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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Walking the dog today, and thinking how grateful I am that my mate Steve introduced me to D&D 48 years ago. This has resulted in friends across the world - note hat from Lake Geneva, home of TSR, and new T-shirt from friend in Ukraine (thank you Daria) Thank you to EVERYONE! ❤️

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Off to Glasgow to meet up with my old flatmate over from Chicago for breakfast. #Scotrail smooth as ever - thanks to John!

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

@squadronuk.bsky.social A) what the rules for being prone B) can you choose to dodge after you see the damage rul?

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Happy Birthday to the legendary @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social! A man who quietly and consistently does so much to support UK roleplaying without ever showing off about it <3 Mind you, now I've thought about it, I would LOVE Dirk to start developing a TikTok influencer presence...

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

LUX by Rosalia ❤️ (I mean a LITTLE bit is in English, but there are 12 other languages? Is that OK?)

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

As you would expect, the bright nebula in the eastern portion of the map is TTRPGs. Indie Rock - OK, guilty pleasure. “Fandom” - maybe? But FFS, “Norwegian Football Enthusiasts”? Utterly baffled, but I seem to have a new hobby awaiting me! ❤️

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Looks like I can get a free 240 character dedication in Caroline Munro's autobiography! Suggestions very gratefully received*.... *Not from YOU @orlanth.bsky.social www.carolinemunro.org/reality-behi...

carolinemunro.org

Reality Behind the Fantasy

Signed Paperback book Please advise if you would like it dedicated PLEASE NOTE Because of the possibility of damage, signed photos CANNOT be ordered

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

@icooper.bsky.social has been lamenting the fact that players in other games are constantly posting pictures of the terrain and maps their GMs use, and marvelling at their ability. Because I am a massive suckup (and am hoping for an XP), please feast your eyes upon the the ruined city of Jadnor❤️

Map of Jadnor, possibly drawn on a 1970s computer punchcard?

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Check out the authentic rock overbite!

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Orestes the Bard, Hero of Apollo, rides forth once again! @sam0vail.bsky.social leads the #Grogten massive back to Ancient Greece ❤️

Character sheet - Pendragon meets Ancient Greece

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

#grogmeet26 The Pulp Heroes have encountered the cult leader, lurking in an underwater lair courtesy of @fenrisgames.com ❤️

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

We don't all want to liquidate Nazis in a forest with giant leaves, but if you want to own the sort of minis that DO - check out @badsquiddogames.bsky.social ❤️

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

So, I can't believe nobody has posted about the mad session of Savage Worlds last night - run by @thegrognardfiles.bsky.social, with me (Tazuun), @xneardark.bsky.social (Gallus)and of course the gladiator everyone loves to hate - Vexius (@orlanth.bsky.social) TW: Emetophobia and crocodiles

Tick Tock the crocodile swallowing Cap'n Hook

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Secrets of Sun County at the @chaosium.bsky.social con EU! @moonbroth.bsky.social sitting proudly with the legendary MOB and Rick Meints!

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Extraordinary scenes at Paul Fricker’s VIP game at @chaosium.bsky.social Con EU. Monkeys, harps, ventriloquist dummies… ❤️

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

It’s the @chaosium.bsky.social 50th in Gdansk - check out the cake!!!!!

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

It's Thursday Night Dark Future with @orlanth.bsky.social, @sam0vail.bsky.social, and @oldscouserp.bsky.social ❤️ The artwork is absolutely 80's Games Workshop awesomeness from Paul Bonnier!

Orlanth Vex delighting us with his dreamweaving skills

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

@thegrognardfiles.bsky.social is having SUCH a good evening running gladiatorial chariot racing for @orlanth.bsky.social and myself...

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

My friends know me to be the most modest of men - if there was a Nobel Prize for Humbletude I would win every year. But even *I* must occasionally blow my own trumpet! I.Am.A.VIP! THE Paul Fricker has deigned to run a game at @chaosium.bsky.social's upcoming con for me (and five of my VI friends)

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Is it an early sign of dementia when you have to zoom in on a photo to check it it isn't a picture of yourself?

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

@orlanth.bsky.social is SO PROUD of his Savage Rifts Cyberoctopus ❤️

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Once again the real world is a little tricky to navigate. Ironically the "Dark" Future envisioned by Games Workshop seems much groovier? Thanks to @orlanth.bsky.social for running in Savage Worlds with @oldscouserp.bsky.social, @sam0vail.bsky.social and @tristanarbro.bsky.social backing me up!

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Possibly the coolest place I have run Runequest EVER!

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Titterpigs:The TTRPG Podcast @titterpigs.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

After a series of roadblocks, hurdles, and tragic loss, we have crawled back up from the pit and into the Titterpig's studio to dust off the microphones, bring you all up to date, and take a moment to reflect on our friend Bud. ❤️ #ttrpg creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Many of you will have known Bud Baird from @budsrpgreview.bsky.social and will have heard the very sad news of his death aged 52. His daughters would love it if you could subscribe to his channel and get it to 10,000 subscribers ❤️

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Apparently this Kickstarter is winding up some gentlemen on the internet - they are distressed by the implication that the Nazis were the bad guys. If you're not keen on these sort of fellows, and you'd like to give 'em a metaphorical punch on the snoot - back Annie's latest awesome Kickstarter?

