Simon Burley 🔜 Dragonmeet
@squadronuk.bsky.social
Created/co-wrote Golden Heroes (it’s in Wikipedia). Write/publishes various other TTRPGs on an iPAD in his bedroom. Easing back into my gaming & TTRPG con addiction ATM.
My games:
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/721/Simon-Burley-Productions
My games:
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/721/Simon-Burley-Productions
I forget his name. He was a fighter and was killed by a “Tinfoil Monster” in his/my/our first dungeon delve.
Created at the same time and - theoretically - still alive to this day a cleric called Msar.
Created at the same time and - theoretically - still alive to this day a cleric called Msar.
Here is your TTRPG question of the day! ✨
What was the name of your very first TTRPG character? 📖⚔️
#drakonym #ttrpg #solottrpg #fantasy #tabletop #tabletopgames #backerkit #fantasyart
What was the name of your very first TTRPG character? 📖⚔️
#drakonym #ttrpg #solottrpg #fantasy #tabletop #tabletopgames #backerkit #fantasyart
November 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I forget his name. He was a fighter and was killed by a “Tinfoil Monster” in his/my/our first dungeon delve.
Created at the same time and - theoretically - still alive to this day a cleric called Msar.
Created at the same time and - theoretically - still alive to this day a cleric called Msar.
Nobody who knows anything asked for this. Nobody who knows anything wanted this. Nobody who knows anything will have anything to do with this.
It’s going to be incredibly, disgustingly, successful isn’t it?
It’s going to be incredibly, disgustingly, successful isn’t it?
The best science-fiction role-playing game ever, adapted at last to the world's most popular rules!
Spearheaded by GDW and TSR veteran Timothy Brown, Traveller 5E is coming from World's Largest RPGs, with crowdfunding in March 2026...
#ttrpg #TravellerRPG
Spearheaded by GDW and TSR veteran Timothy Brown, Traveller 5E is coming from World's Largest RPGs, with crowdfunding in March 2026...
#ttrpg #TravellerRPG
November 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Nobody who knows anything asked for this. Nobody who knows anything wanted this. Nobody who knows anything will have anything to do with this.
It’s going to be incredibly, disgustingly, successful isn’t it?
It’s going to be incredibly, disgustingly, successful isn’t it?
Does this prove anything?
November 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Does this prove anything?
Anybody else not understand a word of this?
I THOUGHT I was a “Game Designer” but……
I THOUGHT I was a “Game Designer” but……
What's the flavour of the current era of TTRPG design? Social Media Refragmentation? Is it a consolidation cycle? What are the new upcoming designers struggling with and against now?
November 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Anybody else not understand a word of this?
I THOUGHT I was a “Game Designer” but……
I THOUGHT I was a “Game Designer” but……
Reposted by Simon Burley 🔜 Dragonmeet
This BBC kids tv advert from 1998 is still very impressive and very lovely
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
This BBC kids tv advert from 1998 is still very impressive and very lovely
Reposted by Simon Burley 🔜 Dragonmeet
Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
#TTRPGTHOUGHTS
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World building. Ugh! I prefer Star Trek to Tolkien. What about you?
The Lord of the Rings (et al) is a literary achievement. One of the things Tolkien did was to take the time given by his privileged position to plan out a whole world with its history and geography….
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World building. Ugh! I prefer Star Trek to Tolkien. What about you?
The Lord of the Rings (et al) is a literary achievement. One of the things Tolkien did was to take the time given by his privileged position to plan out a whole world with its history and geography….
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November 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
#TTRPGTHOUGHTS
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World building. Ugh! I prefer Star Trek to Tolkien. What about you?
The Lord of the Rings (et al) is a literary achievement. One of the things Tolkien did was to take the time given by his privileged position to plan out a whole world with its history and geography….
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World building. Ugh! I prefer Star Trek to Tolkien. What about you?
The Lord of the Rings (et al) is a literary achievement. One of the things Tolkien did was to take the time given by his privileged position to plan out a whole world with its history and geography….
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Reposted by Simon Burley 🔜 Dragonmeet
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
November 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My kind of people.
Does Points of View still exist? I just watched a 1975 episode of Call My Bluff & one of the definitions was incorrect. Swatchel was defined as another word for Mr Punch. Not strictly true; it's another word for swazzle, the device used to create Punch's voice (from the German schwätzen, to chatter)
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
My kind of people.
I style myself as a Table-Top Role-Playing-Game Designer but work as a billy-no-mates writing & self-publishing from an iPad my bedroom.
The 90-pound gorilla in the field is Drivethrurpg.com. They let me write & publish Print-On-Demand books globally.
Trade Paperbacks POD everywhere. So I use it.
The 90-pound gorilla in the field is Drivethrurpg.com. They let me write & publish Print-On-Demand books globally.
Trade Paperbacks POD everywhere. So I use it.
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I style myself as a Table-Top Role-Playing-Game Designer but work as a billy-no-mates writing & self-publishing from an iPad my bedroom.
