Books… Opening a Big Box of Call of Cthulhu Books 31 Jul 202615 Jul 2026 Who doesn't love cracking into a big box of books, especially when it's something of a mystery? Some time ago, a friend acquired a big box of Call of Cthulhu…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: The Group That Cannot Agree on Food 29 Jul 202628 Jun 2026 There are many ways a D&D session can fall apart. Combat can drag. Plot threads can dangle and tangle. Someone can make a joke so cursed it derails the table…
RPGs… Where Culture Meets the Tabletop, Part 3: David Lynch and Narrative Ambiguity 24 Jul 202615 Jul 2026 It's Friday! Usually, we'd be jumping into 5 on Friday, but as I'm travelling just now, and those posts are a pain to format on the phone, here's something a…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: The Party That Keeps Accidentally Kidnapping People 22 Jul 202611 Jul 2026 Some parties rescue NPCs, and then there are other parties who “rescue” NPCs in the same way a tornado “relocates” a barn. They don’t mean to kidnap anyone. They simply…
Painting and Modeling… Completed: Food Fight Batch 3 21 Jul 202618 Jul 2026 Today, let's look at the third and final batch of the Food Fight miniatures. As I mentioned previously, I initially backed the Kickstarter for these chaps back in 2024. Now,…
Painting and Modeling… Completed: Food Fight Batch 2 19 Jul 202615 Jul 2026 Following on from the first batch., today, we've got my second batch of 4 Food Fight miniatures. A second course, if you will... Oh, you won't? Fine, whatever. I initially…
Painting and Modeling… Completed: Food Fight Batch 1 18 Jul 202615 Jul 2026 I'm delighted to be sharing some finished miniatures! I've been firmly in a slump, so it feels great to get something done. Today, we've got my first batch of 4…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: The Player Who Treats Loot Like a Custody Battle 14 Jul 202612 Jul 2026 Play D&D for any length of time, and you'll quickly realise that many players don’t see treasure as treasure. They see it as a referendum on their personal worth. The…
Books… Bundle of Holding: Colostle 11 Jul 202611 Jul 2026 Colostle is a solo RPGs that, instead of handing you a world, hands you a vast architectural impossibility and says, “Go on then. See what’s out there.” This new Bundle…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: The Party That Cannot Walk Past Anything 8 Jul 20267 Jul 2026 Every RPG group feels slightly different. There are adventuring parties that stride boldly into danger, and then there are the ones who treat every square foot of dungeon like a…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: The NoRerolls “Every Session Ends in Tears” Simulator 1 Jul 20268 Jul 2026 Let’s be honest with ourselves for a single, terrifying second: tabletop gaming is a terrible hobby. We spend hundreds of pounds on plastic men, thousands of hours reading rulebooks that…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: The Player Who Refuses to Learn the Rules 24 Jun 202620 Jun 2026 Some players treat the rules of Dungeons & Dragons the way Victorian children treated pianos: a mysterious household object they are allowed to touch but not expected to understand. They…
