iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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)

1100 10

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

0101 10

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.

010 1

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

291 9

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

061 6

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

1228 22

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

0100 10

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

041 4

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

140 4

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)

2255 25

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

061 6

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)

071 7

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

2130 13

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

081 8

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)

181 8

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

He's possibly the coolest character I've ever played and even then, it took a little time for his confidence to develop. #CoC #ActualPlay #TTRPG

Grizzly Peaks Radio presets Shadows of Yog-Sothoth

141 4

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)

183 8

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

A that character becoming famous or infamous for their deeds will earn a player tokens that can be spent to gain benefits. #OSR #NSR #TTRPG

020 2

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)

040 4

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

Failing the Save results in Despair, a condition the Guide will inform you of. #Fairytale #Horror #TTRPG

Fatherfog Fairytale Horror Roleplaying by Alan Gerding (cover)

070 7

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)

0183 18

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

1102 10

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)

0172 17

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

Acquire 3 Burdens and you are deprived. Think of inventive ways to unburden yourself. If you're Sad, indulge in a shameful vice. If you're Shamed, commit an act of self-sacrifice. If you are Grieving, perform a ritual of remembrance. (Art by @daniellocke.bsky.social) #MarkOfTheOdd #OSR #NSR

Islands of Weirdhope by David Blandy & Daniel Locke

031 3

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

184 8

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

3222 22

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)

072 7

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)

0192 19

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

I'm lucky to be blessed with a wonderfully talented group which obviously helps me immensely. This is also a good opportunity to mention the new edition of @grahamwalmsley.bsky.social's Play Unsafe. Not a title that screams discipline but it's all about being truly present at the gaming table.

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

270 7

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)

1183 18

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

They're finally here... In this corporeal sphere! @melsonian-arts-council.itch.io and @iglootree.bsky.social House of Troika! playing cards & initiative deck for Troika! The Science Fantasy Roleplaying Game. Each card beautifully illustrated by Shuyi Zhang. #troika #ttrpg #playingcards

House of Troika! Playing Cards (4 ace cards)

House of Troika! Playing Cards (jokers and diamond picture cards)

0184 18

Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Cairn Barebones Edition by @yochaigal.bsky.social and Anotherotherworld by @everweird.bsky.social, art by @evlynmoreau.bsky.social, a Dolmenwoodesque Into The Odd hack where you play the fae. #CairnRPG #MarkOfTheOdd

Cairn Barebones Edition by Yochai Gal, Anotherotherworld by Everweird

0255 25

Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

@sasquatchgames.bsky.social's Zones brings together some of my favourite rules and one of my favourite settings. #IntoTheOdd, #Mausritter #CairnRPG #ZoneCore #Stalker #NSR #TTRPG

051 5

Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Just watched Marcell Jankovics' Son of the White Mare. Quite possibly one of the most beautiful films I've ever seen. #folklore #fantasy

Treeshaker wielding sword (from Son of the White Mare)

070 7

Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I was always a little reluctant to return to Essex... until now! I never realised becoming a revolting peasant would look this classy! @threesailsstudios.bsky.social's Gallows Corner - A Peasants' Revolt RPG is absolutely stunning! #ttrpg

Gallows Corner - A Peasants' Revolt RPG by Bickers, Blum, & Kilpatrick (box cover)

Gallows Corner - A Peasants' Revolt RPG by Bickers, Blum, & Kilpatrick (book cover, box interior)

Gallows Corner - A Peasants' Revolt RPG by Bickers, Blum, & Kilpatrick (book back cover, supplements, box interior)

271 7

Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Ooo, I wasn't expecting this to arrive quite so soon. Midnight of the Century from @byodinsbeardrpg.com is an investigative horror game inspired by the 90s TV show Millennium and games Liminal Horror, Brindlewood Bay, and Cthulhu Dark. #ttrpg #horror

Midnight of the Century by Colin Le Sueur (cover)

Midnight of the Century by Colin Le Sueur (back cover)

092 9

Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Who needs players? Explore the other side of tabletop roleplaying with @capacle.bsky.social's expanded Triple-O player character emulator. I can't wait to play around with this? So, test run a published module or journey through my own world? 🤔

Triple-O: The Player Character Emulator by Cezar Capable (zine)

252 5

Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I'm relatively new to the diabolical delights of Arthur Machen but, being familiar with the work of @voxparlour.bsky.social, I had to grab me one of these from @ospreygames.bsky.social #weird #horror #folkhorror #gumshoe #ttrpg

The Terror Beneath: An Investigative Roleplaying Game of Weird Folk Horror by Scott Malthouse (cover)

The Terror Beneath: An Investigative Roleplaying Game of Weird Folk Horror by Scott Malthouse (back cover)

141 4

Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

A wee reminder that this month's movie is Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. Movie Monday airs on May 25th. If you'd like to share your thoughts, email or send some audio to spencer.freethrall@gmail.com or look me up on discord. #BladeRunner #SciFi #CyberPunk #MovieReview

Blade Runner (1982) still. (left to right) J.F. Sebastian, Pris, J.F's automaton friend.

370 7

Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Taron Pounds' Vagabond Pulp Fantasy RPG is d20 roll over built like a roll under system. Well laid out with light rules for GMing but a bit of tactical crunch reserved for the players. Could be great for beginner GMs and plenty of neat tricks for more seasoned ones I imagine. #ttrpg #dnd

Vagabond Pulp Fantasy Roleplaying Game by Taron (indestructoboy) Pounds (cover)

061 6

Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

After 6 years of playing Call of Cthulhu, I figured it was high time things got physical. #CoC #CallofCthulhu #TTRPG

Call of Cthulhu 50th Anniversary slipcase set (cover)

Call of Cthulhu 50th Anniversary slipcase set (content)

Call of Cthulhu 50th Anniversary slipcase set (Keeper screen)

110 1

Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

I couldn't help but grab myself a copy of @barrelrider.bsky.social's White Box Dungeon Adventures. At 50 pages, it's basically a stripped down introductory supplement for White Box Cyclopedia. #osr #dnd #ttrpg #zine

White Box Dungeon Adventures by James M. Spahn (zine & some dice)

040 4

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

Also, this month's movie is Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. The episode will air on May 25th. Why not contribute to the show by sending in some audio? Send to spencer.freethrall@gmail.com #BladeRunner #SciFi #MovieReview

Film poster for Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982)

000 0

Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Vermis III: Old Curses & Buried Horrors @hollowpress.bsky.social's guide to a dark and twisted 80s computer RPG that never was.

070 7

Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

All ready for World Book Day! Chiri from Carlos Sanchez's Rune and a princess from You Choose Fairy Tales. #WorldBookDay2026

040 4

Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Looking forward to getting stuck into this one! It Was All a Dream: An Anthology of Bad Horror Tropes Done Right edited by Brandon Applegate.

It Was All a Dream: An Anthology of Bad Horror Tropes Done Right edited by Brandon Applegate (cover)

1131 13

Spencer (best served with game) @freethrall.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

The train has arrived! @lampreyskink.bsky.social's The Venture Below: An Unofficial Inspection of the Troika Underground

The Venture Below: An Unofficial Inspection of the Troika Underground by Jesse Payne and Stanley MacDonald (book cover and additional material)

031 3