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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 26/09/2026

#axelreads #11 Final installment in the binge for the moment (I think) Notebook by Tom Cox. Again absolutely delightful and makes me want to keep a diary or commonplace book

Cover of Tom Cox' Notebook with bright red and blue patterns and a psychedelic vibe

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 26/09/2026

#axelreads #10 The binge continues. Slightly less relaxing but still delightfully odd

Tom Cox' book help the witch sat on a wooden surface

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 06/09/2026

#axelreads #9 Continuing my Tom Cox streak with this. Again just exactly the kind of thing I need to be reading right now. Just so relaxing for me

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 02/09/2026

Naturally I failed at attaching the picture I intended to attach.

Three books by Robert Llewellyn on a table

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 22/08/2026

#8 Ring the hill by Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social. This is the first of his books I read but wow. It will not be the last. It evoked more emotions and quieting of my soul than rambling accounts of walking up hills should be able to and I absolutely love it!

Colorful image of Glastonbury Tor. The cover of Ring the hill.

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 22/08/2026

#AxelReads #6 A drop of corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett. Started this series by recommendation from @maddambeltaine.bsky.social and I am very happy I did. The second installment is in fact even better than the first.

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 22/08/2026

#AxelReads #6 Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis again. Also a stunning book, if a touch less special to me perhaps. Still lovely though!

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 22/08/2026

Ok I have forgotten to update this so let's see what we have. #AxelReads #5 Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree. Honestly did not expect to love this book as much as I did. But as a coffee person the descriptions almost made me cry in ways I did not see coming. Learned something about myself.

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 25/03/2026

I should make clear that this is not a skill competition, it's just a raffle among those who submit. We want to see all sorts. I submitted this one myself

Poorly drawn cartoon on a post-it. Automaton looking for invisible people using a cat totem. The totem is just a cat on a stick. He is looking into its butt an out the eyes.

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 25/03/2026

Look at these dice! Would you believe me if I said that is not the only dice you can win in the Dicecord this week? By showing us your takes on Fanart from the show you can win these dice and this dice bag, both handcrafted. Currently the pool is only 6 people - the odds have never been better!

Blue sparkly roleplaying dice with teal numbers

A dice bag made from chainmail with a brass edge and leather string

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 23/03/2026

It's Dice Company Community Week We have games, we have a Haiku contest, we have a fanart raffle, a live episode, a giveaway! The list just keeps going! Come join us, win cool things and meet even cooler people!

Dice company community week written in big friendly letters!

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 06/03/2026

Love these! Tag yourself - I'm:

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 02/03/2026

Ok time for #AxelReads #4: Empire in black and gold by Adrian Tchaikovsky. I struggled a bit in the middle of this, I will admit. I prefer less slavery in my fantasy. But it pulled itself up by the end. Will definitely continue the series

Black book cover for Empire in black and gold

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 09/02/2026

#AxelReads #3: Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky. My first book of his and I admit to being somewhat confused at the start but oh boy did it win me over by the end!

Cover of Shards of Earth showing the earth being torn apart

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 25/01/2026

Ok turns out an e-reader was key to finding time to read for me so already an addition! #AxelReads #2: The tainted cup by Robert Jackson Bennett as recommended by @maddambeltaine.bsky.social Another fantasy murder mystery. Very much up my alley, even if it did suffer a bit from Fantasyese

Cover of the Tainted Cup. Gold filigree on a dark blue background.

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 18/01/2026

I'm gonna take a leaf out of @maddambeltaine.bsky.social s book (pun intended) and make a Have Read list for 2026! So for #AxelReads #1: Relics of Ruin by Erin M Evans, second in the series. Excellent Fantasy Mystery and I love the unique world building. Polyamorous slendermen? Let's go!

The cover of Relics of Ruin. A dagger on a map with the words Relics of Ruin on top.

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 01/01/2026

Seems like 2026 is looking up isn't it

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 22/11/2025

Also the castle is a real place, I know because I went there this summer. It was way bigger than I expected

A castle ruin with a round towe rising from a grassy mound.

