Mark Caldwell
@impworks.bsky.social
I'll mostly be posting about table top RPGs, CGI, photography and writing but also probably whatever random thought crosses my mind
Liverpool (the place not the FC)
I do back end website development and accessibility for a living
Liverpool (the place not the FC)
I do back end website development and accessibility for a living
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I just dropped the only copy of my autobiography into a vat of glue. That’s my story & I’m sticking to it
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I just dropped the only copy of my autobiography into a vat of glue. That’s my story & I’m sticking to it
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Heads up Dissidents! We've just put episode 17 of the podcast live, covering Greg Porter's incredibly complete END ALL BE ALL set of RPG rules (aka EABA), a fascinating look at generic systems and their uses. We had a lot of fun with this one.
www.ludonarrativedissidents.com/season-3-epi...
(1/2)
www.ludonarrativedissidents.com/season-3-epi...
(1/2)
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Heads up Dissidents! We've just put episode 17 of the podcast live, covering Greg Porter's incredibly complete END ALL BE ALL set of RPG rules (aka EABA), a fascinating look at generic systems and their uses. We had a lot of fun with this one.
www.ludonarrativedissidents.com/season-3-epi...
(1/2)
www.ludonarrativedissidents.com/season-3-epi...
(1/2)
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November 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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November 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Don't threaten me woth a good time.
November 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Don't threaten me woth a good time.
Dipping my toe in early access for a second time and yes its another city builder - lets see how far I get with Whiskerwood
November 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Dipping my toe in early access for a second time and yes its another city builder - lets see how far I get with Whiskerwood
Random RPG Thought: an adventure based around single, unwrapped Maltesers randomly popping in and out of existence due to previously undescribed quantum phenomena
What RPG do you run this in?
What RPG do you run this in?
November 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Random RPG Thought: an adventure based around single, unwrapped Maltesers randomly popping in and out of existence due to previously undescribed quantum phenomena
What RPG do you run this in?
What RPG do you run this in?
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ROSEWOOD ABBEY is back in stock!
Are you a fan of monastic mysteries, maybe of Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose, or Edith Pargeter's Brother Cadfael?
This Carved-from-Brindlewood TTRPG is for YOU!
Shipping worldwide.
therolistes.bigcartel.com/product/rose...
#TTRPG #CarvedFromBrindlewood
Are you a fan of monastic mysteries, maybe of Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose, or Edith Pargeter's Brother Cadfael?
This Carved-from-Brindlewood TTRPG is for YOU!
Shipping worldwide.
therolistes.bigcartel.com/product/rose...
#TTRPG #CarvedFromBrindlewood
November 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM
ROSEWOOD ABBEY is back in stock!
Are you a fan of monastic mysteries, maybe of Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose, or Edith Pargeter's Brother Cadfael?
This Carved-from-Brindlewood TTRPG is for YOU!
Shipping worldwide.
therolistes.bigcartel.com/product/rose...
#TTRPG #CarvedFromBrindlewood
Are you a fan of monastic mysteries, maybe of Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose, or Edith Pargeter's Brother Cadfael?
This Carved-from-Brindlewood TTRPG is for YOU!
Shipping worldwide.
therolistes.bigcartel.com/product/rose...
#TTRPG #CarvedFromBrindlewood
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Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
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Illustrations from Japanese fireworks catalogues (ca. 1880s) — https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/japanese-fireworks-catalogues #newyearseve #fireworks
November 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Illustrations from Japanese fireworks catalogues (ca. 1880s) — https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/japanese-fireworks-catalogues #newyearseve #fireworks
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Reform UK, vote Nigel Farage if you think
The Minimum Wage is too high.
The richest 4% earning £100,000+ pay too much tax.
The State Pension needs to be means tested.
We should get rid of the NHS.
The retirement age is too low.
If you hate yourself, vote Farage.
The Minimum Wage is too high.
The richest 4% earning £100,000+ pay too much tax.
The State Pension needs to be means tested.
We should get rid of the NHS.
The retirement age is too low.
If you hate yourself, vote Farage.
November 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Reform UK, vote Nigel Farage if you think
The Minimum Wage is too high.
The richest 4% earning £100,000+ pay too much tax.
The State Pension needs to be means tested.
We should get rid of the NHS.
The retirement age is too low.
If you hate yourself, vote Farage.
The Minimum Wage is too high.
The richest 4% earning £100,000+ pay too much tax.
The State Pension needs to be means tested.
We should get rid of the NHS.
The retirement age is too low.
If you hate yourself, vote Farage.
