Steve Dempsey
@gbsteve.bsky.social
Bilingual gamer, GUMSHOE enthusiast, folklore finder, West Ham supporter, ME/CFS layabout, ex-data scientist.
Cray Valley beat the world record for attendance at a football match. Must have been quite crammed in. #IsthmianLeague #CrayValley #WorldRecord
November 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Cray Valley beat the world record for attendance at a football match. Must have been quite crammed in. #IsthmianLeague #CrayValley #WorldRecord
#TheHauntedLandscape has been a smorgasbord of delights, the devil, demons, ghosts, spirits of dogs and place, churchyards hidden or loreful, cunning folk and witchcraft. And there's still legend tripping to come, a favourite activity of ours.
November 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
#TheHauntedLandscape has been a smorgasbord of delights, the devil, demons, ghosts, spirits of dogs and place, churchyards hidden or loreful, cunning folk and witchcraft. And there's still legend tripping to come, a favourite activity of ours.
@jaylikesthings.bsky.social kicks off #TheHauntedLandscape looking at ghost stories and their afterlives.
November 22, 2025 at 10:26 AM
@jaylikesthings.bsky.social kicks off #TheHauntedLandscape looking at ghost stories and their afterlives.
I'd not heard of Jubensha before but turns out it's a kind of LARP or murder mystery game originating in China. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubensha
I'm running a Jubensha convention in London on May 8-9th 2026!
Play games, learn how Jubensha is made, and meet designers from Suspense Studios (KMS Games), Chronic Insanity, and the people behind Spy of the Year!
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Play games, learn how Jubensha is made, and meet designers from Suspense Studios (KMS Games), Chronic Insanity, and the people behind Spy of the Year!
Sign up to keep updated (and so I know how many people will come!)
Jubensha Convention 2026
Hello – I'm Adrian Hon, and I'm organising a Jubensha Convention in London at Theatre Deli! It'll run from 6-9pm on Friday 8th May, and from 10am to 9pm on Saturday 9th May 2026.
It's not going to be...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I'd not heard of Jubensha before but turns out it's a kind of LARP or murder mystery game originating in China. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubensha
The website says up to 70% off despite what the advert says. @voxparlour.bsky.social 's Machen influenced The Terror Beneath is only £12.50, half price!, and there are many other titles.
www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/discover/...
www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/discover/...
30% off Board Games, Wargames, and Roleplaying Games for Black Friday
www.ospreypublishing.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The website says up to 70% off despite what the advert says. @voxparlour.bsky.social 's Machen influenced The Terror Beneath is only £12.50, half price!, and there are many other titles.
www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/discover/...
www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/discover/...
This is my Death in Space character, an optimistic freight tracer has a glitching face and wears flamboyant robes in a reflective material.
November 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This is my Death in Space character, an optimistic freight tracer has a glitching face and wears flamboyant robes in a reflective material.
Played Death Was The Only Road Out Of Town by @gshowitt.bsky.social and @helloalexroberts.bsky.social tonight and it was glorious.
November 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Played Death Was The Only Road Out Of Town by @gshowitt.bsky.social and @helloalexroberts.bsky.social tonight and it was glorious.
TIL about Roda Bowles, a true pioneer, more details here: www.thearticle.com/rhoda-bowles....
November 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
TIL about Roda Bowles, a true pioneer, more details here: www.thearticle.com/rhoda-bowles....
The spring in my printer that holds the paper jam detector has broken and there's no easy way to replace it without some very complicated dismantling. So I tried a little elastic band instead and it works! I will have to buy a bunch of spring onions any time I need to replace the fix.
November 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The spring in my printer that holds the paper jam detector has broken and there's no easy way to replace it without some very complicated dismantling. So I tried a little elastic band instead and it works! I will have to buy a bunch of spring onions any time I need to replace the fix.
And if we're doing recommendations, here's the new @lootthebody.bsky.social track, www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbap...
Loot the Body - The Shadow People - (Music Video)
YouTube video by Loot The Body
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November 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
And if we're doing recommendations, here's the new @lootthebody.bsky.social track, www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbap...
Harpya, as recommended by @alicelowetime.bsky.social at Tales of the Weird. It's a short Belgian comedy horror animation from 1979.
Harpya
YouTube video by The Local Stories
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November 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Harpya, as recommended by @alicelowetime.bsky.social at Tales of the Weird. It's a short Belgian comedy horror animation from 1979.
Some high quality material in this bundle. Stealing Cthulhu is just the best for anyone thinking about writing Mythos material.
I'm in a Bundle of Holding! You can get Stealing Cthulhu, Cthulhu Dark and Fairyland by @sdorward.bsky.social here, along with Lovecraftesque by @armadajosh.bsky.social and other stuff.
Please repost this and appease the nameless gods.
bundleofholding.com/presents/Ten...
Please repost this and appease the nameless gods.
bundleofholding.com/presents/Ten...
Bundle of Tentacles 7
Investigator! This Bundle of Tentacles 7 is our seventh all-new library of Sanity-shattering tabletop roleplaying ebooks inspired by the Cthulhu Mythos. Illuminate your position in the cosmos with fiv...
bundleofholding.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Some high quality material in this bundle. Stealing Cthulhu is just the best for anyone thinking about writing Mythos material.
