Joe
@joe-byron.bsky.social
Primary school teacher; book and videogame enthusiast. Post to #blutoid quite a lot.
My attempts at poetry (and illustration) are to be found at https://joe-byron.itch.io/
My attempts at poetry (and illustration) are to be found at https://joe-byron.itch.io/
My wife and I have played through The Adventures of Robin Hood table top game. It’s quite simple but good fun. The board acts almost like an advent calendar with pieces flipping and being removed. We’ve finished the campaign (the 2nd loop of) and are now ready for the expansion 🏹 #blutoid #SirRobin!
December 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
My wife and I have played through The Adventures of Robin Hood table top game. It’s quite simple but good fun. The board acts almost like an advent calendar with pieces flipping and being removed. We’ve finished the campaign (the 2nd loop of) and are now ready for the expansion 🏹 #blutoid #SirRobin!
Detective Instinct is a fun ADV game so far. I love the character art & the 3D multimedia backgrounds are lush. I’m happy with the grounded, relaxed mystery vibe too; lots to ‘discuss’ and ‘inspect’ 🕵️ Finally, worth mentioning the setting - Central Europe train mystery! Very Christie #blutoid #adv
December 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Played a fun card game with my wife last night called Forest Shuffle. It’s all about planting trees and then attaching animals, plants, fungi to them in order to build a forest ecosystem. Really fun and easy but with quite a bit of synergy planning 🌳 #blutoid #boardgames
December 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Played a fun card game with my wife last night called Forest Shuffle. It’s all about planting trees and then attaching animals, plants, fungi to them in order to build a forest ecosystem. Really fun and easy but with quite a bit of synergy planning 🌳 #blutoid #boardgames
Watched the Jungle Book with my children this weekend and was taken by the backgrounds. They’re giving me Etrian Odyssey vibes ;) #blutoid
December 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Watched the Jungle Book with my children this weekend and was taken by the backgrounds. They’re giving me Etrian Odyssey vibes ;) #blutoid
As I draw ever nearer the Yggdrasil Tree, and my time with Etrian Odyssey IV reaches its conclusion, I know I’m going to miss playing this game so much. I think I have one last Stratum to go. I’m sure that’s another 10/15 hours or so lol🤞It’s been a great game! #blutoid
December 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
As I draw ever nearer the Yggdrasil Tree, and my time with Etrian Odyssey IV reaches its conclusion, I know I’m going to miss playing this game so much. I think I have one last Stratum to go. I’m sure that’s another 10/15 hours or so lol🤞It’s been a great game! #blutoid
I hate you chameleon boss-thing #blutoid #etrianodyssey
December 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I hate you chameleon boss-thing #blutoid #etrianodyssey
Above is a map of Shakleton, Tom Crean and Frank Worsley’s expedition across South Georgia to reach a whaling station in order to contact help for their crew. This was a massive endeavour after 18 months stuck on the sea ice! #maps #shakleton
November 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Above is a map of Shakleton, Tom Crean and Frank Worsley’s expedition across South Georgia to reach a whaling station in order to contact help for their crew. This was a massive endeavour after 18 months stuck on the sea ice! #maps #shakleton
One of the subjects I’m teaching this year is Shakleton’s third voyage to the South Pole. It’s such an astonishing story of survival - honestly it’s such a good topic to teach children! One of the aspects of the story which I really enjoy are the maps (of course) which go with it :D
November 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
One of the subjects I’m teaching this year is Shakleton’s third voyage to the South Pole. It’s such an astonishing story of survival - honestly it’s such a good topic to teach children! One of the aspects of the story which I really enjoy are the maps (of course) which go with it :D
Currently reading Dragons of Autumn Twilight. It’s alright so far, though not as immediately gripping as Salvatore’s Icewind Dale books (which I recently-ish finished, and enjoyed quite a lot). I’m quite interested in the concept of evil dragon men though lol #blutoid #d&d
November 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Spent a quiet Friday evening playing a few Famicom games: Fire Emblem (good fun! pegasus died on first map lol), and some random Japanese adv games I must've downloaded at some point...The Pea Cock King (lol) and this extremely stylish adventure, Ankoku Shinwa: Yamato Takeru Densetsu (looks fun!) :D
