I sent off some zines to a US retailer this week, so I have high hopes that all my stuff will shortly be available for US customers with a much shorter wait!

Patreon backer Alex brings you this special episode all about the bad guys who weren't always this way! monsterman.libsyn.com/special-epis...

Dolmenwood arrived! Will enthusiasm for that kind of folk-fantasy campaign return to greet it?

The Melsonian Arts Council and Iglootree are teaming up to open a FLGS/bookshop in South London. Yes, THIS Saturday. Come say hi, buy a book, maybe win one of the ludicrously posh games we're offering in the raffle (I goddamn love raffles), play games in our basement. THIS IS REAL!

It's the last monster of our Spelljammer season, and it's ... not my favourite. But why not? monsterman.libsyn.com/episode-594-...

Welp here we are again, fresh out of Archaeologists for Skype a Scientist matches. This fall, we have matched 248 groups with Archaeologists for online Q&As. I have 38 more groups who need a match, but I'm out of Archaeologists! Archaeologists! Please volunteer www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

A protonid-inspired sculpt by friend Aidan of Warfactory Miniatures. Just white prime, speed paints, drybrush, touch-up, but I think it looks not bad. Its gnarly organic textures respond well to that kind of approach.

Went to the wargames club yesterday and played some XR and OPR with a friend. A great way to spend an evening after a somewhat stressful day. I should do it more often.

I messed up my back and had to cancel plans yesterday because I crouched down to inflate a bicycle tyre, just in case you're wondering whether I am about to turn 47. I was on my way to the gym, too.

In today's My Favourite Monster special, @fibzgames.bsky.social joins me to talk about the terror of the wendigo as well as upcoming game Twilight Sun! monsterman.libsyn.com/episode-593-...

Working on a project (not for publication) with a group of other contributors always makes me feel a little weird. I'm sure this is true of everyone; people don't share your frame of reference. Things you think are obvious aren't to them, things they think are obvious are opaque to you.

Friends, I am as excited as heck to tell y'all about the NEWBERRY MEDIEVAL MINICOMIC PRIZE! It's for emerging cartoonists (i.e. no major publisher work, excepting anthologies) considering making a short work that engages with a medieval subject (fic or nonfic). 1/ www.newberry.org/calendar/new...

What an excellent book, and how erudite and, dare I say it, handsome and tall its creators must be.

My Patron Deities season on the Cthulhu Mythos is about to end, and we're discussing what to do next season. If you have a suggestion, or a suggestion for a one-off episode, you coooould pay $2 and join my Patreon. You'd get over 200 episodes of the show to enjoy! www.patreon.com/c/monsterman

Happy to announce that my new supplement for Lion Rampant, co-written with Gianluca Raccagni, Viking Blood Feud, will be available soon from the good folks at @northstarfigs.bsky.social !

We are almost at the end of the Spelljammer Monstrous Compendium Appendix, and our next-to-last monsters are yet more weird shipboard and wildspace hazards! monsterman.libsyn.com/episode-592-...

Kind words about my humble zines!

So, our test packages to the US have so far all got through without grief and so the great distribution of issue 7 begins, I’m going to say probably towards the end of next week just to be safe. But now’s a great time to order a copy and/or pick up our mega bundle with issues 3-6 shop.wyrd.science

Coming to a podcast near you next week!

Only 48 hours left to back Another Adventure Double Feature! We have a fulfilment solution for US backers (no extra cost to you, American friends), and we’ve added double rewards backer levels too. Check out our two dragon-flavoured adventures for OSE! www.kickstarter.com/projects/896...

There are way more great books, games, & models out there than I can afford to buy. Often I don't buy things from people I *do* like & agree with, just because it's not in my budget. So it's not a big challenge not to buy something from a creator whose views are repugnant to my principles, y'know?

Patreon backer @jubalbarca.bsky.social brings you this special episode all about what communities do with the monsters they can't get rid of! monsterman.libsyn.com/special-epis...

When Facebook realised I liked comics, it started serving me lots of "who's stronger, Thor or the Hulk" pages. Not my thing, but I think it does speak to a long fascination with this topic, essentially a kind of play before there were superhero games, in the fan community.

It's true, you know.

The amount of good work being done in the world of both RPGs and tabletop wargames at the moment is genuinely amazing. Weirdly, I find it kind of stressful.

