🍄 I'm so delighted to introduce you all to the latest (& tiniest) denizens of Rascaltown the LIL RASCALS! 🍄 I think these are definitely some of the most fantastic minis we've made yet and I'm so hyped that they're FINALLY OUT RIGHT NOW at roguehobbies.com I hope you guys love them 🥲 #rascaltown

Finally someone said it

I had a bit of a commute today for a change, so started listening to the Hobbit, narrated by Andy Serkis. Quite tempted to follow up with the full LotR trilogy. I used to read LotR every year for about 25 years but stopped when I got married. Forgotten how good the writing is.

I think this remains my favourite video we have made for a crowdfunding campaign.

My review of Hot War Second Edition. What happens when the Cold War goes very hot, fallout, border-science monsters, and the grim logistics of a ruined 1963 London. I dig into why it hits now, and why playing collapse-horror can still be a rehearsal for hope. blog.monkeyx.games/2026/02/20/h...

My review of Hot War Second Edition. What happens when the Cold War goes very hot, fallout, border-science monsters, and the grim logistics of a ruined 1963 London. I dig into why it hits now, and why playing collapse-horror can still be a rehearsal for hope. blog.monkeyx.games/2026/02/20/h...

It's funny my first foray into 2-player epistolary games both riff of the same premise: two agents of competing sides of a time-war. Both landed recently in my hands; I've found two different partners to play them out. Both use playing cards but otherwise structurally / mechanically different.

Our next episode of Slow Boat to China is out now! The first night aboard ship falls. Dinner, drinking and dancing provide an indulgent backdrop to a mysterious disappearance. 🎧 Listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0TTFU8cAfqeo59YdbBFTJ2 🛳️ Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/qVpcTCrPPz

Currently TTRPGs are my main evening activity when kids go to bed Weekly Mon - Children of Fear Sat - Imperium Maledictum Sun - Out of the Ashes Bi-weekly Wed - Dragonbane / Mythic Bastionland Thu - Liminal (until April then thinking of running Cold City then Hot War of about 6 sessions each)

It's Mythic Bastionland tonight for me. I loved this with the same intensity I bounced off the new Pendragon. My review of it here: blog.monkeyx.games/2025/11/12/m...

Sian was meant to be a pause in the journey until sentimental keepsakes vanished and grave-coins turn up like payment. Episode 5 of Children of Fear. Disguises, pagoda records, and a merchant in the Muslim Quarter who’s a little too ready with “the real antiques.” blog.monkeyx.games/2026/02/17/c...

Remind me of Lofwyr in the Shadowrun setting. "He is primarily known for being the solitary owner of Saeder-Krupp and thus the wealthiest individual on Earth" shadowrun.fandom.com/wiki/Lofwyr

Children of Fear: Who’s Who in the Midnight Society Expedition blog.monkeyx.games/2026/02/14/c...

These are excellent

Nice little drop from the postie.

The only essential oil is Nuln.

Age verification? I like singing along with K-Pop Demon Hunters! oh wait...

I'm so excited for this. Been following along the Bastionland blog and there's some great ideas here.

Episode 4 of our Children of Fear campaign log drops the investigators into rain-slick Sian, where a small, unsettling mystery tugs at them even as the larger journey presses on. All atmosphere and tension, and tough choices. blog.monkeyx.games/2026/02/09/c...

Nice article on this game: zotiquest.substack.com/p/why-im-bac...

Finally making it to Concrete Cow! I’m running Fishguts Crawl using CY_BORG in the afternoon slot. Sludge, bad choices, and chrome-splattered chaos. Come get gross with me.

If you like the idea of Shadowrun but die a little inside at the crunch, you might be interested in Arcana Rising. OSR chassis, modern magic Earth, day jobs, demons in the suburbs. Plus some honest thoughts on why I’ll mostly be stealing bits from it. blog.monkeyx.games/2026/02/06/a...

I was introduced to D&D in Edinburgh (age 10) and then moved to LA (age 12) where that is all I played. It wasn't until uni (back in the UK) I encountered other systems (Vampire first, then Traveller and Cyberpunk). Must admit half the games UK folks in 80s liked wasn't on my radar until recently.

It's #ZineTopia on Backerkit and I found some interesting projects to back. See 🧵 1/6 www.backerkit.com/c/collection...

Looking forward to this 👇I'll be running Feng Shui for the first time - a fast, cinematic action RPG about Hong Kong–style gunfights and kung fu where heroes from across time battle for control of the world’s fate. Wrote the scenario "Lanterns of the Turning Year" to mark the new year.

