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Davegotsu @davegotsu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I was duped by the box! I was diplomatic enough to not show the height of my lasagne.

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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Discworld RPG Review We take another brief interlude to take a look at the new Adventures in Ankh-Morpork Discworld Roleplaying game from Modiphius. It's a review rather than an unboxing, but there is some background noise of dice, bags and pages. diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-tab...

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Dining Table Discworld - Discworld RPG Review | Dining Table Discworld

We take another brief interlude to take a look at the new Adventures in Ankh-Morpork Discworld Roleplaying game from Modiphius. (Who's name I'm sure I mispronounce every time I say it!) We have a look...

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Davegotsu @davegotsu.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I backed the original Kickstarter, so I've a lot of random models. But here are my fleets as they stand. Need to add more of the recent releases.

Spaceships in metallic green and magenta. Very bug inspired.

Spaceships in shades of yellow, orange and red.

Spaceships in grey with dark red accent panels.

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Davegotsu @davegotsu.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

My motto, paint what excites you! I'm just off the back of a big 40k painting spree for some Bank Holiday gaming. Now I've got a gap, and I fancy spaceships. Want to add some of the new plastics to my original plastic and resin fleets.

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Davegotsu @davegotsu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Looking great! I've recently dug out some of my Dropfleet models to paint for a break from my 40k stuff.

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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Our Amazing Maurice episode references: Wind in the Willows - including the Eleanor & Alastair Read That episode about it Urban Jungle Beatrix Potter Mrs Frisby & the Rats of NIMH Dick King Smith Enid Blyton The Nutcracker Hilda Redwall

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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

We're going to be taking a run up to Night Watch, as there'll be much to say. So later this month we'll have a special episode about the new Discworld Adventures in Ankh-Morpork RPG from @modiphius.bsky.social

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Davegotsu @davegotsu.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

For full recording, the order was placed the 10th May.

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Davegotsu @davegotsu.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

That must have been introduced after I stopped following BattleTech. Looks cool though!

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Davegotsu @davegotsu.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Am I allowed to point out that there are very few robots in Gundam, Battletech or Macross. They are all mecha series. In fact, the only robot that immediately comes to mind from any of those 3 series is Haro!

A green ball robot from the Gundam franchise.

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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

The Fifth Elephant pt 1 The first part of our first 2-parter has werewolves, vampires and dwarves on my! Vimes is out of Ankh-Morpork and hating it, Angua has to deal with her terrible family and too-nive boyfriend & Lady Sybil just wants a quiet chat diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-tab...

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Dining Table Discworld - Fifth Elephant, Part 1 | Dining Table Discworld

Vampires, werewolves and dwarves, oh my! Vimes is reluctant ambassador to Uberwald, Cheery brings dwarven femininity back home, Angua runs off to deal with her terribly family and so Carrot follows he...

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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The Fifth Elephant part 2 In the second part of our first 2-parter (which is also the 2nd book of the Uberwald duology) we discuss dwarf gender, Trigger's Broom, Igors and Uberwald, with some digressions. Content note: discussion of UK transphobia diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-tab...

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Dining Table Discworld - Fifth Elephant, Part 2 | Dining Table Discworld

In the second part of our discussion about The Fifth Elephant we discuss dwarf gender and femininity, plus how the Scone was stolen. Also some of the mysteries of Uberwald, like Igors and vampires who...

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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

It's Trans Day of Visibility today. Transwomen are women, trans men are men, non-binary people are valid, and trans rights are human rights. Trans* people exist across history and cultures, are not new (though wording may be) and are not a threat to us cisgender folks.

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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

The Fifth Elephant pt 1 Vimes has to leave Ankh-Morpork for the mysteries of Uberwald, with werewolves, vampires & dwarves. Luckily there's crime to investigate, unluckily the locals get very hostile. We discuss dwarven culture & werewolf fascism. diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-tab...

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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Witches vs vampires in Lancre, and Granny is having trouble fitting 4 into 3. Omnian priest Mightily Oates is in 2 minds about most things, but does the decent thing. There's vampiric fascism & an examination of who makes necessary but unpopular choices in a community www.podbean.com/ew/pb-mb6w4-...

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Dining Table Discworld - Carpe Jugulum

It's witches vs vampires in Lancre, and where is Granny Weatherwax? Carpe Jugulum looks at the roles of witches and the difficult, hidden choices that communities need someone to make. There's also ex...

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Davegotsu @davegotsu.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

I put my order in for my Print on Demand version of Songfall Survivors last night. Look forward to reading it.

