for episode 6 of our #Deadlands ##TTRPG campaign is up on the blog. cruisingforamusing36190591.wordpress.com/2026/02/22/d... Gene investigates, gets sent on a mission, encounters a never before seen beast, & succeeds in bringing help to Houston in the shape of a mysterious stranger...

Time to catch up with the latest pod while I write up the latest #Deadlands ##TTRPG episode. I also need to write the BITR con game (I now have a concept), and I also need to write and run a one-shot playtest of the NUNA system (I promise I haven't forgotten @tedankhamen.bsky.social ) Busy!

Exciting games today and one result that I liked! Fajita time now. Hope you're all having a tidy, safe,and sane Saturday beehatches! Cheers!

On @malcolmcraig.bsky.social 's recommendation, we've taken a look at the 1956 Sydney J Bounds opus THE ROBOT BRAINS. We also talk about Malcolm's work in academia, his paper on Twilight 2000, the "macho men with Uzis" RPG sub-genre and the second editions of Cold City and Hot War. JOIN US!

Putting the 'deaf' in Deftones.

That's a wrap on the last of the #Deadlands #TTRPG 1-1 sessions with our resident Huckster, Gene! He went up a mountain and came down barely in one piece after a confrontation with a Peryton!

Episode 5 of our #Deadlands #TTRPG is up on the blog. Mamik encounters some Pinkertons who are hell bent on finding someone guilty of murder, even if there's no proof. This ends in a rain of bullets, blood, and tears. cruisingforamusing36190591.wordpress.com/2026/02/16/d...