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
Oh and the cover of White Dwarf 56, for reasons.
Photo my me.
Photo my me.
February 10, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Oh and the cover of White Dwarf 56, for reasons.
Photo my me.
Photo my me.
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
Here's a page from White Dwarf 56 back in 1984 that featured the Star Vampire scenario for Call of Cthulhu, The Last Log.
February 9, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Here's a page from White Dwarf 56 back in 1984 that featured the Star Vampire scenario for Call of Cthulhu, The Last Log.
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
Part 4 is up! exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/a-history-...
A History of Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader in 5 Less Obvious Objects - Part Four - Space Vampires!
Why the space-gothic was a key part of what makes 40K so, well, 40K.
exploringwarhammer.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Part 4 is up! exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/a-history-...
Post is out! exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/a-history-...
A History of Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader in 5 Less Obvious Objects - Part Four - Space Vampires!
Why the space-gothic was a key part of what makes 40K so, well, 40K.
exploringwarhammer.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Post is out! exploringwarhammer.substack.com/p/a-history-...
It’s sadly a grift to make a small subset of people think reality accords with their prejudice, and there is a profit motive in doing so. Also happens in fandoms too exploringgamedevelopment.substack.com/p/apparently...
Apparently your fandom is about to fall and die. Except it's not.
Why we see doom-laiden videos on YouTube predicting the end of a fandom and why they are often either/both wrong and or unhealthy
exploringgamedevelopment.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:35 AM
It’s sadly a grift to make a small subset of people think reality accords with their prejudice, and there is a profit motive in doing so. Also happens in fandoms too exploringgamedevelopment.substack.com/p/apparently...
Reposted by Dr Tomas Rawlings
Gets you right in the feels
February 7, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Gets you right in the feels
lol, no but it perhaps should be!
February 7, 2026 at 4:40 PM
lol, no but it perhaps should be!
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
Ah nice, I’m very interested to see what happens to WoD as they’ve got some great people on that IP at Paradox
February 7, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Ah nice, I’m very interested to see what happens to WoD as they’ve got some great people on that IP at Paradox
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.
She has delivered you into the light! She sounds amazing.
February 7, 2026 at 12:23 AM
She has delivered you into the light! She sounds amazing.
There are non-Warhammer things??
February 6, 2026 at 4:12 PM
There are non-Warhammer things??
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
I also got to work on some great projects, met interesting people and I learned a lot too! Plus, I will also miss lots of amazing and talented people there. But my journey takes me elsewhere. I’ve got a few things in the pipeline and am always open to a chat about opportunities/collaborations.
February 6, 2026 at 10:16 AM
I also got to work on some great projects, met interesting people and I learned a lot too! Plus, I will also miss lots of amazing and talented people there. But my journey takes me elsewhere. I’ve got a few things in the pipeline and am always open to a chat about opportunities/collaborations.
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
Lol, 'Spource' source, even.
February 2, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Lol, 'Spource' source, even.