The 90-pound gorilla in the field is Drivethrurpg.com. They let me write & publish Print-On-Demand books globally.
Trade Paperbacks POD everywhere. So I use it.
The 90-pound gorilla in the field is Drivethrurpg.com. They let me write & publish Print-On-Demand books globally.
Trade Paperbacks POD everywhere. So I use it.
#TTRPGTHOUGHTS
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Teachers make good TTRPG Referees. Tell me why?
Until June of this year, I was a teacher with over 4 decades of experience. (And over 4 decades of experiences…..)
I is a trope that teacher make good TTRPG referees. And it’s a fact that I’ve come across several who are.
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Teachers make good TTRPG Referees. Tell me why?
Until June of this year, I was a teacher with over 4 decades of experience. (And over 4 decades of experiences…..)
I is a trope that teacher make good TTRPG referees. And it’s a fact that I’ve come across several who are.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
#TTRPGTHOUGHTS
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Teachers make good TTRPG Referees. Tell me why?
Until June of this year, I was a teacher with over 4 decades of experience. (And over 4 decades of experiences…..)
I is a trope that teacher make good TTRPG referees. And it’s a fact that I’ve come across several who are.
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Teachers make good TTRPG Referees. Tell me why?
Until June of this year, I was a teacher with over 4 decades of experience. (And over 4 decades of experiences…..)
I is a trope that teacher make good TTRPG referees. And it’s a fact that I’ve come across several who are.
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A live action version of Laputa: Castle in the Sky.
Live Action Fireball XL5.
Movie version of the radio series “Slipstream” (Basically The Guns of Navarone with a UFO but Hollywood would never make because of that one scene….)
Live Action Fireball XL5.
Movie version of the radio series “Slipstream” (Basically The Guns of Navarone with a UFO but Hollywood would never make because of that one scene….)
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
A live action version of Laputa: Castle in the Sky.
Live Action Fireball XL5.
Movie version of the radio series “Slipstream” (Basically The Guns of Navarone with a UFO but Hollywood would never make because of that one scene….)
Live Action Fireball XL5.
Movie version of the radio series “Slipstream” (Basically The Guns of Navarone with a UFO but Hollywood would never make because of that one scene….)
Bloomin’ ‘eck!
Running out of superlatives here.
Running out of superlatives here.
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Bloomin’ ‘eck!
Running out of superlatives here.
Running out of superlatives here.
Revelation is a Garricon.
The Garrison TTRPG conventions have been honed to perfection over 2 decades.
All of them have my highest recommendation. Perfection personally guaranteed by me.
If you can come, come.
Any questions?
The Garrison TTRPG conventions have been honed to perfection over 2 decades.
All of them have my highest recommendation. Perfection personally guaranteed by me.
If you can come, come.
Any questions?
REVELATION X (14-15 February 2026) has opened for registration.
Join us for a Valentine's Weekend full of Powered by the Apocalypse and Forged in the Dark #ttrpg games at the Garrison Hotel in Sheffield, UK!
#pbta #fitd #bladesinthedark #poweredbytheapocalypse
Register here: revelation.ttrpg.uk
Join us for a Valentine's Weekend full of Powered by the Apocalypse and Forged in the Dark #ttrpg games at the Garrison Hotel in Sheffield, UK!
#pbta #fitd #bladesinthedark #poweredbytheapocalypse
Register here: revelation.ttrpg.uk
Revelation - Revelation Convention
A Powered by the Apocalypse Gaming Convention 14-15 February, 2026, Sheffield, UK To be held face to face at The Garrison Hotel in 2026... Revelation 3:20Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If a...
revelation.ttrpg.uk
November 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Revelation is a Garricon.
The Garrison TTRPG conventions have been honed to perfection over 2 decades.
All of them have my highest recommendation. Perfection personally guaranteed by me.
If you can come, come.
Any questions?
The Garrison TTRPG conventions have been honed to perfection over 2 decades.
All of them have my highest recommendation. Perfection personally guaranteed by me.
If you can come, come.
Any questions?
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November 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
#TTRPGTHOUGHTS
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Do you have any ongoing responsibilities when you publish a game?
I write games on an iPad in my bedroom. I publish and sell some of them.
Why?
Because I want to and I can.
But should I? Is that enough?
BTW I’m out and about today. Posting will be intermittent.
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Do you have any ongoing responsibilities when you publish a game?
I write games on an iPad in my bedroom. I publish and sell some of them.
Why?
Because I want to and I can.
But should I? Is that enough?
BTW I’m out and about today. Posting will be intermittent.
1
November 25, 2025 at 7:56 AM
#TTRPGTHOUGHTS
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Do you have any ongoing responsibilities when you publish a game?
I write games on an iPad in my bedroom. I publish and sell some of them.
Why?
Because I want to and I can.
But should I? Is that enough?
BTW I’m out and about today. Posting will be intermittent.
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Do you have any ongoing responsibilities when you publish a game?
