Laurence Phillips - Hardy Roach Games

I didn't get much time on the con floor, was busy running games, but did manage to pick up a copy of Wreck This Deck by @beckyannison.bsky.social and Rosewood Abbey by @rolistespod.itch.io.

Posted these in my dragonmeet blog, but will share here too.

Put in lots of effort to make sure my handouts and promo freebies were nice. Laid-out demo handouts, little printed killer busts, and business cards I'm very happy with. Every player got a goodie bag with a card, sticker, and bust.

Dragonmeet 2025: Coroner’s Report I’ve been to Dragonmeet several times, but this year was a special one. This year was the first time I had something all of my own to show off and talk about (even if I didn’t have it to sell just yet), and I had every intent to make a spectacle of myself. Uh, in a good way. 

I’ve been to Dragonmeet several times, but this year was a special one. This year was the first time I had something all of my own to show off and talk about (even if I didn’t have it to sell just yet), and I had every intent to make a spectacle of myself. Uh, in a good way. 

TROOOOOOOGDOOOOOOOOOOR

BURNINATING THE PEEEOPLEEE

And good riddance to 'em!

Me please, if that's permitted!

you gotta remember that from a conservative perspective, these programs are a failure. they don't want to reduce homelessness, they want to punish homeless people. they'd pay 10x as much for that happily

Thumbnail with Deval sat in throne, with a tv screen, with an image of an Emoji of a finger pointing at the viewer, with the caption, Gimme the Goods

I'M LOOKING AT YOU TTRPG DEVS!

Have you got a new game coming out, or being crowfunded next year?

Gimme the deets so I can yap about them In a video checking out and celebrating the upcoming TTRPGs of 2026.

Il Fantasma del Giallo WHAT IS THIS PLACE? You are now within Il Fantasma del Giallo. Welcome to Italy. Welcome to the Yellow. This is a magical realist game concerning the horrors of collapsing identity, gruesome violen…

hardyroachgames.co.uk/il-fantasma-... I do, but public info is still somewhat limited! If you need more feel free to shoot me an email at laurence@hardyroachgames.co.uk

See now you've forced me into a corner, I'm going to interpret your lamest acts as super cool. A masterful gambit.

Nah.

In season 2 he's (literally) in bed with a nazi so they started the blatant evil quite early, haha. They're just nazis too.

Eddy did excellently playing a bully Head Chef who crumbled under pressure, revealing that he had a false name and ties to the criminal underworld.

Il Fantasma del Giallo WHAT IS THIS PLACE? You are now within Il Fantasma del Giallo. Welcome to Italy. Welcome to the Yellow. This is a magical realist game concerning the horrors of collapsing identity, gruesome violen…

Another highlight of Dragonmeet was playtesting Il Fantasma del Giallo by @hardyroach.bsky.social. I'll be keeping a close eye on this game! You can check out the website (and get on the mailing list) here: hardyroachgames.co.uk/il-fantasma-...

You seem cool 🤷‍♂️

Sorry I didn't catch you! Will have to give you your chotchkie another time.

Big same. I could barely stand up by the end of the day.

It was great. I am dead and a corpse.

Will do I writeup when I'm alive again.

I briefly saw you but I was a dead man walking and also not entirely sure it was you, haha. Catch you at the next thing hopefully!

#dragonmeet soon

Sorry to have missed you! Headed off early, was exhausted.

Ursidice stall at Dragonmeet with zines and one pagers and colourful labels

Top down hand drawn Dragonmeet map in the style of a medieval village

Alright you fuckin NERDS.
Ursidice half of our stall is set up, with @planesailinggames.com setting up in the morning.
Head on over to K8 with your fuckin NERD MONEY and GET SOME!

The Hidden History of Women Game Designers - JSTOR Daily Nineteenth-century women turned music lessons into interactive entertainment, complete with spinning wheels and ivory counters.

Fascinating reading about unheralded women game designers in the C19th.
daily.jstor.org/the-hidden-h...

Samesies.

Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen

Motorhead
Electric Six
Bob Dylan
The Northern Boys
Kendrick Lamar

Spread layout for Chapter 0: Introduction. The left side contains text explaining the premise of The Dee Sanction, a game about occult threats, fragile loyalty, and heretics condemned to secret service under Queen Elizabeth I. The right side features a detailed black-and-white illustration of Elizabethan figures: a stern noblewoman holding a book and dagger, flanked by eerie companions with skeletal or masked faces, elaborate clothing, and ornate backgrounds resembling stained-glass windows. The imagery blends courtly Tudor fashion with unsettling supernatural elements.

Oh, and I updated the Introduction spread from the other day, which I'd pictured with a woodcut, but then remembered I had something much more eye-catching for one of the first images in the book.

#TheDeeSanction #MonadEdition #TTRPG