Reposted by Grant HowittMichaela Joffe @joffeorama.bsky.social · 30/09/2026not sure why I made this but now you have to see it 10492613523
Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Gemelli has played a lot of Hollows. More than me, that’s for sure. So that’s why you should have a bash on his thorough (and, admittedly, glowing) review of our game: 36013
Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Rare example of a Helix Yikes! eraser in the wild. Overharvesting in the mid-90’s led to steep population decline but it’s exciting to see them back on our shores and, one day soon, our pencil cases 0372
Reposted by Grant HowittPlaytest Material Magazine @playtestmaterial.bsky.social · 26/09/2026new on the site: what can 300-year-old Japanese sit-down comedy teach us about running better TTRPGs? playtestmaterial.org/rakugo-and-t...playtestmaterial.orgSitting Down and Telling Stories: learning TTRPG skills from RakugoWhat do tabletop role-playing games have in common with Japanese sit-down comedy? In this article, D. "Zhen" C. explores the art of Rakugo and explains how TTRPG GMs and players can learn from its st... 16633
Reposted by Grant HowittRowan Rook and Decard @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It's FREE👏SHIT👏FRIDAY👏 An absolute classic this week it's 🧹The Witch Is Dead!🧹 You are a magical woodland creature, and your beautiful witch mistress has been killed, and you are about to set out on a murder-revenge adventure in the human lands. Get it here: buff.ly/3J8O2EZbuff.lyThe Witch Is Dead - Rowan, Rook and DecardYou are a magical woodland creature, and your beautiful witch mistress has been killed, and you are about to set out on a murder-revenge adventure in the human lands. 02211
Reposted by Grant HowittPip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻 106197216597
Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026We’ll be there too! I’m hosting my own games design session, where you’ll be given nothing and like it 1160
Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Looking for someone who can do 90’s point-and-click style pixel art for a commission. Short notice but it’d need to be done in the next two weeks. Lemme know if that’s you, and share your portfolio please! 39125118
Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Sexy Battle Wizards at @rolisboa.bsky.social. Managed to have the lad in the blue jacket put lipgloss on me twice, once when I was choking him a bit and playing a terracotta warrior, and once on my knees playing a sexy librarian, so I’m counting that as a successful performance 1531
Reposted by Grant HowittPlaytest Material Magazine @playtestmaterial.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A serious one today. "This is a call to our readers and future readers: please, consider before scrolling away, if you think our magazine is worth £18+postage. It is not just an investment in a bundle of paper, but in meaningful critique in the ttrpg space." playtestmaterial.org/playtest-mat...playtestmaterial.orgPlaytest Material launches its first ever subscription drivePlaytest Material needs 75 subscribers to break even — one of those could be you. 6120105
Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026PRAISE THE HAWKMOTH KING remains one of the best-written games that I would never even *consider* playing. The game design is elegant, evocative, and genuinely upsetting 14911
Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026thanks to my dedication to using slideshows as a means of comic timing, not information delivery, my keynote speech at @rolisboa.bsky.social this weekend has, on average, one slide every thirty-six seconds. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TAKE NOTES 2230
Reposted by Grant HowittNicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy! 180140516471
Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026We're putting together a team for HEARTSONG 2, a new collection of community content for Heart: the City Beneath. If you've got something up your sleeve for everyone's favourite Red Wet Heaven, join our Discord and get involved: discord.gg/34F9gSy8C Here's some excerpts from the first one: 58138
Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026apparently it's very difficult to photograph products as shiny as ours 0461
Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 13/09/2026"Masterful counterpoint by Kirk against Che Guevara there, how's the Argentinian going to - wait a second, what's that? That's Che Guevara's entrance music! Unprecedented! A second Che Guevara, with the steel chair!" 315219
Reposted by Grant HowittMichael Kupperman @mkupperman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026This print is cheaper than it’s ever been! Your ancestors will CURSE YOUR MEMORY if you fail to buy one! 225874
Reposted by Grant HowittTom @warriorcult.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Perfect couple of posts summarising the Wolverine / AAA space. 1437301142
Reposted by Grant HowittWargamer @wargamer.com · 10/09/2026RPG innovator Grant Howitt has applied his trademark wit and whimsy to the grimdark antiheroes of #Warhammer40k, and the result is carnage. www.wargamer.com/warhammer-40...wargamer.comThis free Warhammer 40k fan game is a slapstick Space Marine deathmatchRPG innovator Grant Howitt has applied his trademark wit and whimsy to the grimdark antiheroes of Warhammer 40,000, and the result is carnage. 0163
