Rich (Cronch)
@richn.bsky.social
He/him. I paint models and play games, I'm trying to get better at both. Talking for @ThreeTwoAoS.bsky.social, writing for @Goonhammer.com. Getting to grips with A(u?)DHD. Bi/pan 🏳️🌈
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Rich (Cronch)
@richn.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Wow, hello bunch of new followers! Pleased to be with you on this ride. I do a bit of Goonhammer writing, mainly for Conquest and AoS. If you like Age of Sigmar I co-host @threetwoaos.bsky.social with two other lovely folks. Here's my favourite mini, a Wight King I painted last year :)
More ramblings!
New episode klaxon! This time we're going over Laura and Rich's time at Mercia Madness III in Worcester. shows.acast.com/three-and-tw... #nerdlings
Episode 33: Big Events Bonanza | Three and Two: A Matched Play Age of Sigmar Podcast
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December 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
More ramblings!
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New episode klaxon! This time we're going over Laura and Rich's time at Mercia Madness III in Worcester. shows.acast.com/three-and-tw... #nerdlings
Episode 33: Big Events Bonanza | Three and Two: A Matched Play Age of Sigmar Podcast
shows.acast.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
New episode klaxon! This time we're going over Laura and Rich's time at Mercia Madness III in Worcester. shows.acast.com/three-and-tw... #nerdlings
I am absolutely terrible at consistently publicising this, but I have a fortnightly blog on @goonhammer.com! Mostly about AoS, you'll find lots of event reports buried in it. The latest part was released today www.goonhammer.com/cronchs-road...
Cronch’s Road Through 2025, Part 9: Azyr-pilled and Stormcast-maxxing
Cronch’s Road Through 2025 continues as he brings his Stormcast to a League game and tackles new hobby challenges.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I am absolutely terrible at consistently publicising this, but I have a fortnightly blog on @goonhammer.com! Mostly about AoS, you'll find lots of event reports buried in it. The latest part was released today www.goonhammer.com/cronchs-road...
Some Liberators and a Lord-Terminos finished over the last couple of days :) #Nerdlings
November 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Some Liberators and a Lord-Terminos finished over the last couple of days :) #Nerdlings
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A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
Unbelievably pleased with this, have barely stopped smiling!
Important (and late!) update: The Mighty Redeployers took home the trophy! 16/20 wins, an average of less than 6 VP dropped per game, and Mark and Phil both got their first 5-0s! Thanks to all of our opponents, the vibes were immaculate and the games were hard-fought ❤️
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Unbelievably pleased with this, have barely stopped smiling!
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Important (and late!) update: The Mighty Redeployers took home the trophy! 16/20 wins, an average of less than 6 VP dropped per game, and Mark and Phil both got their first 5-0s! Thanks to all of our opponents, the vibes were immaculate and the games were hard-fought ❤️
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Important (and late!) update: The Mighty Redeployers took home the trophy! 16/20 wins, an average of less than 6 VP dropped per game, and Mark and Phil both got their first 5-0s! Thanks to all of our opponents, the vibes were immaculate and the games were hard-fought ❤️
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Rich is at Warhammer World’s AoS Team Championship today, playing Stormcast as part of The Mighty Redeployers. 2 good rounds for the team so far, and 1-1 total for me after 2 very nice games! Onwards to round 3, Creeping Corruption…
November 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Rich is at Warhammer World’s AoS Team Championship today, playing Stormcast as part of The Mighty Redeployers. 2 good rounds for the team so far, and 1-1 total for me after 2 very nice games! Onwards to round 3, Creeping Corruption…
You might be aware that Rockstar fired 30 people last week, a gross act of union busting. This has affected, and continues to affect, people I know! Please consider sharing or donating to support the fight in holding Rockstar to account for this shite actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Support Rockstar Workers Fighting Unfair Dismissals!
Last week over 30 members of staff at Grand Theft Auto VI developer Rockstar were fired en masse in a “calculated attack on workers”. The IWGB described Rockstar’s actions as ‘the most blatant and rut...
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November 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM
You might be aware that Rockstar fired 30 people last week, a gross act of union busting. This has affected, and continues to affect, people I know! Please consider sharing or donating to support the fight in holding Rockstar to account for this shite actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
This weekend I’m at a narrative AoS event, @shadowcon25.bsky.social! I had to hurry him, but the Frazzlegit Lancer is going to be leading my Gitmob (aka the Sun Lovin’ Criminalz) on a mighty treasure hunt. What’s the treasure? We don’t know, but we could always use more sunmetal…
October 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
This weekend I’m at a narrative AoS event, @shadowcon25.bsky.social! I had to hurry him, but the Frazzlegit Lancer is going to be leading my Gitmob (aka the Sun Lovin’ Criminalz) on a mighty treasure hunt. What’s the treasure? We don’t know, but we could always use more sunmetal…
The pod tree is bountiful
We have a new episode! We talk about a one-dayer Rich ran in Worcester, and answer some listener questions.
shows.acast.com/three-and-tw...
shows.acast.com/three-and-tw...
Episode 32: Trinity Throwdown: Revengeance | Three and Two: A Matched Play Age of Sigmar Podcast
shows.acast.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The pod tree is bountiful
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We have a new episode! We talk about a one-dayer Rich ran in Worcester, and answer some listener questions.
shows.acast.com/three-and-tw...
shows.acast.com/three-and-tw...