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Marcus L. Rowland has put the contents of the Forgotten Futures "CD-ROM" file on Internet Archive:
https://ffutures.dreamwidth.org/2405753.html
Free to download, it remains a remarkable collection of stories, articles, illustrations and game material related to the scientific romances of […]
https://ffutures.dreamwidth.org/2405753.html
Free to download, it remains a remarkable collection of stories, articles, illustrations and game material related to the scientific romances of […]
Original post on social.vivaldi.net
social.vivaldi.net
November 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Marcus L. Rowland has put the contents of the Forgotten Futures "CD-ROM" file on Internet Archive:
https://ffutures.dreamwidth.org/2405753.html
Free to download, it remains a remarkable collection of stories, articles, illustrations and game material related to the scientific romances of […]
https://ffutures.dreamwidth.org/2405753.html
Free to download, it remains a remarkable collection of stories, articles, illustrations and game material related to the scientific romances of […]
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One of the cartoons from my new book 'Physics for Cats'. In good bookshops now and online in English, French, German and Spanish editions. I am in Spain this week launching the book - come along! www.tomgauld.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
One of the cartoons from my new book 'Physics for Cats'. In good bookshops now and online in English, French, German and Spanish editions. I am in Spain this week launching the book - come along! www.tomgauld.com
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I mean, you’ve got to laugh.
November 5, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I mean, you’ve got to laugh.
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Pages from a beautiful hand-written and illustrated treatise on firework design and manufacture published in 1785, including ‘blue-prints’ for the devices and explosive recipes. See the full book here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/manuscript-handbook-of-firework-design-1785 #Fireworks
November 5, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Pages from a beautiful hand-written and illustrated treatise on firework design and manufacture published in 1785, including ‘blue-prints’ for the devices and explosive recipes. See the full book here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/manuscript-handbook-of-firework-design-1785 #Fireworks
Stuck on a bus in traffic jam caused by Liverpool match
Some wit is playing the half way there line from Living on a Prayer on repeat
Some wit is playing the half way there line from Living on a Prayer on repeat
November 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Stuck on a bus in traffic jam caused by Liverpool match
Some wit is playing the half way there line from Living on a Prayer on repeat
Some wit is playing the half way there line from Living on a Prayer on repeat
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What to do if your copy of Private Eye won't open…
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
November 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
What to do if your copy of Private Eye won't open…
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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It's #NationalSandwichDay! Celebrate with a peruse through the 1909 classic The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich, which includes such delights as Fudge Sandwich, Dyspeptic Sandwich, and Whipped Cream Sandwich: publicdomainreview.org/collection/t... #otd #OnThisDay
November 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
It's #NationalSandwichDay! Celebrate with a peruse through the 1909 classic The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich, which includes such delights as Fudge Sandwich, Dyspeptic Sandwich, and Whipped Cream Sandwich: publicdomainreview.org/collection/t... #otd #OnThisDay
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Are playbooks just a Powered by the Apocalypse (and derived / descended) thing or do any other games systems prominently use the term?
November 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Are playbooks just a Powered by the Apocalypse (and derived / descended) thing or do any other games systems prominently use the term?
Did this yesterday but since you mention Local Hero - Films you've 7 or more times.
November 3, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Did this yesterday but since you mention Local Hero - Films you've 7 or more times.
Home cooked Chicken in Vindaloo Spices; Black Bean and Squash Curry (Aka Goth Curry given its colours); Green Lentil, Green Bean and Coriander Curry; Coconut Jasmine Rice; Rotis; Mango and Ginger Chutney
Interested to find out Bluesky curry orders. What is your regular? Chicken Tikka Vindaloo, saag aloo, keema naan, pilau rice for me generally.
November 3, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Home cooked Chicken in Vindaloo Spices; Black Bean and Squash Curry (Aka Goth Curry given its colours); Green Lentil, Green Bean and Coriander Curry; Coconut Jasmine Rice; Rotis; Mango and Ginger Chutney
Are playbooks just a Powered by the Apocalypse (and derived / descended) thing or do any other games systems prominently use the term?
November 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Are playbooks just a Powered by the Apocalypse (and derived / descended) thing or do any other games systems prominently use the term?
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Unexpected hitchhiker picked up somewhere on my loop round the country today
Unfortunately I can't tell from scent if it's a Liverpool or West Midlands snail
Unfortunately I can't tell from scent if it's a Liverpool or West Midlands snail
November 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Unexpected hitchhiker picked up somewhere on my loop round the country today
Unfortunately I can't tell from scent if it's a Liverpool or West Midlands snail
Unfortunately I can't tell from scent if it's a Liverpool or West Midlands snail