I write games on an iPad in my bedroom. I publish and sell some of them.
Why?
Because I want to and I can.
But should I? Is that enough?
BTW I’m out and about today. Posting will be intermittent.
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This is the mic drop. I probably would have chosen a Star Fury over the Whitestar but otherwise that’s it.
Introduce yourself with four spaceships...
November 25, 2025 at 7:33 AM
This is the mic drop. I probably would have chosen a Star Fury over the Whitestar but otherwise that’s it.
I’ve said it before - The Concrete Cow TTRPG convention has my highest recommendation.
If you’re not doing anything on 7th March 2026 and can get to Wolverton near Milton Keynes just turn up and you’ll get to play two great TTRPGs for just a fiver. Guaranteed.
Has room for many more players.
If you’re not doing anything on 7th March 2026 and can get to Wolverton near Milton Keynes just turn up and you’ll get to play two great TTRPGs for just a fiver. Guaranteed.
Has room for many more players.
That's how it works, although we might be tweaking things a bit next time due to the sheer number of GMs we're attracting. 😀
Everyone, tell your friends about @concretecow.bsky.social! We have room for so many players!
Everyone, tell your friends about @concretecow.bsky.social! We have room for so many players!
November 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I’ve said it before - The Concrete Cow TTRPG convention has my highest recommendation.
If you’re not doing anything on 7th March 2026 and can get to Wolverton near Milton Keynes just turn up and you’ll get to play two great TTRPGs for just a fiver. Guaranteed.
Has room for many more players.
If you’re not doing anything on 7th March 2026 and can get to Wolverton near Milton Keynes just turn up and you’ll get to play two great TTRPGs for just a fiver. Guaranteed.
Has room for many more players.
Brilliant!!
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Brilliant!!
Always good but I really LIKED this one….
Now for some sports news...
(this week's cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages)
(this week's cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages)
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Always good but I really LIKED this one….
THIS is the single post that sums up the thread.
I agreed with it.
I agreed with it.
if you have a good session which involves no dice-touching that's great and even compelling, it's when you want EVERY session to be that, and you start wistfully pining for no-dice sessions, and you start sulking about having to touch dice, that's when you're becoming a problem and maybe don't?)
November 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
THIS is the single post that sums up the thread.
I agreed with it.
I agreed with it.
Interesting thread for those of you that that enjoy detailed analyses.
I agreed with it but mainly the final post which sums up the whole thing in…well…one single post.
I agreed with it but mainly the final post which sums up the whole thing in…well…one single post.
Anyhow, that's the ramble. Sorry it just sort of... ends. I did warn you that I'd be leaving a lot of things up to extrapolation, but I think, mayhaps, you could see some of how this connects to both other loaded phrases and also to other situations entirely.
November 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Interesting thread for those of you that that enjoy detailed analyses.
I agreed with it but mainly the final post which sums up the whole thing in…well…one single post.
I agreed with it but mainly the final post which sums up the whole thing in…well…one single post.
Me.
Train down. Ref two games*. Train back. So I’ll probably is loads of people.
Look out for the gray waistcoat and flat cap. (Probably red checked shirt as well. Gotta be spottable.)
* tickets still available. 🤨
Train down. Ref two games*. Train back. So I’ll probably is loads of people.
Look out for the gray waistcoat and flat cap. (Probably red checked shirt as well. Gotta be spottable.)
* tickets still available. 🤨
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Me.
Train down. Ref two games*. Train back. So I’ll probably is loads of people.
Look out for the gray waistcoat and flat cap. (Probably red checked shirt as well. Gotta be spottable.)
* tickets still available. 🤨
Train down. Ref two games*. Train back. So I’ll probably is loads of people.
Look out for the gray waistcoat and flat cap. (Probably red checked shirt as well. Gotta be spottable.)
* tickets still available. 🤨
#REVELATION PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
After @firstage.bsky.social I went to book a room in the Garrison.
Afore ringing I checked hotel booking sites & the hotel web-site (with its 15% off offer.) Prices looked very high.
RANG them. ”Gaming event?” Quoted price was MUCH (stupidly) lower. Booked.
After @firstage.bsky.social I went to book a room in the Garrison.
Afore ringing I checked hotel booking sites & the hotel web-site (with its 15% off offer.) Prices looked very high.
RANG them. ”Gaming event?” Quoted price was MUCH (stupidly) lower. Booked.
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
#REVELATION PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
After @firstage.bsky.social I went to book a room in the Garrison.
Afore ringing I checked hotel booking sites & the hotel web-site (with its 15% off offer.) Prices looked very high.
RANG them. ”Gaming event?” Quoted price was MUCH (stupidly) lower. Booked.
After @firstage.bsky.social I went to book a room in the Garrison.
Afore ringing I checked hotel booking sites & the hotel web-site (with its 15% off offer.) Prices looked very high.
RANG them. ”Gaming event?” Quoted price was MUCH (stupidly) lower. Booked.