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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 10h

I need to amend a previous statement I made here... The first film/TV that scared me was not the acid spider bots in Runaway it was the Goodies v Magic Roundabout from The Goodies Rule – O.K.?

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Happy Birthday! (I'm on a bus so here's one from digital art exhibition at Tate a few years ago)

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Tufty's two pull one last job But it goes wrong when Grey runs off with the big prize What they don't know is Tufty stashed the real prize earlier

2 Squirrels by sunflowers with flower heads missing

Squirrel hunting for seeds it hid earlier

Squirrel eating sunflower seeds in overturned plant trough

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

I've got a Code Names table in and I'm going to put in a note that a player can use one for their PC while they come up with a real name PC examples will have real names Here's the work in progress of character creation and example character for a straight setting with no fantasy elements

Example of character generation...

Character Building

What is your Name? James Drake
What is your Job? Secret Agent
What is your Nationality? British
What is your Social situation? Middle Class
Describe your Signature style Black Suit Black Tie
What two Skills are you exceptional at? Stealth and Persuasion
What Esoteric knowledge do you have? Whiskey
You've got some stuff. Write it down – be specific:
• A Weapon - Sap
• A Tool - Lockpicks
• A Personal item - Rolex Submariner
You start with zero Hazard Points (HP).

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Day trip to see a few Whistlers But first a bit of industrial heritage from train

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

J'Accuse! Someone tipped over container l, has been stealing sunflower heads and burying them in the soil

Squirrel eating sunflower seeds in tipped over container soil

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I'm not sure why but I read that and thought of

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Last version gets rid of some of the stuff added based on a passport so gets more space Not sure if losing the flavour stuff is really a problem. It does leave some space for a couple of extra setting specific traits for PCs Before I carry on I'd be really interested if anyone has any comments

Character sheet laid out like a passport with each field labelled in English and French:
* Name
* Profession
* Nation and date of Birth
* Social Situation
* Skill
* Skill
* Esoteric knowledge
* Personal style
* Weapon
* Tool
* Personal Item

And a space for a sketch of the character

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Second version moves everything to one coloumn This doesn't give a lot of space in the main column if a variation on the game needs extra traits for characters It does open up the space on the right for a Hazard point track or something else

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

First version * includes some extra information that's on passports like height and hair colour * removes some of the powers related stuff as that's a work in progress rules I could easily make height and hair colour etc work in the rules since any character trait gives a bonus in play

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Since the game I've been running seems to be creeping into being my pick up and play fill in for when other GMs need a break I thought I'd try making some improvements to the character sheet Taking inspiration from 1960s passports to play on the international agents theme

Character sheet with spaces for
Name
Signature Style
Nationality
Social Situation?
Job
Two Skills
Esoteric Knowledge
A weapon
A tool
A personal item
Special Power Theme
Power Synestasia

Tracker for Current Hazard Points

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Just remember not to walk into bus wing mirrors

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Go to the cinema he thinks Catch up on films you've not seen he thinks

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I seem to have gone down a bit of a rabbit hole of different ways to index and randomise a hexagonal grid of hexagons

11 different grids of 37 hexagons. Random d66 hex chooser. Numbered spiral from centre, Numbered Top to Bottom, Left to Right, Compass directions from centre, Clock numbering, Distance from centre, Numbering on each ring from centre, Strips, Edges, Scatter from a centre point (chosen using one of the other random methods) 1d6: 1-3=centre, 4-5= inner ring position 1d6 or 6 Outer ring position 1d12, Row lettering

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

No cheating. Share the last picture of the sky from your camera roll.

Liver birds seen from Odeon Liverpool One

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Life, the Universe and I'm melting

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Today the last of the RPG research for spy ship adventure arrived. Not a bad haul for less than £10 seconds hand.

Three books: British Coastal Ships, Tugs and Trawlers

GCHQ

Janes Pocket Book 1 Major Warships

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Hiding on my door this morning

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Continuing adventures in repairing patio This episode making a sand and cement mix because the underside of this slab has disintegrated

Slabs pad with new concrete ready for laying

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Previous owners had an accidental, sparkly goth taste in decor The moths seem to appreciate it's camouflage potential

Black moth hiding on black, sparkly wall paper

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Odds the Evri delivery that's 2 days late but just switched to out for delivery comes now I'm sat down to eat?

