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Hi all. We are putting together a memorial video for @budsrpgreview.bsky.social and would love for folks to be part of it. It can be a short video reel, an audio note, some words to be read, or even just a photo, whatever feels right. If you’d like to join in, let me know and I’ll send more info.

Great afternoon playing D&D 5e ‘14 in Sigil and the Abyss for Planescape for a rerun of Love Letter. Remind me not to draw a crosslegged balrog upside down again. Safety tools exploded. I had my first Rice and Three at This and That for 25 years! “Blythy, put down the spell book”

Great afternoon at MORPCon running my Traveller one-shot Calli's Heroes. Thanks to @andyhemming.bsky.social @daftoldefart.bsky.social @roderihamilt.bsky.social @oak81.bsky.social for being great players. Great rice and three at This & That, sorry we missed you @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social 😊

I’m going to play Dungeons and Dragons 5e this afternoon for the first time in about 4 years …

I think we should have Darcy’s infectious laugh edited into every episode 😀

New KEN AND ROBIN TALK ABOUT STUFF podcast episode drops, feat. @darcylross.bsky.social LIVE FROM GENCON 2025!!! www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com/index.php/ep...

“The official history of comics is a history of frustration of unrealised potential” Over a year since me and @blythygrog.bsky.social met @dylanhorrocks.bsky.social for a cup of tea in Bolton, I’ve finally read his wonderful Hicksville. Brilliant.

🎶 When your eel gets all wack On a Thames full of gak That’s a moray 🎶

The latest episode only made me go and order this, you fiends! It arrived today - only had time for a quick flick through so far, but it already has me cackling like a hen 😂 #DCC

Everyone, from big business CEOs to small business owners to highly paid professionals and lowly paid service staff, has urged the Chancellor to tax someone else. From the new Private Eye, out now.

Radioactive, post-apocalyptic fun awaits… ☢️ Looking for the next RPG to liven up your game nights? Look no further than Mutant Crawl Classics RPG, now available in a brand new printing! Learn more: goodman-games.com/6th-printing...

Lovely time at Owlbear and Wizard's Staff this weekend. Curry to start, The One Ring, Deathmatch Island and Surge Protectors to follow, with a side order of pie and Guinness in the pub of a Saturday night. Thanks to the affable @asako-soh.bsky.social for being a legendary organiser!

So, you know we've a new print mag out in a hot minute but that also means we can finally spend some time on our new website too Kicking things off @macreadymusings.bsky.social speaks to @andrewgillis.bsky.social about Girl By Moonlight (@evilhat.bsky.social), hope, transcendence & transformation

Today’s memory from my photo album, according to Apple, is Heather Mills throwing water over Paul McCartney’s lawyer back in 2008.

What’s the matter @dracowie.bsky.social?

New episode released into The Wastes: Salvage Union! www.patreon.com/posts/episod...

That’s what I could see … maybe the reality was a bit different

Inspired by the latest episode of @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social and the magical Lankhmar chat with @blythygrog.bsky.social and @davepaters.bsky.social, I have been *compelled* to order this gorgeous looking graphic novel by the amazing @mikemignola.bsky.social

@orlanth.bsky.social is SO PROUD of his Savage Rifts Cyberoctopus ❤️

Taking a break from an amazing time at the Owlbear and Wizards Staff event organised by the superb @asako-soh.bsky.social to let people know we have a fantastic, short Actual Play of Mission Impawsible - three racoons in a trench coat take on a supervillain in Monte Carlo! youtu.be/mFTLe_rWvm4?...

The latest episode of Orlanth Rex's Gaming Vexes is a real delight from the Michael Parkinson of TTRPG podcasts @orlanth.bsky.social - gentle humour, gentlemanly banter and generous to his panel of guests, this episode in particular gets a 'highly recommend' from us open.spotify.com/episode/6mvv...

Got back from #OBaWS just over an hour ago, great weekend! Thanks to @asako-soh.bsky.social for organising and thanks to @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social and @firstage.bsky.social for running Blade Runner and Warhammer respectively. I ran Star Wars D6 Scavenger Hunt twice, thanks to all the players.

