Dr Tomas Rawlings

Might do, as there’s more I want to cover on it

A screenshot showing day 10 of hopefully 99 days, from the game 99 Nights in the Forest. Screenshot by author.

The first in a semi-regular series of posts addressing a topic of note. This time I’m asking the question of why are so many people talking about Roblox? Why does it matter? IMHO it does, this is why. exploringgamedevelopment.substack.com/p/why-is-eve...

#gamedev #roblox

Unless it a chaos cult only for short people the marine is fighting?

EXCLUSIVE! Here are the original draft sketches and an alternative cover design for the iconic cover of Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader, featuring the last stand of Crimson Fist Space Marines vs Orks Before creating the cover of 40K Rogue Trader, artist John Sibbick both sketched out an alternative design and the ideas for the final cover. This is a rare glimpse into the process!

Indeed! I covered that cover (pun!) here - exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

Black Templars space marines from 3rd edition cover (1998)

A Space Marine battles chaos worshipers in close combat

There's a very cool article on #Warhammer Community of Space Marine art over the years. Its got a wide range of images. www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...

#Warhammer40K

Why do people love to hate Shadowrun? A long-form exploration of corporations, cyberpunk, and elves.

Typo, RPG trailer. Hat tip to @rascal.news where I saw it www.rascal.news/why-do-peopl...

A character uses psychic (or magic?) powers.

Three characters in the Shadowrun promo sneak along ready for action

OMG there's a Shadowrun ROG trailer! A Night's Work (Shadowrun promo, 1990) Gosh and it is fun and so very early 90s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GPG...

My copy has arrived!

An Early August Update - Chaos Rising, Monsters, Aliens and One Ring to Bind Them All A grab-bag of updates about Kill Team, some in-person Chaos talks and where Tolkien (may) have got his One Ring idea from.

Yeah it is very good. I’ve played the coop version which is basically the same. I’ve written about it here exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/an-early-a...

Wolf Scouts and Stealth Battlesuits fight as quietly as possible in Kill Team: Dead Silence - Warhammer Community Shush, don’t wake the tomb world…

The new Kill Team boxed set looks very cool. www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...

#warhammer #warhammer40k #killteam

Realized today that I'd totally forgotten a game I'd worked on from my gameography! agreatbecoming.com

Not me, I just love the bonkers aesthetic

Someone said it’s supposed to be an elf character?

Save 15% on Megabonk on Steam Smash your way through endless waves of enemies and grow absurdly powerful! Grab loot, level up, unlock characters and upgrade to create unique and crazy builds as you fend off hordes of creatures!

OMG Megabonk is amazing. store.steampowered.com/app/3405340/...

I didn’t read the image that way?

Three adventurers with a captive goblin showing the three alignments of good, urging restraint, evil seeking to torture the captive and neutral, standing by.

D&D image showing alignment. I assume the party has a captive and they want info? The knight who is representing good is urging restraint, the evil thief-like character is seeking to torture the captive and the neutral warrior is standing by unconcerned. From 1983 edition.

Screenshot of a Reddit post about Trump vowing to bring back coal.

Graph shows renewables costs going down while coal is static.

While Trump may want to bring back coal, the reality is that not only is it more polluting, adds more CO2 into the atmosphere (which they don't care about) but it costs more. While the alternatives are getting cheaper!

climatehopium.substack.com/p/the-powerf...

#climate #climatechange

A Chaos Beastman faces a group of warrior knights. From the cover of the first Citadel Compendium, 1983. Photo of the cover by me

As a two-parter, a discussion of chaos as a cosmology, as a trope and as it arrived in Warhammer.

1. exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/cometh-the...

2. exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/pictures-o...

#warhammer #warhammer40k

It’s all hedge trimmers now

Photo by author, of a section from a couple of pages inside Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader showing the opening narrative setting quote. This book was released in 1987.

A warrior faces a frog-like creature. Image from The Quest for Chaos, a two-part mini-campaign for WFB which was given away as a free insert in the Citadel boxed set of miniatures, ‘SS1 - Warriors of Chaos’.

Pictures of Chaos From 230 BCE to Warhammer 40K in 1987 AD

A further exploration of chaos in the setting and some rambling about chaos as a cosmology & how it snuck into Rogue Trader - 'cos it is fun to ponder such things!

exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/pictures-o...

#Warhammer #Warhammer40K

Support Outright International at Roll20Con 2025! The charity bundle features fantastic RPGs, including Mutant City Blues. Game for a cause and back global LGBTQIA+ rights. #Roll20Con #TTRPG #mutantcityblues
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Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

Nathan Gill is no fringe politician.

He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales.

A Brexit Party MEP.

A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him:

"terrific," and "as honest as the day is long."

This is a MASSIVE story

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hi everyone,

We have an update for Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life.

For what will be disappointing to many, we are pushing the release date to 2026. As much as we’d love to get the game in your hands sooner, we believe in making the right game at the right quality level.

Last chance to sign up for the Games Workshop Research Day image with the logo

Morning! Last chance to sign up for the Games Workshop Research Day… Tickets are free! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/games-work...

It’s been quite the ride and not over yet!

Such a great cover, nice idea framing it. May follow suite

I was well underway by then having got into Warhammer and 40K in ‘87

Noting @fatalist.bsky.social pointed out last one was probably WD 140 was probably the last one with RPG content.

Thanks again!