David "Big Mac" Shepheard
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David "Big Mac" Shepheard
@david-shepheard.bsky.social
A #Spelljammer fan looking for Spelljammer fans on Bluesky.
Administrator at The Piazza: The forum for discussing the worlds of Dungeons & Dragons...and more
https://www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/index.php
* WSM3 The Groundling's Guide to Spelljammer: www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic...
* WSM4 Greyspace: The Greyhawk Crystal Sphere: www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic...

Maybe we can organise in a topic in the forum and work out how best to get Reddit to unban r/spelljammer.

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October 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
...over there, we have tried to be productive and have been working on a free Spelljammer fanzine called Wildspace Magazine. We already have four issues out:
* WSM1 Rock of Bral: www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic...
* WSM2 Elves of The Stars: www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic...

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October 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Oh, is that why r/spelljammer got nuked. I've tried to appeal the ban, but have not gotten through to a human yet.

You could go to the Spelljammer forum at @thepiazza.bsky.social for niche D&D space lore:
www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewforum...

Rather than be salty about the Astral Sea...

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October 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Thanks Jay. I hope that helps you create awesome low-level Spelljammer content.

BTW: If you are ever interested in having groundling PCs go into space, check out my "Foreshadowing Spelljammer" in Wildspace Magazine:
www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic...

The fanzine is free to download.
October 3, 2025 at 5:24 AM
If you want ground-based neogi adventures, Neogi Nest from WGR2 Treasures of Greyhawk & Wreck of the Mindspider from Lords of Madness: The Book of Aberrations might help.

The Web Enhancement "The Flow of Fresh Brains!" might also help:
www.thepiazza.org.uk/bookhouse/do...

That is illithids though.
August 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I want the full version of the video created for the Cancelled Spelljammer Simulator Ride at Universal Studios:
www.youtube.com/clip/UgkxHyg...

This thing would have been magnificent!

#Spelljammer #Wildspace #Dragonstrike
August 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
If I give you three free Spelljammer fanzines, do I get three non-political opinions or just one?:
www.thepiazza.org.uk/bookhouse/do...
www.thepiazza.org.uk/bookhouse/do...
www.thepiazza.org.uk/bookhouse/do...

(WSM Greyspace: The Greyhawk Crystal Sphere is still under construction.)
July 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I have come here to chew birthday cake and make a new forum.

And I'm all out of birthday cake!
May 31, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This is the "Big Mac" who wrote that topic @thepiazza.bsky.social shared.

Thanks for the quote from the book and the heads up on Mordentshire. I've had someone else give me the heads-up on I10 Ravenloft II: The House on Gryphon Hill and other stuff.

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May 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I previously worked with @cannibaal.bsky.social on a DMs Guild product, details here:
bsky.app/profile/davi...

That product became the first PoD product for Greyhawk. It got Platinum sales (top 1080 products - 2.78%).

I'm sure Cannibaal Publishing will work as hard on #Shadowdark.

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May 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
If you are a British citizen please consider signing this petition for the UK Goverment to rejoin the EU:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

The Brexit campaign was a lie. There have been zero "Brexit benefits".

#RejoinEU
May 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Because this was aimed at helping newbie 2024 DMG owners figure out how to use Greyhawk in 5.2 DnD games, I have no idea how many people skipped my bit or if there are 5e Spelljammer fans who would like Cannibaal Publishing to do a full-blown Greyspace Gazetteer. 🤷

#Spelljammer #Greyspace

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May 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
World of Greyhawk Gazetteer Revised did really well, even after it went from a Pay-What-You-Want PDF to a 50 cent PDF and $7.50 Print on Demand product.

It's in the top 2.78% of @dmsguild.com products with a Platinum raiting. I don't know how close it is to crossing into Mithral territory.

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May 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I had a small part in helping @cannibaal.bsky.social get the World of Greyhawk Gazetteer Revised put together:
www.dmsguild.com/product/5035...

We started work the day Greyhawk was announced for the DMG and wrote stuff up until the DMG went live on DnD Beyond. Then reevaluated everything.

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May 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Thanks for the origin story, @colinmcc.bsky.social.

There are so many minor D&D worlds that you and others gave us. I'm currently trying to track them all down for a "secret project" that I hope can shine a light on some of them.

It's fun seeing how much or how little canon each world has.
May 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Going "up to London" is probably a relic of the era before London Underground was "Americanised" into having Northbound, Southbound, Westbound and Eastbound trains:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_di...

Going "in to London" probably involves lowering the distance between you and Charring Cross.
April 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
@lastpositivist.bsky.social is talking about how small an area you mean, when you live in Greater London and talk about "going to London".

Meanwhile, whenever I get a train beyond Zone 6, I've got this scene, from Star Trek, playing in my head:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=95BB...

#GreatZoneSixBarrier
April 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
How about people who take on the task of supporting all four versions of Spelljammer? 😉
WSM1 Rock of Bral: www.thepiazza.org.uk/bookhouse/do...
WSM2 Elves of The Stars: www.thepiazza.org.uk/bookhouse/do...
WSM3 The Groundling's Guide to Spelljammer: www.thepiazza.org.uk/bookhouse/do...

#Spelljammer
April 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Thanks for all the DnD stuff @chrisperkinsdnd.bsky.social

In 2017, I got to play in a Spelljammerised version of your Scourge of Scalabar adventure on @aulddragon.bsky.social's Spelljammer stream:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

That helped me get through a difficult year. Thanks for writing it.
April 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Apologies for the error copying the URL. It should be this:

LGBTQI+ refugees:
www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...

Thanks for letting me know.
April 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I don't need this myself, but if you do check out Canada's awesome LGBTQI+ refugees program:
www.canada.ca/.../about......

Canada's government has extended their Rainbow Refugee Assistance Partnership up to 2029, so do check out their website too:
www.rainbowrefugee.com

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March 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM
@supertanskiiii.bsky.social Two questions:

1) Did you got permission from @emmakennedy.bsky.social to take over her Nostradamus gig?:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=su3c...

2) Are you going to be wearing the same costume as her, when you appear with the two guys?

#Nostradamus #TMWRNJ
March 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
"CHANGE MY MINDFLAYER"

Hadozee wear stripper trousers.

#Spelljammer
March 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
There is actually a 2nd Plane Shift adventure:
"Out of the Moonmist: A Plane Shift: Innistrad Adventure":
www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic...

It's been run at conventions, but has not been published for other fans to use yet. (It was written by Chris Tulach and run to raise money for Extra Life.)
February 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Thanks. There are details in this topic, if you are interested:
www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic...

It was disappointing to find out that a company that had apparently been negotiating with WotC for D&D rights was responsible for overloading the servers belonging to our hosting company.
January 23, 2025 at 6:53 AM