Dirk the Dice
@thegrognardfiles.bsky.social
The GROGNARD files filling the blue sky with bobbins about tabletop RPGs from back in the day and today.
I’ve used the phrase “linear television” in conversation and something has died inside.
Like that time I said ‘leverage’ in a meeting and it didn’t mean ‘lifting something heavy.”
*sigh*
Like that time I said ‘leverage’ in a meeting and it didn’t mean ‘lifting something heavy.”
*sigh*
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I’ve used the phrase “linear television” in conversation and something has died inside.
Like that time I said ‘leverage’ in a meeting and it didn’t mean ‘lifting something heavy.”
*sigh*
Like that time I said ‘leverage’ in a meeting and it didn’t mean ‘lifting something heavy.”
*sigh*
I’m sad to say that I was rather proud of the premise of this challenge…. I didn’t think it through
Imagine Spartacus, but with Mr Creosote …
Imagine Spartacus, but with Mr Creosote …
So, I can't believe nobody has posted about the mad session of Savage Worlds last night - run by @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social, with me (Tazuun), @xneardark.bsky.social (Gallus)and of course the gladiator everyone loves to hate - Vexius (@orlanth.bsky.social)
TW: Emetophobia and crocodiles
TW: Emetophobia and crocodiles
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I’m sad to say that I was rather proud of the premise of this challenge…. I didn’t think it through
Imagine Spartacus, but with Mr Creosote …
Imagine Spartacus, but with Mr Creosote …
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So, I can't believe nobody has posted about the mad session of Savage Worlds last night - run by @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social, with me (Tazuun), @xneardark.bsky.social (Gallus)and of course the gladiator everyone loves to hate - Vexius (@orlanth.bsky.social)
TW: Emetophobia and crocodiles
TW: Emetophobia and crocodiles
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
So, I can't believe nobody has posted about the mad session of Savage Worlds last night - run by @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social, with me (Tazuun), @xneardark.bsky.social (Gallus)and of course the gladiator everyone loves to hate - Vexius (@orlanth.bsky.social)
TW: Emetophobia and crocodiles
TW: Emetophobia and crocodiles
GROGMEET 26 9th- 11th Jan … planning underway … watch this space
November 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
GROGMEET 26 9th- 11th Jan … planning underway … watch this space
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Had a great time listening to @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social interview Rick Meints for Grogmeetish today. Highlights included his top five special collection pieces, some Chaosium lore, news of a forthcoming history book, and Elfquest RPG community content. Well worth a listen when the episode drops.
November 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Had a great time listening to @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social interview Rick Meints for Grogmeetish today. Highlights included his top five special collection pieces, some Chaosium lore, news of a forthcoming history book, and Elfquest RPG community content. Well worth a listen when the episode drops.
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This time on UGMs, we play through @horribleguild.bsky.social Vileborn, a nobledark game of young adults coming to terms with the darkness inside themselves in a grim fantasy world. Will the characters even make it through initiation? Let's play to find out! #ttrpg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aHM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aHM...
Vileborn : One Shot | Lex Umbræ | Actual Play
YouTube video by Unconventional GMs
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This time on UGMs, we play through @horribleguild.bsky.social Vileborn, a nobledark game of young adults coming to terms with the darkness inside themselves in a grim fantasy world. Will the characters even make it through initiation? Let's play to find out! #ttrpg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aHM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aHM...
The latest addition to my “RPG Supplements that aren’t RPG Supplements” is Extraordinary Islands and incredible book of potential locations, including BRP Sierra Madre, a broken ship on a desolate reef, or Runit, Monster Island the site of a nuclear waste silo … lots of inspiration in here.
November 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The latest addition to my “RPG Supplements that aren’t RPG Supplements” is Extraordinary Islands and incredible book of potential locations, including BRP Sierra Madre, a broken ship on a desolate reef, or Runit, Monster Island the site of a nuclear waste silo … lots of inspiration in here.
This weekend is GROGMEETish - the online version of GROGMEET - You can join me in the Zoom of Role-Playing Rambling as @rickmeints.bsky.social Rick Meints, President and HOD of Nostalgia, picks 5 items from the history of @chaosium.bsky.social 9th November 20:00 GMT warhorn.net/events/grogm...
November 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This weekend is GROGMEETish - the online version of GROGMEET - You can join me in the Zoom of Role-Playing Rambling as @rickmeints.bsky.social Rick Meints, President and HOD of Nostalgia, picks 5 items from the history of @chaosium.bsky.social 9th November 20:00 GMT warhorn.net/events/grogm...
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@ariongames.bsky.social just listened to you on @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social . I remember Maelstrom, will have to check if I've still got my original book. I never actually ran it but I remember how interesting the setting and system were. Have just picked up your PDF ver for some one-shot material
November 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
@ariongames.bsky.social just listened to you on @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social . I remember Maelstrom, will have to check if I've still got my original book. I never actually ran it but I remember how interesting the setting and system were. Have just picked up your PDF ver for some one-shot material
Fantastic finale to the Rippers campaign -a final confrontation in Dracula's Castle with Frankenstein's Monster in support. Send in the Rippers cavalry!We hit them with everything we had to save the day.Charity Winter.The Slayer.The One.Thanks @kitch66uk.bsky.social @rumleech.bsky.social and Blythy!
November 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Fantastic finale to the Rippers campaign -a final confrontation in Dracula's Castle with Frankenstein's Monster in support. Send in the Rippers cavalry!We hit them with everything we had to save the day.Charity Winter.The Slayer.The One.Thanks @kitch66uk.bsky.social @rumleech.bsky.social and Blythy!
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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 […]
Every year, it comes back to haunt me …
You burned your copies of @2000ad.bsky.social in a Guy for Nov 5th, @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social‽ 😱
open.spotify.com/episode/6Hj8...
open.spotify.com/episode/6Hj8...
