Harry ILL
@armchairpimp.bsky.social
Filling the days until I'm done.. Making the simple things difficult since 1972..
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Harry ILL
@armchairpimp.bsky.social
· Jan 1
Welcome to my #booksofbluesky 2025 edition, will be pleased to read 30 books this year (not including #ttrpg books), starting off with some medieval horror gifted to me by my oldest and best friend..
10(ish) rpgs I want to play/run in 2026..
Electric/Mythic Bastionland
Vaesen
One Ring
Punk is Dead
Cthulhu by Gaslight
Gamma World
Through The Hedgerow
The Terror Beneath
Mothership
DCC
And possibly West End Games Star Wars and Twilight 2000
Electric/Mythic Bastionland
Vaesen
One Ring
Punk is Dead
Cthulhu by Gaslight
Gamma World
Through The Hedgerow
The Terror Beneath
Mothership
DCC
And possibly West End Games Star Wars and Twilight 2000
December 24, 2025 at 10:51 AM
10(ish) rpgs I want to play/run in 2026..
Electric/Mythic Bastionland
Vaesen
One Ring
Punk is Dead
Cthulhu by Gaslight
Gamma World
Through The Hedgerow
The Terror Beneath
Mothership
DCC
And possibly West End Games Star Wars and Twilight 2000
Electric/Mythic Bastionland
Vaesen
One Ring
Punk is Dead
Cthulhu by Gaslight
Gamma World
Through The Hedgerow
The Terror Beneath
Mothership
DCC
And possibly West End Games Star Wars and Twilight 2000
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Lads, this is like £7 off its goal so you should go back it. www.kickstarter.com/projects/jdh...
Secret Passages #3: An Old School RPG and Oldhammer Magazine
Packed with interviews and illustrations, this is the third issue of a new zine exploring the tabletop games that raised us.
www.kickstarter.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Lads, this is like £7 off its goal so you should go back it. www.kickstarter.com/projects/jdh...
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Shopping small is *so* important
If you've bought from me in the last couple of days you've paid for Oscar's ongoing palliative care costs. no shareholders, no billionaires, just helping someone's best friend through the days they have left
thankyou ❤️
If you've bought from me in the last couple of days you've paid for Oscar's ongoing palliative care costs. no shareholders, no billionaires, just helping someone's best friend through the days they have left
thankyou ❤️
December 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Shopping small is *so* important
If you've bought from me in the last couple of days you've paid for Oscar's ongoing palliative care costs. no shareholders, no billionaires, just helping someone's best friend through the days they have left
thankyou ❤️
If you've bought from me in the last couple of days you've paid for Oscar's ongoing palliative care costs. no shareholders, no billionaires, just helping someone's best friend through the days they have left
thankyou ❤️
Inspired by the #tunnelsandtrolls talk at #Dragonmeet last weekend... here we go..
December 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Inspired by the #tunnelsandtrolls talk at #Dragonmeet last weekend... here we go..
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Here's a sneak peek of Dungeon Pulp, an old school pencil and paper dungeon delver combined with a box of damn fine coffee. Launching officially in early 2026
playing a wretch in @alfredvalley.bsky.social’s dungeon pulp this morning, coffee is great too and such a fun way to introduce people to the hobby
December 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Here's a sneak peek of Dungeon Pulp, an old school pencil and paper dungeon delver combined with a box of damn fine coffee. Launching officially in early 2026
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Less than 72 hours left to back this sucker. It's kind of exploded. Good exploded.
BRUTE FORT
BRUTE FORT
🚨 Brute Fort is live now on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/alf...
💸 Come back the project
📣 Share it around
🗡 Vanquish the evil that lurks in the fort
18 card dungeon delving game by me + tape cassette soundtrack by Gus BC
💸 Come back the project
📣 Share it around
🗡 Vanquish the evil that lurks in the fort
18 card dungeon delving game by me + tape cassette soundtrack by Gus BC
November 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Less than 72 hours left to back this sucker. It's kind of exploded. Good exploded.
BRUTE FORT
BRUTE FORT
Obligatory #dragonmeet haul pick.. took advantage of the @modiphius.bsky.social sale to boost our current Cthulhu chaos!
November 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Obligatory #dragonmeet haul pick.. took advantage of the @modiphius.bsky.social sale to boost our current Cthulhu chaos!
Another #dragonmeet is done and wending my weary way home.. thought the Excel was great for space and facilities but thought some of the atmosphere dissipated into the rafters a little.. but I was also tired and didn't speak to many folks which may have affected my perception of the ambiance!
November 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Another #dragonmeet is done and wending my weary way home.. thought the Excel was great for space and facilities but thought some of the atmosphere dissipated into the rafters a little.. but I was also tired and didn't speak to many folks which may have affected my perception of the ambiance!
2 hours into travelling to #Dragonmeet and train is delayed.. Horsham Station seems nice this time of year...
November 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
2 hours into travelling to #Dragonmeet and train is delayed.. Horsham Station seems nice this time of year...
This Saturday I shall be let loose at #Dragonmeet no plans... no want list, sadly no pile of goods to take to the bring and buy.. but it will be a glorious day spent with such a glorious glorious myriad of splendid things and even more splendid people... a spa day for the soul..
November 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM
This Saturday I shall be let loose at #Dragonmeet no plans... no want list, sadly no pile of goods to take to the bring and buy.. but it will be a glorious day spent with such a glorious glorious myriad of splendid things and even more splendid people... a spa day for the soul..
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The Terror Beneath is just £12.50 in Osprey's winter sale www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/terror-be...
The Terror Beneath
An investigative roleplaying game of horrors both ancient and modern, inspired by the works of Arthur Machen and powered by the GUMSHOE system.Britain at the da…
www.ospreypublishing.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The Terror Beneath is just £12.50 in Osprey's winter sale www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/terror-be...
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Did you know that you can get all of my Wretched & Alone games in one bundle for just £30?
Now you do.
itch.io/s/159400/wre...
Now you do.
itch.io/s/159400/wre...
WRETCHED & ALONE by Chris Bissette
A bundle by Chris Bissette, £30.00 for 6 games
itch.io
November 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Did you know that you can get all of my Wretched & Alone games in one bundle for just £30?
Now you do.
itch.io/s/159400/wre...
Now you do.
itch.io/s/159400/wre...
James Bond, the secret service equivalent of John Doe.. you park your identity when you agree to join the 00 programme..
November 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
James Bond, the secret service equivalent of John Doe.. you park your identity when you agree to join the 00 programme..
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Hwat a deal! 4 issues of Wyrd Science covering everything from Ravenloft to Vaesen, Pendragon to Paranoia, WFRP to Barkeep on the Borderlands, Rivers of London to Mausritter, Blade Runner to DIE, Liminal to The Troubleshooters, Errant to Fantastic Medieval Campaigns, HeroQuest to Spire, etc etc etc
Issue 3-6 Mega Bundle!
Get up to speed with our super mega value bundle. Issues 3-6, that's around 450 pages of high quality in depth writing on every aspect of tabletop games and the world around them.
shop.wyrd.science
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Hwat a deal! 4 issues of Wyrd Science covering everything from Ravenloft to Vaesen, Pendragon to Paranoia, WFRP to Barkeep on the Borderlands, Rivers of London to Mausritter, Blade Runner to DIE, Liminal to The Troubleshooters, Errant to Fantastic Medieval Campaigns, HeroQuest to Spire, etc etc etc
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Let's raise some money for Oz! I've got a Christmas Red Gobbo, painted by me, with some flame effect, that could be yours. I'll start it as a blind auction, DM me with offers over £50 and the highest by the end of the weekend wins. I'll pay for postage in the UK and all the money goes to Oz.
November 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Let's raise some money for Oz! I've got a Christmas Red Gobbo, painted by me, with some flame effect, that could be yours. I'll start it as a blind auction, DM me with offers over £50 and the highest by the end of the weekend wins. I'll pay for postage in the UK and all the money goes to Oz.
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Greetings agents! We've teamed up with Bundle of Holding to bring you a fantastic spread of Achtung! Cthulhu PDFs!
🤜🦑 Grab the bundle
🤜🦑 Grab the bundle
Achtung! Cthulhu 2d20 Bundle
Adventurer! This new Achtung! Cthulhu 2d20 Bundle presents Achtung! Cthulhu, the 2d20 System tabletop roleplaying game from Modiphius of cosmic horror amid the chaos and heroism of World War II. Enter...
buff.ly
October 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Greetings agents! We've teamed up with Bundle of Holding to bring you a fantastic spread of Achtung! Cthulhu PDFs!
🤜🦑 Grab the bundle
🤜🦑 Grab the bundle
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Last handful of print copies of "Middle-Aged Teenage Angst" are available to buy directly if anyone didn't manage to grab an issue yet. 52 all new pages of pop culture and comedy writing by me. Very proud of it and - to quote my pal Keir - "people enjoy it!"
Middle-Aged Teenage Angst: The Zine is now available to buy in print or as a PDF. 52 pages of new writing by me on forgotten TV, old mags, radio, wrestling, growing up, badges and, of course, music.
Why should teenage kicks be only for teenagers?
ko-fi.com/benbakerbook...
Why should teenage kicks be only for teenagers?
ko-fi.com/benbakerbook...
Visit Ben Baker Books's Shop!
I've opened a shop. Come take a look!
ko-fi.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Last handful of print copies of "Middle-Aged Teenage Angst" are available to buy directly if anyone didn't manage to grab an issue yet. 52 all new pages of pop culture and comedy writing by me. Very proud of it and - to quote my pal Keir - "people enjoy it!"
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Okay I’ve been keeping this under wraps but here we go:
Notorious: Tales of Hardscrabble Bounty Hunting is coming to Kickstarter 14/10/25!
