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Mark Willoughby

@willoughbywrite.bsky.social
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Poor writer of unread books and enthusiastic gamer

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Gerry Anderson @gerryanderson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
A 4K Space: 1999 double bill of Breakaway and The Metamorph is coming to UK cinemas from September 13th! www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xl4...
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Space: 1999 Comes to Cinemas in 4K This Breakaway Day | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Gerry Anderson
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
How did I get to this age without knowing about bacon block? This changes everything!
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Multiple commentary changes during the ~1 hour innings of the Hundred. TMS can do longer than that on the merits of battenburg.
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
We're doing a staff review. The spreadsheet is sorted alphabetically by first name. I'm silently fuming.
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I got TWO slices of cheese in my burger from the work canteen! Who else is winning at life today?
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I don't know what's happening. Water is falling from the sky!
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Watching Peppa Pig with my great niece. I'm waiting for the episode when Daddy Pig has had enough of their nonsense and snaps. I hear it's brutal.
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Just to give you an update, I've now decided that this game does, in fact, matter.
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TableTopBill @tabletopbill.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Blessing your timeline with some Phantom! #PhantomFriday
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I can't watch England sober these days. Not the football team, not the cricket team and increasingly not the country.
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JV West @jvwest.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Give me suggestions for good sword and sorcery, fantasy, horror, and sci-fi move soundtracks! I'm well aware of Conan, 13th Warrior, The Mummy. Those are on my forever rotation. What are some others that you really like?
Cover of The 13th Warrior soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith. An eye, a Viking ship.
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Barns. The E isn't required @elevatedpachyderm.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
This is the official thing that the next Dahn Sarf will sponsor. Places for kids to play D&D all Summer. The dream. I remember 14 and playing days on end in my mate's caravan in his back garden. If you hunt old WD's you might even find the address. Anyways, local and close to my heart.
A Dungeon and Dragon game board. Mini. Dice. Chits. Cards.
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Kehaar @kehaar.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
needy repost of latest Agents of Duke game with @sardonicus.eu @malcolmcraig.bsky.social @huwbowen.bsky.social and @willoughbywrite.bsky.social latest #AgentsofDUKE adventures clarkythecruel.wordpress.com/2026/06/25/a...
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Agents of Duke: The Phillips Enigma Episode 3 Enter Octopussy
Jaspar Hightower Arriving in Delhi, Jaspar Hightower art loving assassin, Dario Rossi reckless wheelman and CIA agent Rosie Carver track Kamal Khan to a flight to Udaipur, the ‘Venice of the East’ …
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Last night, in the spirit of the Commonwealth, I lent my support to Australia and Scotland. I have been asked not to do so again. Who should I support next?
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Amazon: We thought you'd like new polo equipment. All because I bought a polo shirt. I neither want nor need a polo mallet. They're just trolling me at this point. This is "annoying bloke down the pub" level banter.
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Matt Click @mattclick.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I’m losing my day job at the end of this month. As of now, haven’t secured a new full-time gig, so my freelance schedule is wide open. If you’re looking for an editor or proofreader, hit me up.
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Man Collapses from Exhaustion
ALT: Man Collapses from Exhaustion
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Gavadon @gavadon.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I would like to see Manhunter in the theater.
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Michael Mann’s ‘Manhunter’ Set to Return to Theaters on Its 40th Anniversary, Now with a New ‘Final Cut’
The director's 1986 suspense classic has been remastered and remixed for 'Manhunter: The Final Cut,' which will premiere this summer.
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Every time I buy a Laundry Files novel, Amazon spends the next month trying to sell me detergent. All the data in the world and not a single clue.
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I have badly overslept and apparently awoken in late Autumn.
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Random stuff in my head today: "The first time I saw cauliflower was at the university of East Anglia in 1974" ...means something very different if it's being read by John Peel or Alan Bennett. No, I don't know why I'm this way either.
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
I was making a list of jobs to do with my battletech minis and just wrote. "Add skirts to bulldogs" And now I'm chuckling as only a middle aged man can, delighted in my own absurdity.
