Thoroughly enjoyable interview with @wyrdscience.bsky.social on the Grognard Files (also I was not expecting to be mentioned!)

Well, properly listened to the new episode of @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social and I don't come across as bad as I feared apart from one moment I regretted instantly and have been thinking about ever since*, so anyway do give it a listen & sub to the show thegrognardfiles.com/2026/05/25/r...

This is a really good listen. I concur completely with the struggles of being a polymath by nature operating in an algorithmic world that wants us to focus on one thing. I like all the things. Even though I know we sometimes annoy our RPG customers with our Backdrops and vice versa.

A huge thanks to Dirk for having us on, if you want to know why we started a print magazine rather than a podcast in this day and age then this should clear that up! 🥴

There’s a new episode of The GROGNARD files podcast out - featuring @wyrdscience.bsky.social thegrognardfiles.com/2026/05/25/r...

I have a tonne of drawing to do tomorrow, and now I now what I’ll be listening to whilst I do it 🙂

Pick a Bond villain from the photos you already have on your phone.

This is a zine from 1983, that didn't exist, coming in your ears from The GROGPOD .. With @wyrdscience.bsky.social thegrognardfiles.com

The usual high-quality journalism in this well written profile from The Mill. Nice to see a quote from @cottonmouthmcr.bsky.social in there too!

I have some exciting news. I have signed a contract with the MIT Press to release a book on the history of #Warhammer. Titled THE FORGING OF WORLDS, it draws on over 15 years of research and tells the story of the creation of #WFB, #WFRP and #WH40K. More in the link below....

We're nearing silver🥈. VERMIS, the sequel to VIRAL by Bud Baird & @gothnog.bsky.social, also includes a few words by moi. It's been five years. London hackers race to retrieve a book and uncover the secrets of an apocalyptic cult in a six-chapter mini-campaign. www.drivethrurpg.com//product/564...

there was a lot wrong with the UK of the 1970s and 80s but the country did produce the absolute hardest public information films, adverts and posters known to man an entire government dept who clocked in every day & went to work scaring the living shit out of its citizens in amazing style

‘Think back to your childhood. Do you remember when the anxiety started.’

Whether you like roleplaying as an actual rabbit on the run from your Thousand enemies, a talking tea drinking Edwardian hedgehog or a public sector worker in a south London borough council who just wants to smoke fags & skive off then I'm happy to say that we have the magazine for you wyrd.science

Join seasoned gamemasters and writers Mike Mason, Paul Fricker, and Brian Holland as they guide you through a plethora of tips, tricks, and pitfalls to avoid so you can take your GMing skills to the next level! See you at UKGE!

Had great fun playing Corum Stormbringer at MORPcon today. Plane-shifting and demon destroying in a Moorcock’s madcap worlds.

Great fun running Dragonbane at MORPCon this afternoon. Our heroes defeated the denizens of The Sahuagin Heel and lived to fight another day. Thanks to @red-dog.xyz @amacdon6.bsky.social @oldscouserp.eurosky.social and Wayne for playing. Next MORPCon will be mid-July date to be confirmed ASAP.

Will you be coming to @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social book club discussion on the 7th of June? The gaming related discussion should be interesting for this one! thegrognardfiles.com/bookclub/

Coming soon … @wyrdscience.bsky.social in conversation. Plus, Dirk and Blythy travel back to 1983 to create a fanzine that never existed …

it's remarkable how many knotty problems I'm dealing with would be simply solved by selling between one thousand and one thousand five hundred more copies of the magazine. I'm pretty sure that's around 0.00001765% of the world's current population, not a big ask!

RIP Alan Rothwell, the laid back, soothing face and voice behind countless soap operas, drama roles, and Scarred For Life favourites Picture Box and Hickory House (and his role as heroin addict Nicholas Black in Brookside was an all-timer)

I've found the perfect plane for @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social Sud-Est Grognard - Wikipedia share.google/zQ5QSSWnBEoe...

Update on the Wyrd Sword Campaign. We are off funding again, after adding a couple of addons, with five days to go! Backers now get an exclusive gift PDF of The Dread Star Chronicles, a Sci-Fi Horror Action themed hack for the game with an introductory adventure. #rrpg

A really engaging, personal, clever evaluation of A Hard Days Night - finished it and gone through it again pulling out the interesting factoids! Recommended! Thanks to @beatlesbookspod.bsky.social after listening to the interview- I HAD to get it.

