Tim Linward

Newly revealed MTG Avatar bonus sheet cards are powerful, collectible, and so, so ugly Using animation cells from a Universes Beyond partner to boost the collectibility of Magic The Gathering might be about to backfire.

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Made that the whole angle for this piece...

A big horse. Friesland or Shire horse. Or a mean horse, like a Shetland pony.

I'm already onto it :D I bought a five pack of Audible credits as soon as I'd finished Rhesus Chart, that pretty much decided for me that I was listening to the whole series.

Just listened to The Rhesus Chart by @cstross.bsky.social more than a decade late, and /what/ an ending. Intensely cool.

I’ll Laugh As You Bury Me: New Zealand, America and Cultural Hegemony All science fiction has its basis in the real world. This is the real world I base mine in. It has jokes and cups of tea and big smiles. Sometimes I’m in awe of the power of fiction to unite us. I …

The world has changed so much since I wrote this, but at the end of the day it's still an essay I had a breakdown writing, an essay that took days because I couldn't stop crying long enough to write

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Just visited the Newark Bookshop in the English town of the same name. It has a small but /immaculately/ chosen SF and graphic novel selection. #books #bookshop.

"It isn't possible to not age; I never thought I would remain the same. That's what would be weird, in fact: to endure raw time and the obvious, profound insincerities of existence and be recognizable at the end. It's psycho shit; I don't honor it."

The Undertaken - Penny Arcade Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.

Man, always read the notes on Penny Arcade comics. Jerry Holkins cooks www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2025/0...

I assume this is a tabletop, but if you've taken up making wargames terrain, excellent sandbar, that'll look a beaut with a bunch of space elves smashing people across it.

Premeditated Mordheim

This gnarly new tank kit is ideal for grimdark miniature wargame Trench Crusade As if WW2 tanks weren’t grimdark enough already, Grim Prints has created a new miniature wargame tank kit straight out of Trench Crusade.

While we wait for official Trench Crusade tank minis, check out this incredible grimdark Crusader tank...
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#trenchcrusade #miniaturewargame #3dprinting

Genuinely quite excited to see a version of Standard that isn't all Izzet and Mono Red. Also @tjohnlinward.bsky.social has done a great job on the writeup here.

That six inch square does so much work.

Diabolus Ex Machina This Is Not An Essay

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YouTube video by KBash Horror and the Weird West

One of my favourite things on YouTube is seeing creators getting older, calmer, and more humanist:
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Of all Star Wars' many licensed board games, here are the worst We’ve covered the best, now here’s the rest - the cheesier the branding and the worse the application of the Star Wars theme, the better.

Rubbish Star Wars board games - we love 'em. Well, all right, 'love' isn't the right word, but roasting them is a rare delight.
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#starwars #boardgames

Digga!

The best Warhammer 40k games Warhammer 40,000 games on PC and console keep improving - from Space Marine 2 and Darktide to Dawn of War, these are the best 40k games.

What kind of games do you like? Here's the guide from the site I write for:
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That's some damn good display organisation. She's been taking notes.

Decided to read some TS Elliot, found The Hollow Men on a poetry blog, saw it had comments turned on, discovered this rollercoaster of a comment. Holy shit.

Ulysses It little profits that an idle king,

Unexpected side effect of 40k fandom (and reading Dan Abnett in particular) - being (re)introduced to some fabulous poetry. Ulysses by Lord Tennyson is a fucking jam.
poets.org/poem/ulysses

The family cat, Nick, died yesterday. It's not clear how - we just found him dead in the back garden, not a mark on him. He was a wonderful beast. Born in a hedge, we never expected to domesticate him, but he grew into the most sociable, human centred cat I've ever known. We're all very sad.

Interviewer: can you explain this gap in your CV?

Me, a games journalist: I've got something to fill it, but it's under embargo.

Players boycott the World Championships of Warhammer because of Trump Deportation is for everyone.

Great feature by @caelyn.bsky.social about the #Warhammer World Championship boycotts, and the tension between the claim that 'Warhammer is for everyone' and the reality of traveling to America under its current administration: www.rascal.news/players-boyc...
#nerdlings

Trans Advocacy & Complaint Collective Toilet Hysteria Isn't Law: Why Trans People in the UK Can Still Pee in Peace MADDIE / 23 APRIL 2025 / LGBTQ+ RIGHTS, RIGHTS ADVOCACY (Yes, Even After the Supreme Court Ruling)

In the UK, there is still no law that stops trans people from using the toilets that match their gender. That includes after the UK Supreme Court ruling on 16 April 2025, which the usual suspects are already trying to twist into a bathroom ban.

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Mantic have dropped the news on this one now, and so can I. This is the champion for the trident realms for the kings of war Champions game. A commission from Mantic for their studio.

#nerdlings #warmongers #kingsofwar

The ancient Etruscans would lose their shit for a pringle

No seriously, give this a try. The Discord is new and you will have *incredibly good odds* to win some cool RPG stuff. This isn't the only competition we're running!

Star Wars Legion releases the full, finished version of its new rules for free The latest developer update to the Star Wars miniature game brings core rules changes, unit rebalances, and a few cut units and Command Cards.

The final version of the rules for Star Wars Legion's new edition are up on the @atomicmassgames.bsky.social website - so what's new? Here's our summary:
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#starwars #starwarslegion #nerdlings