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 23/07/2025

I did a little roadtrip a few days ago and managed to pass by Stegeborg Castle. Despite having read the whole Wikipedia page as research for my vaesen module (tinyurl.com/yc4wrjsw 😉) the sheer scale of the place took me by surprise A very cool definitely not haunted place. Would recommend

A man sitting on the wall of a castle ruin. Behind him rises a tall stone tower.

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 30/01/2025

My latest map for the DC Väsen game: The tiny village of Grängshammar. Also probably my fastest map ever I think - I had to get it done in only a couple of hours

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 31/10/2024

I love maps, very much enjoying the replies to this! I have a bunch of them but I'm quite bad at finishing projects I do for myself, I am not even half done with my world map despite fiddling with it for a long time which is annoying :/

A beige green and blue map of Stegeborgs förläning region done in a simple 1800s style

A fantasy map of a small town next to a river

An unfinished fantasy world map in with only line art on parchment

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 19/09/2024

I am very glad you like it 😊 I did ( of course) do a little photoshoot of it before I sent it with some wonderful dice @shelbykat.bsky.social sent me because the Dice company community is the best

Leather dice rolling tray with green dice in it sitting on a background of chain mail

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 17/09/2024

This was a lower number than I thought! It's certainly been a nice year-and-a-bit here :)

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 07/09/2024

I do a bunch of stuff. Mostly leatherwork and chainmail making at the moment

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 04/06/2024

I quite enjoy heraldry so I have flags and shields for a bunch of kingdoms and duchies in my world but they have mostly been for me up until this point. Trying to slowly introduce them to my players as they travel the lands. Still pleased with the heraldry I made for the Dice Company podcast though

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 04/04/2024

There is historical evidence that snails are vicious beasts.

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 22/02/2024

I'd like a cat or something like that but I'd probably get this guy

Hairy toothy round little guy. Fizzgig from the dark crystal

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 09/02/2024

Bluesky is open! quote one art to promote yourself! ✨⚔️

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 05/02/2024

I knew this would come in handy again! "From small embers, fires burn"

Order of the Heron livery. Blue shield with heron surrounded by smaller shields representing the characters

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 02/02/2024

Oh wow! Yeah they certainly look like the time was worth it! Also I really appreciate it, you are a master of the craft! I have a townmap which I made a couple of years ago which looks very crude to me now and my world map which I am much more pleased with but which clearly isn't done. The treeees

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 27/01/2024

Unexpected use for a piece of 1:6 chain mail I made at least 15 years ago (😱). Turns out it wraps my current wrist rest perfectly and is surprisingly comfortable. Perfect for online DnD when you want that mediaeval mood 😆

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 21/01/2024

At some point I said I'd make a heraldic version of the @dicecompany.bsky.social heron, so here it is finally! It doesn't quite follow normal heraldry but I've tried to fit many references in there. Quite beyond what I've done before, so a really fun challenge!

A blue heraldic shield with a heron in the center, surrounded by four minor shields and a heraldic order chain

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 06/12/2023

I'm very inexperienced with digital art but the continued mentions of a heron stood on an apricot in the excellent DnD podcast by @dicecompany.bsky.social made me want to give it a go. Still working on a more heraldic version 😅

Digital painting of a heron with one foot resting on an apricot

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 06/11/2023

A friend of mine just started working with chain mail which prompted me to actually start with the extension project to my own shirt. It was more than 10 years ago that I finished it, but feels really good to be back at it. Down the rabbit hole we go!

A short chainmail shirt spread on a wooden table.

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 10/10/2023

Working on a map of Castle Gyllencreutz, the player headquarters, for my upcoming game of Vaesen. Managed to find some old 19th century maps of a merchants villa to use as the base. Complete with two towers!

Black and white blueprint of a late 19th century villa.

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Dr. Axel @tabletopastronomer.com · 27/08/2023

Made some progress on my D&D world map this weekend. By current rate estimates it'll be done about... 2035 or so😅

Image of a portion of a digitally drawn fantasy map on parchment texture with scribbles and notes on it

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