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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 1h

Oh that's very good.

Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 2h

Always remember ...

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 3h

There's a blurb quote about Tolkein which runs something like "how did one man become the creative equivalent of a people", and that thought applies equally, if not more so, to Greg Stafford.

Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · 6h

A very nice appreciation of Chaosium founder Greg Stafford, who passed away 7 years ago this month, but whose influence rates him as "one of the best modern fantasists, worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as Moorcock, Leiber, McCaffrey, Martin, and others." open.substack.com/pub/someanci...

Meet Greg Stafford, the best modern fantasy author you don’t know

Game designer, shaman, and inspiration.

open.substack.com

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 4h

I feel bad complaining about it because, obviously, it's a whole lot worse for US publishers to have to deal with, but it's still frustrating to have a whole catalogue of really innovative sounding games I can't get my hands on

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 5h

The fact that shipping from the US to the UK is currently troublesome for many companies is yet another, relatively minor, horror from the current US administration that they've inflicted on a world that never had the chance to vote for them 😡

MisterE Games @mistere-games.bsky.social · 12h

Unboxing Here Lies, a murder mystery game unlike any other by @dvcgames.bsky.social #herelies #murder #boardgames #dvcgames #unboxing

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Matt is Just Trying His Best @thegrampus.bsky.social · 6h

The great dream of AI seems to be that you can create a bubble around yourself where everything - literally everything - exists solely to service your wants and needs and ask nothing in return but money and thats a fascinating insight into the minds of the techbro billionaire class right there.

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 6h

We can never properly reverse brexit, because we'll never get a deal like the one we had with an extra rebate and the choice to keep the £.

I still want to be back in the EU, but there is no escaping the stupidity of what we lost and will never have again.

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 6h

Just had to buy a new pair of winter boots and it's a real sign of how the economy is going that rather than looking forward to some nice new boots, I'm instead full of resentful fury at the need to buy such an item and the company that sold it to me.

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 6h

Not to use AI?

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 7h

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 7h

There's something inherently funny about going to a relatively genteel place like an auctioneers and finding a lot that says "Warhammer Artist Proof Ork Meganob with Shoota"

John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 7h

There's some decent lots in this auction if you're a Warhammer nerd.

www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/c3...

Auction to include Large Collection of Warhammer and Ot... (18 Oct 25)

LIVE AUCTION - Auction to include Large Collection of Warhammer and Other Toys, Coins,... by Cottees Auctions (18 Oct 25) - BID NOW at REAL AUCTIONS

www.easyliveauction.com

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Graeme Davis @graemedavis.bsky.social · 15h

This is the copy of the WFRP 4th edition rulebook that I used while writing the Enemy Within Director's Cut. I put a notarized statement to that effect in the front, vaguely intending to auction it for charity.
Since I was laid off, I now need the money for rent and food.
Would anyone bid on this?

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 17h

Blue Lights is absolutely the best thing on the BBC bar nothing. Three seasons in and it's still so good, building moments of relentless tension out of nothing, top acting, edgy setting.

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Rebellion Unplugged 🎲 @rebellionunplugged.bsky.social · 19h

IT'S HERE!!🚗💨

Well... our prototypes at least. We couldn’t be more excited! Our engines are revving, our dice are ready, and we can’t wait to share what’s under the hood.

Who want's to see what's inside?!

@Gamefound begins October 28th 👉 https://reb.to/fullthrottlefollow

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 19h

This is an interesting thread but to buy the premise one must actively ignore the minor issue of which films are engaging to watch and which are not.

Andy Claaaaaarrrghhhhk, Nerdling Herder @andycruns.bsky.social · 19h

Welcome to tonight’s episode of Andy Thinks About Something Too Much (note: needs a better title)

In this episode we’re going to talk about the Alien franchise and why only the first four movies work.

And yes, I do mean four.

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 21h

As a general rule I reckon branded food is a waste of time but there are two exceptions: Bonne maman Jam and Heinz Burger Sauce
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 22h

Now that just makes you sound like a foreigner ;)

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 22h

It seems clearly ideological rather than political to me. The Labour chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, who directs political strategy seems to have a real hard-on for "traditional working class values", i.e. bigotry.

Thankful I live in a Con/Lib marginal, so I don't have to care who I vote for

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 23h

One of the chief problems with this government is quietly hiding all of the meagre actual achievements, and crowing loudly about all the absolutely ridiculous, ineffectual and/or vindictive shit they want to do.

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 23h

Yis, for we alle moten ben conversant with the tunge of Chaucer that we mowe functionen in moderne Britaigne.

András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 1d

Well this will certainly do it www.gov.uk/government/n...

Migrants will be required to pass A Level standard of English

Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today.

www.gov.uk

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 23h

Little Wizards

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Isa / EvilCleverDog @evilcleverdog.bsky.social · Aug 23

Using ChatGPT

Edith @edithcharles.bsky.social · Aug 23

What's something that isn't considered embarrassing but you think it should be?

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 23h

Mustard is the one thing, the singular thing, that America has got right in terms of food. But you don't need French's, any old supermarket brand will do.

The real game-changer for burgers, IMO, is Heinz Burger Sauce. And Heinz *is* better than own brand in that instance.

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 1d

Without downloading new pics, where I am mentally about now

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Osprey Games ➡️ Essen SPIEL 3.M600 @ospreygames.bsky.social · 1d

📢📢 NEW BOARD GAMES IN 2026...

Threaded 🧵 a crafty worker placement game: https://bit.ly/4nOJ9iz

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Find out more on @boardgamegeek.com or our website blog. Get an exclusive preview at SPIEL Essen Stand 3.M600!

The cover art of the board game Threaded: A Game of Needles and Points, designed by Ellie Dix and illustrated by Maria Surducan, depicting a bargello pattern in blue, pink, yellow and green thread, above a selection of needlecraft tools.

The cover art of the board game Rattle Snake, designed by Michael Hardacre and illustrated by Roland MacDonald, depicting a woman in a cowboy outfit leaping backwards through the air and firing a revolver in each hand.

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