Reposted by Grant HowittRowan Rook and Decard @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The REAL Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs 0337
Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026You can broadly correlate a writer's mental health state with the number of empty mugs on their desk. We're definitely not in crisis yet but this level warrants a check-in 91134
Reposted by Grant HowittGrant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 19/08/2026FALLING ANGELS is a wargame where you get one (1) space marine and a handful of little guys each and you scrub around in the ruins of empire in search of profit and glory. www.patreon.com/gshowitt/pos...patreon.comFalling Angels | Grant HowittI tried writing my standard long blog post to go alongside this game, but it really wasn't working. I've scrapped it. Here it is boiled do 312235
Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Just got served an ad that informed me it's "cocktail sausage season." Not sure what to do with this information 21755
Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Here at Rowan, Rook and Decard we do our own special effects 714412
Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026You ever make something and worry that your mum will see it and be concerned? Anyway, here’s a chorister for trench crusade I made out of a Frostgrave wizard and some squished-up wire 48713
Reposted by Grant Howitttor (is summoning KRALDUM from the mud) @toothandshore.bsky.social · 05/09/2026what a wonderful and fascinating thread 03710
Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Art by @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social from the RRD server. I like how actionable this one is 119453
Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Now: when I wrote Paranoia I did put in something similar on the card that lops off a character's arm that earns an instant death if you quote Monty Python about it 3665
Reposted by Grant HowittKieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Just backed this. I had a nose at the advance, and it's basically the Psychic-end-of-the-X-men but done as a Drag Family TTRPG, and I am all here for it. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...backerkit.comCity of Espers - A Psychic-Powered Urban Action TTRPGCity of Espers is a psychic-powered urban action TTRPG for 2 to 4 players and a Game Master. Play as a group of psychics connecting to the city they live in through high-energy battles and melodrama. 03113
Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Ah, the two genders: dwarf shinobi and fish geisha 1746
Reposted by Grant Howitttuomaspirinen.bsky.social @tuomaspirinen.bsky.social · 31/08/2026My article on the importance of giving credit to the creatives. I really hope that the current trend of fading away the creators from gaming products can be reversed: www.trenchcrusade.com/trench-wire/...trenchcrusade.comInside the Trenches - Trench CrusadeIn this Trench Wire article, Tuomas Pirinen writes bout the importance of giving creators proper credit for their work. 312145
Reposted by Grant HowittThe Onion @theonion.com · 31/08/2026Commentary: When I Die, Feed Me To Something Majestic. By David Attenborough. theonion.com/when-i-die-feed-me-to-… 221079114
Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I’m trying a new thing. Every time I open Bluesky I scroll until someone tells me that I’m caring about something wrong, then I close the app. I lasted a good twenty minutes today! 3991
Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Monsterhearts remains my favourite representation of relationships in TTRPGs. The String mechanic is simple, easy to understand and implement, flexible and immediately cruel 0457
Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The crucial thing to understand here is that Alex has genuinely written a real-world guide to the logistical difficulties of importing a vampire 37621
Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026experimenting with automated abandoned cart emails. not quite got the hang of it yet 614022
Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 19/08/2026FALLING ANGELS is a wargame where you get one (1) space marine and a handful of little guys each and you scrub around in the ruins of empire in search of profit and glory. www.patreon.com/gshowitt/pos...patreon.comFalling Angels | Grant HowittI tried writing my standard long blog post to go alongside this game, but it really wasn't working. I've scrapped it. Here it is boiled do 312235
Reposted by Grant HowittRowan Rook and Decard @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social · 17/08/2026if the heart from HEART had a voice, she would have brian blessed's 4376
Reposted by Grant Howittonion person @junlper.beer · 17/08/2026i highly recommend checking this incredible parody of modern history channel tv shows, its so well done with great production, you won't regret taking some time out to watch it www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEJM...youtube.comBigg County Restorations (Pilot)YouTube video by SCROTEVIDEO 321023175
![Sometimes things veer into record-keeping, breaking out rulers and cone templates. Sometimes you just don't feel the sense of danger right out of the gate.
Enter the Hollows grid system, which wrestles these problems to the ground and makes them squeal:
[image of the hollows tactical grid]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:q4mk3cmiwyozgfsnjirpav2o/bafkreihgygnqrd2slkzdhi456e4n6we2ah2jk55hao2wzs6j6bitnifqfu)