Thanks @microsoft.com, that's very helpful. I will off course connect to the internet to refresh my offline access. Although I must be online if I'm able to post this. How does that work?
October 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Thanks @microsoft.com, that's very helpful. I will off course connect to the internet to refresh my offline access. Although I must be online if I'm able to post this. How does that work?
State of the US government. That's what Farage wants for us.
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
State of the US government. That's what Farage wants for us.
If it work in Mass, I'm sure it could work everywhere.
WELL HOW ABOUT THAT
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
If it work in Mass, I'm sure it could work everywhere.
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"Count Magnus" and "Number 13" by M R James, in Belfast for a week next month, 10 - 16 Nov.
Tickets here: lyrictheatre.co.uk/whats-on/cou...
Tickets here: lyrictheatre.co.uk/whats-on/cou...
Count Magnus by M.R. James
The ghost stories of M R James amuse and terrify as powerfully today as when they were first written over a century ago. Nunkie Theatre Company brings two…
lyrictheatre.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
"Count Magnus" and "Number 13" by M R James, in Belfast for a week next month, 10 - 16 Nov.
Tickets here: lyrictheatre.co.uk/whats-on/cou...
Tickets here: lyrictheatre.co.uk/whats-on/cou...
A bit close to the knuckle.
‘The exceptionally limited edition book.’ (My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books)
October 20, 2025 at 8:26 AM
A bit close to the knuckle.
And there I was thinking Don't Mess with Texas was the state motto, and not an anti-littering campaign from 1985. Apparently it's actually Friendship (to a very limited number of people it seems).
October 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
And there I was thinking Don't Mess with Texas was the state motto, and not an anti-littering campaign from 1985. Apparently it's actually Friendship (to a very limited number of people it seems).
Some newly arrived October themed reading, including a signed @katecherrell.bsky.social chapbook and a pseudonymous JC de Plancy, better known for his Dictionnaire Infernal.
October 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Some newly arrived October themed reading, including a signed @katecherrell.bsky.social chapbook and a pseudonymous JC de Plancy, better known for his Dictionnaire Infernal.
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A big part of the drop in fertility rates over that period is the collapse in teen pregnancies, so this is really creepy stuff from RFK, Jr..
Also, release the Epstein Files.
Also, release the Epstein Files.
October 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
A big part of the drop in fertility rates over that period is the collapse in teen pregnancies, so this is really creepy stuff from RFK, Jr..
Also, release the Epstein Files.
Also, release the Epstein Files.
I'm not sure how correct it is, but using ChatGPT to parse a recent letter about my back MRI scan certainly made it a lot easier to read.
October 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I'm not sure how correct it is, but using ChatGPT to parse a recent letter about my back MRI scan certainly made it a lot easier to read.
Reposted by Steve Dempsey
If anyone was thinking of ordering a copy of Darkened Hill & Dale in the immediate future, you might want to place your order before lunchtime tomorrow – I'll be away and have to pause shipping for nearly a fortnight from Friday evening!
shop.patchworkfez.games
shop.patchworkfez.games
Patchwork Fez Games
Horrible games for lovely people.
shop.patchworkfez.games
October 16, 2025 at 9:03 AM
If anyone was thinking of ordering a copy of Darkened Hill & Dale in the immediate future, you might want to place your order before lunchtime tomorrow – I'll be away and have to pause shipping for nearly a fortnight from Friday evening!
shop.patchworkfez.games
shop.patchworkfez.games
October 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Land of Cicadas now available free, as well as the core rules. Get some great hexcrawl action!
I played this then ran it, and one of my players has done the same. We've already got three generations of #CloudEmpress.
#TTRPG
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
I played this then ran it, and one of my players has done the same. We've already got three generations of #CloudEmpress.
#TTRPG
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
Cloud Empress: Land of Cicadas - worlds by watt | DriveThruRPG
Expand your journey into an expansive, Ennie award-winning Nausicaa-inspired fantasy campaign setting ruled by giant magic cicadas, using the Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG 1E compatible Panic Engine. T...
www.drivethrurpg.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Land of Cicadas now available free, as well as the core rules. Get some great hexcrawl action!
I played this then ran it, and one of my players has done the same. We've already got three generations of #CloudEmpress.
#TTRPG
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
I played this then ran it, and one of my players has done the same. We've already got three generations of #CloudEmpress.
#TTRPG
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
Share the last 4 TTPRGs you played and expose your gaming habits.
Swyvers
Trail of Cthulhu
Cloud Empress
Mythic Bastionland
Swyvers
Trail of Cthulhu
Cloud Empress
Mythic Bastionland
Share the last 4 TTPRGs you played and expose your gaming habits.
Spirit of 77
Chaosium basic roleplaying
savage worlds
gangbusters
Spirit of 77
Chaosium basic roleplaying
savage worlds
gangbusters
Share the last 4 TTPRGs you played and expose your gaming habits.
Vampire: The Masquerade
Pendragon
Eat the Reich
Honor + Intrigue
Vampire: The Masquerade
Pendragon
Eat the Reich
Honor + Intrigue
September 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Share the last 4 TTPRGs you played and expose your gaming habits.
Swyvers
Trail of Cthulhu
Cloud Empress
Mythic Bastionland
Swyvers
Trail of Cthulhu
Cloud Empress
Mythic Bastionland