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Fan of indie TTRPGs, Japanese stuff, random music, cricket, old anime, 80s&90s sci-fi action movies, weird geekery, archaeology, and Raymond Chandler. Grew up by the seaside, used to live in Japan. A bit neurodiverse or maybe just rubbish at people.

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Disney's finest hour. (Sorry Moana)

01.11.2025 08:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'll see your Romania and raise you eastern Uzbekistan.

01.11.2025 07:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Don't forget "Gunmen of the Appocalypse" for more rogue VR/computer virus fun. You could break out another Panic Engine game like Cloud Empress for a session or two while they fight the virus in fantasy form

30.10.2025 08:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

it was some people mainly in the OSR camp who were singing it's praises, so that makes sense.

20.10.2025 23:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I heard Break is good too for that JRPG but in TTRPG vibe

20.10.2025 23:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Melvyn Bragg!

19.10.2025 18:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Before we got married and phones destroyed our attention spans, me and my wife would do double bills of films the other hadn't seen. The first was Dirty Dancing paired with Robocop.

(We also accidentally got a Topol double bill of Fiddler on the Roof and Flash Gordon.)

06.10.2025 00:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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something unlike us

05.10.2025 19:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 258    ๐Ÿ” 114    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Don't forget to put a sandwich down to test first.

28.09.2025 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Breaking each trilogy volume into its separate parts so you can appreciate each book on its own makes it more as it was supposed to be read. The whole three volume thing was more due to publishing necessity than design. Plus they are slimmer and easy to carry around.

25.09.2025 23:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

While I dislike the movies due to their historical inacuracies. (What did you do with Prince Imrahil you b@$โ€ @rds?!) I have a movie tie in box set of Lord of the rings with the story split into 7 books (Lord of the Rings being a story of 7 parts with the seventh being the appendices.)

25.09.2025 23:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We are live with issue 48, that is four whole years of publication reached, and as we blow out the candles on that cake please do check us out on DriveThru or via our Patreon.

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28.08.2025 06:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Small furry animal that befriends princesses. No idea why it ended up used in cricket. Probably because it rhymes.

22.09.2025 19:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's OK they won't expect the players to take their clothes off as much in later sessions.

17.09.2025 20:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a skeet describing birds seen during a walking Shetland, including a Pied Flycatcher and a Garden Warbler.  The phrase into the odd appears in the middle of one sentence.

Screenshot of a skeet describing birds seen during a walking Shetland, including a Pied Flycatcher and a Garden Warbler. The phrase into the odd appears in the middle of one sentence.

I like it when random normal posts get picked up in the OSR feed. Like if you search Black Pudding it's 95% photos of full English Breakfasts and 5% old school TTRPG Zine. That said Pied Flycatcher and Garden Warbler are Electric Bastionland failed careers, aren't they?

17.09.2025 19:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think we need to paws and reflect if this is really what serious journalism should be covering.

17.09.2025 19:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A blonde woman in a fancy costume holding a sword in front of a giant Mortar head mech.

A blonde woman in a fancy costume holding a sword in front of a giant Mortar head mech.

I must admit I've been avoiding Clair Obscure as everything I hear sounds really good but I haven't got the time right now.
But I wasn't going mad about the 5SS vibe. ( I assure you most characters have really pointy chins.

07.09.2025 22:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I really like girl with the sword. It's got a bit of a Five Star Stories vibe just without the really pointy chin.

07.09.2025 18:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As in protein shakes or does the guy round the back of gym sell you the Clan Tremere handbook and the 2e Waterdeep boxed set?

07.09.2025 18:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What did you get on your random encounter roll?

07.09.2025 18:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Natalie brings the epic greek poetry, Huey brings the scooby snacks, everyone has a good time.

06.09.2025 19:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you can't fight for your right to party, what can you do?

06.09.2025 19:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You mean it isn't?!! Wait, that news article makes more sense now...

06.09.2025 19:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Unless you are bluffing right now.

29.08.2025 10:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yet another Tiefling?

26.08.2025 18:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Advanced Fantasy Dungeons by Idle Cartulary A sketch of a ghost of a game never released in this world

I've not read it so I make no guarantees but you may want to check this out.
idlecartulary.itch.io/advanced-fan...

25.08.2025 15:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tell me you've read Stormbringer without telling me you've read Stormbringer. #Elric #Moorcock #osr #ttrpg

25.08.2025 15:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The latest Ian Rankin novel Midnight and Blue was ranked #1 in retirement planning at one point on Amazon. You know, the one where the aged protagonist is now in prison.

31.07.2025 17:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Black sesame dango is the one true dango. Admittedly it looks like it's covered in a cross between crushed beetle paste and demonic ectoplasm but it tastes just right.

28.07.2025 00:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's got a definite Patlabor vibe.

27.07.2025 19:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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