Feed: "The GROGNARD Files" By: Dirk on Tuesday, September 9, 2025

My annual “waiting to get on a train to Leamington Spa” selfie #OBaWS

A rather telling sign of the times. Matt from Mongoose explains a tweak to the "rescue a billionaire" sample adventure in their upcoming near-future RPG. #games #rpg #gooddog

Great game of Six Seasons last night, epic battle with a sad consequence of one Elder of the clan dying. Victory but at what cost? We also got a year older, now 16 with a hatred of Lunars and an understandable fear of the Crimson Bat. My character wonders what more is will befall the Haraborn?

New podcast with @paulfricker.bsky.social as we discuss systems - help or hindrance in #ttrpgs? Roll Spot Hidden to find the secret new skill in Call of Cthulhu, discover if you're even playing the right system for you, and many other treats! creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

In tonight’s Savage Rippers, @kitch66uk.bsky.social stuck a shoggoth in it and it got shaken with @rumleech.bsky.social @blythygrog.bsky.social

We continue our examination of DCC ... from behind a GM Screen and @davepaters.bsky.social shows us his Mouser! thegrognardfiles.com/2025/09/09/d...

"I'm just putting out messages and hoping somebody, somewhere connects with them" The Sherpa Van Trophy of podcasts is always nice for a gentle listen, like enjoying a pint of mild and a pack of plain crisps while sat on the well-worn paisley upholstery of traditional Lancastrian pub.

Congratulations to the podcast that got me back into roleplaying games. Not only did they get me playing again but I am now more involved than I ever was. There’s one serious side effect, though – I’m rapidly running out of shelf space!

I read HICKSVILLE by @dylanhorrocks.bsky.social. A fictional story about the history of comics and a small town that is deeply tied to it. A staggeringly powerful love letter to the medium and the people who helped shape it. Magical realism meets journalism meets (fictional) biography. Brilliant.

We all know @dracowie.bsky.social likes to furnish his game with props and bling. Today he surpassed himself at Glorantha Games, he recreated a full scale replica of a temple in New Pavis

Today I’m off to Birmingham to participate in Glorantha Games … a mini-convention of RPGs set in @chaosium.bsky.social ‘s fantastical world … and this happens! #WeAreAllUs

Many of you will have known Bud Baird from @budsrpgreview.bsky.social and will have heard the very sad news of his death aged 52. His daughters would love it if you could subscribe to his channel and get it to 10,000 subscribers ❤️

Gamehole is neigh! Oct 16-19, Madison WI. Make this one!

Pendragon Classic is coming soon to Kickstarter! Prepare to once again venture into the fabled realm with this painstaking reproduction of the original Pendragon, 40 years later! Sign up now to be notified at launch! buff.ly/7fJDZZw

The Pacino season continues. The shouty era.

Jaws 3D @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social

Current reading: Summer of 1975 - two people struggling to produce proof of their talent and capabilities- do or die, all or nothing, and they changed everything!

Back home - thoroughly enjoyed the experience - 3D worked well and the sound was incredible. Now reading Carl Gottlieb’s account of the making of the film, which I first read *checks notes* 25 years ago!

Apparently this Kickstarter is winding up some gentlemen on the internet - they are distressed by the implication that the Nazis were the bad guys. If you're not keen on these sort of fellows, and you'd like to give 'em a metaphorical punch on the snoot - back Annie's latest awesome Kickstarter?

About to watch Jaws … in 3D. Last time I saw it in the cinema, when it came to Bolton, they were queuing around the block. This time? They’re going to need a smaller cinema.

@thegrognardfiles.bsky.social you will appreciate this... youtu.be/8qMsr7jjQF0?...

Found the world map for Enerara, with Raclash at the centre. This was created for the PBM in the 80s … pleased that in 2025 26 people are playing Gladiators in the same world!

mood considerably improved by getting to dropkick a mummy's head off a clifftop and then hand out 34 points of damage to a Lunar's middle bits in tonight's epic RQG. thanks @chunkyduff.bsky.social @k000.bsky.social @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social @lintillaz.bsky.social @nmtdrzine.bsky.social

For the old prog fans ( prognards? ) amongst you: