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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/03/2025

To celebrate my youngest's birthday yesterday we went to a retro arcade. We played old arcade games, including my old favourite, Defender (I'm not as good as I used to be). @JetlagJen made him a space invaders cake. Today is a film day. He'd already […] [Original post on historians.social]

A cake decorated like an old arcade game. There are dolly mixture space invaders, white chocolate buttons, and a lollipop joystick.

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/03/2025

Last chance to save money on my titles in the #DriveThruRPG GM's Day Sale - it ends soon. DriveThruRPG: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/3… Wargame Vault […] [Original post on historians.social]

GMs Day Sale promo graphic. Blank D20 and GM's Day Sale is on! at the top, Save up to 40% off at the bottom. Covers of three books in the middle: A Ray of Light, Setting Europe Ablaze, and The Bears Claws.

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/03/2025

My titles are discounted at #DriveThruRPG for their GM's Day Sale, and they're also discounted at #WargameVault. DriveThruRPG: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/3… Wargame Vault […] [Original post on historians.social]

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/03/2025

I'm not having a lot of luck with contacting people in Italy to research my next book. A post to a local Facebook group was rejected. Now my letter to Italy has arrived in the US 🙄 Does anyone know if it's likely to get to its destination in Italy? #research #Italy #histodons #RoyalMail #letter

Screenshot of Royal Mail tracking a letter.

It says the destination is Italy and that the item has reached the sorting office in the destination country.

The latest tracking history entry is "Item received at Sorting Office. FLUSHING, United States of America"

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/03/2025

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/02/2025

I love Si Clarke's #books. Her Starship Teapot series is cosy #SciFi that reminds me of Douglas Adams. Her Devon Island Mars Colony series goes into detail about what would be needed to set up a colony on Mars. The Vigilauntie Justice series has old […] [Original post on historians.social]

Promo graphic for Starship Teapot by Si Clarke. Has a tablet with the screen showing the cover of a three-book bundle, and quotes from reviews.

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/01/2025

We've been to the National Space Centre in Leicester (UK) today. We were there for a gaming event, but I was interested to see they have a Second World War era X-4 missile and Cold War era Thor Able and Blue Streak. Fun fact: @JetlagJen's grandad worked […] [Original post on historians.social]

Thor Able (painted white) and Blue Streak (silver) rockets.

An X-4 wire guided air to air missile. It has four fins and is painted in a black and white check pattern with a red nose.

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/01/2025

Starting the year with the Lord of the Rings #BoardGame, and a rare win. We lost Sam and Merry, but Frodo cast the one ring into Mount Doom and saved Middle Earth.

The Lord of the Rings board game. There is a board depicting Mordor, with two hobbits, Gollum, and Mount Doom. There are seven cards depicting various foes, and a corruption track with five hobbit figures around a Sauron figure.

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/12/2024

My copy of Skirmish Kids by @PSchweig86 arrived recently. I've only had a quick scan, but it looks good 😀 #wargame

Photo of a book, Skirmish Kids: Small Battles for Young Minds by Peter Schweighofer. The cover has a photo of young kids around a table, playing a wargame.

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/12/2024

I spent today at Tunstall #library in #StokeOnTrent. It used to be in the same building as a swimming pool, which I thought was wonderfully eccentric. It moved a few years ago, and is now at the top of this fantastic staircase.

A beautiful large staircase that splits at the top.

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/11/2024

I've just seen a game, the rules of which start with "Grab the nearest book". I'm sat at my desk, and this bookshelf is just out of arm's reach. Maybe it's my autism and I'm taking it too literally, but there is no "nearest book".

A small bookshelf filled with lots of books and s few other odds and ends.

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/11/2024

This is from a British army magazine article about the Soviet Snapper, Swatter, and Sagger anti-tank missiles. The artist obviously didn't know what a sagger is. If he was from #StokeOnTrent or the surrounding area, he'd know that a sagger is a large clay […] [Original post on historians.social]

A hand drawn illustration of a man in a hammock slung between two trees. The man is swatting a fly, and the word "Swatter" is above him.

There is a dog by the left tree, with the word "Snapper" above the dog.

The word "Sagger" is written by the right tree. The first G is lower than the rest of the letters in the word.

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/11/2024

Over the weekend, I said that if someone could guess the #SecondWorldWar #tank I was thinking of, I'd send them a signed copy of one of my books. Three people guessed, none of them guessed the right answer (Matilda II). So I chose a winner at random […] [Original post on historians.social]

Screenshot of an email from me to myself. It says:

The Second World War tank that I'm thinking of right now is:

Matilda II

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2024

Only children less than 10 feet four inches tall can enter the temple. #proofreading

A sign at an entrance. It reads, "Only children who are under 10' 4" or 148cm in height may ENTER THE TEMPLE. Children over this height may play at the discretion of the supervising staff"

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2024

I'm on my way to #London, to be an expert on a documentary about the #IranianEmbassy siege in 1980. @JetlagJen suggested I wear this t-shirt as a reminder to myself. #HHGG #OperationNimrod

Selfie of me wearing a black t-shirt with "Don't panic" written on it in large, friendly letters.

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2024

My #PineTime #smartwatch arrived earlier today, and although I don't expect to use it, I was pleased to see that there is an option to have this very geeky watch face.

A smartwatch on a person's wrist. The display is set up to look like a Linux command line terminal.

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2024

My new #TTRPG book, Setting Europe Ablaze: The #SOE Sourcebook, is now available. The SOE offers the perfect opportunity to play an #RPG set in the #SecondWorldWar where almost anything can happen. itch.io […] [Original post on historians.social]

Tablet, phone, and paperback copies of Setting Europe Ablaze: The SOE Sourcebook by Russell Phillips. The book cover has three French resistance fighters crouching, against a background of a burning urban landscape.

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2024

Setting Europe Ablaze is available for pre-order now, and will be published on 1st September, the 85th anniversary of the German invasion of Poland that started the #SecondWorldWar russellphillips.uk/soe #TTRPG #IndieTTRPG #NotDnD @ttrpg @indiettrpg @notdnd

Book release banner. There is a copy of the book, the cover of which has three French resistance fighters crouching, against a background of a burning urban landscape. To the right of the book is the title, "Setting Europe Ablaze", and "Release date 1st September 2024"

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/07/2024

My new #RPG book is now available for pre-order at various places. Setting Europe Ablaze: The #SOE Sourcebook gives you all the tools you need to GM or play in an SOE campaign. The SOE offers the perfect opportunity to play an RPG set in the […] [Original post on historians.social]

Book: Setting Europe Ablaze: The SOE Sourcebook by Russell Phillips. Cover has three French resistance fighters crouching, against a background of a burning urban landscape. The book is set against a backdrop of a burning urban landscape.

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/06/2024

This morning Facebook reminded me that two years ago, my being out as #NonBinary helped a friend work out their gender and start coming out to people. Also this morning, I threaded my new laces onto my boots.

A pair of brown boots with laces in the colours of the non-binary flag: yellow, white, purple, black.

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Russell Phillips @rpbook.historians.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/05/2024

After some issues, I installed an #ebook reader on the Palm m105 I bought recently. This evening, I used it to read Past Imperfect by @clacksee while waiting for eldest to finish at Scouts.

A Palm m105 in its cradle, with the text of an ebook visible on the screen.

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