Dr Tomas Rawlings
@tomasrawlings.bsky.social
VP Sumo Digital & writer on gaming. Auroch Digital & Bristol Games Hub co-founder. Award winning game designer. Co-founder Digital Tabletop Fest, PhD in Software Studies. BAFTA Member. Warhammer & TTRPG fan. Climate advocate.
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Video game developer, game dev also into boardgames/wargames/RPGs & climate
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The good folks over at @aurochdigital.bsky.social & @dotemu.bsky.social have a demo out for Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! and it is very good fun!
Check it out!
store.steampowered.com/app/2321780/...
#gamedev #StarshipTroopers
Check it out!
store.steampowered.com/app/2321780/...
#gamedev #StarshipTroopers
February 12, 2026 at 9:04 AM
The good folks over at @aurochdigital.bsky.social & @dotemu.bsky.social have a demo out for Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! and it is very good fun!
Check it out!
store.steampowered.com/app/2321780/...
#gamedev #StarshipTroopers
Check it out!
store.steampowered.com/app/2321780/...
#gamedev #StarshipTroopers
Age verification?
The code for a game came printed in the pages of a magazine and you had to type it in to play the game. Plus as the Spectrum had no hard drive, when you switched the computer off, the game was gone.
The code for a game came printed in the pages of a magazine and you had to type it in to play the game. Plus as the Spectrum had no hard drive, when you switched the computer off, the game was gone.
February 10, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Age verification?
The code for a game came printed in the pages of a magazine and you had to type it in to play the game. Plus as the Spectrum had no hard drive, when you switched the computer off, the game was gone.
The code for a game came printed in the pages of a magazine and you had to type it in to play the game. Plus as the Spectrum had no hard drive, when you switched the computer off, the game was gone.
Post a banger not in English.
Epic of Gilgamesh, in Sumerarian
Epic of Gilgamesh, in Sumerarian
February 9, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Post a banger not in English.
Epic of Gilgamesh, in Sumerarian
Epic of Gilgamesh, in Sumerarian
Space Vampires! How the vampire went to gothic horror to Warhammer 40,000 monster
exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/a-history-...
#Warhammer #Warhammer40K
exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/a-history-...
#Warhammer #Warhammer40K
February 9, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Space Vampires! How the vampire went to gothic horror to Warhammer 40,000 monster
exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/a-history-...
#Warhammer #Warhammer40K
exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/a-history-...
#Warhammer #Warhammer40K
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Gets you right in the feels
February 7, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Gets you right in the feels
Working on part 4 of my 'A History of Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader in 5 Less Obvious Objects' series. exploringwarhammer.substack.com/t/fivethings
#Warhammer #Warhammer40K
#Warhammer #Warhammer40K
February 7, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Working on part 4 of my 'A History of Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader in 5 Less Obvious Objects' series. exploringwarhammer.substack.com/t/fivethings
#Warhammer #Warhammer40K
#Warhammer #Warhammer40K
White Dwarf 140 had a #Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay article which was probably the last RPG article in White Dwarf.
February 7, 2026 at 8:23 AM
White Dwarf 140 had a #Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay article which was probably the last RPG article in White Dwarf.
February 1989 and White Dwarf 110 expanded on Ogryns, one of the abhuman factions that were part of the Imperial Guard at the time. It also featured an advert for the Imperial Guard plastic boxed set, as available early 1989 with its Napoleonic cover by John Blanche.
#warhammer
#warhammer
February 6, 2026 at 3:49 PM
February 1989 and White Dwarf 110 expanded on Ogryns, one of the abhuman factions that were part of the Imperial Guard at the time. It also featured an advert for the Imperial Guard plastic boxed set, as available early 1989 with its Napoleonic cover by John Blanche.
#warhammer
#warhammer
Some personal news - So with the recent changes at Sumo Digital, my time there is coming to an end. I will be forever grateful to Sumo as the acquisition of Auroch was a life-changing event for my family and I.
(Photo by me, From a BD trip to Sony Studios in LA, 2025)
(Photo by me, From a BD trip to Sony Studios in LA, 2025)
February 6, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Some personal news - So with the recent changes at Sumo Digital, my time there is coming to an end. I will be forever grateful to Sumo as the acquisition of Auroch was a life-changing event for my family and I.
(Photo by me, From a BD trip to Sony Studios in LA, 2025)
(Photo by me, From a BD trip to Sony Studios in LA, 2025)
Reposted by Dr Tomas Rawlings
Thread starting with 🚨 TWO SHOCKING FACTS: Epstein was in direct contact with Putin, boasting of personal invites to St Petersburg. He co-owned Thiel’s Valar Ventures w/ Ehud Barak, backing Israeli surveillance firm Carbyne. 1/12
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/i...
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/i...
In Putin’s Orbit: The Crypto Politics of Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Thiel
The web of ties between Epstein, Moscow and Silicon Valley leads back to Steve Bannon and Nigel Farage
bylinetimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Thread starting with 🚨 TWO SHOCKING FACTS: Epstein was in direct contact with Putin, boasting of personal invites to St Petersburg. He co-owned Thiel’s Valar Ventures w/ Ehud Barak, backing Israeli surveillance firm Carbyne. 1/12
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/i...
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/i...