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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Discworld Calendar - December 2003 On the Brink by Douglas Carrel A dramatic climax in Hogfather where Susan helps save an early incarnation of the Hogfather from the auditor's unreal dog shapes. Very myffic

A starry night, a steep, snowy mountainside. A woman with a black outfit and white hair with a black streak clings to the back of a huge boar. The boar is bleeding and panicking, and close to falling off a snow-covered ledge. The boar is being worried and attacked by a group of dog-shaped creatures who have the same colouration as the starry night sky above.

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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Jingo Ankh-Morpork prepares for war, which is no good if your job is keeping the peace. Vimes does what he knows, even when it takes him outside his city. We discuss the good influence this book has on us and how it is, regrettably, still very relevant right now. www.podbean.com/ew/pb-xib32-...

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Dining Table Discworld - Jingo

Suddenly Ankh-Morpork is keen to go to war, which is bad news for those trying to keep the peace. Vimes chases a suspect out of his element and learns something about big crimes and little crimes. Mea...

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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

For the weekend crowd, we're Halfway Through our Discworld reread, and look back on the 2nd quarter and 1st half of Discworld and what we've made of it. We also look ahead to the next 10 books. It's now been 2 years of us doing monthly episodes.

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Davegotsu @davegotsu.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

@ctjhill.bsky.social and I have yet to leave the house and we already know our London to Brighton leg is going to be not as planned!

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Catherine Hill @ctjhill.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

@davegotsu.bsky.social & I are (roughly) halfway through our podcasting of the Discworld novels. Here we look back, discuss subseries & villains, and look forward a bit.

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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Discworld Calendar - October 1999 Colour of Magic & Light Fantastic by Jack Kirby It's the edge of the world as we know it! There is a lot going on here, mostly Colour of Magic, but with some Light Fantastic characters thrown in there, maybe wondering why they're there

The edge of the Discworld is an ocean that falls into space, though space looks like a slightly cloudy blue sky here. The long net of the circumfence and it's posts curves away into the distance. Below the disc edge is the rimbow and beneath that we can see part of an elephant and turtle. In the centre is Rincewind, a wizzard with a long white beard and pointy, star-spangled hat, clinging in terror to the figurehead of a small sail boat that is caught on the net at the edge. Also on this boat is smiling Twoflower, who has glasses, and Death is lurking behind the sail with his scythe. Towing this boat away from the edge is a smaller rowing boat, filled by a watery, blue troll. To the left the Librarian, an orangutan in a purple wizard outfit, is on the circumfence. To the right, further away, a scantily clad man, with a scantily clad woman leaning on his back, is riding the Luggage (a wooden trunk with loads of little legs) over the water. The background has a bigger ship is on the water, and beyond that a small piece of land with various buildings and a rocket. In the blue sky above all this are the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse, War visible waving a mace above his head and holding a sword, Death is also there with his scythe (so who is hiding on Rincewind's boat? Scrofula?). Further away in the sky is a transparent disc with a group of black-robed figures sitting around the edge, and another in the centre. A ladder dangles from this.

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David Green @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

How about a giveaway? I have two copies of my cosy neurodivergent adventure Magic, Maps, and Mischief to send to two people! All you need to do is follow me and Repost this. Simple! I'll do the draw on Wednesday October 1st - good luck 🤞😁

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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

For the weekend crowd, our Hogfather episode is now live. At least it's cooler now than when we were reading and recording it.

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Davegotsu @davegotsu.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

No problem. I tend to lean towards stuff where I don't have to worry about faces :) Although at the moment I'm painting Phoenix for Marvel Crisis Protocol so need to do a decent job on that face.

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Davegotsu @davegotsu.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

You can't go too wrong with basecoat, wash and a quick highlight on the highest points. (Nose, cheeks etc) If the eye sockets are dark then you don't need to worry about painting the eyes :)

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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Feet of Clay Yet another royal conspiracy to investigate. Where is the arsenic tho? New job, new pronouns, new science. What are the golems up to? With tangents about Britain in 17th century and now, and also fun stuff like jokes and puns. www.podbean.com/ew/pb-qj2xz-...

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Dining Table Discworld - Feet of Clay

There's yet another royal conspiracy in Ankh-Morpork and Vimes is desperately trying to figure out where the arsenic is coming from. Meanwhile a competent, new Watch officer is breaking new ground bot...

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Davegotsu @davegotsu.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

As someone who works in a library, I love books that feature them! I'd love a copy.

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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Soul Music TV series In our second special episode we watch the animated Soul Music TV show, from Cosgrove Hall. With praise for Christopher Lee, how they have adapted a book about music into an audio visual format, and how aspects of the story have changed. www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ya5g5-...

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Dining Table Discworld - Soul Music TV Series

In our second special episode we watch the animated Soul Music TV show, from Cosgrove Hall. With praise for Christopher Lee, how to adapt a book about music into an audio visual format, and how aspect...

