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Matt Thrower

@mattthr.bsky.social
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Board game writer. Words on IGN, GamesRadar, Senet and many others. There will be puns.

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 13h
Well. As a big Tolkein nerd I always like to check out, and hold on to, Middle-Earth board games. But that's one that I won't be adding to my collection, sadly.
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 14h
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 15h
I'm so tired. I keep blaming my age, but I'm not sure that's it. None of the systems I rely on function properly anymore. Nothing is trustworthy. Everything is badgering for my attention, trying to sell me shit I don't need. Bad news is constant. Angry people are everywhere. It's exhausting.
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 17h
Had the most bizarre dream last night where I was aware I was asleep but *at the same time* I was also outside myself watching myself sleep. My out of body self bent down and said "wake up" into my sleeping self's ear which I heard, audibly, in the correct ear, and woke up. Really freaky.
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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 18h
I do hope they assume Red Diesel is some sort of communist vehicle fuel.
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My god those are impressively horrible models!
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The enjoyment you get out of RPGs is almost entirely dependent on the people you're playing with.
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Welp. Moytura feels impossible!
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It has come to my attention that The Morning Fog is one of the least-played tracks on Kate Bush's album Hounds of Love and this must be rectified immediately. It's one of the most joyous, ecstatic, uplifting record closers of all time youtu.be/7spGhWJEh0A?...
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Kate Bush - The Morning Fog
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I presume this is some kind of semi-automated spam but to what purpose? What's the point of dumping a random message with no obvious advertising (it's just a picture of a pill) into multiple different unrelated subs?
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I love buying video games. It's being forced to subscribe to them instead that I have a problem with.
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Ryan @ryanwright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is how I remember the order of Henry VIII’s wives.
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Raphael van Lierop 🇨🇦 @raphlife.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is. GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart. But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
Boromir from THE LORD OF THE RINGS, holding The One Ring. He thought he could use it for good, but everything done with the ring turns to evil. He was one of the mightiest warriors of middle earth, and he could not resist its powers. Others even mightier fell to the ring. Do you think you are stronger than them? The One Ring is generative AI.
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In my kitchen, cooking a roux, listening to Duke Ellington before going out to see some slam poetry and this is the most middle class I have ever felt in my entire life
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Tim Clare @timclare.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'm not sure there's a moral to his squalid, miserable tale except that people on the far right generally turn on each other at the first opportunity, live futile lives of paranoid resentment, come to ignominious ends & are remembered, if at all, as contemptible embarrassments.
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A pool table is the absolute best place to play 8 player hot streak
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It is the best year for the genre, ever My ranking: 1) Obsession 2) The bone temple 3) Hokum 4) Backrooms 5) Leviticus And there are several worthwhile contenders I haven't seen yet
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Absofreakinlutely 💯% True......
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Paul @spookshow71.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
QRP your spooky art!
A weird hunched figure with an obscured face lurks behind a barren tree.
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londonscallin.bsky.social @londonscallin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
@vizcomic.bsky.social
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Be the change you want to see in the world
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is absolutely atrocious and unforgivable. No wonder people no longer have any hope for change, or freedom from the corporate yoke www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
theguardian.com
‘Devastating’: council rejects Frome residents’ bid for regeneration project
Locals raised £1m for Mayday Saxonvale scheme involving homes and park but Somerset officials agreed deal with London-based real estate company
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ring
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Iron Ring - Wikipedia
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I used to work in an office that offered unlimited free biscuits: there were boxes and boxes of biscuits in the stationary cupboard, you were just allowed to help yourself. And the look on the gym dietician's face when I told her how many biscuits I ate each day will haunt me forever.
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
That's -really- bad
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hamlet gets all the love but Macbeth has just as much tragedy, just as much poetry, and an equal amount of ghosts in half the time. It's an astonishing piece of work.
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Peak cinema. Movie is apparently Blood Debts (1985) but I'm not verifying that and never will.
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I had to get up at 6:30 this morning, and today can already get in the bin.
