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Alistair Smith
@alistairsmith.bsky.social
Mid-life crisis: return to OSRPGs, painting and general escape from the mundane. Happiness through imagination and camaraderie. He/him. #grognard
@jameswallis.bsky.social that’s absolutely how I found my way into RPG world, so v happy to answer your questions.
January 25, 2026 at 6:46 PM
So this morning’s work task is to read 150 pages of the skeleton arguments for a legal case next month (sadly skeleton arguments not a dispute between Nagash and Heinrich Kemmler).
January 16, 2026 at 11:48 AM
@kehaar.bsky.social

Bringing together Dragonbane and our late Saturday night discussion about the North East of Brazil, slave rebellions and outlaws.
A Brazilianized Dragonbane version of the "draw a duck and share your art" challenge. ^^
January 16, 2026 at 9:48 AM
After the fun of Grogmeet, I didn’t open my package from @irny.bsky.social yesterday evening. I thought I’d give myself something to look forward to this morning. I wasn’t disappointed.
January 12, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Share someone who looks stylish wearing boots.
January 12, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Xmas tree is down. The Festive Season is officially over here in Smitn Towers.

We did just cut into the Pandoro though - had too many other things to eat before. Yum.
January 4, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Fox in the snow - albeit not a lot of snow.

I think it’s one of the ones born under our neighbour’s shed earlier this year.
January 2, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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Do you still support President Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine? 💙💛

🖐️ Raise your hand
🔁 Repost if you stand with Ukraine
December 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Watching the Royal Variety Performance and they’re finishing with Les Miserables, which is about the 1832 Paris Uprising… which overthrew King Charles. Feels a little rude to me.
December 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
A Vaesen mystery up a misty glen in Scotland. Can your investigators get to the bottom of the matter before something terrible happens?

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The Monarch of the Glen - a Vaesen adventure in Scotland - Free League Publishing | Free League Work Shop | Alistair Smith | DriveThruRPG
An American multimillionaire has returned to Scotland to rebuild his ancestral seat in Glen Shee and take his rightful place as Laird of Findallon. But as summer turns to autumn, the heather comes int...
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December 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Gran Meccanismo scenario “On a summer’s night, a theft” updated on Drivethru thanks to the sterling efforts of @brianduguid.bsky.social. Prettier, clearer and with more images.

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Gran Meccanismo - On a summer's night, a theft - Alistair Smith | DriveThruRPG
The Year of Our Lord 1510. The Republic of Florence: a hotbed of spies all seeking the secrets of the New Science, Leonardo da Vinci's machines of war and flight, but most of all to disrupt the Gran M...
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December 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The Elder Sign is on the tree. Our Yuletide will be undisturbed by the Great Old Ones.
December 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The wolves are running.
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
My morning commute is always made better by the magical voice of Sandy Denny.

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November 19, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Snow falling in Surrey, but too wet to lie. #canigobacktobedplease
November 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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it hasn't helped sell any mags but it appears our nonsense on here has just pushed our account over 5K 'followers', so let's embrace that as some kind of achievement!

Like & repost this to be in with a chance to win every in-print issue of Wyrd Science & a t-shirt of your choice*
November 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Really flavourful character options worth exploring.
Woot! Celtic Character Options for #Dragonbane has gone Silver. Thanks folks.
Three hours left in the sales if anyone fancies a cheeky lunchtime shop.
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November 3, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Hello! My CEO Roscoe and I are giving away TWO signed copies of my novel 1983 to two randomly selected people who repost this & pop a reply below. You also get a free postcard of this illustration of Roscoe by my mum.

It’s been called “Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut & Sue Townsend”…
November 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
For Halloween the Lichemaster comes forth. And so does the Crow Man. Tremble.
October 31, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Watching a video today about how to claim a Google Knowledge panel. The presenter said “the form asks me why I should own the panel, so I used AI to draft my answer”. It’s 100 words and you’d have had to type why into ChatGPT to get it to draft. I shouted at the computer.
October 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Quote with your red art 🔴
October 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Watching a YouTube video about outlaw biker gangs and am unhappy with their use of apostrophes. Its should surely be “Hell’s Angels” and definitely not “Pagan’s”.

Who do I contact to express my disappointment?
October 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Slightly freaked out by a Magpie having just tapped on my office window. Our eyes met and then it flew away.

It’s a sunny day in October - not the start of a folk horror story hopefully!
October 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Intrigued by the premise of clockpunk roleplaying in Da Vinci’s Florence? Owner of Gran Meccanismo without ever having run it?

Why not take a look at my newly published scenario: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
October 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It’s very weird that the American government is full of people who must find Indiana Jones films so challenging. “Why does Indy keep hitting the good guys?” they must wonder.
October 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM