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Spencer

@freethrall.bsky.social

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He/they, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Highland incomer, #MS combatant, home dad, lapsed film buff, #TTRPGs, rules-lite fancier, host of Keep Off The Borderlands and other diversions https://freethrall.carrd.co/ Also #CallOfCthulhu APs on Grizzly Peaks Radio @goodmania.bsky.social

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Spencer @freethrall.bsky.social · Oct 18

Hello to all new followers!
I'm not nearly as creative as the rest of you but I'm hoping nobody will notice.
I host a podcast I started a few years ago called Keep Off The Borderlands all about struggling to get my game on.
I still talk more than I play.

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Spencer @freethrall.bsky.social · 20h

I just backed SHIFT RPG - All-Ages Collaborative Roleplaying Game on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/shi...

SHIFT RPG - All-Ages Collaborative Roleplaying Game

A new tabletop roleplaying game that lets you collaboratively build, create & play in any world you can imagine. Your World, Your Rules

www.kickstarter.com

Spencer @freethrall.bsky.social · 22h

I'm very pleased to hear that, thank you!

Spencer @freethrall.bsky.social · 1d

I just backed Duginthroat Divided on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/dan...

Duginthroat Divided

Weird fiction meets fairytale whimsy in this dungeon on your doorstep! For Old School Essentials and other roleplaying games.

www.kickstarter.com

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Spencer @freethrall.bsky.social · 2d

Proud to be the 1,216th 😎 on @backerkit.com for FIST Paranormal Mercenary RPG Box Set. Thanks @claymoreRPGs fist-rpg.backerkit.com/community_sh...

Proud to be the 1,216th 😎 on @BackerKit for FIST Paranormal Mercenary RPG Box Set. Thanks @claymoreRPGs

Check out FIST Paranormal Mercenary RPG Box Set on BackerKit!

fist-rpg.backerkit.com

Spencer @freethrall.bsky.social · 2d

Featuring Swyvers, Guards of Traitor's Toll, Bite the Bullet, DURF Expanded, Appx. N Jam Awards, Dolmenwood, and my thoughts on Kpop Demon Hunters. #ttrpg #osr open.spotify.com/episode/6Cms...

Barney's Back, Kpop Demon Hunters & Dolmenwood Delivery (E302)

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Spencer @freethrall.bsky.social · 5d

Oh yes!

Spencer @freethrall.bsky.social · 5d

I just backed DURF Expanded on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/emi...

DURF Expanded

An updated and expanded version of DURF, the acclaimed rules-light dungeon-fantasy RPG.

www.kickstarter.com

Spencer @freethrall.bsky.social · 6d

I'm part of the 372 backers who helped raise an additional €5,798 for Weird, Whimsy & Wonder: fill your TTRPG sessions with awe! on BackerKit! 🎊 Weird, Whimsy & Wonder: fill your TTRPG sessions with awe! @backerkit.com weird.backerkit.com/community_sh...

I'm part of the 372 backers who helped raise an additional €5,798 for Weird, Whimsy & Wonder: fill your TTRPG sessions with awe! on BackerKit! 🎊

Check out Weird, Whimsy & Wonder: fill your TTRPG sessions with awe! on BackerKit!

weird.backerkit.com

Spencer @freethrall.bsky.social · 8d

Proud to be the 1,216th 😎 on @BackerKit for FIST Paranormal Mercenary RPG Box Set. Thanks @claymorerpgs.bsky.social fist-rpg.backerkit.com/community_sh...

Proud to be the 1,216th 😎 on @BackerKit for FIST Paranormal Mercenary RPG Box Set. Thanks @claymoreRPGs

Check out FIST Paranormal Mercenary RPG Box Set on BackerKit!

fist-rpg.backerkit.com

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Spencer @freethrall.bsky.social · 10d

Is it a bird?

Is it a plane?

No, it's Movie Monday!

#Superman
open.spotify.com/episode/0LPE...

Movie Monday: Superman The Movie (E301)

open.spotify.com

Spencer @freethrall.bsky.social · 13d

Excited to be the 601st 😎 on @backerkit.com for Vaults of Vaarn Second Edition. vaults-of-vaarn-second-edition.backerkit.com/community_sh...

