Hey I’m King Dirk for the week! Thanks @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social !

Thoroughly enjoying sitting in the sun, reading the excellent Wyrd Science vol 2 issue 1. By @wyrdscience.bsky.social I’m only a quarter of the way through and there are already some articles that I grin because I remember the history, and others which talk about events which passed be by.

It's been ages since I've done this - but in the latest ACTUAL PREP post, I'm linking to an active Kickstarter - @slyflourish.com 's amazing Rise of the Lazy GM - so this goes out on Patreon and to the public at the same time! Check it out, and back the KS! burnafterrunningrpg.com/2026/07/09/a...

Thanks for the shout out @slyflourish.com - do check out The Rise of the Lazy Gamesmaster on Kickstarter, hear more from Mike on his pod and see the link in my next comment for the delightful chat we had with him about all manner of things around the state of #ttrpgs #ttrpg

Took me a while, but I finally ordered this too (thanks for the inspiration) - just a beautiful thing!

I will be signing at The ARC festival this Sunday from 1-2pm at the @goshcomics.bsky.social table. @arcfestivallondon.bsky.social is an exciting, new, free comics festival in London on the 11th and 12th of July. Come along! www.arc-london.uk

Il Fantasma del Giallo is half-way through its 28 day funding campaign, and it's over 150% funded! To celebrate, I've whipped together a reveal for the book cover:

I blame @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social and @breakfastruins.bsky.social - it turns out teenage me is wrong, and Moorcock is rollicking good fun. Still want more Vadhagh symphony content though...

Here is our report from the adventures at UK Games Expo 2026 with added giallo from @hardyroachgames.bsky.social thegrognardfiles.com/2026/06/20/u...

It's July! Time to post the July 1975 issue of Owl and Weasel, the precursor of White Dwarf, would become known as “the Dungeons & Dragons issue” as it would cover the game extensively and note that Games Workshop would soon be distributing it in the UK.

Another hilarious episode from @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social detailing their experiences at UKGE2026. Dogs in Berlin. Oh god. I nearly choked on my cuppa. Absolutely glorious 😃 thegrognardfiles.com/2026/06/20/u...

Did anyone here have a Music Muff?

Back in 2007 I made an elaborate CD mix tape of the music we listened to while playing RPGs back in the day. What were you playing? #GrogPod

The GROGNARD Files Tove Jansson's absorbing tales of Island life were discussed. As recommended by @thermalsatsuma.bsky.social as always, an insightful discussion - with added gaming inspiration. I'm off to watch the Moomins.

The greatest Mexico v England tweets you will ever read. 😂 As you were.

Two of my favourite things brought together at last. Wyrd Science Meets Stack!

Louiz Ralph

For those picking up and playing Font of All Evil, then questioning the nature and dimensions of the murder site in West Ealing. Well, it was based on something far worse. It was almost like entering some portion of the Backrooms. Here are some pictures of the place it's based on. #RiversofLondon

An enjoyable stroll down memory lane with good ol' Burly Bob.

These are so characterful - fantastic! (And more evidence for my Gormenghast suggestion. 🙂)

I was wrong about the dice:

now there's a book i've not seen in a good while looking for something else in a fairly inaccessible bookcase and this formative text came into view. introduced me to at least two or three people and one piercer i'd probably not have met otherwise

The souvenir dice from Grogmeet 2018.

All those years ago...

More scenes from GROGMEET 2018 - The Price of Breakfast, with @dracowie.bsky.social - ambush!

It is time for Yet Another Completely Unprofessional Unboxing, as I take a rambling dive into @wyrdscience.bsky.social, a fantastic magazine covering the weird and wonderful corners of tabletop gaming. And, as is tradition, vanish into several avoidable tangents along the way.😅 youtu.be/e8Du6b70iYM

Swords Against Death Japanese version

Memories of @dracowie.bsky.social ‘s “Price of Breakfast” is coming back (GROGMEET 2018)

A bit of Sunday afternoon research …

buttondown.com/theraspyrave... Thanks to @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social Book Club, I've been reading some far ranging and interesting books. This is the current one, The Summer Book (Sommar Boken) from Tove Jansson. Check out Dirk's Book Club here thegrognardfiles.com/bookclub/

GROGMEETish is open for registration. The online version of GROGMEET 5th - 8th November warhorn.net/events/grogm...

Under Hollow Hills, from @megueyb.bsky.social and @lumpley.bsky.social, is a game that does something very original very very well. Want to run one-shots of it? Got you covered burnafterrunningrpg.com/2026/06/25/w...

My "Straight to Video" RPG started as a Twitter conversation about playing RPGs of 80s fantasy films, and I wrote an RPG called "Tales from an Ancient Empire" 1/2 share.google/CEOrOVp50dLn...

Can a TTRPG stop trying to simulate action movies and start making you feel like you're in one? I read Outgunned, a game built for explosions, one-liners, and impossible stunts. Here's my review: blog.monkeyx.games/2026/06/26/o...

Hey, you with the red face & unsightly sweat marks, looking for a way to instantly be cool? why not get on board the exciting new Gen Z trend of reading print magazines?

Really missed the annual meet up with Bud in the bar at UK Games Expo this year. I remembered him there instead.

Four years ago, I reached out to a group of people and pulled together a birthday surprise video for Bud’s 50th. With some questionable amateur editing skills and a lot of heart and humour, this was the result. 😅 Happy Birthday Bud. You are deeply missed every single day. youtu.be/yBVJRerWg5g?...

The Ken Niemand / @artdroidlynch.bsky.social combo knocking it out of the park in this week's @2000ad.bsky.social prog.

Includes details of the next GROGMEET

This thread has some great recommendations for RPGs podcasts …

Oh wow! This is going to be superb. Genndy Tartakovsky’s Conan the Barbarian: Queen of the Black Coast. ⚔️ 🤯

I hadn't yet listened to @jemgilbert.bsky.social's Culture, Power, Politics ep. The End of the World as We Know It: Catastrophe Culture, when @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social mentioned my research had come up! What a lovely surprise (and a fascinating episode). culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/06/16/t...

#27 Hell's Portal. AD&D mini-module, or Britain at 9:00 am this morning?

really nice piece in @huckmag.com by Ryan Loftus about Dulwich wargaming club South London Warlords, great to see a magazine like Huck not go the easy route and take the piss and actually treat it as something culturally interesting and worth looking at 🫡

“You’re going out in cords?!” I’ve been reminded that my wardrobe needs to adapt to accommodate climate change

I had an email today that starts, “I just want to flag …”

There's more going on at the GROGNARD files than you shake a giant badger at ... find out more in the newsletter www.patreon.com/theGROGNARDf...

If you can, support your local independent bookshop. They’re precious

If you'd like to check out the core rules of the game, you can download the Quickstart by going to the link below. If you get the Quickstart, you'll also receive a sample STL bust of The Killer to print at home!

Il Fantasma del Giallo is now live! Please repost, there's a lot riding on this! This is a magical realist, Neo-Noir TTRPG that uses a trick-taking card system. The game is inspired by metatextual media, like The Twilight Zone, Mulholland Drive, Inland Empire, and the Giallo genre. Details below 👇