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Charlie Eldritch-Nunn

@skyshark.itch.io

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I write comics and RPGs, I review RPGs for Who Dares Rolls and talk about Star Trek in the Casual Trek podcast. I like sharks and the X-Men, especially Cyclops. He/Him #CasualTrek #StarTrek #DailyXMen

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Charlie Eldritch-Nunn @skyshark.itch.io · Oct 10

I’m Charlie Etheridge-Nunn, I write comics, reviews of RPGs, I take part in self-induced marathons of comics & books (X-Men, 2000 AD, Call of Cthulhu & Cyberpunk Red) and host a podcast about Star Trek called Casual Trek. I’m often found wandering the South Downs and coastal towns.

Skyshark and Kid Armour Jr from Explosion High having a great time punching and bludgeoning dinosaurs. Art by NORRIE.

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Charlie Eldritch-Nunn @skyshark.itch.io · 19m

Each one of these feels like a low level Call of Cthulhu antagonist.

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There’s so many more in the article…

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Four young men, all Gen Z Tories, posed against a plain backdrop.

Top left: Danny Mosley, 19, with curly hair, draped in a Union Jack flag and holding a can of Dr. Pepper, an ID badge hanging from a blue lanyard around his neck.

Top right: Rhydian Lloyd-Francis, 15, wearing a navy double-breasted suit and striped tie, stands formally with a serious expression.

Bottom left: Harry Cansdale, 21, in glasses and a dark suit with a patterned blue tie and small flag pin, with a blue lanyard around his neck.

Bottom right: Miller Casson, 17, with long hair, wearing a blue plaid suit, lavender shirt, and patterned tie, holding a booklet.

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Charlie Eldritch-Nunn @skyshark.itch.io · 4h

Oh god, it’s Bird Brain, the worst of the New Mutants! And yes, I am including Gosamyr and Magma in that list. #DailyXMen

A feral Bird Brain attacks the New Mutants

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ouinne @ouinne.bsky.social · 16h

The only correct take on a fundamentally anti-human technology.

Screenshot of David Simon interview
SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Charlie Eldritch-Nunn @skyshark.itch.io · 7h

There’s only a few hours left on this investigative science fiction game set on the bones of old empires. It felt like what I wanted Dark Heresy to be, with tricky moral choices, strange horrors, weird locations and a nice camaraderie between under-resourced protagonists.

Josh Fox 🔜 Ex Tenebris coming to Kickstarter @armadajosh.bsky.social · Sep 9

Ex Tenebris is LIVE on Kickstarter! Back now to help us get a strong start.

Play a ragtag team of investigators, walking the stars and hunting indescribable horrors with few resources and no backup.

The Republic Of Stars needs you. Will you answer the call?

www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

Ex Tenebris: A gothic space TTRPG

Unravel mysteries, battle horrors, protect the stars

www.kickstarter.com

Charlie Eldritch-Nunn @skyshark.itch.io · 1d

I get all of the X-Books as something’s wrong with me, but even so, this feels like too much.

The list of X-Men: Age of Revelation comics. There’s the surprise zero issue which arrived a month late to my LCS, the Overture one-shot and then 17 issue ones.

Charlie Eldritch-Nunn @skyshark.itch.io · 1d

The Age of Revelation books from last week have arrived in the UK. I’m hoping that not seeing anything being talked about then in the last week was just people being polite and waiting for me.

A foresty ruin with Cyclops who was reverse Days of Future Pasted into his future self and Magneto in a cool purple feathered metal cloak looking out.
Magneto: This was once part of the United States of America. Welcome to the Age of Revelation.
From X-Men: Age of Revelation: Overture by MacKay, Stegman, Meyer & Delgado

Charlie Eldritch-Nunn @skyshark.itch.io · 1d

Mooooortal Kombat!

DC KO. The Justice League all weaponed up, with Plastic Man shouting, “Well, WHAT ARE WE PLAYIN!’?!”

Charlie Eldritch-Nunn @skyshark.itch.io · 1d

Eighteen sessions in and season one of Blades in the Dark: Deep Cuts is over. A gigantic airship has crashed into Whitecrown, half the group are stuck in the Lady Blackbird universe and the Rowan Family are worryingly aware of the crew. The players were amazing and unpredictable.

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Lane! Draws! Comics! @lanedraws.bsky.social · 2d

Hey! Had a couple things end up not starting this month, which is kind of not optimal for me, a person who needs to pay bills. So! If you need commissions, short comics, full comics, covers, prints, concert posters, album art, and you like what I do, maybe hire me!

Portfolio: lanelloyd.crevado.com

Lane Lloyd

lanelloyd.crevado.com

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Charlie Eldritch-Nunn @skyshark.itch.io · 2d

Happy birthday!