Episode 32: Trinity Throwdown: Revengeance | Three and Two: A Matched Play Age of Sigmar Podcast
shows.acast.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We have a new episode! We talk about a one-dayer Rich ran in Worcester, and answer some listener questions.
shows.acast.com/three-and-tw...
shows.acast.com/three-and-tw...
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An idea for a "how to design a wargame" blog post has been rolling around my head for a while now, but part of the problem is last time I started, I added a joke "Step 1: Don't" intro and actually, like the best jokes and lies, it's got an uncomfortable kernel of truth to it.
October 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
An idea for a "how to design a wargame" blog post has been rolling around my head for a while now, but part of the problem is last time I started, I added a joke "Step 1: Don't" intro and actually, like the best jokes and lies, it's got an uncomfortable kernel of truth to it.
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October 13, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Great weekend at MM3! Pleased to bring home the sports vote after 5 really pleasant games, and managed to go 3-2 (podcast number). The 4-1 was within my grasp, but didn’t quite get there this time. Stormcast still have some juice, but I don’t know if they have THE juice. Thanks to my opponents!
Rich and Laura have been at Mercia Madness 3 this weekend, 18-player GT in Worcester. Laura went 1-1-3, but enjoyed all of her games and felt like most of them were close! Rich did slightly better with 3-2, and also brought home the Sports trophy! Thanks to all of our opponents for great games :)
October 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Great weekend at MM3! Pleased to bring home the sports vote after 5 really pleasant games, and managed to go 3-2 (podcast number). The 4-1 was within my grasp, but didn’t quite get there this time. Stormcast still have some juice, but I don’t know if they have THE juice. Thanks to my opponents!
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Rich and Laura have been at Mercia Madness 3 this weekend, 18-player GT in Worcester. Laura went 1-1-3, but enjoyed all of her games and felt like most of them were close! Rich did slightly better with 3-2, and also brought home the Sports trophy! Thanks to all of our opponents for great games :)
October 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Rich and Laura have been at Mercia Madness 3 this weekend, 18-player GT in Worcester. Laura went 1-1-3, but enjoyed all of her games and felt like most of them were close! Rich did slightly better with 3-2, and also brought home the Sports trophy! Thanks to all of our opponents for great games :)
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Great fun games today ❤️ first game stormer into @richn.bsky.social too! Ending day one 2-1 😊
October 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Great fun games today ❤️ first game stormer into @richn.bsky.social too! Ending day one 2-1 😊
Hi folks, a bits box plea! I’m after some of this era of plastic wolf mounts, believe they were packed in with a variety of stuff. Don’t need the riders. Anybody got any kicking about? I could buy the Old World box, but hoping to find some for trade or cheaper before resorting to that! #Nerdlings
October 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Hi folks, a bits box plea! I’m after some of this era of plastic wolf mounts, believe they were packed in with a variety of stuff. Don’t need the riders. Anybody got any kicking about? I could buy the Old World box, but hoping to find some for trade or cheaper before resorting to that! #Nerdlings
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If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.
September 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.
Shiny photos of my War Despot and Dominator Engine, painted in the scheme of The Forge Anathema from the new Helsmiths of Hashut release. Loved getting to paint these guys up for @goonhammer.com! The Tormentor Bombard and Infernal Cohort are on the way.
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September 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Shiny photos of my War Despot and Dominator Engine, painted in the scheme of The Forge Anathema from the new Helsmiths of Hashut release. Loved getting to paint these guys up for @goonhammer.com! The Tormentor Bombard and Infernal Cohort are on the way.
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Delighted to be featured alongside fellow @goonhammer.com person Norman and many other talented hobbyists in Warhammer Community's Helsmiths article! www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...
September 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Delighted to be featured alongside fellow @goonhammer.com person Norman and many other talented hobbyists in Warhammer Community's Helsmiths article! www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...
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every time there's political violence discourse i think about how jo cox was assassinated in broad daylight by a fascist who shouted "britain first" as he shot her, and now nine years later her party is dedicating every moment in power to placating the ideology of her murderer
September 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
every time there's political violence discourse i think about how jo cox was assassinated in broad daylight by a fascist who shouted "britain first" as he shot her, and now nine years later her party is dedicating every moment in power to placating the ideology of her murderer
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the Black Myth Wukong devs were in the press talking like this too.
life's really short, man. there's functionally infinite other things to do instead of playing something made by someone this soft.
life's really short, man. there's functionally infinite other things to do instead of playing something made by someone this soft.
www.gamesradar.com/games/horror... "Though, Cronos: The New Dawn isn't a political statement – "no feminist agenda here," director Jacek Zięba swears to God while we talk during a recent hands-on event in California. "It's not like we hate ourselves, or males..."
Bloober's Cronos: The New Dawn is like Dead Space in Hell, but it has a cool female protagonist because the devs say that's simply "more interesting"
Girls just want to have inter-dimensional horror beyond comprehension
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September 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
the Black Myth Wukong devs were in the press talking like this too.
life's really short, man. there's functionally infinite other things to do instead of playing something made by someone this soft.
life's really short, man. there's functionally infinite other things to do instead of playing something made by someone this soft.
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We need to stop using a framework of 'ChatGPT killed someone', it feeds into the myth of the system's agency & OpenAI's framing. The right framework to use: OpenAI is continuing to perpetuate an indefinite industrial disaster. The oil pipe is not at fault when it breaks. The company that built it is
August 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
We need to stop using a framework of 'ChatGPT killed someone', it feeds into the myth of the system's agency & OpenAI's framing. The right framework to use: OpenAI is continuing to perpetuate an indefinite industrial disaster. The oil pipe is not at fault when it breaks. The company that built it is