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alex v @alexvalente.fyi · 26/09/2026

there's a secret, horrifying magic trick at the heart of Hollows - imminent from @gshowitt.bsky.social and the @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social team - that has been gnawing at me since 15.46 on 12th december 2025, and i needed to scream it at people good thing i got a blog now huh

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Hollows

Hollows by Chris Taylor & Grant Howitt

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Rowan Rook and Decard @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It'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/3J8O2EZ

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The Witch Is Dead - Rowan, Rook and Decard

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.

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Jinn Hermiston @jinnhermiston.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Saint Dismas, grant me the strength not to steal the stand. This is a nice soulless airport bar, and I have no room in my bag...

6 mini tacos in a very cute wooden stand

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Jinn Hermiston @jinnhermiston.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

"Farkin' ah... *bone weary sigh* ... just farkin'" is how I know I just landed in Australia.

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Jinn Hermiston @jinnhermiston.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Meanwhile, there's a riot brewing in the Number Mines. The dorks in here haven't seen a blanket since 1952, and the only music we ever get is Aqua. On repeat.

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Maz @mazistyping.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

speaking as one of the pallid dorks in question, here, I'm always happy with a breathy rendition of Fly Me To The Moon

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Tim Clare @timclare.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Please get more weird. Cultivate your oddness like a garish giant orchid growing out of your lavatory. Every moment you spend moving through the world being a little freak & not looking over your shoulder to check how people are taking it gives permission to others to finally live free

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Jinn Hermiston @jinnhermiston.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Mate, you've come to a modern, experimental opera. Please don't spend the whole interval complaining loudly that you couldn't tell what was going on. #ThisIsWhyIWasntAllowedAnActualGlass

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Jinn Hermiston @jinnhermiston.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Today begins my Seven Days In A Row Doing Social Things Outside The House. I appreciate your thoughts and prayers during this trying time.

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Jinn Hermiston @jinnhermiston.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Incredible scenes this afternoon (particularly impressive given we're three floors up).

A squirrel sitting on the railing of a juliet balcony. On the inside of the glass an orange cat watches intently.

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Jinn Hermiston @jinnhermiston.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Why do I know so few Aussies in London? And why are none of the few interested in soccer? (I am aware of both answers, please don't feel like you have to respond and rub it in 😆)

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Jinn Hermiston @jinnhermiston.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I've had a very fucking terrible week, but - amidst the cramping, vomiting, fainting, and unmooring from society and reality - I accomplished two scary things, one impossible thing, and drank a lot of hydrating lambrini. So maybe there's still a small ray of hope...

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Jinn Hermiston @jinnhermiston.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I've started sewing things, which means I want to start taking photos of sewn things, which means I need to learn to pose as the young people do. I'm well off target on all of these.

A selfie in my newly made top (grey and draped with a deep orange v-neck). The top is badly sewn. I'm pulling a weird twisted duck face and throwing a peace sign. Nobody is convinced.

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Jinn Hermiston @jinnhermiston.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

ITV on, wine poured, snacks opened. Ready to make the World Cup my entire personality for the next few weeks...

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Jinn Hermiston @jinnhermiston.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Got an authentic 'ciao bella' *handkiss* at the pub tonight. So that's enough to restore my fragile ego for a good two/three weeks...

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Jinn Hermiston @jinnhermiston.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

If you ever find yourself wondering "does this sheep want to murder me?" the answer is yes. The answer is always yes.

A suffolk ram reclining on hay in a small pen

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Jinn Hermiston @jinnhermiston.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Sometimes the "wrong" way to do things is the coolest way to do things.

Mint green fabric with silver paint block printed leaves, mushrooms, foxes and rabbits. The silver paint has been overapplied to the blocks, leading to chunky silver outlines.

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Jinn Hermiston @jinnhermiston.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Coffee cat is unsure about her new twin...

A fluffy black cat is sniffing a fluffy black plush toy.

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Jinn Hermiston @jinnhermiston.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

What a lovely Games Expo. I had delightful & energising conversations with friends, horsed around with the world's best co-workers, found some fun games, smelled an interesting leaf, and - unlike last year - didn't break anything (except hearts, obvs).

A photo of the Rowan, Rook and Decard booth at UKGE - taken before the chaos.