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ALL RIGHT. I'll add the King's Gambit to my KS saved list. Now stop harassing me, adverts. Humph.
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The problem is that even if it falls on his head, he's too dumb to notice or care. It's absolutely infuriating knowing this mass murdering shitheel is going to his grave entirely convinced he's the second coming, bc his narcissism won't let him believe anything less.
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@cormacos.bsky.social evening. I used to listen to a lot of folk music but have really drifted away from the scene these past few years. Heard some John Francis Flynn earlier which reminded me of what I had perhaps been missing. Anyone else you'd recommend I give a spin to?
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
One of the worst people I've ever worked under was Russel Howard's dad. I hope he treated his son better than his employees. www.theguardian.com/money/2026/s...
theguardian.com
Toxic bosses: why do companies protect managers who make working life hell?
Bullying, manipulation and intimidation can destroy lives, yet abusive authoritarians continue to rise to the top. How do they get away with it – and can they be brought to heel?
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I always cheat for text and use a pen.
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just wanted to scroll for five minutes after a shower before getting dressed and everything on every channel is just an endless firehose of warm shite running directly into my open mouth. I feel I need to mute everything and hide under a duvet.
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The stuff people are allowed to get away with now while those holding up a Free Palestine placard or protesting for climate action just boggles the mind.
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Ian Hamilton @ianhamilton358.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Why are Labour dragging their heels on this? It is bona fide terrorism.
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is what comes of letting them get away with intimidation and rioting in the first place.
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Last time we moved I seriously raised moving to Scotland with my family. It would have saved my kids tens of thousands in university fees and still they refused. Really wish I'd doubled down now.
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This thing came as part of a heavily discounted pack of useful charging accessories and it's really annoying me as I can't see a use for it. Who wants 20W USB charging points nowadays?
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Jack Grimes @jackapedia.design · 24/09/2026
I'm joining the war on slop with cheap, fast flyer commissions. If you know someone who is asking the computer for event posters, tell them to ask me instead. Get the guarantee!
A poster mocked up as if it was offset printed in black and red roughly 60 years ago. The header reads "AVAILABLE NOW! FLYERS DESIGNED BY A HUMAN BEING!" and the subsequent text is pitching $50 flyer designs with a "SLOP-FREE GUARANTEE," incorporating some vintage Henry Volk clipart of people looking at a poster and saying how well it reflects on the event organizer.
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Stuart Ellis-Gorman @drcrossbows.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I'm bad at self promotion, but did you know that I'm also an editor and that you can hire me? I have edited history books (most recently for Osprey) and TTRPGs (for Modiphius and Exalted Funeral among others). Full list: www.stuartellisgorman.com/editor Can contact me via website or here!
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Editor — Stuart Ellis-Gorman
I am a historian, writer, and editor specialising in tabletop RPGs and board games. This page lists the projects I have worked on as both a writer and an editor.
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Seems like an evergreen statement on the price of eating out RN
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Ordoalea @ordoalea.hr · 24/09/2026
Something something guillotine?
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Dan Thurot @danthurot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Today I heard from a second prospective reviewer who's curious if there are benefits to hosting my own space rather than just running a blog on BGG. And, friend, are there ever.
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So this is how James Bond and John Wick kill so many people without splitting their ass seam!
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Oh yes. I have been waiting a long time for this. www.kickstarter.com/projects/col...
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Coming soon: An Infamous Traffic: Second Edition
A new edition of the acclaimed game of cutthroat capitalism in the nineteenth century opium trade.
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@425suzanne.bsky.social Hi. Sorry to burst in on your feed, but I'm trying to find someone who can give me a UK retail date for Thunder Road: Ignition. It pertains to possible coverage in a national newspaper. Don't suppose you have any idea?
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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It's common widsom that the number of quasi-fascist wingnuts around is about 25-33% of the population. So well done to Labour's shrill immigration focus on pushing it above 50%. Half of the people on your bus each morning want Farage or Badenoch to run the country. Half. Jesus wept.
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