Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 6hWise words from Graham here, and a challenge to con organisers and con GMs - if you don't talk about x card, lines & veils, open table at the start of your session, they aren't in play 0101
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 14/10/2026It's ages since I've run it. Every time I look again I realise it's basically just a simple d100 system... oh wait, no, it's not.... 120
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Midweek conventions? OK boomers (On a serious note, I'm not sure if "hotels are cheaper" will overcome "people are at work" to make it worthwhile) Also what are you saying about the north? 010
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 14/10/2026After a confusing delay, SHADOWRUN ANARCHY 2.0 is now out from @catalystgamelabs.bsky.social - if you're curious about a slicker, more narrative way to play a troll street shaman, check out our one-shot #ActualPlay here www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xmwd...youtube.comShadowrun Anarchy 2.0 : One Shot | Silver Angel | Actual PlayYouTube video by Unconventional GMs 162
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I'm looking for a term I can use in a blog to distinguish them - when I'm using solo RPG techniques with, er, group RPG games 100
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 13/10/2026So what's the "opposite" of a solo TTRPG? A group TTRPG? Open to suggestions. 840
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I only use the original French definition of Grognard - if you didn't march to Waterloo to fight for Napoleon (and won't shut up about it) you're no grognard. 270
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Yes! Everyone's favourite 020
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Key moment tonight in our One Ring game - @omnihedron.co.uk committed the first de-helming to avoid becoming weary 3110
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Yeah, there's quite a, er, lot of it. But I'm optimistic it's smoother at the table. 020
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Ooh Mutants in the Now is something that I need to get prepped for a con game sometime. 120
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 04/10/2026#TTRPG folks - what are you prepping? For me, I'm trying to get @soulmuppet.co.uk 's Orbital Blues into shape for a short run, and a Nimble one-shot. Oh and I need to sort out Savage Deadlands: Dark Ages for a con next weekend. 851
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I suspect you're beating me in number of sessions, though! 010
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I've already played more TTRPG sessions in 2026 than I managed in the whole of 2025 - 106 - with 32% of them new systems to me. 54% GMed by me, which is good - I aim for 50%. Can I make it to 150 sessions in 2026? I'm cautiously confident. 3160
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Does anyone say that though? You missed out all the online ones - a chance to play games without leaving the house, and where else could you get a game - as I did yesterday - where all the players are in different time zones? 110
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Haha... quite. Watching with interest. 010
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 03/10/2026If you can make em happen, Saturday morning #TTRPG sessions are a fantastic way to kick off the weekend, running a one shot of The One Ring for #SharedHearth 160
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Played a one-shot of @gallusgamesar.bsky.social Against The Dark Conspiracy last night, and - boy - it's a great game. Check it out for your vampire-hunting needs! gallusgames.itch.io/against-the-...gallusgames.itch.ioAgainst the Dark Conspiracy by Gallus Games - Alun RSupernatural thriller TTRPG 030
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Reposting for the weekend crowd - a first look at @chaosium.bsky.social 's Age of Viking Companion - a proper old supplement 020
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Efficiency sounds like Sigmarite heresy to me. The main secondary objective is surely the ongoing success of the legal edifice, so we can keep all those judges, clerks, and jailors in the manner to which they're accustomed. 240
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 01/10/2026 Skål! I've taken a first look at @chaosium.bsky.social 's Age of Vikings Companion here: burnafterrunningrpg.com/2026/10/01/g...burnafterrunningrpg.comGone Viking! – First Look: Age of Vikings CompanionIf you’ve read any of my blogs about game lines before, you’ll know I have a lot of affection (nostalgia, even) for a good old fashioned supplement. By this I mean a mixture of additional material … 051
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I'm persisting, if only because it is mercifully short 111
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Hermann Hesse's The Journey to the East 110
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 27/09/2026That feeling when you start reading a "classic" book you think will be right up your street, and you end up researching it to try and work out if you're missing something or if it's utter dogshit. 2100
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Your regular reminder that Tom Waits hasn't been in anything that's not fascinating 000
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Technical difficulties put paid to our UGMs recording today, but a great opportunity to shake out the system - which was new to us all - ready for a rescheduling. Play more games, folks! 030
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I think some of this is play culture. In D&D, the DM needs to know what his monsters and their stat blocks do - which have simplified rules to the players. They don't need to know how the PC wizards spells work, the player can deal with that. 030
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Out now for patrons, my first look at @chaosium.bsky.social 's Age of Vikings Companion - do you need it? Wait, playable ravens? Out to patrons now - a week later on the public blog. Can't wait? It's only a couple of quids www.patreon.com/burnafterrun...patreon.comGone Viking! - First Look: Age of Vikings Companion | Burn After RunningIf you’ve read any of my blogs about game lines before, you’ll know I have a lot of affection (nostalgia, even) for a good old fashioned sup 021
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 24/09/2026UKGE don't get everything right, but this is an excellent move 0120
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 22/09/2026If Bluesky wants to be a serious social media platform, it really needs much more Bake Off bantz. 101
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Tonight's culinary experiment - what happens when you put chip spice (Hull's finest) on potato wedges *before* you roast them? 040
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 19/09/2026GURPS Goblins needs more love 150
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Finally watched Guardians of the Galaxy 3 last night, and its another reminder why anthropomorphic animals are so good in TTRPGs 060
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Loch Lochy is brilliant, despite its very silly name 020
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 18/09/2026An absolute pleasure to guest on the podcast of one of the best communities out there and wax lyrical about #TheOneRing #TTRPG open.spotify.com/episode/2j8B... 021
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 17/09/2026On a skim of the .pdf very impressed with @chaosium.bsky.social Age of Vikings Companion - look forward to a proper First Look post soon! 020
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I'm playing in Glorantha, using 13th Age Glorantha. 131
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The ones in Shadows over Filmland are great in MOTW. To prep I just read them then recreated the MOTW prep sheet for them 040
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 13/09/2026There are loads of really excellent Trail of Cthulhu scenarios, but gumshoe doesn't really do it for me. I've run some of them with Monster of the Week. 140
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I've run Invaders of Atlantis both for D&D5e and Cairn. Both similarly raucous, the main differences were in the player groups (and associated play culture) rather than the systems explorers.itch.io/invaders-of-...explorers.itch.ioInvaders of Atlantis (Early Access) by Explorers DesignA pulp-inspired fantasy adventure. Made for Cairn 2E. 020
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I don't know who any of those people are 220
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I don't care what year it is in Star Wars - although I guess which films it's between helps - its all just a long time ago. I especially don't care what year it is in Glorantha. 130
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 12/09/2026OK, so "what year is it?" is a recurring joke from Glorantha games where players want to leverage their encyclopedia to spoil you fun.... but.... I do know what year and season it is in my One Ring games. Like, I need to know what Sauron's up to! 190
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Hate to admit it, but I'm quite excited about the D&D Warcraft shizzle. Also, how cool would a Warcraft console action RPG be now? 120
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Doesn't surpise me at all. My fave Paisley quote was when he said the British royal family were "committing adultery and fornication with the antichrist" because the Queen Mother went for tea with the Pope. 110
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 12/09/2026It's a rare moment when I'd like to hear what Rev Ian Paisley would have said about this. 110
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Hey ttrpg people, hit me with your best Mothership #TTRPG third party adventure recs! Why its good is great too - and ideally not the obvious stuff (bug hunt, gradient descent, etc) 033
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Great to be featured in No Rerolls again - it's a great source for tabletop news norerolls.co.uk/2026/09/11/5... 111
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Our dwarf sang to the hobbits and sang to the stones to make their wall strong. 020
Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 09/09/2026It's not often that I run a session with zero combat in, but tonight's One Ring went really well with only lots of roleplay and a hobbit-DIY skill endeavor 2160