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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 1h

Random thought during the trailers - has anyone done an X-Men Mr Men crossover Mr Tickle v Wolverine is a fight I want to see

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 1h

Avengers Endgame is very different from the original when someone watching in front of you thinks every line is laugh out loud funny until about half way through when they go to the loo and sit in a completely different part of the theatre when they stagger back in Otherwise enjoyed it

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Philhammer Fantasy Roleplay @thedicemechanic.bsky.social · 9h

The ideal intro adventure also steps thru how to GM. Starting with simpler scenes and slowly building up

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 9h

Simon posted this when I'm writing an introductory adventure - tangentially to Simon's question. What should an introductory adventure cover and should it spell out to the GM what its covering?

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CEEFAUX @ceefaux.bsky.social · 9h

"It's CEEFAUX sir, they've gone topical again." "Fetch the Harry Enfield Panel Show gifs"

20.00 MAN CITY ABOUT THE HOUSE
Robin's new lodge appears to be perfect, but why do they have more than £900m in chase under their bed and, when confronted about it, deny any form of wrong doing?

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 10h

Somehow my planned morning of writing has turned into a should only take 5 minutes but now into its second hour of replacing a curtain pole Ah well - I'll finish writing this adventure this afternoon - got till Saturday to write it so loads of time :-)

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

lost (again) 2026 #digitalart #rpg #D&D #fantasy

With the sun setting, a group of adventurers stand beneath a arch of rocks, wondering where they went off track.

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Summarised my Telefantasy RPG's rules on a single side of A4 That doesn't include rules for PC special powers but those will vary with the series set up and should fit on the other side

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

A figure stands in a barren landscape; reaches for the lever on a large, eccentric contraption covered in wires, pipes, dials and buttons; looks over towards two figures inside a bunker and says:

"'Trust me, it's safe' would sound a lot more reassuring if you weren't saying it from inside a concrete bunker."

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Rob Palk @robpalk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Amazing contrast to Starmer's buttoned up style as Burnham delivers his speech stripped to the waist and covered in peanut butter, repeatedly diving into the audience

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Author Simulator. My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Title: Author Simulator

Level 1: Get to desk and begin! (Platform video game-style image of an author jumping from a block onto a cloud with desk and computer) Result: success!

Level 2: Press on despite distractions! (Author typing as the desk/clod moves past a ghost and a spider) ) Result: success!

Level 3: Deliver manuscript to editor! (Author jumping over fire pit onto platform where editor waits) Result: success!

Level 4: Accept minor criticism! (Author lying ded in fronto of editors desk) Result: better luck next time!

Along the bottom are controls for:
Left right jump crouch read write nap coffee

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

YouTube recommended a video by 5 channels which had all the hallmarks of AI spam - lots of long videos each week, channel less than 3 years old and clickbaity if you like goose stepping WW2 topics like Tiger Tanks were good actually All blocked before 11AM

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

pillar temples #digitalart #rpg #fantasy #D&D

A group of adventurers gather beneath a temple at the base of a towering rock pillar.

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

outlaws 2026 #digitalart #rpg #fantasy #D&D

By a rocky outcrop, a lone traveller is accosted by a group of brigands

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

As I pick up power tool to do DIY that I've been putting off of course I get hit with RPG design idea I have all these tables to act as inspiration for character generation What if I provide a menu Want to play a Spy take something from Page X table 1 and Page Y column 2

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Rate my sightly later than planned due to falling into the Just One More Turn zone in Civ 6 breakfast

Bacon, sausage, black pudding, mushrooms and scrambled egg

Toast resting on not in toast rack as it's thicker sliced this week than last

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I know its not the done thing since before I started playing but I thought I'd make two graphs to help players understand the odds of succeeding and bad things happening to their PCs in my current game Got out my scanner and scanned an actual pad of graph paper as the background

Graph showing change of success increases with number of traits used

Graph showing chance of avoiding bad things happening as Hazard Points decreases as Hazard Points increase

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Kaye Elling @k000.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

OMG I've just realised what Google's AI search interference model is: An automated mansplainer. Think about it: Unsolicited ✅ Confident ✅ Frequently wrong ✅

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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social