Episode 18 (Part 1) Judge Dredd RPG (with Marc Gascoigne)
open.spotify.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Every year, it comes back to haunt me …
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I have just released QuestWorlds-on-a-page, my attempt to make visual sense of the rules for QuestWorlds, the genre-agnostic narrative RPG from @chaosium.bsky.social.
It's Pay-What-You-Want i.e. it is free, unless you want to give me some money to spend on more RPG stuff :-).
tiny.cc/qwoap
It's Pay-What-You-Want i.e. it is free, unless you want to give me some money to spend on more RPG stuff :-).
tiny.cc/qwoap
QuestWorlds-on-a-Page - Blue Shaboo Press | DriveThruRPG
QuestWorlds-on-a-Page is my attempt to make visual sense of the rules for Chaosium's genre-agnostic narrative roleplaying system, QuestWorlds.
It is intended to help make use of the QuestWorlds core r...
tiny.cc
November 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I have just released QuestWorlds-on-a-page, my attempt to make visual sense of the rules for QuestWorlds, the genre-agnostic narrative RPG from @chaosium.bsky.social.
It's Pay-What-You-Want i.e. it is free, unless you want to give me some money to spend on more RPG stuff :-).
tiny.cc/qwoap
It's Pay-What-You-Want i.e. it is free, unless you want to give me some money to spend on more RPG stuff :-).
tiny.cc/qwoap
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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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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 💔
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My #mörktober collection... 23/31 completed... I'll do some tidying up, maybe fill in the spaces.
November 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
My #mörktober collection... 23/31 completed... I'll do some tidying up, maybe fill in the spaces.
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Now seriously considering a Top 10 Haircuts/Top 10 Jawlines of Post-apocalyptic Cold War RPG Art thread.
Do I have the time? No.
Do I have the energy? Also no.
Do I want to do it? Yes.
[I mis-spelled 'do' as 'Dio' multiple times, which made me laugh a lot]
Do I have the time? No.
Do I have the energy? Also no.
Do I want to do it? Yes.
[I mis-spelled 'do' as 'Dio' multiple times, which made me laugh a lot]
Added another hardcopy to my ever expanding research library of post-apocalyptic RPGs from the Cold War era. It's GURPS Autoduel! Only very slightly Mad-Max-y.
November 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Now seriously considering a Top 10 Haircuts/Top 10 Jawlines of Post-apocalyptic Cold War RPG Art thread.
Do I have the time? No.
Do I have the energy? Also no.
Do I want to do it? Yes.
[I mis-spelled 'do' as 'Dio' multiple times, which made me laugh a lot]
Do I have the time? No.
Do I have the energy? Also no.
Do I want to do it? Yes.
[I mis-spelled 'do' as 'Dio' multiple times, which made me laugh a lot]
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it hasn't helped sell any mags but it appears our nonsense on here has just pushed our account over 5K 'followers', so let's embrace that as some kind of achievement!
Like & repost this to be in with a chance to win every in-print issue of Wyrd Science & a t-shirt of your choice*
Like & repost this to be in with a chance to win every in-print issue of Wyrd Science & a t-shirt of your choice*
November 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
it hasn't helped sell any mags but it appears our nonsense on here has just pushed our account over 5K 'followers', so let's embrace that as some kind of achievement!
Like & repost this to be in with a chance to win every in-print issue of Wyrd Science & a t-shirt of your choice*
Like & repost this to be in with a chance to win every in-print issue of Wyrd Science & a t-shirt of your choice*
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@thegrognardfiles.bsky.social Apple Podcast’s automated transcript has some gems.
November 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
@thegrognardfiles.bsky.social Apple Podcast’s automated transcript has some gems.
Last minute speed-reading of the final ‘measure’ in this alt-history classic.
November 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Last minute speed-reading of the final ‘measure’ in this alt-history classic.
Next weekend is GROGMEETish and there are still places available for incredible games warhorn.net/events/grogm...
GROGMEETish 2025 | Warhorn
GROGMEETish is the online version of GROGMEET. Over the weekend of the 7th-9th November, we have a great weekend of gaming planned.
Hope you can join us!
Dirk and Blythy
warhorn.net
November 1, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Next weekend is GROGMEETish and there are still places available for incredible games warhorn.net/events/grogm...
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Feed: "The GROGNARD Files"
By: Dirk on Saturday, November 1, 2025
By: Dirk on Saturday, November 1, 2025
Arion Games and other RPGs (with Graham Bottley)
The return of The GROGNARD files, we talk about stuff we are playing
thegrognardfiles.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Feed: "The GROGNARD Files"
By: Dirk on Saturday, November 1, 2025
By: Dirk on Saturday, November 1, 2025
New GROGPOD with @ariongames.bsky.social talking about Advanced Fighting Fantasy and more. thegrognardfiles.com/2025/10/31/a...
Arion Games and other RPGs (with Graham Bottley) - The GROGNARD Files
The return of The GROGNARD files, we talk about stuff we are playing
thegrognardfiles.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:05 AM
New GROGPOD with @ariongames.bsky.social talking about Advanced Fighting Fantasy and more. thegrognardfiles.com/2025/10/31/a...
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Loved the chat! As a long long time listener it was a huge thrill to get to be in an episode!
October 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Loved the chat! As a long long time listener it was a huge thrill to get to be in an episode!
Spent a very interesting time in the Zoom of Role-Playing Rambling with @magnusseter.bsky.social talking about Outside The Box: How Sweden Conquered The World of Role-Playing Games.
October 29, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Spent a very interesting time in the Zoom of Role-Playing Rambling with @magnusseter.bsky.social talking about Outside The Box: How Sweden Conquered The World of Role-Playing Games.