Some big moist lizard guys and a pretend wizard whose spells are all too real star in another #spelljammer episode of MONSTER MAN! monsterman.libsyn.com/episode-591-...

Some self-promotion for the evening/US crowd.

So, I make this podcast called MONSTER MAN. It starts from looking at classic #dnd monster books, but it's about myth, folklore, I dunno, literature, what monsters are about, how to use them in games ... whatever comes up, really. Lots of episodes but they're short. monsterman.libsyn.com

Barbarian Sci-fi Game Zine you-know-what-ing next week. Hand drawn. Bespoke 2d6 system. Print and play. Share this post and one or two might fall off the truck early! If you wanna review copy for your blog, pm me. You aren't gonna wanna miss this one!

Ok you need these ladies in your life - during WW2 they risked (and many lost) their lives fighting fascism. Their stories are incredible, and it's been an honour to research them and make 28mm versions of them. You can collect, paint and/or play with them. www.kickstarter.com/projects/bad...

Projects are improved by the addition of Eleanor Hingley. That's just science!

Evening people! Enjoy this episode!

I have been gradually preparing to co-host a Vengeance of the Lichemaster game. This is one of the few models actually from roughly the right period that will be appearing in it!

Patreon backer Hex brings you this special episode all about the denizens of Patrick Stuart's nightmare underworld, The Veins of the Earth! monsterman.libsyn.com/special-epis...

Bit of a Gradara update today 😊 The keep will be ready for Gradara Ludens on the 20/21st of this month. The model has had a quick coat of the base colour to bring it together for this post. www.oshiromodels.co.uk/gradaracastle #oshiromodels #wargaming #nerdlings #gradara #gradaracapitalemedioevo

We are back in fantasy space, where you shouldn't leave your magic items lying around and the sign about not bringing fruits or vegetables on board wasn't kidding. monsterman.libsyn.com/episode-590-...

A friend of mine, and of many of my friends, needs a hand.

Patreon backer Seb brings you this special episode that asks why some settings that we love in fiction don't translate well to games -- and why some do. monsterman.libsyn.com/special-epis...

Wow. What an incredible first day! We're running this for two weeks so there's plenty of time to show and tell LOADS about these ladies (and Hans!). We've had the first batch test cast and sprayed! www.kickstarter.com/projects/badsquiddogames/antifascist walls& floor by @fenrisgames.com

A small but varied and robust RPG selection at Odyssey Games in Ely. Between this and Miniature Kingdoms, Ely is beating Cambridge into a cocked hat in terms of games retail. I presume rent here is Too Damn High. (Also they have D&D and Warhammer at the toy shop just around the corner.)

We're back in fantasy space, with a drifting hedonist and a bunch of very hungry salamander pirates! monsterman.libsyn.com/episode-589-...

Next week on Kickstarter! Stay tuned.

@warpminiatures.bsky.social makes a guest appearance on the show to talk about gremlins, monster mischief, and miniatures in general! monsterman.libsyn.com/episode-588-...

As you might expect, shipping to the US will end at the end of the month, so if you're in the US and you want a print copy of the Budget Bestiary, order now. james-holloway.itch.io/the-budget-b...

If you’ve been curious about what I mean when I talk about using history in “non-historical” games, then this design diary I wrote about Amberspire will give some insights. It’s about finding inspiration in the tension and meeting of micro and macro history lunardivision.net/micro-and-ma...

The Spider, Asteroid isn't a spider and the Spiritjam isn't a jam, so nothing in today's episode is what it seems! monsterman.libsyn.com/episode-587-...

Patreon backer @rafeball.bsky.social brings you this special episode about converting classic AD&D monsters to horror games in general and @mothership.bsky.social in particular! monsterman.libsyn.com/special-epis...

Get Wyrd Science issues 3-6 in our mega bundle now for just £25 from political board games to terrifying TTRPGS via hauntological Warhammer packed full of incredible art & great writing, say goodbye to insidious algorithms & rediscover the joy of print shop.wyrd.science/products/iss...

More strange creatures from fantasy space in today's episode of MONSTER MAN! Well, honestly, one of them's only a *little* strange. monsterman.libsyn.com/episode-586-...

I went to BOYL, the annual gathering of the #oldhammer community and one of the highlights of my gaming year. Read a more detailed report here: www.monsterman.org/blog/boyl-2025