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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Discworld Calendar - July 2005 Leonard of Quirm trying to explain his latest idea to Lord Vetinari by Stuart Williams I love how the picture is titled the way Leonard of Quirm titles his inventions. Maybe it's the heatwave speaking, but that cellar looks like it'd be nice and cool.

2 white men stand in a stone cellar with a vaulted ceiling, around them are devices, sparks and eerie, cold light. On the right is a bald, old man with a bushy, white beard, holding up a diagram, his other pl held put, obviously explaining something. To the left, nearer the twisty stone staircase, is a man with short black hair and a Vulcan-ish look, holding his hand to his chin and clearly considering what he is being told. On the workbench on front of them a chemical flask produces sparks, and there are various mechanical drawings.

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Davegotsu @davegotsu.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

@ctjhill.bsky.social, kid and I will be roaming the halls tomorrow! Hope to see you around.

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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

We released our Interesting Times episode last week. It was challenging at times (CN: fatphobia, orientalism, discussion of rape jokes), but we had plenty to talk about. Rincewind remains Rincewind though, perhaps even more so than before. diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-tab...

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Dining Table Discworld - Interesting Times | Dining Table Discworld

Rincewind has returned, again. Sent to another part of the Disc, he meets old friends and runs away from new troubles. Can someone steal an empire? Are Geography teachers good at heists? What's with a...

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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Discworld Calendar - May 2004 The Gods of Discworld by Angelo Rinaldi This Classical scene of the Discworld Gods playing dice has a lot of great details. Obviously very inspired by Greek mythology and art, with a bit of Egyptian thrown in. Blind Io's floating eyeballs add a surreal touch.

There is a round space, defined by Corinthian columns, beyond it the background is sky and the tops of mountains. Some columns look aged and there's a couple of Classical Greek style statues missing heads and arms. The floor is a mosaic with a pattern of leaves and pomegranates. The focal point of the space is a big round table, that is also the Discworld; its seas are deep blue and the continents and islands are sandy colour, the main feature is a big spire of a mountain that rises from the centre. Around this are 14 figures, most are looking down at the table, most are white people wearing white robes in an Ancient Greek style. Some have laurel headbands, one lady has a hoplite-style helmet pushed up on top of her head. There is one person with a lion head, though no mane, and one person with a crocodile head, both are wearing white loin wraps and blue Egyptian-style collars and head coverings. There is also an entirely blue lady who is naked except for her Egyptian collar and blue and gold head covering. The central figure, subtly bigger than the others, is a man wearing a white toga, with dark shoulder-length hair and a salt and pepper beard, he has a white band over his eyes. Blind Io (for it is he) is leaning over the world table and has just rolled 2 dice out of a skull, around where he is leaning crackle lots of little lightning bolts, which would be massive storms on the Disc. Floating all around the space are at least 17 eyeballs, looking down at the table or the other figures, with a cluster around Blind Io.

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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Meet Susan, a young woman whose inheritance defies logic. And Imp, a young man who wants to give his life to music. See the wizards get carried away, again. Listen to us discuss headcannons, grief & Music With Rocks In! Plus more puns than you can shake a drumstick at www.podbean.com/ew/pb-a794x-...

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Dining Table Discworld - Soul Music

Death takes a holiday again, but this time it's compassionate leave. Susan makes a smaller mistake than her father did, but unlike him she was given basically no training. Meanwhile Music With Rocks I...

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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Podcast update: Soul Music - coming soon Interesting Times - to be recorded, again* Maskerade - being read * there was an issue with the first recording, so need to re-record. Not had this happen since Mort

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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Discworld Calendar April 1999 - The Colour of Magic by Josh Kirby This one has a warm, cosy sort of feel due to the colours, but it's dispelled as you look closer. It's clear which scene in the book this is, but not at all clear which figures are the main characters. Still certainly atmospheric.

Background colour is a warm yellow, it's ok the blank areas where the text is when it's the book cover. Right side of the image (front cover of the book) shows a group of people in a smoky cellar room. Towards the top there's 3 yellow trolls whose skin looks like armour, they are standing in a doorway at the top of a stone staircase and holding axes. With them is a white guy with a dagger and ornate outfit. Most of the way down the stairs is a guy (Twoflower) with a satchel, a coin pouch and hat, he may have four eyes or glasses, he's definitely pleased. At the bottom of the stairs a white guy with no shoes is falling, having presumably been violently barged out of the way by a huge wooden chest with a lot of little humanoid legs (the Luggage). It is approaching a trestle table where 4 men sit looking disapproving, 3 are wearing blue, 1 has a raven in his shoulder. 1 is wearing red, including a red hat, though the top of the hat can't be seen, he has a white beard, possibly this is Rincewind the Wizzard. At the far right of the picture, just visible from outside the frame is part of a scythe and the suggestion of a cowl. The light is from flaming torches and candles on a chandelier. Ravens flap high overhead. On the left side of the image a big yellow space at the top is apparently smoke from a flaming torch. The small yellow block seems to be a large parchment held by a weird, blobby, yellow creature with big bulbous eyes. Between these sections is a stone arch where various indistinct figures cluster giving a general air of grime and trouble. Must be the Broken Drum.

