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Settling in, on a wet and wintry evening
A dram of Port Askaig, and a copy of the book ‘Carved in Stone: A Storyteller’s Guide to the Picts’, resting on a cushion cover from Skye Weavers
December 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
mmcgranaghan.bsky.social
Dragonmeet loot!
November 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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stoutstoat.co.uk
Carved in Stone is officially out!

In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
Photo of the book Carved in Stone.
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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jdhoare.bsky.social
The pre-launch page for Secret Passages #3 is LIVE, which means I now have to DO THINGS.

Give it a follow and share it with your pals for #BloodBowl #Warhammer #Spelljammer #DND #WayoftheTiger #HeroesUnlimited #WorldofDarkness and more!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/jdh...
Coming soon: 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 RPGs and wargames that raised us.
www.kickstarter.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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wyrdscience.bsky.social
it hasn't helped sell any mags but it appears our nonsense on here has just pushed our account over 5K 'followers', so let's embrace that as some kind of achievement!

Like & repost this to be in with a chance to win every in-print issue of Wyrd Science & a t-shirt of your choice*
the covers of Wyrd Science issues 3-7 laid out on a gradient landscape next to the caption WIN THE LOT!
November 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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rookeryp.bsky.social
This was a lot of fun! Missed it? Check out of on YouTube now. And check out Haunted Heist here: www.redmug.games/haunted-heist

Lawhammer fans may be interested to know Andy @lawhammer.bsky.social is plotting incorporating it into a future stream... 👻👻👻
October 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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caesar-ink.bsky.social
WE ARE LIVE ON KICKSTARTER! The day has finally come, and the stars spell their demise across the sky. The apocalypse is upon us and the end is not simply nigh, it is upon us.

Back DOOMSONG: Thou Shalt Not Suffer The Wycce on Kickstarter now! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cae...

#TTRPG #Horrror
Coming soon: DOOMSONG: Thou Shalt Not Suffer The Wycce
A horror TTRPG that pits your players against foul heresy. Can you root out Famine before it's too late?
www.kickstarter.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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caesar-ink.bsky.social
THOU SHALT NOT SUFFER THE WYCCE goes live on Kickstarter at 16:00 UK time! If you want to support Doomsong make sure that you back in the first 24hrs to recieve a fancy bookmark!

Follow (and back) here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cae...

#TTRPG #Horror #Kickstarter
Coming soon: DOOMSONG: Thou Shalt Not Suffer The Wycce
A horror TTRPG that pits your players against foul heresy. Can you root out Famine before it's too late?
www.kickstarter.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:42 AM
mmcgranaghan.bsky.social
Wyrd Science issue 7! Looking forward to digging in
Cover of ‘Wyrd Science’, volume 1, issue 7. Art by Alexey Gorboot, featuring a science-fantasy scene. Two green-hued humans take centre scene, armed with swords and rayguns, alongside a diminutive, one-eyed creature in a wizard’s outfit. In the background, a blend of organic and synthetic material makes up the walls, which house red-eyed, blue skinned creature skulking the rafters. Table of contents page for Wyrd Science volume 1, issue 7: Quickstart 4-15; Adventures 16-66; Sidequests 68-85; Hit points 86-108; Game over 110-112. White and black font on a light blue background.
September 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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caesar-ink.bsky.social
Famine hits Kickstarter on the 14th of October.

FOLLOW US NOW: www.kickstarter.com/projects/caesarink/doomsong2

#Doomsong #MedievalHorror #Horror #TTRPG #OSR
September 26, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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rookeryp.bsky.social
If you missed the first part of the extreme wildcard Worldbuilding workshop @tomtoner.bsky.social did with us, here's a blog with all the deets:

www.patreon.com/posts/139328...

Join us in a few hours for part 2:
7pm UK / 2pm PT / 11am ET
September 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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strangestudies.bsky.social
Heavy, man! Will the hippies escape from the Lovercraftian terrors in Bob Leman's "The Tehama"? Tune in and drop out with our latest #StrangeStudies over on Patreon to find out!

Subscribe there, on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts!

#hppodcraft
September 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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rookeryp.bsky.social
Ca-caw! In the grim darkness of the not-so-far future, there is only... INSIDE THE ROOKERY!

Today we're welcoming Warhammer 40K RPG legend Ross Watson to talk about developing a role-playing game line. Join us!