Spicy Spanish tortilla / masala omelette hybrid experiment

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Messing around with using GDS style summary lists as a way of laying out a random table because I hate making tables in Affinity Dice icons Delapouite under CC BY 3.0 from game-icons.net Globe by me

Two pages

First heading countries

Six list "cards" each with a dice face from 1 to 6 at top right

Each card has six entries numbered 1 to 6

1 Australia
2 Canada
3 New Zealand
4 United States
5 Jamaica
6 Barbados

1 Ireland
2 UK (England)
3 UK (N. Ireland)
4 UK (Scotland)
5 UK (Wales)
6 UK (Crown Dependency)

1 Netherlands
2 Denmark
3 Norway
4 Sweden
5 Finland
6 Iceland

1 Austria
2 West Germany
3 Spain
4 Portugal
5 Luxembourg
6 Monaco

1 Belgium
2 France
3 Italy
4 Greece
5 Malta
6 Cyprus

1 Japan
2 India
3 Pakistan
4 Hong Kong
5 Nigeria
6 Turkey

Facing page cartoon style picture of a globe

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Just arrived: David Southwell's Holland Fragments

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

But what else can I put in my decorative dice cylinder to go with other decorative cylinders?

Cylindrical lamp, cylindrical vase, cylindrical glass, vase full of random dice

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

This (and some more) thought brought from putting the slabs back which now needs time to adhere before the next step

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

That thunder in the distance just not quite here

Lightning map showing lots of strikes near Liverpool

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

What t-shirt are you wearing today?

Complex white on black line drawing of plants and animals - Darwin - from Natural History Museum

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I'm torn... Nyalathotep avatar Or Mr Migo a simulacrum?

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I'm trying to work out how putting on a dress will make the door work

Sign on door reads Doors out of order please use Ladieswear

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Why did I immediately think of Ludwig

A metalic eggs shaped robot playing a violin

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

This is slugger, part of the local magpie mob - they hunt slugs in my garden following a very particular path Anteater is another who knows where the Ants are found The moss puller twins like something found under my patios moss The last member of the gang I've dubbed buffet as they eat anything

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Got a little, big helper for recaulking my drive

Bumble the Beast,
Size of a 50p
Moves like Bumblebee
Stings like a bee *

* Thankfully I didn't find out

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Lobelia at the front and burgonia at the the back to add some colour now tulips, daffs and bluebells have died back in my herb bed Plus a mix of containers And planting out dwarf sunflowers And thinning mixed container of stocks and night scented sticks And TLC for some house plants

Wide,v narrow raised bed with lavender and herbs

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Post work, post bus, post curry, wind down Telefantasy inspired doodle

Man wearing a suit and fedora with pistol in his right hand chased by helicopter

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Knew Gallows Corner was waiting for me today and well its a thing of beauty

Gallows Corner: A Peasants' Revolt RPG box

A stained glass window style illustration

Gallows Corner core rule book and 4 supplements

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Ongoing adventures in QGis. Made a spreadsheet of 169 locations in UK that might show up in a thriller. Geocoded each one. Loaded into QGis. Took the output as a PDF into Affinity 3. Split the text and pictorial elements. Ran some post processing on pictorial then reassembled.

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Continuing experimenting with Qgis and now I've got it pulling markers from a CSV file Just a quick proof of concept I did a couple of hours ago before going down a rabbit hole of UK locations that might be of interest in a 1960s spy game mostly pulled from declassified target lists

A map of the UK made using Qgis showing some major cities

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

After previous bad experience of QGis installer dumping a metric ton of mess all over a computer pleasantly surprised how quickly version 4 was to install. Followed a tutorial and then threw the output into my usual post processing workflow got this which I like the look of. (No AI)

Map of Japan with insert of Tokyo in a painted style

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Opened my compost bin and found these fun guys have been having a party during the heat wave

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

UK Games Expo haul 2026 edition. A bit light on the small press RPGs this year

Alien RPG

THE U-boat Mystery

Are you my Kobold

Kobolds' Adventures in Wonderville

7TV 80s Genre Guide

The Cthulhu Conspiracy

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Have some pylons seen from a train yesterday

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Not the normal post UK Games Expo train

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Mark Caldwell @impworks.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

My plan for the day was to quickly produce some placeholder art for Telefantasy RPG But I got sucked in to making just one picture: Musician Interrupted

A woman lies slumped, dead against a desk. The desk chair has been knocked over. On the desk is a lamp, a pile of papers, a suitcase radio transmitter, a pistol with silencer, a cup and bottle, some papers, an envelope and an ash tray

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