Listening to the wonderful The Lovecraft Investigations: Crowley. Written by the amazing Julian Simpson. Performed by @maybeitwasutah.bsky.social, Nicola Walker, Barnaby Kay, Colin Tierney and Tim McInnerny. www.pleasantgreen.co.uk/crowley-stor... This is the best thing to happen to me this year.

Exciting news. Dragon Slayers is developing a partnership with Exeter's YMCA. Game sessions are due to start at the end of March for YMCA residents. #exeter #ymca #ttrpg #mentalhealth #rpg

Dragon Slayers is back in the spring! Please share. We're starting a game of Star Wars (West End Games). Dragon Slayers is for Exeter residents aged 18+ who are struggling with their mental health. #whipton #Exeter #starwars #mentalhealth #ttrpg Artwork by John Swogger

Spent last Sunday painting 32mm Tusken raiders. I'm prepping for future sessions of WEG's Star Wars RPG. Bought lots of minis and then realised I need to assemble and paint them. Great details though, and an easy surface to paint on. Still got a bit of touching up to do. Next: Guavian death gang.

Happy Halloween folks! #Halloween #notopumpkinpie

My copy of Robert Bloch's Strange Eons (1979) has finally arrived. "What men know of is called science; what they have not yet learned they call magic". #weirdtales #robertbloch #hplovecraft

My own spin on B4 The Lost City D&D adventure. youtu.be/AYJzEiLCEwI?...

September update – what’s new with the Dragon Slayers? It's September and we're still playing Spawn of Azathoth. In fact the players are only halfway through. This is a real campaign.

Free role-playing games workshop in Exeter Want to learn how to play games like Dungeons & Dragons? Role-playing games are not just for the young kids. They're good for your brain and lots of fun to play. Do you fancy a new hobby? These are games of the imagination. If you're curious why don't you…

Want to learn how to play role-playing games? Free workshop for #Exeter residents aged 18+ Saturday 20 September, 1.30 to 4pm #Whipton Community Hall To book a place: 07860375557; @ExeterSlayers [email protected] RPGs are good for you Don't let the kids have all the fun

There's trouble in Saint Augustine, Florida. PCs are split. One in hospital. One in jail. Three in ghoul tunnels. One lost at sea. They're now in deep doo-doo. Did you play this adventure? How did it go for you? Was it fun? Did uou change anything? #callofcthulhurpg #ttrpgs #RPG @chaosium

Received a copy of B4.5 Beyond the Lost City adventure module today. This item elaborates on specific areas in the original module that were left for the DM to do. Postal charges from the USA had been hiked up. Thanks to Bad Mike's Comics and Games!

Review of the Red Sonja film which premiered yesterday johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2025/08/red-...

@thebodhanagroup.bsky.social what training do you offer?

Budgie's book The Absence has arrived. Such a sad start to his tale. Really looking forward to meeting him in Bath on Monday. Last met him during the launch of Superstition in 1991. IMO, the world's best drummer. #budgie #theabsence #bath #siouxsieandthebanshees #thecreatures #therapy

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Workshop: how to play role-playing games Free workshop for Exeter residents aged 18+ wanting to learn how to play role-playing games. Role-playing games are designed to bring people together; have lots of fun; improve your mental health; develop interpersonal skills at the same time.

Please donate a small amount to Dragon Slayers and receive a free hi res digital artwork by artist John Swogger. This image is called "A Private Collection", and based on a zoo of Lovecraftian horrors. This is John's vision of an Lloigor. coff.ee/dragonslayersuk

Yes, I'm woke. Dragon Slayers is a safe space for its Slayers, whoever they are. Enter and feel welcome. #ttrpg #Trans

Friday travelled to my first gaming convention, the UK Games Expo. Thanks guys for the way you've organised it. It's a huge affair and incredibly busy. I was overwhelmed by it all, and a great testing experience for me personally. Fab community to be a part of.

So no-one else has spotted the Mixtec/Aztec turquoise pectoral mosaic in Andor? Or what resemble chiwara headdresses from Mali? The planet Earth is in Star Wars. #andorseason2 #StarWars #britishmuseum

My 6yo climbs on me, laughs, then whispers in my ear "you are fat". Laughs some more. Thanks. Thank you so much. 🤣

Why Dragon Slayers is different: therapeutic role-playing games Why Dragon Slayers is different to other public RPG groups.

A recent trip for me to see one of my best friends, artist John Swogger and his wife Freyja. We all met back in the 90s when we discovered we had TTRPGs in common. We ended up playing Call of Cthulhu, and John was Keeper.

Fantasy, scifi & horror role-playing games for positive mental health. Free to play. For anyone aged 18+ with anxiety & depression. New players welcome. Safe space.

