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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 1h

A touch of reading before #GrogLaw

The secret of castronegro a printed copy next to the view out of a tube train, black and white

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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 1h

How can something that has so little practical value in my life stir such deep emotions. Need. ♥️

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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 1h

#GrogLaw 1h10m to get there, making the appropriate sacrifices to the Tube Gods. 🤞

The tube, in That London, or just outside, showing an empty carriage with a sign saying Watford outside the window.

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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 11h

Great looking shop, I must pay it a visit..

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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 11h

Absolutely, but there is no luck spend in 3e 😉, playing it with 3e as a bit of an experiment, as it's the first CoC rules I came across, and, maybe a bit of a nostalgia hit.

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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 19h

Could have been worse!

The Goons, Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan on the front of a double cassette box showing them looking at each other in a black and white photo, above it says BBC Radio Collection and Goon Show Classics... the rest is too blurred to make out...

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🎃 Agent Pumpkin 🎃 @agentpumpkin.bsky.social · 21h

Make a movie better by adding "John Carpenter's" to the title.

John Carpenter's Paddington

James Hodden @jameshodden.bsky.social · 21h

Make a movie better by adding "John Carpenter's" to the title.

John Carpenter's Seven Brides For Seven Brothers.

Greybeardtavern @greybeardtavern.bsky.social · 21h

“Make a movie better by adding "John Carpenter's" to the title.”

John Carpenter’s My Little Pony:
Friendship is Magic!

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Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 19h

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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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 1d

Induction games or hidden rule games?

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Jon at Handiwork Games @handiworkgames.bsky.social · 1d

Cold City Second Edition is out in PDF!
Let's take a look at the mechanics that power this RPG of espionage and betrayal against the backdrop of monster hunting in an alternate 1950s Berlin:
handiwork.games/mechanics-in... #coldcity

Cold City on a tablet in front of a blurred scene which appears to be somewhat horrific - an underground space with hints of blood? It's hard to tell.

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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 1d

Are we sure he's not AI generated?

an angry kid in a jacket, white shirt and red hair

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Paul Baldowski 🔜 Furnace, Sheffield 🔥 @paulbaldowski.bsky.social · 1d

A Dee Sanction giveaway (to test the functionality for customers in the United States).

The first person in the US to post Doctor John Dee's birthdate (correctly) in the comments, below, wins a copy of the current softcover edition of The Dee Sanction, gratis. We'll cover shipping.

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Graham Walmsley @grahamwalmsley.bsky.social · 2d

Last call for Ex Tenebris.

Josh Fox 🔜 Ex Tenebris coming to Kickstarter @armadajosh.bsky.social · Sep 9

Ex Tenebris is LIVE on Kickstarter! Back now to help us get a strong start.

Play a ragtag team of investigators, walking the stars and hunting indescribable horrors with few resources and no backup.

The Republic Of Stars needs you. Will you answer the call?

www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

Ex Tenebris: A gothic space TTRPG

Unravel mysteries, battle horrors, protect the stars

www.kickstarter.com

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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 2d

I'm really looking forward to it! And I do tend to plan excessively far in advance, so far a series of Gothic scenarios in, er, Nov... 2026!

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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 2d

Fair enough, I usually have to have someone else in the house when I'm watching the absolute 💩 your 🩲 scary stuff!

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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 2d

#TheLastRPGBeforeChristmas

20/Dec, I'll run The Secret of Castronegro from Call of Cthulhu 3rd ed & I'm running it with 3rd ed rules. None of this saving up 30 Luck points to miraculously cheat death malarkey 😁.

Anyone going closer to Christmas Day, for their final RPG before in-laws, etc descend?

Call of Cthulhu in big yellow, occult letters. A colour drawing of an old castle, investigators ascending the steps as a tentacle slithers up behind them. The stars don't look right.

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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 2d

But... Trail of Cthulhu... 😯

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Dirk the Dice @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social · 2d

How much Jaws is too much Jaws?

Not read this for over 40 years.

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Doombot Derek @doombot-derek.bsky.social · 2d

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Raldanash || ttrpg @raldanash.bsky.social · 2d

Invincible, the super hero RPG currently seeking funding by Freeleague, has its quickstart and we will take it for a spin Thursday 1930 UK on Twitch and moonbeam. Join us with @reluctantartsy.bsky.social @effektpodcast.org and other players at
twitch.tv/raldanash
#pnp #ttrpg #freeleague #invincible

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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 2d

10 Horror Movies to get to know me

♾️ The Endless
👣 It Follows
🧛 The Satanic Rites of Dracula
🎹 The Beast with Five Fingers
⏺️ REC
🚀 Quatermass and the Pit
⚰️ Phantasm
🧟 28 Days Later
🪜 Jacob's Ladder
🔩 Frankenstein (1931)

Scott Murderhouse @voxparlour.bsky.social · 2d

10 horror movies to get to know me

⛪ The Borderlands
🐕‍🦺 The Thing
🐟 The Wicker Man (1973)
🖕Evil Dead 2
👹 Noroi
👐 Incantation
👶 Impetigore
🧛‍♂️ Dracula (1931)
🎎 The Medium
🍄 A Field in England

Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 3d

10 horror movies to get to know me

❤️‍🔥 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
🔥 The Wicker Man (1973)
🪨 Enys Men
💐 Midsommar
👁️ Ringu (1&2)
🤯 The War Game (1966)
🩸 Tokyo Gore Police
📺 I Saw The TV Glow
🐺 The Company of Wolves
⛪ Penda's Fen

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Scott Murderhouse @voxparlour.bsky.social · 2d

10 horror movies to get to know me

⛪ The Borderlands
🐕‍🦺 The Thing
🐟 The Wicker Man (1973)
🖕Evil Dead 2
👹 Noroi
👐 Incantation
👶 Impetigore
🧛‍♂️ Dracula (1931)
🎎 The Medium
🍄 A Field in England

Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 3d

10 horror movies to get to know me

❤️‍🔥 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
🔥 The Wicker Man (1973)
🪨 Enys Men
💐 Midsommar
👁️ Ringu (1&2)
🤯 The War Game (1966)
🩸 Tokyo Gore Police
📺 I Saw The TV Glow
🐺 The Company of Wolves
⛪ Penda's Fen

Shane Marble @shanemarble.bsky.social · 3d

10 horror movies to get to know me

🩰 Suspiria (1977)
💃 Suspiria (2018)
🚘 Titane
✏️ Eraserhead
🪰 The Fly (1986)
👰 Bride of Frankenstein
🧺 Basket Case
😴 Nightmare on Elm St 1-3

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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 3d

What are the TTRPGs that bounce around constantly in your head looking for an excuse to get onto the table?

Fear Itself
Sanction
Trophy Dark
Pressure
Liminal Horror
Public Access

Oh Deer David @agentshades.bsky.social · 3d

What are the TTRPGs that bounce around constantly in your head looking for and excuse to get onto the table? I'll go first:

Dark Heresy/Imperium Maledictum
Shadowrun
Traveller
Cyberpunk
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay
Twilight 2000 (but homebrewed into a STALKER rpg)

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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 3d

And Happy Birthday for tomorrow!!! 🎂 🎉

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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 3d

We ran a season of Dark games (Trophy, Cthulhu, Cosmic), all the games were written by the GMs and based on the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, I wrote a Trophy Dark game based on the Colossus of Rhodes. So much fun was had by everyone that wrote, ran and played during those seven days. Thanks!

Me, the GM, describing the final scene using my limited drawing skills and a virtual whiteboard!

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