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Scientist/aspiring board game designer/author/maker of bleepy bloops*
*delete as appropriate
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Hello, I’m Tom! I look like this ⬅️, live in the UK, and try to cram a little creativity into my spare time when I can muster the energy:

Board game design
Writing
Electronic Musical Noodling
Photography
Misc arty/crafty things
Look at this. Just LOOK! Such a brilliant idea, executed just as well. It’s the Symphony of the Night of kids books
If you're wondering ‘What do you mean it reads back to front as well as front to back?’

Well, I'll try to quickly explain what “THE SPECTACULAR SPACE LOOP” is ⬇️
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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today is a great day to help support our cause! #chiptune
November 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
November 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Don’t forget that while tomorrow is Black Friday, you should save a little money to back Queen of Spies when it goes live on Dec. 4–next week! ;) It’s the first design from @djackthompson.bsky.social and me to hit crowdfunding and we are really proud of it. gamefound.com/en/projects/...
Queen of Spies by SaltandPepper - Gamefound
Queen of Spies is a solo, story-driven board game of espionage and daring missions set in occupied Belgium during the First World War.
gamefound.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Just played Thunder Road Vendetta by @restorationgames.bsky.social. Utterly glorious and incredibly silly fun
November 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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So sweet seeing my local book store do a promo for my book now that it has arrived in New Zealand!

101 board games to try before you die (of boredom) is a whistle stop tour through modern games that are both visually appealing great looking games and great games to play as well.

Do buy it :)
November 7, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Also, don't forget to tune in today at 3PM GMT+1 for a special celebration stream at www.twitch.tv/mkstayontarget and a chance to win a free copy of the game!
November 26, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The For Northwood! equivalent of a 7-10 split
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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i’m not crying you’re crying

xkcd: Fifteen Years

Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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This Wednesday, our shmup Schildmaid MX is finally arriving on all major current consoles!

To celebrate & pay homage to the games that inspired us, we'll be live streaming from perhaps the largest arcade on mainland Western Europe.

Join us on November 26 from 3PM GMT+1 at twitch.tv/mkstayontarget.
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Trying to learn some of the ways of chiptune…
November 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Yesterday we were on @eastasiasoft.bsky.social's Twitch stream to chat all things Schildmaid MX and its release on consoles in the coming week!

It was a lot of fun and we got some good questions to answer from the chat. You can view the VOD here:

www.twitch.tv/videos/26245...
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
November 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
New term for impotence just dropped
November 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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<Dr Evil voice> One HUNDRED copies...!
November 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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We're giving away a copy of #ps5 Schildmaid MX (@hitpstudio.bsky.social)! You don't need to do anything other than just comment on this post. Winner will be announced on our forum on Nov. 26. #playstation #gaming #Giveaway #FreeGames #GameGiveaway #playstation5
November 21, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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4 days left of this great sale from one of the best publishers around! I ordered Oblique, City of Six Moons, and a Table Battles expansion. I definitely recommend Table Battles and the Field of the Cloth of Gold, and I feel safe recommending everything else in their catalogue.
November 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I’m all about the latest tech
November 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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happy transgender day of remembrance

thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly

please live 💜
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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God, I am so, so sick of these monsters. I am sick of the people who enable them and give them power
November 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Damn, I think I’m going to have to learn how to perform open cart surgery
November 20, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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A new leaked memo notes that the next update to YouTube will be "all ads, with occasional pauses for a few minutes of content"
November 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Post call - got some wonderful stickers for my ‘mobile arcade station (wip)’™️ Some parodius, legendary wings & streets of rage - what an awesome service @joypadlad.bsky.social provides (not just saying that cos they called me rad promise 😅). On the lookout for more shmup stickers! #shmup #stickers
November 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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The Internet has layered on so many disincentives to discourage creators from covering indie games, outside of specialist coverage. While indie advocacy is well intentioned I'd love to see more creators cover them alongside high profile games rather than silo them off as a curiosity.
Pax Unplugged is right around the corner!!

Looking back at all the IGNM coverage—I’m so proud and impressed at how much our community came together to promote these awesome indie works!

There’s a game for everyone in this lot!

Here’s a thread of all the incredible coverage of IGNM 2025: 🧵 🎲✂️
November 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Testing the pre-release PS5 version of our game out on a 4K projector 🤫
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Yesterday's production line, just waiting for the ribbons to go on now. Sets of dice ornaments are coming soon 😁

I've done a mixture of set sizes between 2 and 8 to work out what people prefer.

How many would you want for your tree?
November 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM