Somebody wake up Hicks
@jonmarkhicks.bsky.social
I'm all about ALIEN '79.
I wrote the ALIEN RPG adventure Rapture Protocol, Those Dark Places, Pressure, Fireteam & Deep Space.
I also love Tolkien, Robin of Sherwood, OD&D, Dead Space, Battlestar Galactica, The Expanse, 2000AD, Star Trek, Star Wars.
I wrote the ALIEN RPG adventure Rapture Protocol, Those Dark Places, Pressure, Fireteam & Deep Space.
I also love Tolkien, Robin of Sherwood, OD&D, Dead Space, Battlestar Galactica, The Expanse, 2000AD, Star Trek, Star Wars.
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My main two social media feeds are Bluesky and Instagram. Here I'll jabber about all kinds of stuff but on Instagram it's going to be more ALIEN-centric. I'm porting a lot of my posts from here to there and sharing ALIEN posts I make here, too.
Follow me here:
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My dressing gown is not your bed, you tuxedo twat.
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
My dressing gown is not your bed, you tuxedo twat.
Some more shots of the model of the atmosphere processor from ALIENS. it's a superb design and towers over the location like a castle over a town - without it the townsfolk wouldn't survive.
The way it was shot in ALIEN Romulus was awesome, too. It's a daunting, iconic design.
The way it was shot in ALIEN Romulus was awesome, too. It's a daunting, iconic design.
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Some more shots of the model of the atmosphere processor from ALIENS. it's a superb design and towers over the location like a castle over a town - without it the townsfolk wouldn't survive.
The way it was shot in ALIEN Romulus was awesome, too. It's a daunting, iconic design.
The way it was shot in ALIEN Romulus was awesome, too. It's a daunting, iconic design.
I'm just sayin' - Ally Sheedy's character in The Breakfast Club didn't need a fucking makeover.
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I'm just sayin' - Ally Sheedy's character in The Breakfast Club didn't need a fucking makeover.
'Where we playing D&D tonight?'
'Turn off before the freeway and follow the road to the castle.'
'LOL, castle - is that what you call your house?'
'No.'
youtu.be/OwQ-XtucmcM?...
'Turn off before the freeway and follow the road to the castle.'
'LOL, castle - is that what you call your house?'
'No.'
youtu.be/OwQ-XtucmcM?...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
'Where we playing D&D tonight?'
'Turn off before the freeway and follow the road to the castle.'
'LOL, castle - is that what you call your house?'
'No.'
youtu.be/OwQ-XtucmcM?...
'Turn off before the freeway and follow the road to the castle.'
'LOL, castle - is that what you call your house?'
'No.'
youtu.be/OwQ-XtucmcM?...
This art by John Berkey is fantastic. That's a sci-fi TTRPG campaign setting right there.
November 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This art by John Berkey is fantastic. That's a sci-fi TTRPG campaign setting right there.
I just had my first online session of White Box Fantasy Medieval Adventure Game using Discord for voice and Roll20 for the VTT.
It was really good! A good balanced party - fighter, cleric, thief - and a straightforward inn/rumours/tomb quest.
It was like 1980s D&D all over again. With internet.
It was really good! A good balanced party - fighter, cleric, thief - and a straightforward inn/rumours/tomb quest.
It was like 1980s D&D all over again. With internet.
November 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I just had my first online session of White Box Fantasy Medieval Adventure Game using Discord for voice and Roll20 for the VTT.
It was really good! A good balanced party - fighter, cleric, thief - and a straightforward inn/rumours/tomb quest.
It was like 1980s D&D all over again. With internet.
It was really good! A good balanced party - fighter, cleric, thief - and a straightforward inn/rumours/tomb quest.
It was like 1980s D&D all over again. With internet.
OK, let's do this.
November 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
OK, let's do this.
You might want to rethink this ad, Shopify.
November 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
You might want to rethink this ad, Shopify.
My wife: There's a spider in the shed.
Me:
Me:
November 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
My wife: There's a spider in the shed.
Me:
Me:
A long time ago I experimented with one-page encounters and adventure hooks for OD&D, mainly White Box Fantastic Medieval Adventure Game.
I never did anything with them, so here they are for you in JPEG format. They're D&D encounters I designed and ran in the 1980s (the ones I remember, anyway).
I never did anything with them, so here they are for you in JPEG format. They're D&D encounters I designed and ran in the 1980s (the ones I remember, anyway).
November 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
A long time ago I experimented with one-page encounters and adventure hooks for OD&D, mainly White Box Fantastic Medieval Adventure Game.
I never did anything with them, so here they are for you in JPEG format. They're D&D encounters I designed and ran in the 1980s (the ones I remember, anyway).
I never did anything with them, so here they are for you in JPEG format. They're D&D encounters I designed and ran in the 1980s (the ones I remember, anyway).
If you picked up a copy of this - thank you! And don't forget, there's two adventure supplements to go with the main game.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
November 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
If you picked up a copy of this - thank you! And don't forget, there's two adventure supplements to go with the main game.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...
I got a few hours into ALIENS Dark Descent but haven't picked it up for a while. I like it; the change of pace and gameplay style was quite refreshing.
I like squad-based games and I was making notes on how it would work for a Dead Space game. Not a single protagonist but a team trying to survive.
I like squad-based games and I was making notes on how it would work for a Dead Space game. Not a single protagonist but a team trying to survive.
November 7, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I got a few hours into ALIENS Dark Descent but haven't picked it up for a while. I like it; the change of pace and gameplay style was quite refreshing.
I like squad-based games and I was making notes on how it would work for a Dead Space game. Not a single protagonist but a team trying to survive.
I like squad-based games and I was making notes on how it would work for a Dead Space game. Not a single protagonist but a team trying to survive.
I don't ask for much. Just a book-accurate adaptation of The War of the Worlds.
November 6, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I don't ask for much. Just a book-accurate adaptation of The War of the Worlds.
My 4K Ultra HD release of Outland from @arrowvideo.bsky.social has arrived!
I've got some watching to do over the weekend!
I've got some watching to do over the weekend!
November 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
My 4K Ultra HD release of Outland from @arrowvideo.bsky.social has arrived!
I've got some watching to do over the weekend!
I've got some watching to do over the weekend!
I love my Eaglemoss Nostromo model. I'm thinking of making it screen accurate, so that means adding extra vanes and attaching landing legs to it.
I'm not a fan of the stand this has. It feels a little unstable so I'd like to rectify that. I'm always worried I'm going to find it broken on the floor.
I'm not a fan of the stand this has. It feels a little unstable so I'd like to rectify that. I'm always worried I'm going to find it broken on the floor.
November 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I love my Eaglemoss Nostromo model. I'm thinking of making it screen accurate, so that means adding extra vanes and attaching landing legs to it.
I'm not a fan of the stand this has. It feels a little unstable so I'd like to rectify that. I'm always worried I'm going to find it broken on the floor.
I'm not a fan of the stand this has. It feels a little unstable so I'd like to rectify that. I'm always worried I'm going to find it broken on the floor.
One of the most terrifying scenes in ALIEN is one you don't see. The sound over the comm as Ripley runs through the corridor is enough. It puts all kinds of images into your head that shouldn't be there.
I'm always aware that Ripley ran *towards* the danger and not *away* from it in a selfless act.
I'm always aware that Ripley ran *towards* the danger and not *away* from it in a selfless act.
November 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
One of the most terrifying scenes in ALIEN is one you don't see. The sound over the comm as Ripley runs through the corridor is enough. It puts all kinds of images into your head that shouldn't be there.
I'm always aware that Ripley ran *towards* the danger and not *away* from it in a selfless act.
I'm always aware that Ripley ran *towards* the danger and not *away* from it in a selfless act.
Actual photo of me trying to give my cat medicine.
November 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Actual photo of me trying to give my cat medicine.
Ron Cobb's concept art for the interior and exterior of the Nostromo is nothing short of legendary. He captured an aesthetic that's been copied but never truly matched.
He talks about the genesis here:
www.roncobb.net/05-Alien_Nos...
He talks about the genesis here:
www.roncobb.net/05-Alien_Nos...
November 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Ron Cobb's concept art for the interior and exterior of the Nostromo is nothing short of legendary. He captured an aesthetic that's been copied but never truly matched.
He talks about the genesis here:
www.roncobb.net/05-Alien_Nos...
He talks about the genesis here:
www.roncobb.net/05-Alien_Nos...
The FIRETEAM #ttrpg is Deal of the Day on @drivethrurpg.com!
A high action and fast combat adventure #rpg designed for one-shots. Players take on the roles of Specialists in a Fireteam of the Interplanetary Combine in constant conflict with the universe.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/3...
A high action and fast combat adventure #rpg designed for one-shots. Players take on the roles of Specialists in a Fireteam of the Interplanetary Combine in constant conflict with the universe.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/3...
November 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The FIRETEAM #ttrpg is Deal of the Day on @drivethrurpg.com!
A high action and fast combat adventure #rpg designed for one-shots. Players take on the roles of Specialists in a Fireteam of the Interplanetary Combine in constant conflict with the universe.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/3...
A high action and fast combat adventure #rpg designed for one-shots. Players take on the roles of Specialists in a Fireteam of the Interplanetary Combine in constant conflict with the universe.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/3...
This shot from ALIEN Romulus is my current desktop wallpaper. I love it.
November 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This shot from ALIEN Romulus is my current desktop wallpaper. I love it.
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Hate doing this, because everyone is skint, but Oz is the only important thing in my life and I'm too broke to cover his additional surgery. If you'd like to help, please use OZVET20 at checkout on fenrisgames.com/shop for a nice discount or ko-fi.com/fenrisgames if you don't need toys.
Thankyou 💔
Thankyou 💔
November 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Hate doing this, because everyone is skint, but Oz is the only important thing in my life and I'm too broke to cover his additional surgery. If you'd like to help, please use OZVET20 at checkout on fenrisgames.com/shop for a nice discount or ko-fi.com/fenrisgames if you don't need toys.
Thankyou 💔
Thankyou 💔
I do like The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game from Decipher Inc, and I think the system itself is pretty good. Strip out the Tolkien and you'd have a pretty solid fantasy RPG.
We don't need yet *another* standard trope fantasy TTRPG, though. Something would have to make it unique.
We don't need yet *another* standard trope fantasy TTRPG, though. Something would have to make it unique.
November 4, 2025 at 7:55 AM
I do like The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game from Decipher Inc, and I think the system itself is pretty good. Strip out the Tolkien and you'd have a pretty solid fantasy RPG.
We don't need yet *another* standard trope fantasy TTRPG, though. Something would have to make it unique.
We don't need yet *another* standard trope fantasy TTRPG, though. Something would have to make it unique.
My main two social media feeds are Bluesky and Instagram. Here I'll jabber about all kinds of stuff but on Instagram it's going to be more ALIEN-centric. I'm porting a lot of my posts from here to there and sharing ALIEN posts I make here, too.
Follow me here:
www.instagram.com/somebody.wak...
Follow me here:
www.instagram.com/somebody.wak...
www.instagram.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
My main two social media feeds are Bluesky and Instagram. Here I'll jabber about all kinds of stuff but on Instagram it's going to be more ALIEN-centric. I'm porting a lot of my posts from here to there and sharing ALIEN posts I make here, too.
Follow me here:
www.instagram.com/somebody.wak...
Follow me here:
www.instagram.com/somebody.wak...
I'm trying to throw stuff away, you awkward hairy shite.
November 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I'm trying to throw stuff away, you awkward hairy shite.