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Haunt Ghostman @jpbradley.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

If you're at UKGE this weekend please go to your favourite indie ttrpg designers, buy something if you can, but if you can't tell them what you love about their work. Everyone I've talked to has needed it, and it goes a long way 💚

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Jinn Hermiston @jinnhermiston.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Friday afternoon office is best office

Interior photo of The Space Bar with my laptop and a cider in the foreground.

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Jinn Hermiston @jinnhermiston.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Someone's trying to gatecrash my party

A POV photo. On my lap is the book, Evil Roots. I'm holding a glass of rosé in my right hand and Biscuit the big ginger drama cat is sniffing it with interest.

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Jinn Hermiston @jinnhermiston.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Truth. I believe this with all of my being (especially today).

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Jinn Hermiston @jinnhermiston.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

All my life I've believed Romeo and Juliet is a shit play and now I...I don't...!? I am upended. I don't know what to believe about anything anymore.

A theatre poster for Romeo & Juliet starring Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe.

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Jinn Hermiston @jinnhermiston.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

So...if you were invited out to dinner and weren't sure if it was a date, and two hours post-fact are still not sure it was a date, that means it wasn't a date, right? 😿 Asking for a friend who is genuinely me and genuinely feeling a way about it...

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Jinn Hermiston @jinnhermiston.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I know many of you disagree with my feelings about tea. But we *can* all agree that earl grey is a crime, right?

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Jinn Hermiston @jinnhermiston.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

First Stannington. Next the world.

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Chant Evans @exstasisgames.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I am once again begging TTRPG publishers to CREDIT YOUR FREELANCERS on crowdfunder pages. FFS.

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Declarations of conflict of interest are for lesser bloggers. Here's my interview with @mytholder.bsky.social about the the process behind the currently crowdfunding DIE RPG: The Metadungeon. oldmenrunningtheworld.com/gareth-hanra...

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Gareth Hanrahan on the DIE RPG: Metadungeon - Old Men Running The World

The DIE RPG: The Metadungeon is presently crowdfunding as part of the Mega Dungeon Month. It's a frankly ludicrous endeavour, born of Gareth Hanrahan going

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Jinn Hermiston @jinnhermiston.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Such a good game (trust me, I'm a very honest penguin)!

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Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Sixty years of gaming. One impossibly massive basement. The DIE Metadungeon is six decades of history disguised as a honking great adventure and it's live on Backerkit now! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...

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DIE: Metadungeon

The real dungeon was the hobby we made along the way. Dungeon crawl your way through half a century of RPG history in this full-scale megadungeon for the DIE RPG by Gareth Hanrahan.

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Jinn Hermiston @jinnhermiston.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Stupid predators keep eating my peaceful, inoffensive, delightful foragers 😭

A card and token tableau for the Nature boardgame.

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Jinn Hermiston @jinnhermiston.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Another great game of Paris Gondo 😁

A photo showing some cards from the game Paris Gondo. Written on them with whiteboard eraser: Chivers of Bonk (barbarian character), tradesman's loincloth, glass hammer, headdress (fearsome).

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Jinn Hermiston @jinnhermiston.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

My hot date cancelled on me, so I shall instead be drinking a bottle of cheap prosecco and (finally) watching Arnie's The Running Man. I'm possibly too excited about the new plan...

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Jinn Hermiston @jinnhermiston.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

My first rehearsal for this season's amdram play. They've cast me as a sarcastic accountant with barely (not) contained violent tendencies. What could possibly have prompted such a casting? We may never know...

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Rowan Rook and Decard @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

🚀 NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT!🚀 We're absolutely over the bloody moon to be making the Children of Time RPG! Mina, Grant and Elaine have been sequestered away with author Adrian Tchaikovsky, building a new Ark to take you to the far reaches of space. But what (or who) is waiting for you out there?

a graphic showing the mock up CHILDREN OF TIME The roleplaying game book against a background of a planet and a long tubular ark spaceship.

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Jinn Hermiston @jinnhermiston.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Having a delightful time watching the cricket with a friend. Not because I necessarily love cricket, but because I love watching Kiwis lose at cricket 😝

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Jinn Hermiston @jinnhermiston.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Home tattoos are the best tattoos. Right...?!?

A photo of my forearm with three terrible bees drawn on in red sharpie

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