Happy birthday Dragon Slayers!! We're 1 years old and going strong. Proving there's a need is easy, getting funding is a challenge.

Slayers update – 28 February 2025 Next week we celebrate our 1st year anniversary! Dragon Slayers works. We're still here, and pushing positive mental health and therapeutic role-playing games into a second year. Despite the fact we operate every Tuesday evening, it's taken us a year to expand to…

Now I've gone and done it. One of the characters finds their foe's head in a hat box outside their hotel door on Walston! Traveller's HighnDry adventure has been changed into a gangster mystery, and the scientists on 567-908 have made a discovery to redzone the planet. #ttrpg #writing #traveller

Playing Traveller with 6 players. HighnDry adventure. Had to create lots of mystery to make it more interesting. Players are so engaged that they've remained on planet 567-908 for almost 6 hours of play. What is that green motif painted on labcoats? #ttrpg #traveller #anxiety #depression

I'm stating it loud and clear. Inclusion and diversity creates a healthier world. We believe in the equality of all human beings.

I6 Ravenloft final session: PCs, Ireena & Ismark, village cleric & angry mob in catacombs. Ireena to lure Strahd out. Plan goes wrong. Ireena is fireballed by PC, Strahd polym as Ireena and leads Ismark away to his death. Party portalled elsewhere to new adventure. Strahd escapes #DnD #ravenloft

Fantasy, sci-fi & horror role-playing games for positive mental health. No experience needed. For Exeter residents aged 18+ who live with anxiety/ depression. Free to play. Whipton Community Hall. Tuesdays evenings. Mob: 07860375557 Contact me for details. #TTRPGs #dnd #whipton #Exeter

Slayers are on a outing to watch the film #Nosferatu. Egger's film nicely honours Murnau's original adaptation of Dracula.

Happy new year, everyone! Let 2025 be a year of compassion and peace. We've had enough of war and hatred in our world.

Next week (Session 33), after 28 hours of play, our Slayers have reached the finale. Will they defeat the evil Strahd? Will their characters find a way home? Or will the Mists take them elsewhere? #ttrpg #dnd #TSR #ravenloft #WotC #anxiety #depression #therapeuticgaming #whipton #exeter

@dragonslayersuk.bsky.social has received a small grant from @exetercouncil.bsky.social. Thank you for supporting this community project. Must also thank Councillor Ruth Williams and Wendy Bodell for their encouragement.

Rewriting old adventures for the Slayers. youtu.be/WXfyUIUNBGE?...

Dragon Slayers project explained. youtube.com/shorts/lNW9w...

Been trying to make some videos to upload with my phone and software. It's a challenge 🤣. 19 times to get to a clip I think I'm happy with, then I delete it because I think I'm missing my continuous smile and interesting voice. I'll try again tomorrow. My motto should be 'don't give a damn'.

Consensus among the Slayers is that the following games are going to be played in this order: 1. Traveller (Mongoose) 2. Star Wars (WEG) 3. Call of Cthulhu (Chaosium) We start playing Traveller in December because we're about to complete the adventure module I6 Ravenloft (AD&D 1st ed).

Atmosphere in a safe space, a D&D game session includes broken immersion & lots of squirming reactions by players to situations whilst their adventurers explore the catacombs of Ravenloft. Dragon Slayers sessions provide a positive therapeutic effect on players.

My 6yo and me painting dragons. I'm looking at her proud thinking "please play D&D with me when you're older". #daughter #pride #painting #miniatures #dnd

Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now 1. Retail assistant 2. Repacking human bones 3. Extra in Brookside soap opera 4. Archaeologist 5. Business archives officer

Part of what I do for Dragon Slayers is create new adventures, or rewrite existing ones. Earlier this year I rewrote TSR/WotC's B4 The Lost City #thelostcity #cynidiceans #tsr #dnd #writing

Based at Whipton Community Hall, Exeter. Dragon Slayers holds its weekly RPG sessions in a safe atmospheric space. #whipton #ttrpg #dnd #anxiety #depression #loneliness #Tuesday

Painting minis is a therapeutic activity for me, much like food shopping, which is a cheaper activity. This 1990s zombie has been retouched with modern paints. #Vallejo #paint #miniatures #ralpartha

My dad Robbie Eccles (rear of photo) was a bass guitarist in the early 60s. In Vince and the Volcanoes, then The Harlems which backed The Chants in '64. When Helen Shapiro backed out of playing in Liverpool with the Beatles for a TV gig, my Dad's band replaced her. #merseybeat #liverpool

Dragon Slayers is open to Exeter residents who are aged 18+ and who are ND, and/or live with anxiety and depression. dragonslayersuk.wordpress.com/what-is-drag... Current marketing poster artwork by John Gordon Swogger.