Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 11/03/2025In light of @dracowie.bsky.social ‘s continuing boycott of Australia, Manchester et al & his upcoming tour of Garycon- two questions remain. Does this make him a “Stunt Gaz” & has he been made a Guest of Honour/ Honor at Garycon? 171
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Black clothes don’t suit you Doc- stick to your normal colour palette. 170
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Suggested RPG system for "The gorge" pt 1. Questwords by @robindlaws.bsky.social for a GM & 2 players. Slight issue with both characters being snipers and therefore having a fair amount of duplicated skills. Best stress different motivations to act as significant keywords. Longcon format? 000
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 17/02/2025The location of the Gorge and what is in it forms part of the mystery of film and is probably best not known before a first watch. Needless to say, the mystery to our two protagonists is part of a conspiracy. Parts of the film feel like a computer game and you could adapt to an RPG system. 000
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 16/02/2025And yes, while the new edition of Questworlds is generic, a commitment from Chaosium to start publishing a new Questworlds Glorantha book a year would be great. Still the best system for Glorantha. Creators, feel free to add to Jonstown Compendium in the meantime . 1141
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Questworlds- just 2 days to go. I’m sure @dracowie.bsky.social is doing his level best to get the Scottish media suitably excited. www.chaosium.com/product_imag... 193
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 04/02/2025then at a certain point move to using Casper's sketchbook to generate clues/ shape the plot forward like Dracula Dossier (written by @kennethhite.bsky.social @mytholder.bsky.social ) or Absinthe in Carcosa ( @robindlaws.bsky.social 's Yellow King) as things get more chaotic). Your RPG system? 010
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 04/02/2025My suggestion would be to use @robindlaws.bsky.social @pelgranepress.bsky.social 's Fear Itself/ Ecoterrorists as a basis for a rotating cast- each player would play several different PCs based on location- whittled down by insanity/ injury/ death with standard GUMSHOE clues at the start and 110
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Afghanistan. Series 2 expands the locations to France and the Brazilian rainforest. As the series progresses, the different cast members funded themselves linked together. It's a fine series- imperfect but highly watchable. It would be interesting to emulate it in RPG form. 100
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Anybody else watched/ are watching the Apple TV series "Invasion"? Just to clarify, this is not an adaption of the 2000AD "Invasion" (which featured barely disguised Russians- the Volgs invading the UK) with Bill Savage leading the fightback. This is about an alien invasion set in Japan/ US/UK & 110
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 03/02/2025it's the 3rd February 2025 and still no release of Questworlds- the no 1 RPG. I wonder how @dracowie.bsky.social is coping up in sunny Dundee? I heard he's been taking Scottish Gaelic lessons, so he can cover the full range of Scottish media outlets on launch. 190
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 03/02/2025If you would like an opportunity to play online a game of Red Moon Rising, with the game's author, then follow the link: basicroleplaying.org/topic/7444-r... to the bottom of the page. Currently there are spaces. Red Moon rising is based on Dundee web comic artist Rose Loughran's work. 010
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Just to mention that Humble Bundle has revivied its Wendy & Richard Pini’s Elfquest hraphic novels offer. 020
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Hey @newtus.bsky.social time for some updates on Openquest & other crowdfunding projects from D101 Games. 140
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Hey @thetweedmeister.bsky.social when can we expect the Out of the Ashes/ Liminal VTT support? Also what’s happening with the print copies of “The Book of Quests” & “The Book of Beasts” ? Last ETA given was by the end of 2024. 110
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 16/01/2025The truth is out. Not content with boycotting Australia, @dracowie.bsky.social is boycotting cold, damp & grey Manchester for the warmth & colour of Wales. & there I was worried that he would be lonely in the gaming wing of Cowie Castle in Dundee. Which airport did you fly into Doc? 140
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 11/01/2025In this weekend’s i paper there’s an article on bibliotherapy- or how to get back for reading for fun again. Once again @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social & @blythygrog.bsky.social contributions through their bookclub is overlooked. How long will the impact of the podcast & side-projects be overlooked? 181
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 11/01/2025This week in the i paper’s tv sport section- a Julian Cope reference. Quirky coverage. 000
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Perhaps Doc could made "guest of honour" for the other Grogmeet 2025 to encourage him to attend. He could give a Glorantha lecture in the 3 hour Grogmeet eve slot; raffle guided tours of the gaming wing of Cowie Castle for charity & model a different kilt for each day. @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social? 150
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Best you organise a gaming weekend to combat the Grogmeet blues. After all, who wouldn’t want to game with the legend that you are? So, what year is it, Doc? 260
