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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs)

@burnafterrunning.bsky.social
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Mostly TTRPGs and shizz. He/Him. Blog at burnafterrunningrpg.com, run and play games at Unconventional GMs. Check out pacy all-action Actual Plays: www.youtube.com/@unconventionalgms "A great example of the sort of positivity we need"

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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 6h
Wise 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
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
It'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....
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Midweek 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?
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
After 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...
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Shadowrun Anarchy 2.0 : One Shot | Silver Angel | Actual Play
YouTube video by Unconventional GMs
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I'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
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
So what's the "opposite" of a solo TTRPG? A group TTRPG? Open to suggestions.
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I 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.
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Yes! Everyone's favourite
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Key moment tonight in our One Ring game - @omnihedron.co.uk committed the first de-helming to avoid becoming weary
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Yeah, there's quite a, er, lot of it. But I'm optimistic it's smoother at the table.
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ooh Mutants in the Now is something that I need to get prepped for a con game sometime.
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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.
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I suspect you're beating me in number of sessions, though!
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I'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.
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Does 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?
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Haha... quite. Watching with interest.
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If 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
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Played 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-...
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Against the Dark Conspiracy by Gallus Games - Alun R
Supernatural thriller TTRPG
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Reposting for the weekend crowd - a first look at @chaosium.bsky.social 's Age of Viking Companion - a proper old supplement
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Efficiency 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.
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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...
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Gone Viking! – First Look: Age of Vikings Companion
If 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 …
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm persisting, if only because it is mercifully short
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hermann Hesse's The Journey to the East
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
That 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.
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Your regular reminder that Tom Waits hasn't been in anything that's not fascinating
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Technical 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!
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I 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.
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Out 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...
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Gone Viking! - First Look: Age of Vikings Companion | Burn After Running
If 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
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
UKGE don't get everything right, but this is an excellent move
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If Bluesky wants to be a serious social media platform, it really needs much more Bake Off bantz.
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Tonight's culinary experiment - what happens when you put chip spice (Hull's finest) on potato wedges *before* you roast them?
An open Chip Spice shaker on a kitchen counter
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
GURPS Goblins needs more love
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Finally watched Guardians of the Galaxy 3 last night, and its another reminder why anthropomorphic animals are so good in TTRPGs
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Loch Lochy is brilliant, despite its very silly name
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
An 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...
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
On a skim of the .pdf very impressed with @chaosium.bsky.social Age of Vikings Companion - look forward to a proper First Look post soon!
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I'm playing in Glorantha, using 13th Age Glorantha.
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The ones in Shadows over Filmland are great in MOTW. To prep I just read them then recreated the MOTW prep sheet for them
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
There 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.
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I'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-...
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Invaders of Atlantis (Early Access) by Explorers Design
A pulp-inspired fantasy adventure. Made for Cairn 2E.
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I don't know who any of those people are
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I 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.
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
OK, 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!
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Hate 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?
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Doesn'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.
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
It's a rare moment when I'd like to hear what Rev Ian Paisley would have said about this.
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Hey 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)
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Great to be featured in No Rerolls again - it's a great source for tabletop news norerolls.co.uk/2026/09/11/5...
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Our dwarf sang to the hobbits and sang to the stones to make their wall strong.
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It'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
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