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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In tribute to Tim Curry who sadly passed last month, this month's movie was board game based comedy mystery Clue. #MovieMonday #FilmReview open.spotify.com/episode/09an...

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Movie Monday: Clue (E311)

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Let's go crazy! @capacle.bsky.social's Weird, Whimsy & Wonder is finally here and it's wild. A creative tool to help make fantasy more fantastical. #ttrpg

Weird, Whimsy & Wonder by Cesar Capacle (cover)

Weird, Whimsy & Wonder by Cesar Capacle (interior art)

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I've woken up in a Black Mirror episode. YouTube is trying to sell me an anti-aircraft defence system. I'm not sure they're pitching to the right demographic. How about something to help me put my socks on?

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A bundle of goodies with a lovely message from the wonderful folk at @beyondcataclysm.co.uk. @donnstroud.bsky.social's Ruination Pilgrimage bundle and Eely Moon's utterly charming Cairn adventure The Fangwitch's Falls. #osr #ttrpg

Ruination Pilgrimage bundle by Donn Stroud and The Fangwitch's Falls by Eely Moon

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I think eBay is trolling me. I don't know the first thing about bass fishing but this is not what I imagine bait worms to look like.

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I must remember to snog the postie the next time I see him. @handiworkgames.bsky.social's Cold City Hot War second edition, @jimmyshelter.bsky.social's Shallow Pines: A Meddlesome Kids Game, and @alfredvalley.bsky.social's Brute Fort: A Solo Card Game.

Cold City Hot War second edition slipcase and playpacks by Handiwork Games, Pine Shallows by Peter Eijk, Brute Fort by Alfred Valley

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This month's movie was a bit out of left field but House II: The Second Story certainly had gaming potential and some pretty good stop-motion too. #MovieMonday #Fantasy #FilmReview open.spotify.com/episode/5XUf...

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Movie Monday: House II: The Second Story (E329)

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

#RPGaDay2026 Day 32: "Edge" Show me an edge and my thoughts immediately turn to what lies beyond it. The edge of town, the edge of the forest, the edge of a map. Having a lifelong fascination with ambiguity, tabletop roleplaying feels like the perfect home for the terminally curious. #TTRPG

Map of Allansia from Titan - The Fighting Fantasy World by Marc Gascoigne, Steve Jackson & Ian Livingstone

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

#RPGaDay2026 Day 30: "Pride" This is the perfect opportunity to promote Max Lander's high camp, high fantasy Himbos of Myth & Mettle. A simple yet creative, sweat-drenched OSR compatible game that's proudly garish, salacious and queer. #OSR #TTRPG maxwellander.itch.io/himbos

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Himbos of Myth & Mettle by hugeboar

A high fantasy game of comedy, kindness & camp

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

#RPGaDay2026 Day 29: "Labour" A little bit of politics. This got me thinking of the old left (not the neoliberal fanclub). Taking its inspiration from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, @jessfrom.online's Going Rogue sees characters willing to make the ultimate sacrifice to leberate the galaxy. #TTRPG

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

#RPGaDay2026 Day 28: "Devotion" This reminded me of a Black Hack campaign I played in with a character seeking redemption. On encountering some extra terrestrial beings, he became convinced they were angels and swore his allegiance to them, effectively becoming a bloodthirsty zealot. #OSR #TTRPG

The Black Hack 2nd Edition by David Black

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

#RPGaDay2026 Day 27: "Hunger" While Ryoko Kui certainly didn't invent the idea of eating slain creatures, the anime adaptation of Delicious in Dungeon has certainly helped proliferate the idea of such in-game activity. #TTRPG

Delicious in Dungeon World Guide: The Adventurer's Bible, Complete Edition by Ryoko Kui

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#RPGaDay2026 Day 26: "Regret" It's difficult to talk positively about regret. I regret being away from the hobby for so long. I regret losing touch with those I used to play with. I regret spending time watching from the sidelines when rediscovering the hobby. Just play to find out. #TTRPG

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#RPGaDay2026 Day 25: "Familiarity" This brings me back to some simple but great advice for improvisational play in @grahamwalmsley.bsky.social's Play Unsafe. "Do the obvious thing.... Paradoxically, that obvious thing may, to everyone else, seem original and brilliant." #TTRPG

