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Alistair Smith

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Mid-life crisis: return to OSRPGs, painting and general escape from the mundane. Happiness through imagination and camaraderie. He/him. #grognard

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Alistair Smith @alistairsmith.bsky.social · 11h

There next weekend.

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Alistair Smith @alistairsmith.bsky.social · 18h

Ran BP&B at #Groglaw in London yesterday. Enjoyed by my players and am running again at Dice in a Dead City in November.

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Alistair Smith @alistairsmith.bsky.social · 19h

Also room for more GMs for November, if there’s a game you’re dying to run.

Alistair Smith @alistairsmith.bsky.social · 1d

Like all the European far right, they’ve been sucking at the Russian tear for years. There’s nothing vaguely patriotic about Reform UK.

Alistair Smith @alistairsmith.bsky.social · 1d

Maps. Check
Minis. Check
Dice. Check
Rules. Check
Character sheets. Check

Reading specs. Check.

Off to #groglaw

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Alistair Smith @alistairsmith.bsky.social · 2d

Sir Hans at your service.

Knight with moustache and a hand on top of his helmet.

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Alistair Smith @alistairsmith.bsky.social · 3d

Nobody outside your home country has ever heard of you.

Alistair Smith @alistairsmith.bsky.social · 3d

I’m feeling, with a little imagination that I could be Ilie Nastase with a character in this class.

Need a Hometown Hero too. Vessel for the crowd’s hopes, talked up every year, but frankly just not good enough to cut it. Every shot is underpowered, frustration is palpable.

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Alistair Smith @alistairsmith.bsky.social · 3d

Not sure there were many PowerPoints involved, but Stirling definitely a very effective salesman.

Alistair Smith @alistairsmith.bsky.social · 4d

Carry on Screaming is about as far into horror as I can go!

Alistair Smith @alistairsmith.bsky.social · 4d

If people didn’t have to pay for their groceries, that would kill retail and food producers.

Alistair Smith @alistairsmith.bsky.social · 4d

Mortlach. Worth seeking out.

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Alistair Smith @alistairsmith.bsky.social · 5d

They’re really ganging up on the VO aren’t they. First the beards in the military thing. Now anti Catholicism.

Alistair Smith @alistairsmith.bsky.social · 5d

I found the pc game astonishingly frustrating. And it took ages, to then fail.

Actual game a little better but takes time to set up.

Alistair Smith @alistairsmith.bsky.social · 5d

Bad people can read good books. Sadly.

Alistair Smith @alistairsmith.bsky.social · 5d

He’s great. Such an excellent figure.

Alistair Smith @alistairsmith.bsky.social · 6d

I’ve never seen Titanic. I was a single man when it came out and I’ve never been a big Di Caprio fan.

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Alistair Smith @alistairsmith.bsky.social · 6d

This is a #Morktober contribution isn’t it?

Alistair Smith @alistairsmith.bsky.social · 7d

Such a brilliant movie.

Alistair Smith @alistairsmith.bsky.social · 10d

My son doing tours of the Design and Technology room at the school open evening tonight.

I get twitches just thinking about the workshop at school back in the 80s. Teenage nutcases with access to screwdrivers, Stanley knives and other tools. An hour of fear and alertness.

Alistair Smith @alistairsmith.bsky.social · 10d

Sounds excellent. Right up my street.

Alistair Smith @alistairsmith.bsky.social · 11d

Chart plotting your choice of space marine chapter.

Alistair Smith @alistairsmith.bsky.social · 11d

I love the lore. Can’t stand GW’s game mechanics tho. Buckets of D6 to achieve nothing.

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Alistair Smith @alistairsmith.bsky.social · 11d

Which chapter? I make all sorts of judgements based on chapter choice.

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Alistair Smith @alistairsmith.bsky.social · 11d

And if you can’t wait until January for a face to face game, there’s always Dice in a Dead City on 15 November, Chancery Lane.

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Dice in a Dead City | Warhorn

Want to enjoy a day of friendly gaming before the December/Christmas festivities take over your diary? Partake in a day of gaming in November in the City of London. Running from 12-8 with two four hou...

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