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Host of Keep Off The Borderlands & other diversions #CallOfCthulhu comedy/horror APs on Grizzly Peaks Radio @goodmania.bsky.social #TTRPGs - rules-lite fancier Lapsed film buff 🏴 Highland incomer #MS combatant Home dad He/him
#RPGaDay2026 Day 11: "Tact" In Free League's Vaesen, vaesen can rarely be killed. Play often involves gathering the information necessary to alleviate or resolve conflicts between the supernatural and human interests. #FolkHorror #TTRPG
#RPGaDay2026 Day 10: "Privilege" In Free League's Alien, each player has a personal agenda which may not be in the crew's best interests. A secret fear of combat, a secret addiction, or a desire to your findings to yourself. You might not even be human. #scifi #horror #ttrpg
#RPGaDay2026 Day 8: "Resolve" In Chris McDowall's Mythic Bastionland, Knights gain Glory when Myths are resolved. Myths are a series of 6 encounters the Knights seek in the Realm they have sworn to protect. #MarkOfTheOdd #OSR #NSR #TTRPG
Acquire 3 Burdens and you are deprived. Think of inventive ways to unburden yourself. If you're Sad, indulge in a shameful vice. If you're Shamed, commit an act of self-sacrifice. If you are Grieving, perform a ritual of remembrance. (Art by @daniellocke.bsky.social) #MarkOfTheOdd #OSR #NSR
#RPGaDay2026 Day 5: "Burden" In @danielblandyrpgs.blusky.social's Eco-Mofos!! and Islands of Weirdhope, when you "Pick your punk", roll d6 for a Burden. These are emotional debts which take up Inventory slots. You risk gaining additional burdens whenever you attempt to use certain abilities.
#RPGaDay2026 Day 4: "Charm" My mind immediately went to @josiahmoore.bsky.social's Tiny Tables for Mausritter and the carms sold by the Merfolk traders.
#RPGaDay2026 Day 3: "Poise" I've just been reading @indestructoboy.bsky.social's Vagabond: Pulp Fantasy Roleplaying Game, one of the best things to come out of the OGL scandal, a game which has a Dancer class. #DnD
#RPGaDay2026 Day 2: "Stature" A little route one perhaps but, after watching Jason and the Argonaunts for last month's Movie Monday, I can't stop thinking about this guy.
I'm lucky to be blessed with a wonderfully talented group which obviously helps me immensely. This is also a good opportunity to mention the new edition of @grahamwalmsley.bsky.social's Play Unsafe. Not a title that screams discipline but it's all about being truly present at the gaming table.
@grahamwalmsley.bsky.social's Play Unsafe is a cracking little read. Full of encouraging improv tips that might be obvious to some but has certainly helped identify some potential weak spots for me as an RPG player.
They're finally here... In this corporeal sphere! @melsonian-arts-council.itch.io and @iglootree.bsky.social House of Troika! playing cards & initiative deck for Troika! The Science Fantasy Roleplaying Game. Each card beautifully illustrated by Shuyi Zhang. #troika #ttrpg #playingcards
Cairn Barebones Edition by @yochaigal.bsky.social and Anotherotherworld by @everweird.bsky.social, art by @evlynmoreau.bsky.social, a Dolmenwoodesque Into The Odd hack where you play the fae. #CairnRPG #MarkOfTheOdd
@sasquatchgames.bsky.social's Zones brings together some of my favourite rules and one of my favourite settings. #IntoTheOdd, #Mausritter #CairnRPG #ZoneCore #Stalker #NSR #TTRPG
I was always a little reluctant to return to Essex... until now! I never realised becoming a revolting peasant would look this classy! @threesailsstudios.bsky.social's Gallows Corner - A Peasants' Revolt RPG is absolutely stunning! #ttrpg
Ooo, I wasn't expecting this to arrive quite so soon. Midnight of the Century from @byodinsbeardrpg.com is an investigative horror game inspired by the 90s TV show Millennium and games Liminal Horror, Brindlewood Bay, and Cthulhu Dark. #ttrpg #horror
Who needs players? Explore the other side of tabletop roleplaying with @capacle.bsky.social's expanded Triple-O player character emulator. I can't wait to play around with this? So, test run a published module or journey through my own world? 🤔
I'm relatively new to the diabolical delights of Arthur Machen but, being familiar with the work of @voxparlour.bsky.social, I had to grab me one of these from @ospreygames.bsky.social #weird #horror #folkhorror #gumshoe #ttrpg
A wee reminder that this month's movie is Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. Movie Monday airs on May 25th. If you'd like to share your thoughts, email or send some audio to spencer.freethrall@gmail.com or look me up on discord. #BladeRunner #SciFi #CyberPunk #MovieReview
After 6 years of playing Call of Cthulhu, I figured it was high time things got physical. #CoC #CallofCthulhu #TTRPG
I couldn't help but grab myself a copy of @barrelrider.bsky.social's White Box Dungeon Adventures. At 50 pages, it's basically a stripped down introductory supplement for White Box Cyclopedia. #osr #dnd #ttrpg #zine
Also, this month's movie is Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. The episode will air on May 25th. Why not contribute to the show by sending in some audio? Send to spencer.freethrall@gmail.com #BladeRunner #SciFi #MovieReview
Vermis III: Old Curses & Buried Horrors @hollowpress.bsky.social's guide to a dark and twisted 80s computer RPG that never was.
All ready for World Book Day! Chiri from Carlos Sanchez's Rune and a princess from You Choose Fairy Tales. #WorldBookDay2026
Ah hoy, me hearties! Check out this booty haul from @limithron.bsky.social #PirateBorg #MorkBorg
Looking forward to getting stuck into this one! It Was All a Dream: An Anthology of Bad Horror Tropes Done Right edited by Brandon Applegate.
The train has arrived! @lampreyskink.bsky.social's The Venture Below: An Unofficial Inspection of the Troika Underground
I've just started reading Promethean Horrors and have immediately become completely obsessed with Hoffmann's The Sandman, a wonderful piece of early weird fiction. #weird #horror #anthology