Play Unsafe 20th Anniversary Edition by Graham Walmsley

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

#RPGaDay2026 Day 24: "Distance" @wizardthieffighter.bsky.social's Ultraviolet Grasslands and the Black City is described as Oregon Trail meets Dying Earth meets psychedelic heavy metal. An epic journey through mythic steppes that I'm itching to embark on. #OSR #NSR #TTRPG

Ultraviolet Grasslands and the Black City by Luka Rejec (cover)

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

#RPGaDay2026 Day 23: "Fortune" In @ravengodgames.bsky.social' sword & sorcery RPG Reaver, fortune comes in the shape of a ring forged by the gods. Stolen from a sanctuary dedicated to the goddess of night, Fortuna grants its wearer uncommon luck and good fortune. #TTRPG

Sword & Sorcery Roleplaying Game Reaver by Joseph D. Salvador

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

#RPGaDay2026 Day 22: "Grit" My first thoughts are of the Western, and @jasonhobbs.bsky.social's Bite the Bullet. What differentiates the game from other Western RPGs is its focus on the grittiness and danger of social conflict and faith based matters. #TTRPG hobbs665.itch.io/bite-the-bul...

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Bite the Bullet by Mr Hobbs' Gamerhood

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

#RPGaDay2026 Day 21: "Charity" This got me thinking about all the great RPGs that are absolutely free. Swords & Wizardry, Basic Fantasy, Risus, Stars Without Number, Worlds Without Number, Fate Condensed, Mausritter, Cairn 2E, Mork Borg (Barebones), not to mention all the free SRDs. #TTRPG

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

#RPGaDay2026 Day 20: "Promise" I promised myself I wasn't going to fall behind this year but here we are. The same cannot be said for @yochaigal.bsky.social and his Cairn Press Adventure Double Feature! Kickstarter. Estimated delivery in December yet here it is already! #CairnRPG #NSR #OSR #TTRPG

The Drops of St. Jerome by Filipp Nurullin (cover) & What Haunts Hardwood by Hillard (cover)

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

#RPGaDay2026 Day 19: "Desire" My first thought is the desire to play more frequently and explore some of the amazing worlds waiting within the pages of the books on my shelf. Games like Barbarians of the Ruined Earth, Swyvers, Ultraviolet Grasslands, and Dolmenwood, to name but a few. #TTRPG

Barbarians of the Ruined Earth by Mike Evans, Swyvers by Luke Gearing, UltraViolet Grasslands and the Black City by Luka Rejec

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

#RPGaDay2026 Day 18: "Directness" I appreciate clarity and concision when it comes to RPG rules which is why I'm such a fan of Chris McDowall's Into The Odd. One of the few rulesets I understood just by reading them. A game that has inspired many others including Chris' own Mythic Bastionland. #NSR

Mythic Bastionland: Before Into The Odd by Chris McDowall

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

#RPGaDay2026 Day 17: "Intensity" Nothing ramps up the tension like a countdown. I think Brandish Wilhelm's Index Card RPG was the first game I encountered the idea of using dice as a visible countdown for players. It's full of great tips for maintaining momentum. #ICRPG #DnD #TTRPG

Index Card RPG: Master Edition by Brandish Gilhelm (cover)

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

#RPGaDay2026 Day 16: "Composure" Keeping calm and collected is not something that comes natural to many of my characters. I'm currently playing Norm O'Neill, a 2nd storey guy, in the Call of Cthulhu campaign Shadows of Yog-Sothoth on Grizzly Peaks Radio.

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

#RPGaDay2026 Day 15: "Endurance" I'm looking forward to playing a larch this evening (yes, the tree) in my first ever session of Jim Wampler's Mutant Crawl Classics. With a Stamina of 16, I'd say I was pretty durable. #MCC #DCC #DND #TTRPG

Mutant Crawl Classics Role Playing Game by Jim Wampler (cover)

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

#RPGaDay2026 Day 14: "Regard" I do like games that broach reputation. In Andre Novoa's Fail, an old-school fantasy brawler from Games Omnivorous, characters have a Reputation track that can go up or down, depending on their actions.

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

#RPGaDay2026 Day 13: "Strain" I do enjoy a good funnel like Julian Bernick's The Laughing Idol of Lar-Shan for Dungeon Crawl Classics' Dying Earth setting, but why are they called a funnel when they more like strainers? #DyingEarth #DCC #TTRPG

The Laughing Idol of Lar-Shan by a Julian Bernick (cover)

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

#RPGaDay2026 Day 12: "Loss" Fatherfog is Alan Gerding's fairytale horror based on the Mothership rules. Characters begin with 100 Hope. Failing a stat check is of several ways to lose Hope. You must roll a Hope Save each time you experience something horrific or roll a Critical fail.

