Malcolm Craig

Danuta Daniellson chasing a nazi through an orchard while hitting him with her handbag

Hey, wanna support a cool* small business this Xmas? We have hundreds of excellent hand sculpted and hand cast minis, many of which are hitting nazis.

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*my mum says I'm cool

A fantastic book by sadly departed scholar.

YouTube video by Gavin Paterson The Ian Davison Folk Group - The Jeely Piece Song

This - by the aforementioned Iain Davidson Folk Group - is the original and best recording of the Jeely Piece Song. Adam's lyrics capture so much about he changes to urban Scotland in the 1960s. And my dad played the banjo and sang backing vocals on it!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Woi3...

Jeely Piece songwriter Adam McNaughtan dies aged 86 Adam McNaughtan wrote a host of songs including The Yellow on the Broom and Oor Hamlet.

Such sad news. Adam was a giant of the folk scene, and significant contributor to post-war Scotland's cultural life. He & my dad were good friends, & The Iain Davidson Folk Group that my dad was part of were the first to perform/record the timeless Jeely Piece Song.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BAAS 2026 - University of Glasgow 9-11 April 2026 - British Association for American Studies BAAS Annual Conference 2026 Call for Papers The College of Arts & Humanities and Andrew Hook Centre for American Studies at the University of Glasgow are delighted to invite submissions for the 71st a...

The deadline to submit a proposal for BAAS Annual Conference 2026 has been extended to Wednesday, 10th December. There's still time to submit and join us in Glasgow in 2026. Full details on the page below.

baas.ac.uk/conferences/...

#BAAS #AMStudies #AmericanStudies

Thrilled with the way this has turned out! Writing traditional scenarios is not something I'm used to these days, so it was fantastic to have the help of the entire @handiworkgames.bsky.social team.

Do you see how both the guides and the WI are apologising in their statements, correctly saying that they have been forced to comply with the demands of a tiny gaggle of internet-crazed psychos by the threat of severe damage to their organisations, if they resist.

They will never be satisfied, will they? Not until they have achieved the complete exclusion of everyone who isn't them from public life.

Come And See The Producers

A still from the historical drama "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" (1964) film by Sergei Parajanovshowitn a person in a crude skull mask/hood holding a scythe.

Behold! It is i! The ghost of Christmas future, unwelcome at any feast!

Don’t forget, when you share your sales figures from events, cost of goods and labour is important.

Don’t be subsidising other people’s dreams at the cost of your own now, ok? I care about you. Even though I look like this.

Extremely sound - indeed vital - advice.

Drat! Found out again!

Not now. No.

Brilliant stuff from @handiworkgames.bsky.social. For those who might be watching the final series of Stranger Things, the flecks in the air are asbestos fibres, not something from the Upside-Down!

People are already hailing it as "an article", "a thing written about RPGs", and "not as boring as it could be". Will you join the cavalcade of effusive praise? Only one way to find out!

We have an immediate need for an RPG proofreader. This is a paid gig, proofing just over 11,000 words. Experience is preferred.

Please email jon@handiwork.games with your resume and rate. If you don't have a set rate that's fine - we can talk.

Please feel free to share, tag and recommend.

Wyrd Science (Vol.1, Issue 7) - Wyrd Science | DriveThruRPG The award winning Wyrd Science returns for another exploration of the strange worlds and new horizons of tabletop games... In this issue... Roleplaying Games & the Cold War! What can they tell us ...

Just noticed I must have ticked a box as our new issue is currently discounted on DriveThruRPG & only around £2 there

RPGs vs the Cold War!
Rick Priestley talks esoteric christianity & Warhammer!
Triangle Agency gets weird!
Castle Rat unleash the beasts!
Undaunted's war stories!
& lots more!

Thanks Iain! Much appreciated.

This piece by my friend @malcolmcraig.bsky.social is very much worth your time. Really excited to see where this research goes next. It's free to read.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Delighted to hear that! WS is a great magazine, and I was thrilled to be able to write something for them.

The President’s Kill List The President’s Kill List

@edinburghup.bsky.social is having a 50% off sale. This means that my The President’s Kill List is only £12.99. Bargain. edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-pre...

An unambiguous, premeditated war crime for which Pete Hegseth should be put on trial and spend the rest of his life in prison.

All will be revealed in the fullness of time!

I still have my copy of it from those days, and continually resent seeing it on my shelves!

No no! Please do continue to blame him directly.

Dan Ashcroft In Nathan Barley Was Right

4) Anyway, it will be available to backers once we've edited, laid out, and artworked it (and on general sale thereafter). FiveEvil really is a great game and a truly radical interpretation of the 5e ruleset. You should check it out.

3) Like all FiveEvil scenarios, its a trap. But it's not just a physical trap, it's a moral, ethical, and metaphysical trap that the players and their characters must grapple with. It's been a delight to write, because a more structured scenario is quite a departure from my normal mode.

2) It's set in 1992, and sees ordinary working people grappling with the Cold War's deadly legacies. In movie/TV terms, it's very clearly influenced by Session 9, Edge of Darkness (the series, not the awful film), Death Line, and The Girl With All the Gifts.

1) By coincidence, I've recently finished writing my scenario pack for @fromthemorgue.bsky.social's FiveEvil. It's called Glasshouse and draws upon many of my own pet obsessions and some of my favourite horror films!