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Luke Wildwoods @wildwoodsgames.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

2-month reminder that the public playtest for Dark Ages is running til the end of the year! Dark Ages is a post-apocalyptic, historical fantasy game of personal ambition, community strife, rights claimed & rights denied. Started by the Bakers, adopted by Andrew & myself. Go forth and playtest!

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Dark Ages by Seven Crows Games

A post-apocalyptic, historical fantasy game of personal ambition, community strife, rights claimed and rights denied.

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I've seen that and shared with friends! keen to check it out.

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Blow the whole budget for an extravagant special print: make the single full stop a bullet hole through a page.

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I'm not even a native brit, and seeing the reaction of US!bsky to a brit!bsky post about regional accents is quite amusing. Also a rare case where the USicans are correct :P

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I think the main gulf between the original post and your comment is that between British and American attitudes to regional accents.

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Hah! There's no Castellan in the game I'm in now, but we had one, Allovera, in the game we had *checks watch* 12 years ago. She was my half-sister, and she was the one who had the brains in the family. Everyone else went off doing spectacular shit and she just kept things together.

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

(sorry, I don't know you, but yeah this is stuff I think about a lot as an exhausted new parent!)

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Hey so - I have a child, and the lady on the radio is wrong. there are many, many people without children who are essential to our and our child's wellbeing. Survival is not a matter of making more children, it's a matter of mutual support, and mutual support that comes in many ways and shapes.

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

ah, I remember the many attempts at getting an Italian translation under way, foiled by... human stuff.

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The TPB has a delightfully snarky entry on Radiohead in the glossary that I still keep saved on my phone and send to friends whenever the topic arises. Also, yes - nothing else I found expresses that consuming, transformational, sometimes toxic love for music. It's not even Britpop for me, and yet.

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Hey, I've written at least two that class as "incompetent attempt at putting some order in difficult feelings/self-therapy".

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

- a small theological appendix - All these three happened within essentially a one-stop Journey on the Jubilee line. The previous hour on the Elizabeth, as spacious and air conditioned as it was, Brooked no sign of divine favour. Much to ponder.

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

*Our third apparition* As I got out at my stop, a very tall man in a sequin top waved at me in a swaying manner and said "you ok, sugartits?" ...a mixed omen, perhaps, but I'll take it as a positive. Oh London, Never change ~fin

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

*Our second apparition* on the mega crowded jubilee line train, a middle-aged, middle eastern man was sitting with a small wooden crate of figs, offering them to people around him. I was too far, but still, grace. 3/

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

*Our first apparition* After sad airport pizza at 7pm, the smell of people's McDonald's on the tube was making me ravenous. Waiting for my train at Canary Wharf, two beautiful ladies asked if I wanted their chips because they'd had enough already. Still hot, crunchy and way too salted. A boon. 2/

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

*A Tryptich of London Angels* Had a heck of a day today - Flying to Milan and back in a day to be with family in a time of grief. My flight back piled delays on delays and I found myself travelling home from Heathrow after midnight. And London, somehow, welcomed me back. 1/

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

hot damn, a Saint mantle/playbook would be great indeed, I was looking at the rights of the grave, and thinking that one where the MC gives you a fucked up mantle (maybe one with obligations!) would be cool.

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Oh I had that right, it's more that I thought that it's come back quite right, no wrong there!

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Honestly it looks hearty and hale!

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I am so excited, I'm starting my game next week. I played this in 2015 and I've maintained since then it was the best PbtA I'd ever seen. I kept saying it was gonna come back sooner or later, because it was too good to die, and now I'm not the crazy one anymore :P

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

"A man can find clothes that flatter him" is already an almost-impossibility, he's just piling it on for absurdity.

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I showed the page with the BIG title to my wife. Me: "I'm already stressed" Her: "You can close it, the objective has been met"

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

My love for this is unchanged since the 2014 beta. It feels a tiny bit of poetic justice that it WILL come to light - it was too good to be abandoned. It's been 12 years, and I can count maybe a couple PbtA that have risen to this level in the writing of the moves - and none that do better.

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

My thoughts on Image publishing a new Warren Ellis book.

I have spent the day re-reading the entirety of SoManyOfUs.com, including every testimonial. I’ve also re-read dozens of documents and communications from the transformative justice action SMOU-TJ and Warren Ellis started. I wanted to remember the hope I held at that time. I also wanted to see if I could approach this moment with gratitude instead of anger.
To believe in transformative justice is to believe people capable of change. But, as our mediator said during the process, “transformation is heartbreak.” It is crushing and painful, but it is also our right as human beings. I haven’t spoken to Warren Ellis in over 6 years. I don’t know who he is now. I don’t know how he’s changed, but I’m sure he has. I know Warren read all of SoManyOfUs.com and I can’t imagine an outcome where doing so doesn’t change you. But, as Kai Cheng Thom says, “Change is inevitable, growth is optional.” I was often sad that Warren, when confronted with the consequences of his actions, didn’t react in the way I expected him to. But I am grateful it led to me untangling 15 years of complicated feelings and hurtful actions.
I’m grateful that I believe we can change and hold ourselves accountable in this world. But, quoting our mediator again, “being called to accountability feels like being reminded that your shit stinks. and coming clean is hard to do.” It can feel impossible to look in the mirror and confront the worst version of ourselves. Without having the necessary support systems in place to make it possible, I don’t blame or fault anyone for not being able to do it.
We all tried our best. When our attempt at a community accountability action failed, I was disappointed, but grateful that we tried. And grateful to know that Warren had tried, too.