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

#RPGaDay2026 Day 11: "Tact" In Free League's Vaesen, vaesen can rarely be killed. Play often involves gathering the information necessary to alleviate or resolve conflicts between the supernatural and human interests. #FolkHorror #TTRPG

Vaesen: Mythic Britain & Ireland by Graeme Davis, art by Johan Egerkrans (cover)

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

#RPGaDay2026 Day 10: "Privilege" In Free League's Alien, each player has a personal agenda which may not be in the crew's best interests. A secret fear of combat, a secret addiction, or a desire to your findings to yourself. You might not even be human. #scifi #horror #ttrpg

Alien The Roleplaying Game by Free League

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

#RPGaDay2026 Day 9: "Privilege" Well, this is easy. It's a genuine privilege to be involved in this hobby. As someone with restricted mobility, online TTRPG play makes it possible to engage in an activity where I can set physical limitations aside and even play with people across the globe.

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

#RPGaDay2026 Day 8: "Resolve" In Chris McDowall's Mythic Bastionland, Knights gain Glory when Myths are resolved. Myths are a series of 6 encounters the Knights seek in the Realm they have sworn to protect. #MarkOfTheOdd #OSR #NSR #TTRPG

Mythic Bastionland Before Into The Odd by Chris McDowall (cover)

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

#RPGaDay2026 Day 7: "Mercy" In David Lombardo's Brighter Worlds, you may play a Devoted. Declare what you are devoted to and choose a Vow you must live. With a Vow of Mercy, you must accept offers of surrender, and honour good faith requests for assistance. awkwardturtle.itch.io/brighter-wor...

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Brighter Worlds by AwkwardTurtle

A whimsical fantasy TTRPG with modular crunch.

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

#RPGaDay2026 Day 6: "Reach" I can't see this word without thinking of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach series. #zorecore is a genre I've been mildly obsessed with in recent years and the latest addition to my collection is Cody Barr's Zones from Sasquatch Games. sasquatchgames.itch.io/zones

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ZONES by Sasquatch Games

Survival and exploration in the exclusion zones

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

#RPGaDay2026 Day 5: "Burden" In @danielblandyrpgs.blusky.social's Eco-Mofos!! and Islands of Weirdhope, when you "Pick your punk", roll d6 for a Burden. These are emotional debts which take up Inventory slots. You risk gaining additional burdens whenever you attempt to use certain abilities.

Eco Mofos!! by David Blandy & Daniel Locke

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

#RPGaDay2026 Day 4: "Charm" My mind immediately went to @josiahmoore.bsky.social's Tiny Tables for Mausritter and the carms sold by the Merfolk traders.

Illustration of Merfolk from Mausritter adventure Tiny Fables by Josiah Moore

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

#RPGaDay2026 Day 3: "Poise" I've just been reading @indestructoboy.bsky.social's Vagabond: Pulp Fantasy Roleplaying Game, one of the best things to come out of the OGL scandal, a game which has a Dancer class. #DnD

Vagabond Pulp Fantasy Roleplaying Game by Taron Pound (pages 34 & 35)

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

#RPGaDay2026 Day 2: "Stature" A little route one perhaps but, after watching Jason and the Argonaunts for last month's Movie Monday, I can't stop thinking about this guy.

Talos pursuing the Argonauts (image from 1963's Jason and the Argonauts directed by Don Chaffey)

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

You can hear me and a bunch of fellow RPG podcasters calling into Mirke the Meek's show to celebrate #RPGaDay2026 by contemplating the idea of D&D as a genre. #DnD open.spotify.com/episode/5yrH...

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RPG-a-Genre 2026: Dungeons & Dragons

Mirke The Meek · Episode

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

#RPGaDay2026 Day 1: "Discipline" Wow! I'm struggling straight off the bat. This is meant to be all about talk positively about the hobby yet all I've been able to think about today are areas in which I lack discipline. 😅 If there's one area in which I feel I'm doing ok, it's as an RPG player.

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Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

@grahamwalmsley.bsky.social's Play Unsafe is a cracking little read. Full of encouraging improv tips that might be obvious to some but has certainly helped identify some potential weak spots for me as an RPG player.

Play Unsafe 20th Anniversary Edition by Graham Walmsley (book cover)

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