Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Oh no they Sanderised mah Dark Millennium #hawkmoon 000
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 11/08/2026RIP to a real one. One of the greatest everyman horror icons, we’ll miss you Reggie 021
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 29/06/2026And I always liked sanity, although it’s misnamed and we never used indefinite insanity as written as it’s odd and clunky. But the core of it being effectively a “tension” mechanic is imho kind of genius. 110
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Call of Cthulhu was the second or third TRPG I owned. (Palladium’s Robotech was the other possible silver medal winner) It was so different from D&D and Fighting fantasy that I never really “got” the game for a few years. But to be fair I was 11 at the time. 110
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Getting a good collection of weird little guys in the TRPG book shelf. The little wizards are from one of @ksuwabe.bsky.social amazing gatcha sets. 100
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 22/05/2026We got Scriptorium and I have failed to get past the Sandbox mode. 000
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 23/04/2026I mean look at this and have a think why I ended up the way I did. Formative stuff. 000
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 18/04/2026If you are in Melbourne and wanna do a LARP I'm running one from October for local LARP group Caligo Mundi. Check out my weird ideas in practice! #ausLARP caligomundi.com 120
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 18/04/2026From the other place, but I do think people need to hear this. Whiteness is a totally arbitary catagorisation, it can be granted or removed at the whim of white supremacist. Liberal politics' greatest error in the last decade was leaning on the idea, ceeding ground to the white supremacist argument 000
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Worm sign in the Atipodes @riseupcomus.bsky.social 091
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Don’t get me wrong, it’s well illustrated and an enjoyable read. It just plays it safe conceptually way too much. The lurid and strange tragic millennium kinda of just gets a generic dark fantasy coat of paint with steampunk details. (We do get evil boss baby still) 100
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 19/03/2026I finally got my hands on this and… it’s just ok? I really enjoyed the Blondel/Poli/Recht Elric adaptations so I was ready for a bold reimagining but it’s pretty pedestrian all things said. 100
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 17/03/2026AI getting any foothold in our culture is a side affect of the arts becoming overly commodified. A few centuries ago you could not ponder anything like generative AI lest you’d be set upon and murdered by a band of impassioned poets. 010
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 13/03/2026I don't think I have actually ever wanted to purchase a 40k novel before. 110
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 12/03/2026You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like. 020
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 04/03/2026<and I do like to push the medium I am in as I do see it as potentially being more creative and experimental than is often presented Not to say less experimental games are bad! Its just my interest as a writer to push the medium and expression within that medium. Anyway to make a long story short.. 100
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Well I got Vermis 3 before the world collapses. Woo! @hollowpress.bsky.social 020
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Mad Max 3, alongside Furiosa: a Mad Max Saga, tap into the mythic undertones of Miller's wasteland unlike any of the other films. Post the collapse of civilisation it is a world of children without parents who act on their lowest urges and constantly build decayed copies of the before times. 100
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 26/02/2026I rewatched the Mad Max series recently, a favorite bunch of films for a whole list of reasons. Rare genre film series without a bad entry. I know a bunch of people will be "but what about Thunderdome?" Nope you are wrong, honestly I find it a joy to watch. 110
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender 010
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 03/02/2026I honestly think the aesthetic of Age of Sigmar owes a bunch to Rackham and Confrontation which is a massive plus in my book. Cadwallon: City of Thieves is my problematic fave TRPG and is full of this stuff. 020
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Ogor Pirate with Gnobblar crew, a mean parrot and a MONKEY WITH A KNIFE 131
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Strange little hangers on summoned by strong feelings of faith and devotion? Yes we have those as well. 120
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Highly intellegent Cephalopods that are known to be skilled scribes? I'll take 5 please. 110
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Weird little freaks like this make any AoS set worth the buy in my book. (See my love of Warhammer Underworlds warband sets) 120
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 02/02/2026It's probably (imho) the only good Ito adaptation? (I have not watched the live action Tomi movies yet that said) While it pulls from the Manga it does attempt to visually be its own thing which is a strength so many other adaptations lack. Not a masterpiece but creepy an enjoyable. 100
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Part agree? I think the changes to the characterisation of Space Marines and the ratcheting up of the Imperium’s Xenophobia are larger contributors. Demons existed since Rogue Trader just not by that name, and were always one of the threats dwelling in the immaterium. (Vampires too!) 210
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Two for one as I’m sure Stoker has been a character in an RPG 000
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Edge case: I constantly call him Mr Lawnmower 120
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 27/01/2026This is how you balance enounters, use the page with the cool silhouetted swarm of stirges on it 010
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Love to see some Antipodean TRPG enthusiasm. Great stuff, Trent just got a sub here :) (I do feel the need to tap the sign) 010
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Disco McCoy is cooler than your favourite character (unless it’s Guitar Wolf who is definitely cooler) 010
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 16/01/2026I can’t agree? Fiction should be in part an emergent property of the system you are using. If it isn’t your game has its gameplay friction in the wrong places. It’s not about having a certain amount of cognitive load, it’s about having the right amount in the right places. But.. 230
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 07/01/2026I’m not one for much fan worship but Tom Baker was a very important figure in my childhood. He has had a turbulent relationship with the show, as well as a turbulent personal life, but assuming stuff for him behind the scenes are ok for him I’m so overjoyed to see him so happy at 92 020
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Some tabletops happened (and didn't happen due to time commitments sorry Kala Mandala but we'll work out a free night for eveyone in the new year!) Ran a few one offs of Troika! and Trophy for folks. Late year I started up a Grim and Perilous Soulbound game which players are enjoying! 010
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 31/12/2025We also sadly said goodbye to my little buddy Kepler who lost his fight with feline lymphoma. He was the quirkiest, smartest little black cat you’d ever meet. I was blessed to know him for even the short time we had. Rest up in the great beyond buddy. 150
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Also helped out with a few of Midnight in Melbourne's events, Ivan and Elm's wonderful Vampire LARP. Got a good photo of me in GM mode to boot! #ausLARP www.instagram.com/midnight_in_... 120
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 31/12/2025I ran some games this year too. The two year Babylon 4 (5) LARP I was running for Caligo Mundi came to a satisfying close, it was a little game idea that became very very big quickly and we had a great team and great players. (caligomundi.com) #ausLARP 120
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 30/12/2025I’m saying goodbye to 2025 by highlighting some important happenings. First I bumped into @chiitan.love in the wild. 040
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Me: I’m working on a Disney inspired TRPG Interlocutor: Oh I love Aladdin and the Lion king. That’d be great! Me: No, the films directed by Walt Disney. Getting real vibes from The Skeleton Dance. 030
Aaron Fenwick @aaronwfenwick.bsky.social · 18/12/2025You've never run a Tarrasque because D&D does not encourage seducing it like St Martha did. 000