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Fiction read 3 of 2025 completed- Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London novella “The Masquerades of Spring” set in 1920s New York City, featuring Thomas Nightingale, but narrated by an old boy from his alma mater- Gussie. Featuring the demi-monde, jazz, gay life & racism. 010
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Did anybody else watch Apple TV+ on the weekend, while it was free? If so, what did you catch? www.apple.com/tv-pr/shows-... 000
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 06/01/2025This meant I could finally read the short story “Vanessa Sommer’s Other Christmas List” from the “Tales from the Folly” collection , a mere 2 years after I had read all the other stories in that collection. 2/2 Progress, eh? 020
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 06/01/2025First fiction of 2025 finished- Ben Aaronovitch‘s Rivers of London novella “The October Man”. Set in Trier, Germany, featuring Tobias Winter (an apprentice with the German Folly- Abteilung KDA) & local police liaison Vanessa Sommer (yes, he went there) with gruesome deaths & wine. 1/2 120
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 02/01/2025The last two fiction reads of 2024 were novellas, both by Ben Aaronovitch- in his Rivers of London series of books. What "Abigail Did That Summer" & "Winters Gifts"- both are fine easy reads told in the first person of the protagonists. Possibly a good starting point for new readers? 160
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 29/12/2024In a nod to Dundee, Doc Cowie gunslinger has a family heirloom of bagpipes. Imagine your favourite western cowpoke songs on this instrument being played at a skill level of 7. No wonder that gunfights break out @dracowie.bsky.social . 071
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 29/12/2024I didn’t design the RPG. Luckily you’re not a gunslinger but a highly respected GP. i.pinimg.com/originals/84... 120
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Just getting around to creating @dracowie.bsky.social ‘s horse in Western RPG. It’s not clear if Wee Hoss- a Quarter Horse- stats are on the same scale as a human player character. If they are on the same scale, then Wee Hoss is more intelligent than Doc Cowie Gunslinger. (Not Doc the role player) 160
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 28/12/2024Two metal references in on Sports TV column. The i paper keeps its coverage eccentric. 010
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 25/12/2024Just think this should be the last Xmas without @robindlaws.bsky.social @icooper.bsky.social ‘s Questworlds in every reputable home. Just think of the sheer number of genre packs by Xmas 2025. 170
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 23/12/2024So @dracowie.bsky.social wants his Western RPG PC to be a gunslinger with a love of tobacco. I think it would have to be a kilt wearing gunslinger to fit his character concept best. So pleased that people decided against nominating the saloon girl option. BTW Doc, the year is 1876- as you know. 190
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Now if I was to create a PC in Western with the name of Doc Cowie, what life path should I use? I could go for doctor (obvs as @dracowie.bsky.social would say), but I could go for charlatan or conman. Desperado or explorer. Maybe a gunslinger- probably not a saloon girl tho. Any views out there? 660
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 22/12/2024Also available from DriveThruRPG- although (fair warning) it’s not cheap. There’s 2 adventures available as well. It’s a complex RPG- the character sheet is 4 pages. Print copies will be distributed through Modiphius. 000
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 22/12/2024The long delayed (originally scheduled for 2018) Swedish rpg Western has finally issued its core books to backers like Matthew “Owlbear“ Broome & prolific reviewer Pookie Wookie. Print edition “soon” . No ETA on the remaining supplements. i.kickstarter.com/assets/047/6... 261
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Reindeers & Castles- the new seasonal RPG. The refreshing alternative to elf/gnome/ duck games. 040
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 27/11/2024If like Doc, you want to play an elf-game, then I'm sure Chaosium and Wendy and Richard Pini would like to remind you that the BRP based Elfquest game is available as a late backer on Kickstarter. 041
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 25/11/2024The storyline is frankly bonkers and possibly incomprehensible if you haven't read a few tales of the Eternal Champion. Written by Moorcock himself and it features him playing a game to save the Multiverse itself. Sadly the game isn't the Stormbringer or Hawkmoon RPGs. Fun. 041
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 25/11/2024For fans of Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion multiverse stories, I'm pleased to report that Titan Books' reproduction of the 1997 Multiverse stories are decent, showcasing the art of Walt Simonson, John Ridgway and Mark Reeve. 181
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 02/11/2024Today’s i newspaper music-sport crossover reference comes c/o Brazil. 120
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 24/10/2024The RPG project that @oilpainting71.bsky.social was born to illustrate. @mytholder.bsky.social is working on a Gumshoe game of amazing brave daring Halfling detectic heroes for Pelgrane Press. Joe, member of the Royal Academy & “not just gnomes” 140
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 15/10/2024Looks like a core clue or two has gone missing in the Trail of Cthulhu 2nd edition crowdfunder. That said the spookily disappeared add ons weren't actually order able earlier, but now, there's no mention of it at all. Perhaps an (expensive ) preview of what may come? 010
Dimbyd @dimbyd.bsky.social · 03/10/2024I wonder how it compares to the Dragon Pass Gazetteer (project managed by @icooper.bsky.social ). I’m sure the maps & art will be an upgrade. 130