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

So, I took my 19yo daughter to the @chaosium.bsky.social Cthulhu Live Play Extravaganza. She had a lovely time, though she was asking me questions about technical game details (she hasn't played CoC). She had SUCH a good time I let her talk to Mike Mason. Reader, I was humiliated 😪

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

I have taken my tiny daughter to see the @chaosium.bsky.social Call of Cthulhu EXTRAVAGANZA! Let’s see how Mike handles this….

Jon Gracey, Becca Scott, Mike Mason, Sam See, Sydney Amanuel, Josephine McAdams

Me and my tiny girl (she is the one on the left)

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

If you want to get away from your boring life of joy and fulfilment then can I recommend you consider this opportunity to wallow in a poorly lit and always disappointing world of Nordic Noir? www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

kickstarter.com

Cörk Bord: a Nordic Noir investigative Role-Playing Game

A MÖRK BORG compatible game of police procedural horror where every clue cuts deep and success lies beneath the baggage of broken lives

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Apparently people tire of roleplaying games - they feel they've seen it all before. Maybe I'm just lucky, or maybe I get to play #Heart run by @orlanth.bsky.social, and watch @davepaters.bsky.social get kicked in the nads by an unborn god 😮🍆😭 Thanks as always to @mytholder.bsky.social!

A grumpy looking priest, even before he was kicked in the nads by an unborn god.

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Big fan of both @robindlaws.bsky.social’s Drama System AND the Unconventional GMs! Keen to see what they make of the one on one version❤️

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Sometimes life is hard, and FOMO from GenCon can make it harder. But soothe yourselves with the knowledge that if you DID go, you would not make such an irredeemable dork of yourself in public ❤️

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Nerdy post coming up - here's a shot from the really interesting new Runequest Warlords game. Zoom in on the chap on the screen - anyone recognise this feller? (he has changed his hairstyle in an attempt to disguise himself) PS Thank you so much to Sophie for letting me check out he groovy broo)

Sophie from Slitherine with a mystery Glorantha Nemesis!

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Andrew and Briana have been AMAZING cosplayers as ever at the @chaosium.bsky.social room. But my family picture was PHOTOBOMBED by the LEGENDARY @symphonyhorror.bsky.social ❤️❤️

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Congrats to proper Grog Chris McDowall and Alec Sorensen for THREE Ennies at GenCon!

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Mike Pondsmith Hall of Fame at the Ennies. The man is both a legend and a really cool, curious bloke ❤️

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Kicking off at GenCon - @paulfricker.bsky.social’ s fans are getting VERY frustrated at the queue 😡

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Day one of Gen Con. Exactly one of us remembered dice 🙄 (We were quite excited)

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Well, it’s the day before Gen Con, and everything is getting set up. I was too cheap to get Sherpa 1 a go on the real D&D pinball, so he’s playing the Poundland version…

My idiot son playing pinball at Gen Con…

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

We are off to Gen Con - various offspring and relatives and beloveds. Eventually through security, BOTH my sons have brought water flasks that look like grenades.🙄

Two idiot Sherpas and two people who deserve better.

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

We all love @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com, obvs, but this post is particularly good. I mean, not the "getting stoned for two weeks watching Dr Who" (though sounds wild) - the "choosing to engage with and to *like* human beings is actually a choice" open.substack.com/pub/youngvul...

open.substack.com

A Pro-Human Manifesto

Behold! I have had a thought.

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Come on! We all need monads in our gaming library*! *I mean, it’s possible we do already have a lot of them, I’m not sure that Leibniz was ever peer reviewed…

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

This book really wasn't on my radar until recently - it is absolutely brilliant. My wife continues to roll her eyes when I release an involuntary squeal on turning a page to see a beloved book. But then I'm quiet for a bit while I read the really interesting discussion... Thanks @stuhorvath.com!

Stu Horvath's Monsters, Aliens, Holes in the Ground.
I LOVE it!

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

@jimjimthegrim.bsky.social is running RQ this weekend! The Cradle has burst into the seas. There are ships heading towards us - anyone recognise these two? With @tashmakesstuff.bsky.social, @tessdrinkstea.bsky.social and, of course, @jaje7406.bsky.social…

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

I've heard that this video is being posted in a derogatory manner 😲. Just to be clear, if ANYONE watches this and has the urge to be mean to anyone here I genuinely pity you. They are living their best cybergoth lives, how can it do anything but bring you joy? www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPbV...

youtube.com

Cybergoth Dance Party

YouTube video by gNarLy cEe

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

After @badsquiddogames.bsky.social couldn’t think of anywhere in Nottingham that sold battle mats we had to bodge one with printers and sellotape 😢 Pic, things not going well in the sewer (red ❤️ = less than half HP)

Stressful trip into the sewers below the Slave Pits of the Undercity….

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Me feeling a bit useless when a patient turns up wanting help for toothache and is furious at my incompetence

HarlEQuin and Doc Fate discussing specialism in medicine

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Doc Cowie @dracowie.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

So, my mate Gaz has come over from New York to play D&D (six school friends since the late seventies) He’s brought me a present. I might have to buy some paints - that would be fine, yeh? I wouldn’t end up up spiralling into misery with a massive pile of unpainted minis like you lot, would I?

Old Asgard dwarf Arquebusier from Noble Knight ❤️

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