I've just looked at my GM notes for tonight's game of Cthulhu by Gaslight. Scratchy, scrawly, weird lines, jumbled ideas, half-baked concepts, and to top it all, vaguely incomprehensible. It's like a mythos tome all of my own! *fails SAN check (1/1d4), gains +3% Cthulhu Mythos* 😂

please forgive me, but a cheeky repost for the morning shift - mainly because of how happy I am with this 🙂

a farewell to hyperborea #digitalart #rpg #fantasy #D&D #hyperborea

Cold City & Hot War are out now in PDF and available to pre-order in print. Written by Malcolm Craig, a senior lecturer in Cold War Studies, & updated for this 2026 edition, Cold City & Hot War bring trust and betrayal to a backdrop of a terrifying alternate timeline. handiwork.games/cold-city-ho...

Why do I draw so much? - I rarely sleep well (so extra hours) - I started drawing late in my life (so I'm driven AF) - It feels bloody marvellous to make things. I love it. I love drawing. That's it! 🙂

A cheeky repost for the morning shift. Quite pleased with this one.

adventurers #digitalart #RPG #fantasy #D&D

I've only a few books by @guygavrielkay.bsky.social over the years, but I started Written on the Dark yesterday and am already a glorious 100 pages into it. Just brilliant 🙂

last of the old gods #digitalart #rpg #D&D #fantasy #weird

Chap in the shop, searching for a new ferrule for his stick. Didn't have one the right size, sadly - but he did tell me the tale of how he was fishing one day, and a branch - the branch that would become his stick - just floated downriver, and stopped right in front of him. Knew it was for him.

Vaguely related note, dipped my toe back into Destiny 2 last week. Found myself marvelling at all the detail in the Tower, how lovely it was. Realised that players (myself included) probably just run past all that, onto the next quest marker or whatnot. Made me think about GM prep!

Last night in KCD2: overencumbered, horse packed out to the limit, I walked very slowly for a good 20 minutes across medieval Bohemia because I was absolutely *not* leaving all that looted armour behind in the bandit's camp. I trudged through forests, wide fields, along leafy paths, Lovely 🙂

Over the last week, I've been staggering by on about 3-4 hours of sleep a night. I managed 8 whole hours last night, and this morning I'm not even sure what planet I've landed on. Not complaining, though! :)

Treat yourself on a Friday morning. I'd not heard of Hangwire before a couple of weeks ago, but I like their current stuff quite a bit. youtu.be/F4IseLgbYwY?...

So, world book day! Rather than ask what your favourite book is, how about a book that you just really, really like? Way less pressure 🙂 A couple really stood out for me last year - King Sorrow by Joe Hill, and The Devils by Joe Abercrombie. Just fabulous reads, enormously enjoyed them both.

It would've been my dad's birthday today - gone six years now, he would've turned 79 today! So dad, here's an old fashioned that you wouldn't have touched with a barge pole that I have raised on your behalf. Cheers dad. You were a proper good 'un 🙂

An illustration of how off my game I've been this last month: Books finished in January: 6 Books finished in February: 0 Hmm. That's not ideal. So, in the spirit of kicking off March in higher spirits, I've picked something short to read first. Had it a while, looks interestingly odd 🙂

Travelling a couple of weeks ago, looking at the map, I spied an interesting place name I'd never heard of before - Levitt Hagg. So I looked it up a bit.

I played Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 last year a bit, but bounced off it. Started it again on Sunday, and BOOM - straight into it, right up to my neck. Love it! Now, where's my medieval Bohemia TTRPG, eh? :)

wandering wizard 2026 #digitalart #rpg #fantasy #D&D

I was away on holiday for a week, then...somewhat under the weather for another, a fair bit of mental overhead going on. Hadn't drawn anything for over a week - and that's not like me at all. There's *always* something to draw. Anyhow, bleurgh. Shiver. No thank you. Normal service resumes. 🙂

against the machines #digitalart #scifi #rpg

a secret meeting #digitalart #fantasy #rpg #D&D

A little musical bump for the evening crowd :)

Alright, this is pretty damn good. youtu.be/DezJE4E3cNQ?...

I reread the first 15 issues earlier this week because I wanted to be ready for issue 16 this morning. Friend reader, I was not ready. @kierongillen.bsky.social #thepowerfantasy

Rick Vyvyan Neil Mike

Hell, I might start drawing it.

RPG idea: Weird creatures are invading humanity's dreams, the waking world suffers, society teeters. In dream, they cannot be stopped. Cannot be reasoned with. Cannot be killed - until one of them is brought - dragged - out of dream, by a ragged dreamer, and into the day, into our world.

What an appalling night. Proper nightmares, the type that you wake up not knowing if they were real or not. Awful stuff. Jeebus. Would not recommend. 0/10

Grab yourselves a bargain! This is a great deal on a great game (of course, I would say that) that does many innovatives things with the FitD core. And the setting is pretty amazing as well.

For the record, I *would* sell you six screws in a paper bag in my shop. I do buckets, too :) #smallprophets #hardware

Finished up watching Small Prophets this morning. Really enjoyed it!

Thinking about it this morning, it’s hard to keep that list down to five authors, so a few more (and some reasons, too) Michael Moorcock - the cornerstone of my fantasy reading when I was a youngster, and source of most of my RPG gaming in the 80s. Still love it.

5 authors I’ve read at least 5 books by: Iain M Banks Stephen King Ben Aaronovitch Charles Stross Joe Abercrombie

It is, once again, backup day. Backup your stuff! Repost to remind a friend to also back up their stuff.

Always make me think of starships

That “three megabytes of hot RAM” line from Neuromancer is in grave danger of becoming vindicated

Mythic Venice, eh? Iiiiiiiinteresting.

Surprise "my bud has an adventure for the #Pendragon #ttrpg out". You Pendragon types - you know who you are but I'm too shy to tag - should take a look, review it positively on your channels, and skyrocket her to further heights of #ttrpg fame. It just makes sense.

Sixteen sessions (four lightly connected adventures) into our Cthulhu by Gaslight game, and I think I've worked out the next episode - a vaguely six part finale that, the more I consider it, fits perfectly :)

- gets up - cuppa - watch new Trek with family - shower - 2nd cuppa - opens the news - ...

I did not know Northern Monk had a bar in York! 🙂

It's rare, but yes, I *can* be vaguely civilised :)

York Tap at the railway station 🍻

The Kids: we are digital you are totally not Me: *has memorised sixteen character strong password, types it faster than the password manager can autofill* The Kids: SORCERY Me: digital yeti. Fear my ancient wisdom.

Brew York's beer hall 🍻

forest path #digitalart #rpg #D&D

This week, 42 years late to the party, I am reading The Talisman by @stephenking.bsky.social and Peter Straub. 215 pages in, really enjoying it.

Finally found a can of Surface Detail! I'm not the biggest fan of pale ale, but frankly, I simply could not pass it up! #iainmbanks #theculture