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Burn After Running: RPG One-Shots

Coin, Blood, and Words Pt. 1 – Two Sides To The Coin - I’ve just returned from the Prignitz wilderness in Germany, where a few days playing games in a Schloss have left me full of ideas for the hobby. The Krake...
3 hours ago
When the Dogs Bite

7th August 2026 - the need to clean does not come naturally. daily tasks list © Rachel Green August 2026 *Cookie* Barking Barking lunging at cars dragging my should...
5 hours ago
Old Men Running the World

The Skim: Stonetop - It is this organ’s firm and unyielding belief that one cannot review an RPG from...
4 days ago
Dr Alice Violett

What I read in July 2026 - July didn’t differ from June in the sense that I spent a lot of it feeling overheated and sad. Unlike in June, though, I didn’t do anything particularly ...
5 days ago
Signals from Delta Pavonis

Books in July 2026 - [image: Infographic exported from TheStoryGraph.com showing a collage of the covers of the books I read this month, arranged in a 4 wide and 3 deep matri...
6 days ago
Savage Spiel

Continuum 2026 - I had a good time at Continuum last year, so decided to book the entire weekend this time. No costume parties this time, just games. I booked a half day ...
1 week ago
The Grognard Files

The art of GROGMEET, Part One - The launch of GROGMEET 2026 in Preston is a chance to reflect on the art that has made the event. The post The art of GROGMEET, Part One first appeared o...
1 week ago
Messages from the Far Havens

Amarath – a blighted realm battling chaos, for Dragonbane - Amarath is a sandbox campaign for Dragonbane by Robin Fjärem, plunging your heroes into an isolated realm in the void, where the ancient battle between l...
2 weeks ago
Grognardia

Reconsiderations: Death and Resurrection - Needless to say, I've been very remiss in writing new posts for this blog, even within the context of the less rigorous schedule I proposed two months ag...
2 weeks ago
~ajroach42.com

Anime Before Astroboy - Long before Astroboy, animation in Japan was already thriving. A lot of early anime is lost today, but we have some examples dating as far back as 1917, an...
4 weeks ago
Ana George

[WIP] Art Process: Angine de Poitrine - My first encounter with the Quebecois microtonal math rock band Angine de Poitrine was stumbling upon their album 'Vol. II' on the Bandcamp best sellers ...
5 weeks ago
Mighty Bague

It’s nearly the end of Mahler week - Well, I say Mahler week but it’s been a fortnight and it’s still not finished. Back when I started this blog – about 30 years ago – it wasn’t uncommon for ...
1 month ago
In which I write passionately but inconsequentially about games

Zephyr: Review - *Declaration of Interests:* *The designer of Zephyr, Fedrico E Sohns, kindly helped me with both visual art and advice for an upcoming Kickstarter I'm ru...
4 months ago
Red's Ramblings v.2

Burning Bike Fest at MotoCamp Wales: Round Two (This Time With added Pod) - The author reflects on their second visit to the Burning Bike Fest at MotoCamp Wales, choosing to travel by car instead of motorcycle for added comfort. ...
4 months ago
Messages From The Far Havens

Moving this blog to a new site - As outlined in a recent post, I am loosening my dependency on USA owned big corporate tech. This is due to present geopolitics and the time of rupture. A...
5 months ago
Trollish Delver

What if all TTRPGs used OD&D's template? -
6 months ago
RPGs for All

Welcome to RPGs4ALL - A journal about refereeing, playing and designing Table-Top Role-Playing Games in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland through the le...
7 months ago
Roll a One – Wargaming Blog

Joy of Six reflections and some Devilry Afoot - Two things today in a rather long post Joy of Six 2025 It has now gone a few two weeks since Joy of Six 2025 and Max and I ventured up to Sheffield and had...
1 year ago
Niles

A little dinner for friends from work - There are four of us in my immediate team and each of us has invited the others around for a meal. It was my turn to host last. We are all crazy busy peopl...
1 year ago
Rachel's Blog

Birdseed - *The 9th of June 2025. * In the early hours of this morning, the Madleen a ship flying under a British flag and bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza, was ille...
1 year ago
Playing at the World

Playing at the World 2E V2 Arrives - With the release of its second volume, the second edition of *Playing at the World *is finally complete. The two books combined total well over 1,000 ...
1 year ago
Willa Loves Math

Intro: Who am I and What is This? - Welcome! As you may have figured out from the name of this blog, my name is Willa and I love math. I wanted a spot where I could post longer form rambles t...
1 year ago
Old Scouser Roleplaying

Final Post - This will be my last post here. As a reminder from my previous post I’m not renewing this WordPress site, so when it expires in March, I’m assuming it’ll g...
1 year ago
Dragongirl74

Continuum Convention 2023 - Continuum is a medium sized convention hosting TTRPGs, Boardgames and Freeform LARPs held at Leicester University. This years con ran from Friday 28th t...
3 years ago
deKay's Blog

“Zelda IV” - Funny story. About nine months ago, Ian Higton, one of Eurogamer’s video guys blocked me on Twitter because he posted a video that had the wrong aspect rat...
6 years ago
geekmummy

Timeline – Blogger Board Game Club Review - We received an early Christmas present from Esdevium Games this month in the form of a card game called Timeline, which was sent for us to review as part...
8 years ago
The Hellhole

Getting Things Organized - I’m at the stage where I’m dealing with tidying up and organizing our financial life. Luckily for me, Helly was an accountant and also extremely organized,...
9 years ago
CatDoubleYou

Randoms - Beautiful sunrise on the way to work. Biggest. Spider. Ever. Funnel cake club sandwich? Sure! Backyard relaxation.
10 years ago
the buttons of my mind

Observing Asteroid Occultations - You’ve probably seen me wittering on about asteroid occultations at some point or other, or you’ve seen the links to my results page on the left. Maybe you...
11 years ago
Luffer's blog

PC Build - It's done! - It took a while, partly due to me going away before Christmas, partly due to me having to return the graphics card, partly due to me getting a cold and f...
11 years ago
incurable hippie

Coping with Christmas: a survival guide for when festivities are tough - *This post originally appeared on The F-Word* It's supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year. The cheerful TV ads encourage spending and the song...
12 years ago
Diary of a Demon

Dead Rite chapter 159.01 - Hell is other people. If Harold had been in any doubt whatsoever, standing in the queue for a replacement Bloodberry would have confirmed his worst fears...
12 years ago
Waxed Red Threads

Check Out My New Blog - I've taken a leap into WordPress to embark on a new blog - *Stay-At-Home Field Advantage* - covering an array of topics from parenting to sports to music t...
13 years ago
maria

Waiting for spidey to start. - [image: Media_httpdistilleryi_tnbin]
14 years ago
The Daily (Maybe)

Blog off - *Update: *you need to look at Big Smoke and my personal site for my latest work. Thanks. *A few eagle-eyed regular readers have pointed out to me that I ha...
15 years ago
Maungy Old Mare

What a weekend Ahoy! - After finding out either myself or my friend had got our dates mixed up and that she was not coming around as thought this Saturday for a curry, it looks l...
16 years ago
Withdrawing Room

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Three Legged Cat

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I've found my home

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My Oyster

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Pewari's Prattle

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DK Leather - Lighter Side

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Sunday, February 17, 2013

Guarding the door

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