Once again it is time to be clear in how much I enjoy Seyed's reviews. I have found them extremely enlightening about our own material. The summaries of systems are really sharp. I've said it before, but I really admire Seyed's ability to engage with creator intentions. Nice.

Started reading this... Hot Damn it looks good. Will have to do a review when I've finished reading it. Then the bigger challenge - find time and players to run it! But Cold City first maybe?

The next instalment of our ongoing Children of Fear campaign - an extended travel montage as the convoy leaves Peking, gets sized up at a muddy militia checkpoint, rolls into Chengchow under an ominous lotus sign, before Sian rises and the visions strike again. blog.monkeyx.games/2026/02/01/c...

Turned out to be a lot of fun. In the AM, I really enjoyed @mcookie123.bsky.social 's improvised game of Gumshoe sword and sorcery where I played a bow wielding thief. The system was light but with plenty of to do. Our team managed to kill the dark lord Vosh after dealing with a huge lizard. 1/2

In prep for a campaign I'll be playing in rather than GMing, I’ve reviewed Out of the Ashes, a melancholic-but-hopeful fantasy game about one community trying to survive the Fourth Age without becoming monsters themselves. blog.monkeyx.games/2026/01/30/s...

Looking forward to attending @elevatedpachyderm.bsky.social 's Dahn Sarf get together this Saturday. Not running anything at this one but just playing in two different games. One a lightweight Gumshoe-based sword&sorcery jam (yeah I have no idea) and the other Lex Arcana (Roman Britain with magic).

The second write-up for Children of Fear campaign: apocalyptic visions, ominous leads, and the party finally setting out from Peking. blog.monkeyx.games/2026/01/26/c...

A blog post in which I process some of the feel bads of modern life through watching the Traitors blog.monkeyx.games/2026/01/24/i...

I’ve put Sharp Swords & Sinister Spells through an Evils of Illmire “swamp hexcrawl” stress-test: loads to like (fast play, nasty magic, GM-friendly scaling), but I’m not convinced it’s my best Illmire engine. Full review: blog.monkeyx.games/2026/01/23/s...

Catching up on our Secret of the Dragon Emperor (Dragonbane) campaign with a lengthy blog post of the party's brave, if costly, delve into the Riddermound. blog.monkeyx.games/2026/01/21/d...

The first episode of our Children of Fear campaign - a campaign blog blog.monkeyx.games/2026/01/18/c...

Wrote a remix of @irny.bsky.social's Terminus scenario based on running it a couple of times which I hope helps other GMs wanting to run this: blog.monkeyx.games/2026/01/17/t...

Hillfolk, a talk-first RPG where drama is the engine, tokens bribe you to give in, and fights are commercial breaks. I compare it with other games about communities: a|state & Salvage Union. When to pick conversation over clocks or mechs. Prestige TV at the table. blog.monkeyx.games/2026/01/02/h...

'It is written in the Disks of Mishakal that evil, by its very nature, will always turn in upon itself. Thus it becomes self-defeating.' ― Margaret Weis, Dragons of Winter Night

And we're done! Another successful event.. and our first using Square Based Comp. Overall Winner - Adam Best General - Malik 1st Runner Up - Alex 2nd Runner Up - Reece Coolest Army - Adam Best Sport - Lewis Better Dice Next Time - Jonathan

Some cool armies on display 1/2

It's the ninth War in the Old World @badmooncafe.bsky.social - the one day tournament I've had the pleasure to organise for the past 2 years. Lovely full house of happy Old Worlders

I made a new mini, get him here: www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-pr...

I don't always agree with Ben but this is spot on IMO www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9w8...

January is off to a decent start TTRPG wise. Yesterday = Session Zero for the Children of Fear campaign that I've been planning for a few months. Today = GMing Delta Green A Victim of the Art (first of two sessions) Tomorrow = Back to playing in Mythic Bastionland

Watched the last Stranger Things.. I felt emotionally satisfied to bring it to a close. Campaign endings are hard. Now I don't need to read the discourse to know it will skew towards negativity immediately but I think this will age well.

Fomoria Quickstart is crawling out of the earth now, free to download! Includes core rules, an intro adventure and 8 pregen characters ready to be consumed by the Darkness. An epic folk horror TTRPG created by Tania Herrero, laid out and published by @nohr.se tania-herrero.itch.io/fomoria-quic...

My DM philosophy in a short: youtube.com/shorts/mXakn...

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.

It's been a relaxing year of reading. The days of reading on average 2-3 books a week are gone as I relax from the philosophy and into leisurely reading. Top categories were science fiction, historical fiction and non-fiction. I don't track TTRPG books on Goodreads otherwise reckon that'd be win.