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“The new discovery, in the village of Barnham, pushes the origin of human fire-making back by more than 350,000 years, far earlier than previously thought.” Crikey!

Don’t make us choose! I’ve now got a no-holds-barred battle between Romance of the Perilous Land and The Terror Beneath going on in my head.

a turkey stuffed with an enormous octopus with tentacles hanging out that frankly is pretty distressing

behold. the turktopus

A grey-faced 8.

Number 2, hurr hurr.
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Gravity: A Roleplaying Game A one-shot TTRPG about powerful people in a bad situation.

Last 24 hours! Crack open yer wallets...

This is going to make Gen Con a real challenge, huh

oh my god Book of the New Sun had Amano covers in Japan and they're fucking crazy

The King of Santa Fe Session Four Last session saw Winston gunned down in the street, but he survived, and the New Mexico Mercantile Cooperative (NMMC) retreated for now. So what next for the...

I just wrote 'The King of Santa Fe Session Four'. buttondown.com/theraspyrave... for @effektpodcast.org Tales of the Old West... it's the Turn of the Season, summer hits, a drought engulfs Steaming Rock and a new opportunity down in Silver City.

Fritz Lang and Marlene Dietrich enjoying an evening at the Trocadero in 1935.

Behind door number 5 of the Scarred For Life advent calendar... it's one of the most beautiful, heartbreaking - and wintry! - public information films ever made: FROZEN PONDS!

Lasers and Feelings
Alice is Missing
Cold City/Hot War
Wildsea

Are you ready to experience...

🌌 THE OMEGA FACTOR (1979) starts tonight at 9pm #TPTVsubtitles Part of the NEW SERIES of THE CELLAR CLUB hosted by #CarolineMunro Don't be late... Caroline's waiting!

A cracking blog entry about a great game.

Gravity: A Roleplaying Game A one-shot TTRPG about powerful people in a bad situation.

6 days, £139 to go.

That's 7 physical copies or 12 pdfs.

If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.

Started reading the books for similar reasons - they’re great, aren’t they?

Ruin: An Anthology of One Shot Trophy Incursions An Anthology of One Shot Trophy Incursions. Crowdfunding in March 2026.

If you're a fan of Trophy Dark/Trophy Gold, just a quick heads up that a bunch of Trophy writers are compiling new incursions for a Kickstarter for next year.

I'll no doubt talk about it more as the date approaches, but if you wanna set a reminder for yourself:

ruinanthology.com

Wake up babe it's time to remove asbestos in a tunnel

Glasshouse for FiveEvil by @malcolmcraig.bsky.social. Coming soon.
handiwork.games/fiveevil #fiveevil

VERY NICHE SPAM ADVERT: French Philosopher Michel Foucault Recommends: 5 Books He Would Reread...

Foucault died 41 years ago, but cool that he’s sending very niche spam messages (probably on power relationships in a post-structuralist society) from beyond the grave.

Oh, no - that was in place years (decades?) before I got to write for them.

You can tell I've written for the Chuckle Brothers, can't you?

A thread about ExCel feeling "too big" or "empty" as part of Dragonmeet 2025, or at least my understanding through attending the convention for 10 years and founding its #PodcastZone, with a sprinkle of my professional experience with London real estate and exhibition centres planning.

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That's a gouda one.

Yeah, it's a common... not complaint, but lament(?) that the lack of community is what prevents many smaller games gaining traction and why it's made it very hard to get onboard or be excited about a lot of new games, even dreading the next Kickstarter to drift up one's timeline.

It's a rough go.

The *actual* old school revival we need in RPGs is that glorious post Vampire pre D20/Magic period when everyone was putting out stuff like In Nomine, Unknown Armies and Underground.

Gah. So sorry you're going through this.

Drected by Joseph Losey and starring Michael Redgrave, Ann Todd, Leo McKern, Paul Daneman, Peter Cushing, Alec McCowen and Renee Houston; check out #BritNoir Time Without Pity (1957) on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social today, 4:30pm. Cinematography by the great Freddie Francis. #FilmNoir

Suspense...with a surprise finish!

⭐ #HumphreyBogart #GloriaGrahame IN A LONELY PLACE (1950) 10:50pm drama #TPTVsubtitles