7pm UK / 2pm ET / 11am PT

youtube.com/live/9TaWlBz...
Line Developing an RPG with Ross Watson (ItR10:6 - 163)
Join us Inside the Rookery with returning guest Ross Watson, as he shares insights from his wealth of experience as an RPG line developer! Inside the Rookery is powered by Patreon: https://www.patreo...
youtube.com
September 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
mmcgranaghan.bsky.social
Looking forward to digging into these two this evening!
My hand, holding copies of issues 1 and 2 of Secret Passages, a magazine celebrating classic tabletop gaming
September 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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rookeryp.bsky.social
Catch up on last night's awesome panel from @tabletopscot.bsky.social on YouTube now, featuring: @catthm.bsky.social of @pelgranepress.bsky.social, @lostpages.co.uk, @peregrinecoast.press, @elainelithgow.bsky.social of @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social, Rook Lindsay Law, and a haunted camera.👻🎦
September 7, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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rookeryp.bsky.social
Ca-caw! We'll be live at the later time of 8.30PM tonight (3.30PM ET / 12.30PM) with four fantastic, fine feathered friends: @catthm.bsky.social @lostpages.co.uk @peregrinecoast.press @elainelithgow.bsky.social

Join us in person @tabletopscot.bsky.social or online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKgI...
The Future of RPG Games w/ Cat Tobin, Paolo Greco, Eryk Sawicki, Elaine Lithgow at Tabletop Scotland
YouTube video by Rookery Publications
www.youtube.com
September 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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rookeryp.bsky.social
Ca-caw! This Saturday @tabletopscot.bsky.social we'll be talking with, deep breath:
@catthm.bsky.social @lostpages.co.uk @peregrinecoast.press and @elainelithgow.bsky.social about the future of roleplaying games!
Join us live, in person, or online in the usual places at 2030 UK / 1530 ET / 1230 PT
Inside the Rookery logo and tabletop logo. Five head shots of RPG writers and designers, and an image of a mysterious hag witch.
September 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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lostpages.co.uk
Want a weird spellbook? I got you covered!
The Pergamino Barocco kickstarter is live!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/los...
Pergamino Barocco
A weird little spellbook that looks like a weird little spellbook. For fantasy and occult RPGs. System agnostic. Fully weird.
www.kickstarter.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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rookeryp.bsky.social
Live in 2 mins!
August 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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wyrdscience.bsky.social
Hey, hey, hey. We have very very big news. We finally have a new issue on sale right... NOW!

We hope it's not our last but that is up in the air so this really is a case where YOU ARE THE HERO

but also other very cool non WS stuff mentioned! so check it out...
Wyrd Science 7! Back from the Dread
Not going to sugarcoat this, we're here to talk - at length- about our new issue here...
wyrd.science
August 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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caesar-ink.bsky.social
Are you ready to become a wyccefinder in our upcoming TTRPG: Thou Shalt Not Suffer The Wycce? It's as easy as pointing at a man who looks like a rat and shouting WYCCE!

Drawn by the marvellous Moritz!

Follow Us on Kickstarter now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/caesarink/doomsong2

#horror #doomsong
A half rat half man, melting into his robe and grossly misshapen. Drawn by the marvellous Moritz for Thou Shalt Not Suffer The Wycce.
August 8, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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rookeryp.bsky.social
Ca-caw!

Big news! We'll be doing #InsideTheRookery live from @tabletopscot.bsky.social this September. Guests TBC, but it's sure to be a good 'un!

tabletopscotland.co.uk/product/insi...
A pipe smoking old woman in a shawl next to a surprised looking peasant, with a mug, underneath the Inside the Rookery logo, a rook on a gallows pole.
July 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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archive.org
New from Internet Archive Canada: Queen’s University Library has digitized a collection of rare, self-published sci-fi & fantasy fanzines, making long-lost voices from 1940s–1980s more widely accessible.

⚔️ Start your side quest: blog.archive.org/2025/07/15/s...

@internetarchiveca.bsky.social
Cover of Dark Fantasy No. 22 (1980), published by Shadow Press. The title is printed in bold, stylized yellow and black text at the top. The central illustration features a medieval knight in armor leaning against a large, leaf-covered tree, holding a bow and arrows. A castle is faintly visible in the background. A diagonal black-and-yellow banner across the bottom reads, “Nominated for 10 SPWAO Awards.” Price is listed as $1.50.
July 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM