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Spencer
@freethrall.bsky.social
He/they, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Highland incomer, #MS combatant, home dad, lapsed film buff, #TTRPGs, rules-lite fancier, host of Keep Off The Borderlands and other diversions https://freethrall.carrd.co/
Also #CallOfCthulhu APs on Grizzly Peaks Radio @goodmania.bsky.social
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Hello to all new followers!
I'm not nearly as creative as the rest of you but I'm hoping nobody will notice.
I host a podcast I started a few years ago called Keep Off The Borderlands all about struggling to get my game on.
I still talk more than I play.
I just backed LUCKY FOR NONE in SPACE! —There's an entire galaxy to wreck… on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/bey...
LUCKY FOR NONE in SPACE! —There's an entire galaxy to wreck…
A cosmic comedy-horror game for solo journalling & group play. Comes with a 13 sided dice!
www.kickstarter.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:31 PM
January's Movie Monday was The Golden Child starring Eddie Murphy. Not many calls for this one and, now having seen the film, I understand why. #80s #fantasy #FilmReview open.spotify.com/episode/78a1...
Movie Monday: The Golden Child (1986) (E312)
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January 26, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Hey, here's the Flash Gordon sequel you've all been waiting for! Well, the sequel to my Movie Monday episode at least. #FlashGordon #80sFantasy #SpaceOpera #FilmReview open.spotify.com/episode/1HSK...
Flash Gordon 2: Flash Back (E311)
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January 21, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Some audio unboxing fun with Helluva Town from Achron and Graham Walmsley's Cosmic Dark. I attempt to cultivate better reading habits and I'm joined by my daughter who reviews Rune: The Tale of a Thousand Faces by Carlos Sanchez. #RulesLite #ttrpgs #BookReviews open.spotify.com/episode/5gsi...
Boxes & Books (Helluva Town, Cosmic Dark, Rune) (E310)
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January 14, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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Just made the first video covering an intro to the worldbuilding of my current weekly RPG campaign - Think OD&D meets Roadside Picnic!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvPf...
Bear Witness - Ep 0: Introduction to the World
YouTube video by Chaoclypse
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January 9, 2026 at 3:00 AM
I just backed The Vanilla Adventure on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/dra...
The Vanilla Adventure
A complete, all-in-one fantasy RPG book with everything you need to start playing NOW.
www.kickstarter.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Wow! 46 new followers in the last 2 days. What's going on?

In light of that, do any of you have opinions on 1980's Flash Gordon?

I'm still putting together the latest episode of Movie Monday (out tomorrow) and I'm a little short on calls.

Send audio (or email) to [email protected]
December 28, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Today on Between Two Cairns, @bradkerr.net, @betterlegends.bsky.social and I discuss our favorite module reviews from the year. That's right: it's the Cairnies 2025!

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The Cairnies 2025 | Between Two Cairns
Get more from Between Two Cairns on Patreon
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December 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
There's only one legit reason to use ai and that's to help you figure out which key the cat stood on that made your laptop do that thing you've never seen it do before.
December 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Just received @grahamwalmsley.bsky.social's wonderful Cosmic Dark.
Now the real shadow work begins.
#CosmicHorror #Horror #TTRPG
December 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The great @kobayashi-rpg.bsky.social does it again! A sci-fi Into the Odd hack that I've yet to dive into. Fallen Blades / Endless Stars is a game of moral dilemmas and looks perfect for solo space-ronin scrapes.
December 18, 2025 at 10:58 AM
This just arrived in the Scottish Highlands and looks like one Helluva game! #TTRPG
December 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Discovered this Mexican gothic masterpiece last week from 1959. Fernando Mendez's Black Pit of Dr M might not have the most fitting title but don't let that put you off. #gothic #horror #film
December 10, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Happy to be the 291st 😎 on @backerkit.com for 100 Strangers: misfits & outcasts for sci-fi rpgs. 100-strangers.backerkit.com/community_sh...
Happy to be the 291st 😎 on @BackerKit for 100 Strangers: misfits & outcasts for sci-fi rpgs.
Check out 100 Strangers: misfits & outcasts for sci-fi rpgs on BackerKit!
100-strangers.backerkit.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Excited to be the 827th 😎 on @backerkit.com for Torque Borg: A Wasteland RPG. Thanks @mattdemino.bsky.social torque-borg.backerkit.com/community_sh...
Excited to be the 827th 😎 on @BackerKit for Torque Borg: A Wasteland RPG. Thanks @Mattdemino
Check out Torque Borg: A Wasteland RPG on BackerKit!
torque-borg.backerkit.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
In this episode, I answer some calls, open some boxes, and sample some solo TTRPGs. open.spotify.com/episode/2Pzo...
Flying Solo (Carved in Stone, Star Borg, Astroprisma) (E307)
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December 9, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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For this episode, I am joined by Jason Hobbs. He and I dive into some core elements of his recent foray into game writing with his release 'Bite the Bullet' which is based on Into the Odd, puts a tight focus on who the character is and what they will do to get what they want.
Episode 67: Biting Bullets (with Jason Hobbs)
THIS IS THE FULL, UNABRIDGED CONVERSATION. Sean Kelley now host of the ⁠ @RPGSean ⁠ channel joins me for a natural discussion of seemingly tough topic: long-form and campaign play of cosmic horror RPGs. Drawing on experiences in our own play, using our own material, and such fantastic and lengthy campaigns as Impossible Landscapes and Masks of Nyarlathotep, we cruise through some core ideas, some foundational practices, and some notions of goal-setting, which might help alleviate some of that sense of impossibility~
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December 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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I drew a bunch of weird stuff for the #TTRPG Barbarians of the Ruined Earth. Which is a fun game you should check out. It's based around The Black Hack and is a kind of Thundarr vibe. I did the alternate cover art too. Back in the heady 2010s era when we were all innocent naive babes in the woods.
December 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Run this in Electric Bastionland.
Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!
December 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Are you interested in going Beyond Beyond Corny Grön? Then Castle of the Veiled Queen may be for you! Explore this castle of intrigue and backstabbing this week, in the bathtub! idlecartulary.com/2025/12/08/b... #osr
Bathtub Review: Castle of the Veiled Queen
Bathtub Reviews are an excuse for me to read modules a little more closely. I’m doing them to critique a wide range of modules from the perspective of my own table and to learn for my own module de…
idlecartulary.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I've been enjoying some solo Star Borg this week, @jpcoovert.bsky.social's awesome Mork Borg hack. #osr #ttrpg
December 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Breakfast with Santa. Ho ho, Mofos!
December 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A couple of treats from Lulu. @scarredforlife.bsky.social's Volume 3 is a big chunky boy while @yochaigal.bsky.social's Feast of Tegny Wood is a lean mean little adventure for #Cairn2e
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM