James Hoare
@jdhoare
Writer and Social Manager. Adopted Geordie. Obsessed with old #ttrpgs, #horror, #history, and #rugbyleague. Editor of 𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕 𝑷𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔 zine:
First look at Secret Passages Issue 4! Art by @elkowalczuk.bsky.social, who was trained from childhood in the Clan Eshin kill-kill by his mutant mentor. Follow the Kickstarter at www.kickstarter.com/projects/jdh... #oldhammer #ttrpg
The first 250+ copies of Secret Passages issue 3 are out in the wild. If your reward includes A Regrettable Mystery of Pyrates, it’ll be fulfilled in a couple of weeks - we’re putting the final touches to it right now! #ttrpg #ttrpgzine
#WorldCup who? It’s all about #BloodBowl, mate. Skip Four Four Two this month and pre-order Secret Passages issue 3 instead ko-fi.com/secretpassages
Someone needs to commission a Secret Passages animated series… ko-fi.com/secretpassages #ttrpgs #ttrpgcommunity #oldhammer #oldhammercommunity
Chaos outcome for Newcastle. Banter option would be for Jamie Driscoll to be leader.
2/3 Articles written by people within the game, but the name is at *the end* of the article and no context is ever given for who they are
Three things that annoy me about Forty 20, that it if I were editor or publisher, I would change immediately. 1/3 Unreadable coverlines
Why not simply give the prime minister role to the most popular, principled, and productive member of the cabinet?
Missed my stop and ended up at Longbenton, which to my surprise has a beautiful 1940s facade
Had a lovely time with Legion of the Necromancer, what feels like a very specific tribute to the initial three #FightingFantasy #gamebooks with all the brutal randomness and goofy goblin-fighting-a-shark type encounters that entails.
Excellent bookshop find today. I’m obsessed with the corner of #Shadowrun that Carl Sergent and Marc Gascoigne carved out for themselves. There is almost certainly a long Secret Passages article in it.