An #ACFM on New British Weird. With renewed interest in megaliths, folklore, and seasonal festivities, @jemgilbert.bsky.social and I discuss the history of British weird asking if its revival is a search for a mythological grounding for a non-imperial/royalist England novaramedia.com/2026/05/10/a...

Cyberpunk wizards and street samurai? Check out our one-shot #ActualPlay of @catalystgamelabs.bsky.social #Shadowrun Anarchy 2.0 youtu.be/XmwdUMDhwgw?... with guest GM @trvshane.bsky.social

Good luck... But be wary in them thar tunnels...

Wish me luck today as I walk the first leg of my annual canal walk. Barnoldswick to Shipley.

Finished “Faceless Killers” (Wallander #1) for @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social book club in a day, think I might read the next one in the series actually…

So my buddy @bobworldbuilder.bsky.social is doing a poll about favorite TTRPGs. But he needs a signal boost beyond his own fanbase. So, for science (or simply for Bob, because he's a nice guy), can you take a minute to do this simple, 2-question survey? docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

And we are off! Wyrd Sword is live on Kickstarter for two weeks until Tuesday, 19th May! #ttrpg #BasicRoleplaying www.kickstarter.com/projects/645...

Evening in the den feeling inspired by @chaosium.bsky.social ‘s Cthulhu by Gaslight and Mrs Gaskell … a murderous scenario at Manchester’s Portico Library …

The latest “Dirk’s Dossier” has drooped psssst - pass it on

Big thanks to @oldhammerpodcast.bsky.social for the shout-out in the latest episode. Insightful and interesting analysis of the writing, as ever. Come for the oldhammer fiction , stay for the informed commentary.

This May 4th, you've probably watched all the Star Wars films already - so why not join us (and special guests @thirdfloorwars.bsky.social and @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social) for a fast-paced Tatooine Manhunt? youtu.be/tqslZvviI-I?...

A cross-over; micro review and #TTRPG thoughts of the sixth book in my 2026 Reading Challenge, as well as the May entry of @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social Book Club. Ideas may have been pilfered, soz. buttondown.com/theraspyrave... Join The Grognard Files Book Club here thegrognardfiles.com/bookclub

There was a small group of authors in the '70s and '80s responsible with filling library shelves with children's books on the "Unknown" - monsters, ghosts, UFOs, psychic abilities, magic. They are mostly forgotten now, except by me. Because they warped my brain. www.vintagerpg.com/2026/05/the-...

Finished reading The Big Sleep. It may not be Chandler's best, it may have a fairly incomprehensible plot but the dialogue crackles and it fairly whips along. Looking forward to dropping in on @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social book club tomorrow to discuss. Now to watch the film.

Happy Mayday, workers of the world!

This weekend, we should ALL listen to Kisses on the Bottom … we owe it to ourselves

Just two issues left now to complete the set.

Marc Miller, the creator of Traveller, will be answering your questions live to kick off the Mayday celebrations this weekend! www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6GU... #ttrpg #TravellerRPG

I contributed a review of Dahn Sarf to this issue, the London #TTRPG con from the fevered imagination of @elevatedpachyderm.bsky.social I'm also a Patreon of this lovely zine from lovely peeps which gets me an early copy and a print version patreon.com/NeverMindthe...

GM submissions for the next Weekend With Good Friends are now open. blasphemoustomes.com/a-weekend-wi... The convention itself will take place on The Good Friends of Jackson Elias Discord server between 12-14 June 2026, featuring round-the-clock games, panels, and live podcast recordings.

Looks like @oldscouserp.eurosky.social has been at work, tagging Bolton.

I hear Iran are just weeks away from developing a ballroom.

Paul McCartney plays guitar whilst reading a newspaper. Appears to be an article about him in German?

This is one of many full-coour plates of amazing art in #Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader which helped give the book such depth and appeal - which is why its such an iconic IP 39 years later!

Just posted! A new creature for #vaesen. Three variants (2 fey, 1 demonic), with three adventure seeds. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

Great day out in Preston today to be at the opening day of Mrs Ottomancer's exhibition. Nice to see @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social and family amongst others. I didn't take as many photos as I planned but here we go...