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Another post from the archive... ...confronting some cobblers about Kobaloi.

A post from the archive... ...on the conceptual ancestry of #WH40K 's Hive Worlds.

A new post... ...indexing the now-bewildering number of posts I have written on unpublished early material for WFRP and WFB. #Oldhammer #WFRP

I'm possibly late to this, but the Roll to Save Podcast has started reviewing the reissued Enemy Within campaign. #WFRP

A post from the archive... ...with the inside story of the Enemy Within campaign's original finale, including previously unpublished outlines. #WFRP

Il y a trois ans, mon guide non-officiel pour la campagne de L'Ennemi Intérieur a été traduit en français. Les liens vers le site de la traductrice étant rompus, j'ai ajouté les fichiers à ma page de téléchargements, où ils peuvent à nouveau être consultés gratuitement. #WarhammerJDR

Three years ago my unofficial guide to the Enemy Within campaign was translated into French. Since the links to the translator's site have broken, I've added the files to my downloads page, where they can be accessed again for free. #WFRP

A new post... ...on Rick Priestley's unpublished dwarfs supplement for #Warhammmer. #Oldhammer

If you have an interest in #Warhammer and aren't already listening, The Oldhammer Fiction Podcast is well worth your time.

In 2025 Chaosium turns 50, making us the oldest ongoing roleplaying publisher in the industry. We're delighted to have a special display cabinet at #Gen_Con, celebrating the games that have captivated gamers, readers and mythic adventurers worldwide for the past half-century.

A post from the archive... ...on the origins of the Chaos symbol in #Warhammer. #WFRP #WH40K

Games Workshop's new logo. Yes, you hate it, because you have no idea about GW's logos for the first ten years of its existence. Which looked like this:

Blimey, BBC Four, what have we done to deserve this? Next Wednesday 30 July, the late evening schedule is devoted to THREADS and THE WAR GAME, two of the most horrifying and bleakly depressing films ever made. There will be documentaries, too. Get the snacks in!

Last year I wrote a post on the literary origins of demon swords. Today, I discovered that @gonzohistory.bsky.social mostly beat me to it on the Monster Man podcast a few years earlier. I needn't have bothered! :) monsterman.libsyn.com/special-epis...

Ten years ago, I started to record a podcast … thegrognardfiles.com/2015/07/15/i...

“The Old World is dying, the new is full of bloody dinosaurs with clubs” to paraphrase Antonio Gramsci Join us as we explore the jungles of Warhammer Fantasy Role-Play’s Lustria with @cubicle7games.bsky.social’s Dave Allen Free to read, you don’t even need to sub, though that would be nice

Ok, because there is no better time to relaunch your newsletter, and launch your entire (half built) brand new website, than a Sunday afternoon when you are on a family holiday that’s exactly what we’ve done… Gazetteer subscribers please check your inboxes/junk mail or like everyone else read here

I'm not entirely sure whether this counts as a new post or an old one, but I've written something revisiting my unofficial companion to the Enemy Within campaign. #WFRP

Poster by Eric Fraser for the BBC’s 1981 radio adaptation of Tolkien’s The Lord Of The Rings, alongside a preparatory colour piece by EF for the commission.

Following on from my blog post last week, here is a link to my full interview with Paul Vernon from a couple of years back. It took years to get the interview and I think it contains some fascinating background to events in UK roleplaying in the 1980s. Thanks again to Paul for giving up his time.

There is a new Lost Warhammer post today... but it's not by me! @graemedavis.bsky.social has written a post on his blog about two #Warhammer Fantasy Battle supplements he proposed, but which were not taken forward: Regiments of Renown and Heroes for Hire. graemedavis.wordpress.com/2025/06/14/l...

Awesome Lies is now ad-free! So you'll have to go somewhere else to find baldness cures and great opportunities to work from home.... :)

A new post on Awesome Lies... ...telling how the very first #WFRP campaign came never to be published.

Just posted: That Time I Tried to Make Ogres Playable in WFRP 1st Edition. Includea a new skill for Ogres in WFRP 1, 2, 3, and 4. graemedavis.wordpress.com

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A post from the archive... ...trying to construct a Nippon setting in #Warhammer.

After almost nine years, my 'Lost Warhammer' blog posts are still digging into the almost bottomless pit of unpublished #Warhammer games and supplements. If they might be your thing and you haven't read them all already, you can find them here: awesomeliesblog.wordpress.com/category/his...

There is a long tradition of these pictures among GW writers. The first one I know of is Richard Halliwell in 1978 (drawn by Bryan Ansell for Reaper). There is also the one from Combat 3001 in 1981. Can anyone name the people in that drawing? #Oldhammer

A new post on Awesome Lies... ...on unpublished tales of ratmen. With thanks to @jameswallis.bsky.social. #WFRP

Just posted: GW Design Studio bingo. How many of these reprobates from Rogue Trader can you name? All of them, if you read this. graemedavis.wordpress.com

A post from the archive... ...on the very first #WFRP adventure in #WhiteDwarf, in which absolutely no-one says "I'll bite your legs off".

I can't believe the publishers of the original Chivalry & Sorcery gave any thought to the eyesight of their readers fifty years later....

A post from the archive... ...with some heretical thoughts on the history of gamebooks.

Re-reading Reaper... I'm sure I've seen that dragon somewhere else.

Now that I've completed the full set, I've collated links to all my Enemy Within reviews, for easier navigation. #WFRP

I haven't read any of Jon Peterson's new book yet, but I am hoping it sheds more light on the role the Western Gunfight Wargame Rules played in the creation of D&D.

The second volume of Jon Peterson's new edition of "Playing at the World" focuses on the three pillars of role-playing games to provide a deep dive into the history of the setting, system, and characters of Dungeons & Dragons. @increment.bsky.social: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255231...

By the standards of 1970s wargames, The Emerald Tablet was an unusually pretty set of rules.

Theo has done a fantastic review of “Empire in Ruins”, the final part of the #WFRP #EnemyWithin campaign, on his blog. As a bonus is features a lovely summary of the long and tortured history of the many versions of this adventure. theenemywithinremixed.wordpress.com/2025/04/03/t...

Why was the first episode of the reissued Enemy Within campaign called Enemy in Shadows? It was all down to a serendipitous mistake.... #WFRP awesomeliesblog.wordpress.com/2018/08/08/t...

A new post on Awesome Lies, finally completing my decalogy of Enemy Within reviews. #WFRP awesomeliesblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/27/t...

A new post on Awesome Lies, finally completing my decalogy of Enemy Within reviews. #WFRP awesomeliesblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/27/t...

Warhammer artist Karl Kopinski is raising funds to support his recovery from a stroke. www.gofundme.com/f/xahmmd-rec...

An update on the blog....

About six years ago I posted some notes on converting Power Behind the Throne to Call of Cthulhu. I rewrote the plot as a fascist coup in the USA of the 1920s. I suppose it might also work for other periods....

Forty-eight years ago today, The Mighty Tharg blessed humanity with the gift of Thrill-power as 2000 AD Prog 1 landed on newsagents' shelves! 2419 issues later and the Thrills keep coming – here's to the next 48, Earthlets! bit.ly/3nHVcUL

I played the Traveller RPG a bit in the 80s and enjoyed the comic strip in White Dwarf (83-86). I recently found that all the episodes are online here - www.2000ad.org/markus/trave...

Sigh. My 'Back in Business' post proved premature. The problems with WordPress have returned. awesomeliesblog.wordpress.com/2025/02/14/b...