November 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Spent a quiet Friday evening playing a few Famicom games: Fire Emblem (good fun! pegasus died on first map lol), and some random Japanese adv games I must've downloaded at some point...The Pea Cock King (lol) and this extremely stylish adventure, Ankoku Shinwa: Yamato Takeru Densetsu (looks fun!) :D
In regards to Golden Axe III, it feels really different to the first two games. It’s way easier and much more forgiving for a start. There’re branching paths which is fun, and more moves you can pull off. But no dwarf! Gilius Thunderhead is the best character! Pah! A foolish decision. 🪓 #blutoid
November 27, 2025 at 7:51 AM
In regards to Golden Axe III, it feels really different to the first two games. It’s way easier and much more forgiving for a start. There’re branching paths which is fun, and more moves you can pull off. But no dwarf! Gilius Thunderhead is the best character! Pah! A foolish decision. 🪓 #blutoid
My youngest son is in full tantrum fever mode. He'll literally tantrum about anything. It's like he WANTS to tantrum and he seeks out the littlest thing to have a wobbly over. It's barely a liveable situation. Anyway, it'll pass... Playing some Golden Axe 3 to let off steam. First time playing it
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My youngest son is in full tantrum fever mode. He'll literally tantrum about anything. It's like he WANTS to tantrum and he seeks out the littlest thing to have a wobbly over. It's barely a liveable situation. Anyway, it'll pass... Playing some Golden Axe 3 to let off steam. First time playing it
This month the Xbox 360 turned 20! I loved my 360 so much. Played some great games on it; Oblivion, Bioshock 1&2, Fallout 3 & NV, and of course Dark Souls! It’s one of the most immersive games I’ve ever played. While it’s all quite familiar now, it felt so obscure and impenetrable at the time!
November 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This month the Xbox 360 turned 20! I loved my 360 so much. Played some great games on it; Oblivion, Bioshock 1&2, Fallout 3 & NV, and of course Dark Souls! It’s one of the most immersive games I’ve ever played. While it’s all quite familiar now, it felt so obscure and impenetrable at the time!
I learned today about gall wasps, an insect I had no idea about. I have definitely seen these galls before but assumed they were seeds I guess 🤷♂️ (picture from the rhs site)
www.rhs.org.uk/biodiversity...
#wasps #blutoid #nature
www.rhs.org.uk/biodiversity...
#wasps #blutoid #nature
November 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I learned today about gall wasps, an insect I had no idea about. I have definitely seen these galls before but assumed they were seeds I guess 🤷♂️ (picture from the rhs site)
www.rhs.org.uk/biodiversity...
#wasps #blutoid #nature
www.rhs.org.uk/biodiversity...
#wasps #blutoid #nature
This website has really detailed maps for both The Forgotten Realms and Krynn, which is helpful as a newbie (and FR enjoyer) starting to read the Dragon Lance Chronicles. These are some extremely large literary maps!
atlasoficeandfireblog.wordpress.com//?s=Krynn&se...
#d&d #blutoid #maps #dnd
atlasoficeandfireblog.wordpress.com//?s=Krynn&se...
#d&d #blutoid #maps #dnd
November 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
This website has really detailed maps for both The Forgotten Realms and Krynn, which is helpful as a newbie (and FR enjoyer) starting to read the Dragon Lance Chronicles. These are some extremely large literary maps!
atlasoficeandfireblog.wordpress.com//?s=Krynn&se...
#d&d #blutoid #maps #dnd
atlasoficeandfireblog.wordpress.com//?s=Krynn&se...
#d&d #blutoid #maps #dnd
I randomly got this Fire Emblem game for a tenner on an unnamed auction site. I’ve never played a Fire Emblem game before but I love strategy games and this one looks interesting. It has an English Translation so I might give it a go next year :) #blutoid #fireemblem
November 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I randomly got this Fire Emblem game for a tenner on an unnamed auction site. I’ve never played a Fire Emblem game before but I love strategy games and this one looks interesting. It has an English Translation so I might give it a go next year :) #blutoid #fireemblem
November 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Just finished reading Kadare’s Spring Flowers, Spring Frost. I didn’t enjoy it nearly as much as the densely atmospheric Broken April, but it had some interesting moments. My lack of knowledge in Albanian politics couldn’t have helped, but it felt meandering and much, much looser #blutoid #books
November 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
November 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I was not aware of how sick the art in the Japanese manual for ActRaiser was! #blutoid #snes #actraiser
November 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I was not aware of how sick the art in the Japanese manual for ActRaiser was! #blutoid #snes #actraiser