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Happy Stanislav Petrov Day

Take five minutes to not destroy civilization

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

desert crossing #digitalart #rpg #fantasy #scifi #D&D

A group of travellers pass beneath rocky spurs in a desert settting

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/09/2026

Voyager Instruments xkcd.com/3302/

3-panel comic. (1) [Person with shoulder-length hair gestures at diagrams on wall in front of table with three people.] PERSON 1: As the radioactive power source on *Voyager 1* weakens, we’ve been turning instruments off to conserve power. (2) PERSON 1: Only two instruments remain. Do we want to lose the plasma wave subsystem or the magnetometer? (3) PERSON 2 with ponytail: You know, if we just turned off Greg’s LED underlighting– PERSON 4 with short hair: Absolutely not. PERSON 3: Dammit, Greg. PERSON 4: I will *not* allow us to look uncool in front of aliens.

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Making a random name table shouldn't make me sad Here's the problem. Game has pretty open character generation - fill in a job, 2 skills, a weapon, an item of equipment etc Found in playtest that players need some steer on what some of those can be

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

exploration interrupted #digitalart #rpg #scifi #D&D

A group of travellers in a mountainous region find their way blocked by a sudden eruption of fire from the earth

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

shelter from the sun #digitalart #scifi #fantasy #rpg #D&D

Two travellers shelter from the sun far above beneath overhanging rock formations

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Started reading a new Zine RPG (not going to name) and its rubbing me up The how you shall play the game should be a good thing but its rubbing me up the wrong way Part of my annoyance is lists of "Do" things presented with a red X as a bullet point which symbolically is screaming "Don't"

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon. many more here: www.newscientist.com/author/tom-gauld/

Image: A graph with lots of red dots clustered together in a curve. The are all looking upwards at a single red dot wearing sunglasses.

Caption: Mike was an outlier and would probably be excluded from the study, but all the other data points secretly thought he was really cool.

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Working on adventure for my Telefantasy game and I've just realised its probably easily broken into two five room dungeon although only one room in the first part and two in the second could be mistaken for a dungeon. Don't think I've ever used 5 room dungeon before so might give it a go

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

And if you live in Backwards Time tune in at 22:30 (I'm trying not to think too hard about what it would be like to watch a two host news broadcast where one is forwards time and the other backwards)

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CEEFAUX @ceefaux.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"I didn't see that one" "Not many people have, it's probably a bad reference."

22.00 NEWS AT TENET TA SWEN
Overly confusing current affairs round-up directed by Christopher Nolan, which you don't understand but suspect is very clever.

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Flintlock. Why do all these nerds follow me? I'm not a nerd. @flintlock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Cells and Serpents I believe; part of the National Computer Club pack.

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

One of the first computer games I remember playing on the ZX Spectrum was what we'd now call a Rogue like. It was text only coded in basic and may have been written by one of the students at Nottingham University's computer club that my Dad was a member of

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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

the barrens/skyship/wreck of the Harpy #digitalart #scifi #rpg #fantasy #rpg

The wreck of a broken skyship in a sandy barren region under a deep cloudy sky

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Hive mind: I need ideas for a book to read that's widely considered "literary" that also crosses into territory covering social science and/or politics. Thoughts?

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Ravenloft has the vampires Strahd, Pigeon Street has allusions to The Hounds of the Baskerville In this paper I shall show how when using regression analysis to turn point into a curve Fraggle Rock and Twin Peaks create a clearly delineated spectrum

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The D20 Future Show @d20futureshow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Operation Runway: Ruse De Couture

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Gareth Hanrahan @mytholder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Jason Statham's Fashion Statement.

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Apparently all the stuff going on at college next to Tate Britain yesterday was a fashion show that (amongst others) Jason Statham attended and I can't help thinking a sequel to Jason Statham's Big Vacation RPG is needed set at a fashion show

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CEEFAUX @ceefaux.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's Gangsta Rap day on CEEFAUX!

22.45 NOTORIOUS B.I.G. BROTHER
Day 19 and yet another turf ware has been trigged when Rob helps himself to Phillip's yoghurt. The subsequent drive by in the lounge results in the death of three more housemates, whilst the survivors plan both a revenge attack and a tribute rap single that's clearly just them talking over a sample from a 1980's pop hit.

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Scott M | Chocopro 🍫 @voxparlour.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I don't know if this is useful, but I wanted to talk about how I go about running my freelancing studio working full time in TRPGs. 🧵

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Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Looking 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!

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CEEFAUX @ceefaux.bsky.social · 21/09/2026