A collab ft. @mousehole.press & @turbotorbo.bsky.social
A brand new boxed game and original system ft. 450+ unique cards!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/alw...
Notorious: Tales of Hardscrabble Bounty Hunting is coming to Kickstarter 14/10/25!
A collab ft. @mousehole.press & @turbotorbo.bsky.social
A brand new boxed game and original system ft. 450+ unique cards!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/alw...
Coming soon: Notorious: Tales of Hardscrabble Bounty Hunting
Forge your own trilogy in this solo narrative card game.
www.kickstarter.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Okay I’ve been keeping this under wraps but here we go:
Notorious: Tales of Hardscrabble Bounty Hunting is coming to Kickstarter 14/10/25!
A collab ft. @mousehole.press & @turbotorbo.bsky.social
A brand new boxed game and original system ft. 450+ unique cards!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/alw...
Notorious: Tales of Hardscrabble Bounty Hunting is coming to Kickstarter 14/10/25!
A collab ft. @mousehole.press & @turbotorbo.bsky.social
A brand new boxed game and original system ft. 450+ unique cards!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/alw...
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let's talk sidequests!
so there's a few new things in issue 7 of Wyrd Science but the one I'm super duper happy to get in there & equally interested in people's response to is SIDEQUESTS, or if we avoid bankruptcy what I'm hoping will come to be affectionately known as our yellow pages...
so there's a few new things in issue 7 of Wyrd Science but the one I'm super duper happy to get in there & equally interested in people's response to is SIDEQUESTS, or if we avoid bankruptcy what I'm hoping will come to be affectionately known as our yellow pages...
September 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
let's talk sidequests!
so there's a few new things in issue 7 of Wyrd Science but the one I'm super duper happy to get in there & equally interested in people's response to is SIDEQUESTS, or if we avoid bankruptcy what I'm hoping will come to be affectionately known as our yellow pages...
so there's a few new things in issue 7 of Wyrd Science but the one I'm super duper happy to get in there & equally interested in people's response to is SIDEQUESTS, or if we avoid bankruptcy what I'm hoping will come to be affectionately known as our yellow pages...
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go support Wyrd Science. fantastic magazine. you know, a physical thing you can hold in your hand to read at your leisure. it'll improve your life!
let's talk sidequests!
so there's a few new things in issue 7 of Wyrd Science but the one I'm super duper happy to get in there & equally interested in people's response to is SIDEQUESTS, or if we avoid bankruptcy what I'm hoping will come to be affectionately known as our yellow pages...
so there's a few new things in issue 7 of Wyrd Science but the one I'm super duper happy to get in there & equally interested in people's response to is SIDEQUESTS, or if we avoid bankruptcy what I'm hoping will come to be affectionately known as our yellow pages...
September 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
go support Wyrd Science. fantastic magazine. you know, a physical thing you can hold in your hand to read at your leisure. it'll improve your life!
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We have 500 of these minis to give away starting on the Friday of the convention.
Once they're gone, well they're gone.
So if you really want one, come on the Friday!
Designed by our sponsor Bifrost Miniatures!
Tickets: www.tabletopscotland...
#TTS2025 #BoardGames #RPG #TTRPG
Once they're gone, well they're gone.
So if you really want one, come on the Friday!
Designed by our sponsor Bifrost Miniatures!
Tickets: www.tabletopscotland...
#TTS2025 #BoardGames #RPG #TTRPG
September 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
We have 500 of these minis to give away starting on the Friday of the convention.
Once they're gone, well they're gone.
So if you really want one, come on the Friday!
Designed by our sponsor Bifrost Miniatures!
Tickets: www.tabletopscotland...
#TTS2025 #BoardGames #RPG #TTRPG
Once they're gone, well they're gone.
So if you really want one, come on the Friday!
Designed by our sponsor Bifrost Miniatures!
Tickets: www.tabletopscotland...
#TTS2025 #BoardGames #RPG #TTRPG
Well off to my first #pompey home game of the season and of course I've had a massive back spasm which means I can barely walk or sit, fun times ahead this afternoon.
August 30, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Well off to my first #pompey home game of the season and of course I've had a massive back spasm which means I can barely walk or sit, fun times ahead this afternoon.
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If you're down at that there #Victorious check out my mate DJing on the Common Stage all day..
@victoriousfestival.bsky.social
@victoriousfestival.bsky.social
August 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
If you're down at that there #Victorious check out my mate DJing on the Common Stage all day..
@victoriousfestival.bsky.social
@victoriousfestival.bsky.social
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since we don't have kickstarter to kind of provide some kind of exciting goal/target/sense of urgency I'm thinking maybe we do something really depressing like this instead
August 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
since we don't have kickstarter to kind of provide some kind of exciting goal/target/sense of urgency I'm thinking maybe we do something really depressing like this instead
Incredible demonstration of an unshakable belief they could succeed, fabulous effort, congratulations #lionesses!
July 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Incredible demonstration of an unshakable belief they could succeed, fabulous effort, congratulations #lionesses!