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Josh Fox 🔜 Ex Tenebris coming to Kickstarter @armadajosh.bsky.social · 2d

There's 48 hours (ish) left on the Ex Tenebris Kickstarter - if you're on the fence and have questions, now's the time to ask them!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

Ex Tenebris: A star-spanning gothic investigation TTRPG

Unravel mysteries, battle horrors, protect the stars

www.kickstarter.com

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Charlie Eldritch-Nunn @skyshark.itch.io · 3d

He took his face… off. #DailyXMen

Weapon III, The Skinless Man, standing above Fantomex whose face has been sliced off. Psylocke is also there, bound in skinless digits, dressed as Captain Britain.

Charlie Eldritch-Nunn @skyshark.itch.io · 3d

It’s surprising to see some Captain Britain bullshit turn up in Uncanny X-Force, but I’m pleased to see it, also some Morrison things with Weapon III. #DailyXMen

Otherworld. The Captains Britain are at war.

Fantomex on trial with Jamie Braddock as the prosecution and Her Whyness, the Omniversal Majestrix Opal Luna Saturnine as judge

Charlie Eldritch-Nunn @skyshark.itch.io · 4d

I wasn’t going to, but figured it was my fourth Blades campaign, we could try it and drop anything we didn’t like. Advancement is in a currency of clocks (classic Harper!) which you fill and then spend as downtime actions to train up. Invoked Harm also adds to XP now.

Charlie Eldritch-Nunn @skyshark.itch.io · 4d

I’m just finishing a campaign of Blades using the Deep Cuts extra rules. I’ve been loving the way it’s hacked downtime, harm and advancement. Threat rolls are fine but took some getting used to, and in 17 sessions my group got Edge three times.

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Charlie Eldritch-Nunn @skyshark.itch.io · 5d

It’s free now.

Charlie Eldritch-Nunn @skyshark.itch.io · 5d

I’ve reached the end of The Dark Angel Saga in my marathon and there’s always something kind of satisfying about getting a comic that’s been sealed for years and breaking it free. This thing’s for reading, after all. #DailyXMen

The wrapped copy of Uncanny X-Force Volume One, issue 18.

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Charlie Eldritch-Nunn @skyshark.itch.io · 5d

I like how The Between actively says ‘fuck that’ to being historically racist, sexist or ableist. We’re playing in the setting but this is a game about Victorian monsters (both players and antagonists). This is a fictional space and we own it at the table.

From The Between’s core book, the session one teaching guide.

Also, I want to tell you that even though this is a game set in a historical time period, we aren't going to dwell on historical accuracy. We'll do our best to represent the technology and culture of the era, but we're going to get some things wrong every now and then, and that's ok. I'd also like to point out that, during this time period, people with marginalized identities would likely have been treated very poorly in society. We're going to ignore that part of history. In the world of THE BETWEEN, things like race, nationality, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, able-bodied-ness, and neurodivergence are not a social barrier.

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 6d

In memoriam...

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Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 7d

The first Peanuts strip by Charles M. Schulz was published on October 2, 1950.

Four black and white panels of a boy and girl sitting on steps. 1st panel: Charlie Brown is approaching and the boy says “Well! Here comes ol’ Charlie Brown!” 2nd panel: As Charlie Brown passes, he says “Good ol’ Charlie Brown…yes, sir!” 3rd panel: “Good ol’ Charlie Brown…” 4th panel: Once Charlie is gone, “How I hate him!”

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Amanda/iamatrex @iamatrex.com · 7d

Happy October! We have a Sprigs & Kindling Volume 5 cover reveal for you! This volume is themed around the TTRPG Trophy and creator @jesseross.com did the art! It's incredible!

You can check Volumes 1 to 4 of S&K here: sprigsandkindling.com

A man has his head thrown back as a tree erupts from his chest

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Charlie Eldritch-Nunn @skyshark.itch.io · 8d

The ranking is fun, but it’s just the framing device for the conversation.

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W.H. Arthur RPG—Mud Ghost Estate Redux🔜Kickstarter @wharthur.bsky.social · 8d

My birthday is in a week, and my games are on sale for the whole of October! 🎲
Please buy my games to help me with my bills! 🙏
itch.io/s/160877/wh-...

W.H. Arthur Birthday Sale 2025 by W.H. Arthur

A bundle by W.H. Arthur, $37.00 for 13 games

itch.io

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Charlie Eldritch-Nunn @skyshark.itch.io · 8d

I got a bunch at UK Games Expo earlier this year, then last month a random one which must have gone past my house!

Charlie Eldritch-Nunn @skyshark.itch.io · 8d

I’ve seen some folks talk about the amount of TTRPGs they’ve played and run. I think my score is 220, not including four playtests of things which never came out, 15 solo RPGs and two which I didn’t even finish a session of.