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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 7h

#GrogLaw 2025 write up.

Thanks to @jimjimthegrim.bsky.social @davepaters.bsky.social Alex for organising. GMs @alistairsmith.bsky.social & @filmfan68.bsky.social, fellow players @zos93.bsky.social @matthewbroome.bsky.social & George, plus all the lovely folks I met.

buttondown.com/theraspyrave...

Groglaw 2025

Heading off to the ancient Chancery Lane, a place where the Knights Templar created the lane to connect their ‘old Temple’ in Holborn with their new property...

buttondown.com

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 21h

Really devastated at the news that one of my absolute heroes has passed away. RIP Diane.

a woman wearing a hat and vest says la-de-dah on the screen

ALT: a woman wearing a hat and vest says la-de-dah on the screen

media.tenor.com

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Kev P @yesmrkev.bsky.social · 1d

It's not every day you get to attend a warhammer-themed academic convention

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 23h

Great to see Jordan and others at this event today. Fascinating thoughts on miniatures, lore, communities and platform capitalism. Thanks to @jennycromwell.bsky.social for organising!

Jordan Sorcery @jordansorcery.bsky.social · 1d

On my way to the Games Workshop Research Day in Manchester to hear a load of seminars on fascinating topics!

manchestergamecentre.org/events/2025/...

Games Workshop Research Day 2025 — Manchester Game Centre

We are pleased to announce that the Manchester Game Centre's second annual Games Workshop Research Day is taking place on Saturday 11th October 2025!

manchestergamecentre.org

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 1d

A lovely tribute to Bud from Chaosium. Vale Greg. Vale Bud.

Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 2d

Today, on the seventh anniversary of Greg Stafford's passing, Chaosium is pleased to announce William "Bud" Baird as the 2025 Greg Stafford Memorial Award for Gloranthan Fandom winner.

Bud Baird is the 2025 recipient of the Greg Stafford Memorial Award for Gloranthan Fandom

This month marks the seventh anniversary of Greg Stafford's passing, and we are pleased to present the 2025 award to William "Bud" Baird.

www.chaosium.com

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Never Mind the Dice Rolls Magazine @nmtdrzine.bsky.social · 2d

Running it, @k000.bsky.social for being the best shield maiden, @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social for our wannabee leader, @lintillaz.bsky.social for his angst and fighting skills, and @fenrisgames.com for ripping apart most enemies.

Special mention to Ember, my shadow cat who will eat a red bat 1 day

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Orcusdorkus - Prepping Impossible Landscapes @orcusdorkus.bsky.social · 3d

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 3d

New strap line: “the GROGNARD files, big in Albuquerque.”

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 3d

New GROGPOD review. Good to know that our Bolton bobbins has reached Rob in Albuquerque!

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 3d

My favourite is the Yorkshire town of Slaithwaite - locals refer to it as Slou-Wit and the automatic train announcements had to be changed to reflect it www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023...

‘Slou-wit’, not ‘Slaithwaite’: Northern Trains to re-record mispronounced station names

Network enlists locals for new onboard announcements to reflect local accents and restore full placenames

www.theguardian.com

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 3d

The only answer to this, “you cannot be serious!”

a man wearing a headband stands on a tennis court and says you cannot be serious

ALT: a man wearing a headband stands on a tennis court and says you cannot be serious

media.tenor.com

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 3d

Yes. As the youngsters would say, it has given me the “ick”

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 3d

I saw it when I was 7/8 too. A woman leaped into my dad’s lap when that happened and it has been a family story ever since.

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 3d

He revised his opinion by the 25th anniversary edition, which is reprinted here. He summarises that in the end, it was a net “good” as it had a more positive legacy.

Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 3d

The gangster sub plot would have been a distraction

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 3d

Yes - it’s a real pot-boiler, but there are some nice stylistic flourishes here and there - particularly the shark scenes.

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 3d

Well, it’s 50 years since the release of Jaws AND Born to Run

Jaws Log and Tonight in Jungleland - The Making of Born to Run

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 4d

How much Jaws is too much Jaws?

Not read this for over 40 years.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 4d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 4d

youtu.be/Yu3ZYXNalbc?...

Tony Harrison V (Richard Eyre)

YouTube video by Pablo Rodri

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Adam Buxton (not that one) @adambuxton.bsky.social · 4d

Being similar to @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social in losing my GM'ing mojo, I have 'paused' my huge campaign games and instead i'm running a series of small interconnected dungeon delves (Indiana Jones meets D&D), loving the 'back to basics' vibe

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 4d

Dusted off my cap for winter.

The Numbskull in the brain department suggests “put a funny hat on an cheer yourself up!”

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 6d

Currently setting up the Arena for tomorrow's conflict ... the balcony Council have arranged for a spectacle for the crowd's edification as well as their lust for violence @dracowie.bsky.social @orlanth.bsky.social @icooper.bsky.social ... Prepare for a reenactment of The Sacred Tree of the Narsi!

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 6d

Ahhh … currently composing a contribution to your Substack!

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 6d

Is that a FABRIANO shorty, clutch pencil? You can’t get that design easily any more.

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