Does anyone else remember this? I think the board game references may have been inspired by D&D.

There are some great exhibitions on in London right now. Ramses at Battersea Park (a little Disneyfied, but with fantastic artefacts)....

Not a Dalek. Definitely not a Dalek. It's a "mechanical warrior". (From 'Vengeance of the Lichemaster".)

I've been out of work for seven months now, and I could use your help. Here are six ways you could give me a hand: graemedavis.wordpress.com/2026/03/11/h... Thanks in advance!

Just published an interview with John Foody - one of the founding editors of Warpstone, the venerable #WFRP fanzine! We discuss the history of the magazine and of #Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay. illmetbymorrslieb.wordpress.com/2026/03/10/i...

For those interested in the academic research of role-playing games, we have just released our latest issue of the International Journal of Role-Playing (17!). 221 pages of work, all for advancing knowledge about this medium. journals.uu.se/IJRP/issue/v...

I think I've heard of it but oddly never actually read this before but this 1975 article by Tony Bath on incorporating fantasy into wargaming is a wonderful thing & wonderful snapshot of the time & just goes to show how much D&D benefited from first mover advantage drive.google.com/file/d/1iOQG...

White Dwarf's first #WH40K cover came in WD93 (September 1987).

White Dwarf's first #WFRP cover was WD82 (October 1986).

To continue a theme, the first White Dwarf covers to feature #Warhammer games... #WFB 's first cover was WD53 (May 1984), though it was a battle set in Middle-earth. For the first cover to feature WFB proper you had to wait until WD89 (May 1987).

#94 Skirmish on Rynn's World, a Warhammer 40000 scenario by Rick Priestley. It's the classic Space Orks with guns versus techno womble Space Marines.

#85 On the Road, two atmospheric #WFRP encounters by @graemedavis.bsky.social for travellers in the Old World. (There was an AD&D scenario - The Black Knight - that was also statted for WFRP in issue #83, but I'm not counting that.)

#45 Thistlewood, a Warhammer Fantasy Battle scenario by Joe Dever. Opposing forces battle for a magical chalice - on my signal, unleash hell!

After @awesomeliesblog.bsky.social's posts earlier today of the first adverts for #WFB, #WFRP and #WH40K, I know what you're wondering: what were the first White Dwarf features for those three games? Well...

The first advert for #WH40K

The first advert for #WFRP

The very first advert for #Warhammer

In memoriam Citadel Miniatures b. 28 Dec 1978, d. 6 Mar 2026.

#Warhammer is roughly twice as big as #D&D. In the year to 1 June 2025, GW made USD 795m of revenue. In the corresponding year to 29 June 2025, WotC made USD 464m ex Magic: The Gathering; this is mostly (but not all) D&D.

Some early (circa 1980) reminiscences of #GamesWorkshop and #WhiteDwarf. fabledlands.blogspot.com/2026/02/dwar...

A new post... ...with an update on 'The WFRP Story'. #WFRP #Warhammer #Oldhammer

A new post... ...with an update on 'The WFRP Story'. #WFRP #Warhammer #Oldhammer

My typing's no better this weekend: I keep writing about Khrone.... 😄

If my typing were to be believed, GW once produced a book called Salves to Darkness, evidently a treatise on poultices and ointments. It probably sits on the shelf next to Rouge Trader....

With words of wisdom from @jordansorcery.bsky.social....

A new post for the New Year... ...with some scribblings on how to write (not design) role-playing adventures. #TTRPG #WFRP

A new post for the New Year... ...with some scribblings on how to write (not design) role-playing adventures. #TTRPG #WFRP

Happy Christmas.

I finally uploaded my Mr Benn/Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion pic to Redbubble so here's some ideal Christmas gifts for the Gen X Fantasy Nerd in your life www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1769...

Happy birthday to me! Awesome Lies is nine years old today.

Most of Dave Morris and Jame Thompson's Tetsubo supplement on Nippon for WFRP1 is no longer available, but there's a tiny snippet to download buried in the post below.

Just noticed I must have ticked a box as our new issue is currently discounted on DriveThruRPG & only around £2 there RPGs vs the Cold War! Rick Priestley talks esoteric christianity & Warhammer! Triangle Agency gets weird! Castle Rat unleash the beasts! Undaunted's war stories! & lots more!

Just posted on graemedavis.wordpress.com - more GW memories from the 80s. This time, the Frankenstein boardgame that never happened. Also, please support my work by joining my Patreon or buying me a coffee. Links are at the end of the post.

The original cover art for #Warhammer 's first edition. Yours for £300,000-400,000!

it hasn't helped sell any mags but it appears our nonsense on here has just pushed our account over 5K 'followers', so let's embrace that as some kind of achievement! Like & repost this to be in with a chance to win every in-print issue of Wyrd Science & a t-shirt of your choice*

Just published: my review of the Empire in Ruins Companion - the final volume of the #WFRP 4e Enemy Within campaign by @cubicle7games.bsky.social illmetbymorrslieb.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/r...

Happy #StrangerThings Day! I'm celebrating with a post from the archive on #DnD 's appearances in the show.

A new post... ...on the typography of 1980s #Warhammer.

RIP artist and mate Pete Knifton. From swanning around the pages of New Worlds dressed as Pierrot, through his range of fantasy art and distinctive comic-style illos for GW's Blood Bowl, he cut a dash through all our lives. Be seeing you, madman. @scifiart.bsky.social @joebankswriter.bsky.social

So, today I'm announcing a new book project... and doing a call for papers: crpgbook.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t... It's an anthology of video game history outside the usual US perspective - an accessible & exciting panorama of different realities - and I'll pay 300 USD per article. Please share :)

A new post... ... with brief thoughts on the announcement of WFRP5. #WFRP

More on #WFRP 's fifth edition....

#WFRP is getting a new edition.

At Gamehole this week? Feel free to drop by on Friday at 11AM for my talk "Playing at the World - the Teenage Years." PatW is now 13 years old as it enters its second edition. Let's talk about what it did not solve, and what historical work remains. www.gameholecon.com/events/event... #rpg #dnd

This is the copy of the WFRP 4th edition rulebook that I used while writing the Enemy Within Director's Cut. I put a notarized statement to that effect in the front, vaguely intending to auction it for charity. Since I was laid off, I now need the money for rent and food. Would anyone bid on this?

New (and old) on Old Men: We talked to @johnpower.bsky.social, the man behind @wyrdscience.bsky.social, about the latest issue. (We also reposted a much longer interview about how he came to hold this particular chalice, and the games that made him into the Magazine Wizard he is today.) #ttrpg

My review of Empire in Ruins concludes. Does it provide a satisfying end to the new version of the Enemy Within campaign? Read on to find out. #WFRP #Warhammer illmetbymorrslieb.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/r...

Finally… I embark on an epic review of Empire in Ruins, the epic final adventure in the Enemy Within campaign for #WFRP 4E. Featuring political intrigue, a wedding, Chaos machinations and an appearance by Big Karl-Franz himself! illmetbymorrslieb.wordpress.com/2025/09/27/r...

I haven't posted an instalment in my 'Topos' series for a while, so here's a short new one. #WFRP