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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026

The before and after it's even more haunting.

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 28/09/2026

I was here, too. Always say it's the best match I've ever experienced live, and with today's news it's unlikely to be surpassed.

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 27/09/2026

this (the con not the pictured faces) may finally inspire me to build boards and warbands for space gits, necropolis, buff this 2141, tonks, and aetherpunk28, though

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 27/09/2026

been at an incredibly inspiring and creatively fulfilling indie tabletop games convention this weekend, called SpruCon. this is the only picture I took

Latex faces available to be traded for miniatures.

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 27/09/2026

Hello, I'm Ben! I'm an award-losing reporter and games consultant. Here's what I do: 🧑‍🎓 Writing and Reporting Lecturer at University of Greater Manchester ✊ Head of Community at Journo Resources 🤔 Consultant for hire at [redacted] 📝 Games industry reporter and critic www.bensledge.co.uk

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 24/09/2026

Sable is probably in my top five games ever, and the Design Works book is just as beautiful. Really interesting to read these reflections and - as I'm off sick this week - might be time for a comfort replay

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 22/09/2026

That's basically how journalism worked until like the '90s, so bring that back and you're sound

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 18/09/2026

the minis have always impressed me

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 18/09/2026

might finally be time to start an aos army

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 18/09/2026

might finally be time to start an aos army

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 17/09/2026

More true for 10 y/o me than 20, but I've always said I'd be amazed at the fact that I'm a successful* writer, but shocked at what being a successful* writer actually entails. *successful i.e. earning a living from it as my sole** income **transitioning away from it now but you know

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kheehoon chan Still Needs Work @crapstacular.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This Sept marks my first year writing about tabletop games with @rascal.news! I'm immensely grateful, and have learned a lot from the Rascal folks who have taught me so much about the industry and being a better writer, so I wanted to share some of my fave pieces over the past year.

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 31/08/2026

it's frankly rude that i'm the only person in the entire world who hasn't played total war: 40k yet

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 26/08/2026

Love this mate, look forward to reading it when they give you a million quid for penning the finest short since hemingway

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 23/08/2026

which is your favourite ship and why is it the black kraken?

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 16/08/2026

finished my 30th book of the year and realised that about six of them have been great. not a good ratio give me your reccs. preferably fairly recent, not horror

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 15/08/2026

That is the cutest little outfit

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 13/08/2026

The Unnatural History Museum (AKA The Viktor Wynd Museum Of Curiosities, Fine Art & UnNatural History)

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Jade King ✍️ OPEN FOR WORK @konayma6.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I got laid off! 👋 There was no chance to say goodbye to my colleagues of several years before Valnet deactivated everything so I’ll just say it was a huge pleasure to be part of trying to build something unique within the games media landscape despite going up against so many challenges.

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Jack Coleman @crustypants.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The 'ol email and deactivate after 5 years was expected, but still sad. Still, I'm proud of what I accomplished during my time at TheGamer (and DualShockers before that). Now I can spend my days writing ponderous blog posts ✍️

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 11/08/2026

Thanks everyone for the kind words here. I'm one of the lucky ones in that this was just one arm of my freelancing. Other, full-time, staff have also been impacted, so please look to hire them first. But then hire me, too.

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 11/08/2026

I've also got time to do more consultancy. My clients this year have been very pleased with the work I've done and I'd love to help your game pre- or post-release through assessments, mock reviews, writing review guides, editing, or anything else. Hmu here, by email, or through my website.

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 11/08/2026

I'm especially looking for a home for my tabletop words - I'm on the GW and Trench Crusade partner programmes and have shone a light on a bunch of cool indie games over the past year through interviews and getting hands-on at conventions and events. I also make messed-up Dark Mech conversions.

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 11/08/2026

It seems I've been made redundant from my role as a columnist at TheGamer - I can no longer access Slack or the CMS. While I'm gutted with the manner I've been let go from a site I've worked with for nearly five years, this means I've got plenty of time to write words for you! www.bensledge.co.uk

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 31/07/2026

Yep, I got it to. Limited to 30 stops and catches.

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 31/07/2026

I've been working on some tabletop games and interactive zines recently. More as an experiment in design than with the intention to release them - it's a fun process so far!

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 30/07/2026

accidentally started an underground book swap ring at book club so I end up bringing about six books a week to hand out/give back

A pile of six books including Fair Stood the Wind for France by HE Bates, Circe by Madeline Miller, The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, The Vegetarian by Han Kang, Hunger by Choi Jin-Young, and I Hear a New World by Alan Moore.

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 27/07/2026

did not expect more than four people to see this, but I blogged about my process here: www.thegamer.com/how-to-make-... and I post a lot more of this sort of thing over at sledgehammerwargaming on instagram 📸

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I Can't Count On Games Workshop For My Dream Warhammer Army

I dream of official Dark Mechanicus models for Warhammer 40k, but will they live up to my unhinged conversions?

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 27/07/2026

it's the 30k mechanicum vultarax stratos-automata (try saying that after a few pints)

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 27/07/2026

writers post a skeet without a typo challenge: impossible

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 27/07/2026

this interview transcript is longer than any of my attempts at writing a novel

google docs word count saying 22,148 words

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 27/07/2026

for ay of my fellow wardollies sickos, I've been working on this dark mech conversion recently. still a lot of gaps to fill etc. but liking the silhouette

Belisarius Cawl Dark Mechanicus conversion

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 26/07/2026

been looking for this for longer than I care to admit

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 23/07/2026

a man of taste! love the smashbash stuff, got the sunrot game and a few other bits a while back. unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it) postage costs to the uk prohibit me from grabbing more

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 19/07/2026

inspired by the 🐐 JB printer on the blink and idk what went on with the ink stamps on this one, but I don't hate the effects both are giving

A playing card with a red and yellow background, red and brown stripes, and black text in a white box saying "limited palette" in poor ink printing.

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 18/07/2026

will thread some of my favourites. first up is francis bloody bacon

A king of hearts playing card with collaged elements including Francis Bacon's Figure with Meat and blood effects.

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 18/07/2026

Oh I bet it plays great on Switch!

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Ben Sledge @bensledge.co.uk · 18/07/2026

And Roger is the latest in a line of games I specifically recommend to others to show what games can be. And yet it's so difficult to cover them in any meaningful capacity as a journalist. Lovely article, Josh, glad you could get it on the site.

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