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Ian Reed @ianreed.bsky.social · 14h

Having a blast working on art for this game. They have some amazing stuff planned! #osr

Jedediah Berry @jedediahberry.bsky.social · 16h

So excited to share the Kickstarter for Wildendrem Volume Two: The Saintly Hollows, my ongoing tabletop RPG collaboration with @andrewmcalpine.bsky.social. We have so much fun writing these, and people seem to like playing them too. #osr #ttrpg www.kickstarter.com/projects/626...

Wildendrem Volume Two: The Saintly Hollows

Two new books of mythic adventure in a land of wonder and peril, for use on their own or alongside the award-winning Valley of Flowers.

www.kickstarter.com

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Ian Reed @ianreed.bsky.social · 1d

Dog’s in ball mode and I’m have a nice day messing around the house and drawing

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 1d

Lawren Harris’ Mountain Forms, 1926

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 3d

Some of the great illustrations from The Algonquin Legends of New England (1884), including tales of the mythical Glooskap, whose name literally means Liar, because it is said that when he left earth he promised to return but has never done so: publicdomainreview.org/collection/t...

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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 4d

Illuminated manuscript of the “Horae ad Usum Parisiensem [Book of Hours for Parisians]” or “Book of Hours of Charles VIII,” King of France (1468 - 1498). The folio shows Saint Denis, first bishop and patron of Paris, walking with his head in the hands, after his execution.

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Ian Reed @ianreed.bsky.social · 5d

Here’s a drawing of it - fun to imagine the warf there too. It must have been teeming w life most days. There was also a fairly substantial village next to the fort, making it a busy and significant trading hub for the people in the area.

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Ian Reed @ianreed.bsky.social · 5d

Obviously the drought has been awful in New England, but the lake is low enough to reveal the French warf at Crown Pt aka Saint-Frédéric circa 1734. Thrilling stuff for a nerd like myself

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Ian Reed @ianreed.bsky.social · 6d

Your health bar is showing bro

Ian Reed @ianreed.bsky.social · 6d

From the diary of Janet Schaw, leaving North Carolina for Britain on the verge of revolution, 1775 - “an unhappy land, for which my heart bleeds in pity. Little does it signify to you, who are the conquered or who the victorious; you are devoted to ruin, whoever succeeds.”

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My Imaginary Brooklyn @myimaginarybrklyn.bsky.social · 6d

Willy Pogany, 1911. From: “Tannhäuser”

#illustration #1910s #WillyPogany #Tannhäuser

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Ian Reed @ianreed.bsky.social · 7d

Just got this in the mail from my old man - shot 248 years ago to the day! How’s that for a weird coincidence?

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Ian Reed @ianreed.bsky.social · 8d

Such a good book and the fallout of that disaster, so to speak, is endlessly interesting and complicated.

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 9d

On this day in 1813, the Battle of the Thames was fought near present-day Chatham-Kent, Ontario. The battle was a defeat for the British, who lost control of the Western District of Upper Canada. Indigenous leader Tecumseh was killed in the battle.