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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

With the old school officers dubious about the new recruits, the last thing the Night Watch needs is a high profile murder they absolutely are not supposed to investigate. We discuss policing, diversity, class consciousness and what counts as undead in Men At Arms www.podbean.com/ew/pb-rv4vc-...

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Dining Table Discworld - Men at Arms

The Watch is growing, and they'll let anyone in nowadays. With Captain Vimes soon to retire and the more old school officers dubious about the new recruits the last thing the Night Watch needs is a hi...

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Davegotsu @davegotsu.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Nope, I have some similar. They are too small for me to use comfortably for eating.

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Davegotsu @davegotsu.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

That printout headband is going to be very useful. Kid does not have enough hair to spike up naturally!

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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Discworld calendar - February 2005 Mr Pin and Mr Tulip by David Frankland Well all the rain in this picture certainly feels like today.

A dark, wet night on a bridge with everything in shades of purplish-blue. In the driving rain a large figure dressed as a nun, and a skinny figure dressed as a priest with a broad hat are leaning over the low parapet of the bridge. They look down at a full sack, which falls towards the river. Between the figures is a hippo statue, it's jaws wide, teeth beared. To the right of the bridge, beyond another hippo statue, some windows glow a pale yellow in the dark.

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Davegotsu @davegotsu.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

It's this Becky Excel one. glutenfreecuppatea.co.uk/2017/08/16/g... I had only about half the cocoa powder needed, so subbed in some chopped dark chocolate. No idea if that made a difference or if the base cake is just as moist.

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Gluten-free chocolate cake recipe - the ULTIMATE easy baking project that nobody would know is Coeliac-friendly and wheat-free.

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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Podcast update: Small Gods - recorded and being edited Lords and Ladies - read a while ago and just recorded There was some illness and Christmas between reading and recording Lords and Ladies, but turns out we'd remembered a fair bit of it, so that's pretty long still.

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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

For the Boxing Day crowd, our first special episode about the TV version of Colour of Magic.

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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Perhaps not a surprise that we have some Discworld Christmas ornaments. These are miniatures of Death-as-Hogfather and Albert playing an elf. Dave painted these and decorated the bases, with his customary attention to detail.

A close up of 2 miniature figurines on a mantle piece. On the left is a skeleton wearing a bright red, hooded cowl with a dirty white trim, he is holding some parchment and a quill,looking at it with concentration on his skull face. His black boots are on rumpled snow. On the right is a grumpy-looking, rangy, old white guy wearing a bright green festive outfit, including a pointed, green hat with a white tuft on the point. He has long white socks and bright red shoes. His hunched figure and expression are in direct contradiction to his outfit. He is standing on smooth, powdery snow. He wears fingerless gloves and holds a pork pie in one hand and maybe a very small, wooden goblet in the other. The miniatures on their bases stand on the edge of a white shelf.

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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Happy Hogswatch folks! This month we've done a special episode about the Colour of Magic TV show. Join us as we discuss the adaption (combining Colour of Magic & The Light Fantastic) including casting and VFX. Our normal episode format will resume next month. www.podbean.com/ew/pb-9dndt-...

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Dining Table Discworld - Colour of Magic TV Special

In our first special episode we watch the Colour of Magic TV show, which also includes The Light Fantastic. We discuss how combining the 2 books works and our thoughts on casting and visual effects. Y...

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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

The Witches are Abroad, spreading chaos across half a continent, beset by stories & pumpkins. Join us as we discuss how mirror magic is very relevant in the 21st Century, and the terrifying spectre of Granny Weatherwax not being The Good One. diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-tab...

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Dining Table Discworld - Witches Abroad | Dining Table Discworld

The Witches are Abroad, spreading chaos across half a continent, beset by stories & pumpkins. Join us as we discuss how mirror magic is very relevant in the 21st Century, and the terrifying spectr...

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Davegotsu @davegotsu.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Right, the series I was thinking of was Adventures on Trains by M G Leonard. Looking at it, maybe a bit advanced for 6yrs, but worth a look.

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Davegotsu @davegotsu.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Typically I can't think of any unless I'm standing in front of a shelf at work! I know there is a series of mysteries set on a train, but they may be a bit old. I'll try and remember to look tomorrow and reply then!

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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Podcast update: Witches Abroad - coming soon Small Gods - recorded, to be edited Lords & Ladies - one of us is reading

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