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James Hoare

@jdhoare.bsky.social

Writer and Social Manager. Adopted Geordie. Obsessed with old #ttrpgs, #horror, #history, and #rugbyleague. Editor of 𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕 π‘·π’‚π’”π’”π’‚π’ˆπ’†π’” zine: https://ko-fi.com/secretpassages/

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Here's a draft manuscript of the Magic: The Gathering roleplaying game from 1996, and I've giving it away as a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood, with permission from the authors. Not sure how much to ask for. Vanishingly rare. $1,872 raised so far. #mtg #ttrpg

09.03.2026 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2

I’ve never know a city to be on fire as much as Glasgow.

08.03.2026 22:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Had a lovely time with Legion of the Necromancer, what feels like a very specific tribute to the initial three #FightingFantasy #gamebooks with all the brutal randomness and goofy goblin-fighting-a-shark type encounters that entails.

08.03.2026 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They’re generally very good - they seemed to have the same authors as the game content sticking firmly to their turf

08.03.2026 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nigel Findley is such a talented enigma. It's such a shame he passed away before fandom could coalesce around him.

07.03.2026 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Excellent bookshop find today. I’m obsessed with the corner of #Shadowrun that Carl Sergent and Marc Gascoigne carved out for themselves. There is almost certainly a long Secret Passages article in it.

07.03.2026 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Godzilla: The Roleplaying Game IDW, publishers of the Godzilla comics, are creating the official Godzilla tabletop roleplaying game! Fight Kaiju and save the day!

Check out Godzilla: The Roleplaying Game by IDW Games on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/idw...

07.03.2026 09:01 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Has anyone come across an InDesign template for an old school xerox punk zine?

07.03.2026 09:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In the Corbyn years that would have merited a triumphalist tweet and arch aside about the mainstream media not covering it. Genuine nostalgia.

06.03.2026 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Which fictional characters do you think were having the nastiest sex off-screen?

06.03.2026 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 6
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Purest, undiluted Bluesky

06.03.2026 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 112    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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Godzilla: The Roleplaying Game IDW, publishers of the Godzilla comics, are creating the official Godzilla tabletop roleplaying game! Fight Kaiju and save the day!

If you haven’t seen it yet, I’ve co-designed the official Godzilla RPG alongside @markalatham.bsky.social and the legendary Jervis Johnson.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/idw...

05.03.2026 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

I’m so envious of your efficiency

02.03.2026 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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So excited to dig into this @floaker.bsky.social πŸ‘»

02.03.2026 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Do we have the final numbers on whether decapitating a repressive regime but letting the remnants have at it in a brutal civil war made Libya a better place to live?

28.02.2026 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The talking down of Super League aside, yes, please - hook it to my veins

27.02.2026 22:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

obviously today is a huge embarrassment for Matt Goodwin and for Reform, which is something that we absolutely ought to celebrate, but we must also remember it's a huge embarrassment for Morgan McSweeney and Maurice Glasman and all the Blue Labour weirdos, and that's important to celebrate too :)

27.02.2026 08:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4266    πŸ” 792    πŸ’¬ 90    πŸ“Œ 20
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Tatjana Wood has apparently passed away at age 99. Her father was Jewish so during WW2 her parents sent her to the Netherlands, then NY. She studied as a dressmaker, met/married Wallace Wood and began assisting him, then pivoted to becoming one of the best colorists in comics.

27.02.2026 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 934    πŸ” 293    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 18

I would love it if Starmer is now engaged in meaningful succession planning with key stakeholders to avoid a messy leadership race post-locals.

(This is definitely wishful thinking)

27.02.2026 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(The β€˜us’ in that scenario is the left)

27.02.2026 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Although I would caution people against too instinctively dismissing β€œleft split” as fearmongering. Not all constituencies have such large left bloc voter base and cleave in such interesting ways. What we got away with in G&D might kill us elsewhere.

27.02.2026 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

As a Labour member I’m DELIGHTED the Greens won, hopefully the message gets through to the leadership now. And more varied left voices is healthy.

27.02.2026 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Vital thread. Proper on-the-ground reporting beats tidy narratives any day. Voters are complicated!

27.02.2026 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

One of my favourite questions to ask designers is β€œWhat surprised you about the way players used this game/book/setting?” You get some amazing insights from that. A lot of people forget these are living media and their meaning is reinterpreted the second the book hits the gaming table.

27.02.2026 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I've launched 4 (very) successful TTRPG crowdfunding campaigns in as many years. One like = one no-nonsense take on indie TTRPG crowdfunding.

25.02.2026 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 287    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 13
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The world’s most Bluesky reply

23.02.2026 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"John Prescott would be loving this"

23.02.2026 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 658    πŸ” 162    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4