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OSRJuan @osrjuan.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
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🖌 Myandra sez: 🖍 Impeach the MF'er soon. We're waiting. @myandra.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Me...😶
A cartoon bear knitting - The horrors persist but I have my little crafts.
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Which member of Monty Python (living or ex) would you most like to go for a drink with? Your input will be included in an ongoing fierce debate
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
I went to Element Games on Drury Lane. I can confirm that they have ALL the paint. If only I could remember what it was that I wanted.
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Simon Burley @squadronuk.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
My convention report for #Grogmeet is up. Feel free to check and tell me what I’ve got wrong. rpgs4all.blogspot.com/p/grogmeet-9...
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Grogmeet – 9th to 11th January 2026
1. Why I Went I am a grognard. In Table-Top Role-Playing Game (TTRPG) terms, a grognard (hereafter “grog”) is someone who was around in the ...
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
In @asako-soh.bsky.social 's Cthulu game at Grogmeet I played an embittered old man with a liking for alcohol who yearns for retirement. ...and people say that I don't have range.
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
First film of the night. Not watched it since I went to the pictures to see it in the late eighties. I'm sure it will be entirely unproblematic.
Movis poster for 1987's The Hidden
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
I am safely back home. half of my presents clank and the other half have a calorific density similar to uranium. Is it any wonder that I struggle to maintain my girlish figure?
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
It's all just kicked off in a very heated game of pass the parcel.
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
If we're playing "who can go the longest without hearing Last Christmas" this year, I've just lost. 1st December FFS.
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
The Fox is almost empty, but now has a separate dining area behind a rope.
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Off to meet dragons. I hope to see some of you there.
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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
It was a crazy busy in the bookshop today. I took almost four times what I'd expect to take on a normal Weds. I guess the ramp-up to Christmas has started, which is good news. Independent bookshops make around a third of their yearly income over the seasonal period, so remember to shop local!
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
So according to this new Robin Hood series the Normans brought Christianity to England. This will be news to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
www.bbc.com/news/article... In a world plagued with uncertainty, it's a relief to discover that an Italian admiral looks exactly like you hope/expect they would.
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Nato 'will stand with Ukraine' to get long-lasting peace, senior official tells BBC
Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone tells the BBC the Russia-Ukraine war is bogged down, and it is "almost time to sit and talk".
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Bring me your most gaming adjacent beer!
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
The worst thing about being ill is that lovely beer won't make you better. It just doesn't seem right.
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
People are still on holiday, so this morning's 90 (NINETY) minute meeting is in danger of not overrunning by 20 minutes, as is the common practice.
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
After reading some Eric Ambler, it occurs to me that there's a rich seam to be mined from 1930's British adventure fiction. Is time for Bertie Wooster: Nazi hunter?
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Why Catalyst Games haven't done Battletech vs Cthulu yet I will never know.
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Microsoft SharePoint would be a strong contender for one of the worst pieces of software ever created, were it not for Microsoft Teams.
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Smygpainter (Pelle) @smygpainter.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Smugness intensifies... 😇
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Somebody wake up Hicks @jonmarkhicks.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
One of my collection favourites; this Eaglemoss Hero model of the Nostromo. It's great to see the ship 360 and the detail is good. The stand isn't perfect and it would look better with all the vanes in place and perhaps with landing legs, but it looks great and increases my appreciation of the ship.
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Young actors do large dramatic things so that you notice them. Old actors do small things to beguile you and draw you in. It can take a long time to learn that less is more.
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Mark Willoughby @willoughbywrite.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
I see that Zoom meetings now have an option to join as a companion. Knowing my luck, I'd end up as Adric.
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Moreno Paissan Maps @morenopaissanmaps.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Last week, the new Warhammer Fantasy RPG book, Sea Wardens of Cothique, was released. Inside, you can find some of the maps Angela and I created for this fantastic book, entirely dedicated to the elven kingdoms! Below you can find the large map of the city of Tor Koruali.😊🧭🗺
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Andrew Coombes @coombes.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Has anybody run The Morrow Project? It's got a great premise, and it's sat in my collection for years, but I really struggle to understand what the characters will actually *do* (1/2)
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