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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 5h

I guess the original advert was to encourage folks to take the tube? And not to join some sinister cult in the tunnels beneath London!?

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Sarah Cole @irny.bsky.social · 6h

Progress in progress.

A photo of an iPad screen, showing a work-in-progress in Procreate.
We see a cut-away of the earth below a rainy grey city street. Beneath this are slices of earth, tube lines, and finally a fiery section like the earth's core – or possibly hell. Warped text curves along the slices. It reads: 'When all is grey & hope is drowned
descend to dreaming underground', and also 'It is waiting below'.

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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 5h

@12sideddice.bsky.social will be running his players through Vaesen, following a series of horrible murders through the streets of Stockholm, this is from the latest Mythic Carpathia/City of my Nightmares supplements.

Both are part of a monthly face-to-face get together for Raspy Raven folk. [2/2]

An old 3d rendered line drawing map of Stockholm on a sepia background.

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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 5h

Sorted out face-to-face double header in London at The Arcanist Tavern. I'll be running The Reid Legacy from @savagespiel.bsky.social which is for @thetweedmeister.bsky.social 's Liminal RPG. PCs search for the missing diary of Det. Inspector Edmund Reid, famous for his Jack the Ripper case. [1/2]

A black line drawing of an ugly evil looking ornate door knocker on a pale cream background. The words: The Reid Legacy, written by Sue Savage, edited by Paul Mitchener.

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Zach Hazard Vaupen @emo-sludge.com · 23h

Hi #PortfolioDay!

I’m Zach and I’m available for work starting in December (so get in touch now).

TTRPGs, Video Games, Books, Comics, Albums, Whatever!

🕸️https://emo-sludge.com/ for full portfolio and contact info

Djinn coming out of broken vase with 3 characters looking up at it

Sunflower with teeth and a bite taken out of it

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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing handouts! How did you find running the poker? I think for me/my players, it's the perfect level of crunch: abstracted, but enough to still inform decision making & skill rolls. A great standoff when a PC decided upping the stakes to $100 was not for them & a gnarly NPC told them to sit down!

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Neil Hopkins @thermalsatsuma.bsky.social · 1d

I gave the poker rules a run this weekend at Furnace too, as you can probably guess from the scenario title!

Scenario notes, poker chips, battle mat, dry wipe pens, all rolled up dice bag, toy gun

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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 1d

I've been dipping in and out of this, it's excellent rabbit hole fodder!

The silhouette of a cowboy on a horse with a lasso. Over the top in broken lettering, in yellow is Elmore Leonard. Below in similar font in white The Complete Western Stories. In black text, much smaller, Take a tour of the wild, wild west with a master as your guide. The background is grey.

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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 1d

Session one proper of the King of Santa Fe, a campaign in 1873 New Mexico for Tales of the Old West from @effektpodcast.org

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The King of Santa Fe Session One

So, we worked through sessions zero and two, but now we are stepping into 1873 New Mexico to take on the King of Santa Fe. Tales of the Old West RPG This is...

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Quinns @itsquinns.bsky.social · 1d

What is the best or most impressive 2 player RPG you've played? 📢

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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 1d

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Cthulhu Confidential

Face Madness and Corruption... Alone! Langston Wright is an African-American war veteran and scholar in WW2-era Washington, D.C. Vivian Sinclair is The New York Herald's most determined scoop-hound in...

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Barns. The E isn't required @elevatedpachyderm.bsky.social · 2d

The biggest and best RPG Meet (that is in Chancery Lane on 31st January 2026)

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Blizzard Pass, Keep on the Borderlands, Meddling Kids, Misty Isles of the Eld, T2K, Age of Cthulhu, Mothership, and DCC, with more to come.

#londonrpg #dahnsarf

Bunch of hobgoblins, learing out of a Blizzard.

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 9d

refuelling station

#digitalart #scifi #rpg

A small spacecraft hovers near a huge refinery tower. Flame rages below

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Barns. The E isn't required @elevatedpachyderm.bsky.social · 1d

Coming soon from Red Ruin Publishing. A prologue to the epic Blood Sword quintet from @davemorris.bsky.social , Oliver Johnson, and Jamie Thomson.

Cover art and interiors by @deanspencerart.bsky.social

Two hundred entries of adventure from Martin Dangov.

#solo #gamebook #bloodsword

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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 2d

Here are our seasons coming up...

:deeseason: Dee
:icocal: 10-16/November
@𝚓𝚠𝚖𝚞𝚔 & @grahamR preside over a season of games for The Dee Sanction, each game written by the GM and chosen by the designer of the game, Paul Baldowski.
:borgseason: Borg
:icocal: 19-25/January
@Sue will be curating a season of seven Mork Borg hacks. Apocalypse be damned.
:osrseason: OSR III
:icocal: 10-16/May
@Simon Barns will lead us through the third OSR season on The Raspy Raven.
:OspreySeason: Osprey
:icocal: 13-19/Jul
@𝚓𝚠𝚖𝚞𝚔 & @Alistair Smith swoop in to present the cream of the crop of Osprey RPG games.

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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 2d

Good times!

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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 2d

Rebellion launches limited edition Judge Dredd silver collector's coin

First-ever 2000 AD pure silver coin is Judge Dredd's badge

Rebellion and 101 Collectibles have launched the first pure silver coin for the 2000 AD franchise, a limited-edition collectable shaped like Judge Dredd's badge.

www.geeknative.com

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ian.fenrisgames @fenrisgames.com · 2d

Dark Crystal is the film that got me into professional modelmaking. this documentary is gold!

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 3d

"The World of the Dark Crystal" documentary (1983, 1 hour) is available for free on Youtube.
>> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...

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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 3d

Awesome, hopefully see you later on that day!

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Goblin Archives @goblinarchives.itch.io · 3d

The Liminal Horror Halloween Monster Jan already has two entries so far!

itch.io/jam/liminal-...

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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 3d

Shame. You could have joined Judge Bobo, Karlsson and Elliott in Mega City One! maybe you can come along to Dice in a Dead City?

warhorn.net/events/dice-...

Dice in a Dead City | Warhorn

Want to enjoy a day of friendly gaming before the December/Christmas festivities take over your diary? Partake in a day of gaming in November in the City of London. Running from 12-8 with two four hou...

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Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 3d

Chaosium's David Scott is at GrogLaw today. This is a one day mini #TTRPG con in London 🇬🇧 where funds raised from our Chaosium 50th anniversary con pack are supporting a cancer charity. Here’s Dave and Jim, the grateful organisers.

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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 3d

I just released echovore, a monster for the Liminal Horror RPG, part of the itch.io/jam/liminal-...

Thanks to @groewe.bsky.social for design 🔥 @unenthuser.bsky.social for Affinity 2 templates & both they & @goblinarchives.itch.io for Liminal Horror!

Download PWYW - theraspyraven.itch.io/echovore

echovore by The Raspy Raven

A Liminal Horror Halloween Monster Jam

theraspyraven.itch.io

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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 3d

Register at warhorn.net/events/dice-... or contact @alistairsmith.bsky.social or @fabiovol.bsky.social

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jwmuk @jwmuk.bsky.social · 3d

#GrogLaw 2025 write up.

Thanks to @jimjimthegrim.bsky.social @davepaters.bsky.social Alex for organising. GMs @alistairsmith.bsky.social & @filmfan68.bsky.social, fellow players @zos93.bsky.social @matthewbroome.bsky.social & George, plus all the lovely folks I met.

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Groglaw 2025

Heading off to the ancient Chancery Lane, a place where the Knights Templar created the lane to connect their ‘old Temple’ in Holborn with their new property...

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