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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I've been meaning to try and it for a while but the chat over on the TIN discord nudged me towards just giving it a try.

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I haven't come across that site before so I'll take a look. This is mostly just to try and improve my product photos but I'm also building up a props collection for convention games while I playtest a new spy game.

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I threw together a test photo using various props I already had, not bad for a quick assembly of bits.

A test arrangement of a map of cold war Berlin, passport, floppy disk and the Number Stations RPG

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Ooh, I shall have to look that up. I've got a few fonts based on the early IBM electronic typewriters but always on the lookout for more options.

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Why yes, I did just place a bid on eBay for some strips of microfiche so I can make some espionage photo mock-ups. Next, some hand made one time pads.

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Having learned to drive in Somerset that feels narrow but not unusual - regularly drove on roads like that but I get why it can feel unsettling for a lot of people.

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Somehow the various concept docs and drafts for my spy game have already crossed 15,000 words. There's a lot of repetition and ideas that have been rejected but for someone used to making small games it feels weird to have reached that number without intending to.

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I bought it at expo but not yet got around to giving it a try. What are your initial thoughts on it?

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Steph @fistfulofcrits.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Me: I have made a 32 page SRD and a workbook and this is my first time running a thing @gshowitt.bsky.social, with a single pen and paper: here is how to fight God

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yes, it was really interesting to hear about your approach and the workbook is pure genius! I don't think I'd have ever considered it possible to structure a guide to building your own game in that way.

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I attended the inaugural Questival in Port Sunlight today and went to both of the game design workshops - it's fair to say that @fistfulofcrits.bsky.social and @gshowitt.bsky.social showcased two very different approaches to building a game!

A workbook and SRD for the Chapters RPG system

A chaotic mix of cut out text and rough writing in pen of a game called Get God

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I am hoping it really grows in coming years, it was well organised and had a great vibe to it. Next year I'll probably either run something or get my own table.

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Given the number of people that were at it I would say a lot of people knew about it but the marketing was very much local area given it was the inaugural event. Games were also only a small section of it - the primary focus was more literary.

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I wonder if some of the stuff that @voidspacezine.bsky.social organise and host would be of interest - they sort of sit in that space between art/literature/games and feature a lot of experimental experiences

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

End of the week and I'm looking forward to attending the inaugural Questival in Port Sunlight tomorrow. I'm hoping it becomes a regular event and one I can support by offering games or having a table at in the future.

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

You're the second person I've heard say that this week, I'll have to take note of that when I schedule mine.

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

While I've been adding many notes to the working doc I finally managed a solid block of focused writing on my YZE this evening, rewriting character talents and crit tables. It's still an early WIP but I'm looking forward to a public outing at Dragonmeet.

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Congrats to the winners, while I'd have loved to have been amongst them it was lovely just to see The Words We Leave Behind be nominated for Best Indie RPG.

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'm surprised there isn't an adaptation of the Metro 2033 novels into a ttrpg as they're basically a post apocalyptic mega dungeon in the Moscow underground.

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Must document the big yaaaaaawns!

A black and white cat doing a big yawn because he is a sleepy boy

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Was just about to say the same thing!

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

What I want to be doing today: working on the cold war spy scenario I'll be running at Dragonmeet What I'm actually doing: prepping for a PhD viva (my first as an examiner) and creating mock datasets for an upcoming PG module.

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Yeah, unless you're confident on making a good number of sales it's difficult to justify for larger products. I've found it worthwhile for zines as the costs are lower but can see how it doesn't make sense for hardbacks unless you can find others to bundle in with

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Indie Press Revolution @ipr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

New! Against Time and Death Chiron's Doom Mount Olympus Community College Paragons: The Roleplaying Game Roguelike Tarot Stealing the Throne Veins of Corruption MZ1: The Sebiyan Cenobium www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

since some people apparently have "lives" & "families" & "friends" and so didn't spend the weekend smearing germs around a little screen & missed it, we've extended our DriveThruRPG flash sale for another 24 hours with all issues, including our latest, 1/2 price www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...

a clever person, or at least their disembodied hand holding an iPad that is displaying the bold, bright and rather amazing cover to Wyrd Science issue 8 by Tom J Newell

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Got to love when a competition prize is a new book. Big thanks to @coldwarpod.bsky.social and Oana Aristide for this copy of Astronaut! that's just arrived.