I currently work as an editor in comics, with books I work on being published by Image. I love comics. I love the comics community and how we all keep making them despite it being so hard, with no financial security, and no safety nets. I see groups within the community doing so much good and fighting hard to make the industry more sustainable and safer for everyone involved.
But there is no set process for anyone in the comics community to account for our actions and change our behaviour after harm or abuse has happened. This has led many people to be forced out of the industry – victims, perpetrators, and witnesses. My heart hurts for all the people who were bullied, ostracized, shunned, or threatened out of this community, particularly those I spoke to back in June and July of 2020, impacted by Warren’s actions. I hope one day this changes.
I’m grateful to everyone who was wondered if Warren has “made amends to the satisfaction of all involved.” It shows me solidarity and care are widespread within comics. I wouldn’t say I’m satisfied, but I also would say I am no longer personally invested in Warren’s transformation.
I am personally invested in the books I work on that come out with Image, and I really hope you don’t take any disappointment you feel in Image’s actions out on the creators whose work they publish. Seeing people boycotting Image comics feels a cruel joke when that directly affects my livelihood and that of the people who respect and support me. But I get it – this seems like a financial decision from Image, so respond in a financial fashion. I hope we can all keep ourselves open to change in the future.
My resolve to expand my capacity to hope for change – after a night of anger and crying and shouting – is renewed. Thanks for hearing me out and for reading all of this.

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I think I've seen peeps like @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social and maybe @levikornelsen.bsky.social post about this in the past? and maybe @beckyannison.bsky.social has insights? (sorry folks, I've been following you since G+ but haven't posted in forever 😅)

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Playing TTRPGs online as a parent? I've played online plenty, before the kid - mine's 8 months old, + 2 parents of kids in 8-18 months range also playing. What are the tips, tricks, best practices?

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Idk man, I play with civilised people who like to have a conversation about what they're interested in exploring, and then move forward with common purpose. It's a good trick to try.

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The Guardian has a VERY checkered record on its journalism, but despite some real failings, some of reporting, the long reads and the investigative stuff is really good. AND THEN Guardian Opinion is actually worse than what the most rabid Telegraph readers would imagine it to be.

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

We can tell, the last few pages have been really gathering momentum and have been a joy. Also, and most importantly - good that it's good for you!

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I loved seeing it with you and Shin at the PCC!

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

There's something life-affirming in realising how dedicated both of them are to their food-based freakery. These people are INTO IT.

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

IT LIVES THE KING RETURNS IN THE HOUR OF ITS PEOPLE'S GREATEST NEED

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

And remember, all the trademarks and IP were bought by fender, who i'm sure proceeded to consign it all to oblivion.

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Are you really arguing the film should go "yes, the civilisation-ending threat is the refugees displaced by imperialist war" while AS T THE SAME TIME complaining that it's a conservative movie? lol

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Ok but tell us more, how is it awful?

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

no ok I'd seen that - was there something specific in it that made you go "fuck it" or is it more general?

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

hah, in our game of AW:DA in... *checks note* 2015, that is SPECIFICALLY a thing that happened.

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MegueyB 🔜Metatopia @megueyb.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

14 hours and under $1k to reach the More Money for Artists stretch goal. Will it happen? Let’s find out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/117...

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PsiRun Second Edition

Whoever was holding you captive, you're free, for now. You have superpowers & amnesia. You know they're after you. What could go wrong?

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The ending of this made my eyes just, y'know, a bit wet.

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Lol, even the dystopian cyberpunk rentacop has an identification number on various parts of his battle armor, making this better than in many western countries.

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Rise of Skywalker is a cheap shot, but some idiot here went and saw SOLOMON KANE in a theatre. The friend who came with me genuinely fell asleep while Solomon Kane was being crucified. Also, honestly, Suckerpunch.

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

this is great, and my only complaint is that the terrible horrible no good very bad outcome is to cool to be confined to snake eyes!

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I know you've been publishing a thousand super cool things, but do you think you'll go back to the Anti-Matter of Britain?

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Just, like, Albi @owlberto.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Make it a box that clearly breaks out of the rest of the designed pattern, write it in all caps with as many expletives as you can.

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