ARC Raiders is great btw
Top 10 Steam games by sales this past week:
#1 - Counter-Strike 2
#2 - Steam Deck
#3 - Dead by Daylight
#4 - No Rest for the Wicked
#5 - ARC Raiders
#6 - Half Sword
#7 - Marvel Rivals
#8 - Cairn
#9 - Warframe
#10 - Where Winds Meet
#1 - Counter-Strike 2
#2 - Steam Deck
#3 - Dead by Daylight
#4 - No Rest for the Wicked
#5 - ARC Raiders
#6 - Half Sword
#7 - Marvel Rivals
#8 - Cairn
#9 - Warframe
#10 - Where Winds Meet
February 4, 2026 at 8:53 AM
ARC Raiders is great btw
August, White Dwarf issue 56 we see adverts for the first GW-produced paint sets: Citadel Colour Set 1, and Citadel Colour Set 2, the ad text proclaims, "Citadel Colour is another quality product manufactured by games Workshop Ltd." (as well as being in the second Citadel Compendium)
#Warhammer
#Warhammer
February 2, 2026 at 7:56 PM
August, White Dwarf issue 56 we see adverts for the first GW-produced paint sets: Citadel Colour Set 1, and Citadel Colour Set 2, the ad text proclaims, "Citadel Colour is another quality product manufactured by games Workshop Ltd." (as well as being in the second Citadel Compendium)
#Warhammer
#Warhammer
A History of #Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader in 5 Less Obvious Objects - Part Three - The Chainsword! exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/a-history-...
#Warhammer40K
#Warhammer40K
February 1, 2026 at 3:54 PM
A History of #Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader in 5 Less Obvious Objects - Part Three - The Chainsword! exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/a-history-...
#Warhammer40K
#Warhammer40K
1986 - We arrive at the year before the release of 40K Rogue Trader and there is a mix of key events and hints as to the shape of things to come. The Citadel Journal Spring 1986 covered the release of ‘Drastik Plastik’ Orcs....
January 29, 2026 at 10:29 AM
1986 - We arrive at the year before the release of 40K Rogue Trader and there is a mix of key events and hints as to the shape of things to come. The Citadel Journal Spring 1986 covered the release of ‘Drastik Plastik’ Orcs....
I wrote about why the incentives of social media encourage this sort of thing exploringgamedevelopment.substack.com/p/apparently...
January 28, 2026 at 1:43 PM
I wrote about why the incentives of social media encourage this sort of thing exploringgamedevelopment.substack.com/p/apparently...
1991 would see the release of ‘Warhammer 40,000: Compilation’ which was a collection of articles from White Dwarf. The magazine had, as shown in this timeline, been continually adding both new content and refining existing areas since November 1987.
January 28, 2026 at 9:34 AM
1991 would see the release of ‘Warhammer 40,000: Compilation’ which was a collection of articles from White Dwarf. The magazine had, as shown in this timeline, been continually adding both new content and refining existing areas since November 1987.
This is why other states spend so much on information operations aimed at stoking divisions
The ability of any state to shape the global order is contingent on how far it is domestically stable enough at home to sustainably project strategically effective power abroad
January 25, 2026 at 9:26 AM
This is why other states spend so much on information operations aimed at stoking divisions
Morning! A History of #Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader in 5 Less Obvious Objects - Part Two - PBS1 Skeleton Horde! Why the horde given it is not SciFi and released before #warhammer40K? Read on! exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/a-history-...
January 23, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Morning! A History of #Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader in 5 Less Obvious Objects - Part Two - PBS1 Skeleton Horde! Why the horde given it is not SciFi and released before #warhammer40K? Read on! exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/a-history-...
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January 22, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Have you long dreamed of Asking Me Anything? Well, you can do so on Friday at 2PM Central, on the @pelgranepress.bsky.social Discord!
Connexion: discord.com/invite/q8vvf...
Connexion: discord.com/invite/q8vvf...
Issue 113 of White Dwarf had more #Warhammer #40K (Volksheim Brotherhood, The Pacification of Flotis III & the Sentinel Imperial Guard Walker) but of note is that it started to feature the second volume of The Realm of Chaos - The Lost and The Damned, looking at narrative campaigns.
January 21, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Issue 113 of White Dwarf had more #Warhammer #40K (Volksheim Brotherhood, The Pacification of Flotis III & the Sentinel Imperial Guard Walker) but of note is that it started to feature the second volume of The Realm of Chaos - The Lost and The Damned, looking at narrative campaigns.
Current listening. youtu.be/QUcTsFe1PVs?...
January 17, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Current listening. youtu.be/QUcTsFe1PVs?...
I wrote some stuff about this classic issue! exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/another-ke...
January 16, 2026 at 12:03 PM
I wrote some stuff about this classic issue! exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/another-ke...
WD 107 would see the release of the Eldar Harlequin Jetbike, a preview of the Realm of Chaos: The Lost and the Damned. There was also a #Warhammer Fantasy Battle article that was the first ever ‘Battle Report’, 24 Hours at Carik Mound.
Also the Les Edwards cover was also used for a Conan book!
Also the Les Edwards cover was also used for a Conan book!
January 15, 2026 at 1:16 PM
WD 107 would see the release of the Eldar Harlequin Jetbike, a preview of the Realm of Chaos: The Lost and the Damned. There was also a #Warhammer Fantasy Battle article that was the first ever ‘Battle Report’, 24 Hours at Carik Mound.
Also the Les Edwards cover was also used for a Conan book!
Also the Les Edwards cover was also used for a Conan book!
Inspired by @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social & @chaosium.bsky.social podcast, I've done a History of Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader in 5 Less Obvious Objects - Part One. exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/a-history-...
#Warhammer #Warhammer40K
#Warhammer #Warhammer40K
January 13, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Inspired by @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social & @chaosium.bsky.social podcast, I've done a History of Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader in 5 Less Obvious Objects - Part One. exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/a-history-...
#Warhammer #Warhammer40K
#Warhammer #Warhammer40K