Excited to be the 601st 😎 on @BackerKit for Vaults of Vaarn Second Edition.

Check out Vaults of Vaarn Second Edition on BackerKit!

vaults-of-vaarn-second-edition.backerkit.com

Spencer @freethrall.bsky.social · 14d

Bite the Bullet is the latest addition to my #MarkOfTheOdd collection. @hobbs665.bsky.social does something very interesting with this post-apocalyptic western that includes rules for social and faith based combat. Check it out for yourself. #IntoTheOdd #OSR hobbs665.itch.io/bite-the-bul...

Bite the Bullet by Mr Hobbs' Gamerhood

hobbs665.itch.io

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Spencer @freethrall.bsky.social · 14d

The conversation in the kitchen this morning (content warning: contains naughty words and reductio ad absurdum). youtu.be/1cgeXd5kRDg?...

Stewart Lee - Damned Immigrants

YouTube video by Jimmy Lee

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Jason Hobbs @hobbs665.bsky.social · 18d

I was on a segment of Nerds RPG Variety cast talking about Bite the Bullet.

creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

S2E37 Double Header with Jason Hobbs & Arlen Walker by Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast

In this double header Jason Hobbs discusses OSR Anchorites, AD&D, Robert Redford, mechanizing social interaction in RPGs, Bite the Bullet, boxing with David Baity, then Arlen Walker discusses This Imm...

creators.spotify.com

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Jason Hobbs @hobbs665.bsky.social · 19d

If you have not looked at my new game (which is pwyw), you should. Regardless here is an awesome random character generator to whet your appetite to Bite the Bullet

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Mr Hobbs' Gamerhood

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Spencer @freethrall.bsky.social · 15d

Well, Dolmenwood arrived a day early but, as you already know what that looks like, here's Tippy, a wee grimalkin who also arrived today.

Spencer @freethrall.bsky.social · 16d

Happy to be the 56th 😻 on @backerkit.com for Weird, Whimsy & Wonder: fill your TTRPG sessions with awe!. weird.backerkit.com/community_sh...

Happy to be the 56th 😻 on @BackerKit for Weird, Whimsy & Wonder: fill your TTRPG sessions with awe!.

Check out Weird, Whimsy & Wonder: fill your TTRPG sessions with awe! on BackerKit!

weird.backerkit.com

Spencer @freethrall.bsky.social · 18d

Also, for #MovieMonday this month it's Richard Donner's Superman. Send your thoughts to [email protected] or find me FreeThrall on Discord. The episode airs on the 29th. Submissions by the 27th if you want to ensure being featured on the show. #filmreviews #80sFantasy

Spencer @freethrall.bsky.social · 19d

Email from Royal Mail. It's arriving Wednesday.

a cartoon of wendy from peter pan with the words " it 's fine " below her

Alt: Wendy from peter pan blinking with the words "it 's fine"

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Spencer @freethrall.bsky.social · 19d

For my 300th episode, I respond to some more Mad Max messages and my daughter joins me to talk about her gaming aspirations. open.spotify.com/episode/2shS... #ttrpgs

A Little More Max & a Little Munchkin (E300)

open.spotify.com

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Spencer @freethrall.bsky.social · 20d

My order has been dispatched!

a man in a knight 's armor is dancing in the dirt in front of a tent .

Alt: knight in armor dancing

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Spencer @freethrall.bsky.social · Sep 8

There is Eco Mofos!!

Eco Mofos by David Blandy (cover by Daniel Locke)

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Spencer @freethrall.bsky.social · Sep 5

a cartoon of a duck sitting at a table in a kitchen with the words `` i 'm waiting '' .

Alt: Daffy duck sitting at a table in a kitchen drumming his fingers impatiently.

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Titterpigs:The TTRPG Podcast @titterpigs.bsky.social · Sep 5

After a series of roadblocks, hurdles, and tragic loss, we have crawled back up from the pit and into the Titterpig's studio to dust off the microphones, bring you all up to date, and take a moment to reflect on our friend Bud. ❤️ #ttrpg

creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · Sep 4

Many of you will have known Bud Baird from @budsrpgreview.bsky.social
and will have heard the very sad news of his death aged 52.
His daughters would love it if you could subscribe to his channel and get it to 10,000 subscribers ❤️

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