The cover of Astronaut! by Oana Aristide with an image of a young girl walking along with her shadow being a large bear against a red background

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Of course I've just realised half my lunch is still in my bag in the office.

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Ways to ensure I take a proper lunch break: forget my swipe card and lock myself out of the office while nobody else is around.

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Having just received the 2nd edition books Cold City / Hot War 1st edition comes to mind, would have loved to do a side by side comparison. Also Deathwatch, not because it was good but just for the nostalgia of the lore.

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Completed my first gunpla and I can definitely see the appeal of building more. This was only an entry grade model but plenty of articulation and detail and that's before I consider adding panel lining or paint.

A partially assembled gunpla model with the text "gotta love a big stompy robot"

A fully assembled gunpla model with the text "yes I know gindams aren't technically robots"

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I'm in Edinburgh for a wedding this weekend but not able to pop over to @tabletopscot.bsky.social - as luck would have it though we're staying 5 minutes from @ancientrobotgames.bsky.social so I'll just have to visit them instead!

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Is the audio going to be available via RSS or anywhere other than Spotify that can be pulled into a podcast app?

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Albi @albi13.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Finally made the initial move on to @rpgtrader.bsky.social Trader by putting These Stars Will Guide You Home, my solo game based on the Aeneid and the Odyssey, in this bundle... rpg-trader.com/products/895...

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These Stars Will Guide You Home on RPG Trader

A solo journaling game based on the Aeneid and Odyssey

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I remember hoping it would be so bad it's fun in the way that Geostorm was but nope, it was just bad.

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Happy bank holiday weekend Brits & folks forced to share this island with us! We’re doing free shipping to the UK today/tomorrow, so why not treat yourself to the best tabletop game mags around, such as Secret Passages, Glaive & something called Wyrd Science, as well as a hangover… wyrd.science

A photo of a stack of issues 1-8 of Wyrd Science fanned out on a table

The cover to issue 3 of secret passages with a cartoon wizard looking gnarly

The cover to issue 3 of Glaive featuring a couple of lads in full armour cage fighting

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I started on my very first gunpla model today and I am really appreciating how straightforward it is compared to Western style models.

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Quickly followed up by the washing machine making broken noises and warping the seal beyond belief. Guess this bank holiday will include a traditional trip to Currys.

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I can certainly think of worse ways to spend a wet Saturday morning than annotating a 1957 map of Berlin with the location of locations known to have been used by intelligence organisations of the time.

A black and white map of Berlin from 1957 open in Affinity Photo. Annotations of important locations have been added in red.

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I don't specifically remember that. My memories of it are quite vague, more of it being on TV and it being important than any actual details.

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Fall of the Berlin Wall - I didn't really understand the significance beyond it was filling all of the news (and of course there were only 4 TV channels in the UK at that point).

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It would be fair to say that the dice did not roll in our favour last night

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Kat the Lore Mistress @loremistress93.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Hi BlueSky, I humbly seek recommendations for two-player epistolary/ letter-writing games. I'm looking to actually physically send and receive papers (could be more than a letter, for example, an updated 'map'), it just needs to be easily played in letter-writing format ☺️ Any genre. Thanks! 💛

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

You would want to write and do the signal degradation steps digitally but Signal to Noise works well for this (and the delay of sending physical letters would mirror the light speed lag) Available in print here (and digitally in all the usual places) lunarshadowrpg.sumupstore.com/product/sign...

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Signal To Noise | LunarShadow Designs

The Signal arrived while our grandparents were young. An invitation to humanity from the stars. Driven by our curiosity and the proof that we were not alone in the universe we constructed the Generati...

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Nah, sucker for punishment would be more accurate

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Today has very much been one where I've struggled to focus so I don't know why I thought I'd be able to sit down this evening and focus on converting game mechanics into python to test the play cycle.

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Craig @whodo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

It is a brilliant read the entire way through.

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CRIT Awards @critawards.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

There is still time to vote for the 2026 CritAwards if you haven’t yet! Voting closes at midnight this Sunday, August 23rd. #critawards #critawards2026

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