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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 03/10/2026

Filming Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (2012) A tad too technically ambitious for its time. A few years later, the widespread adoption of virtual production will make all sorts of magic tricks possible.

A green set for Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome

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Mark Thomas @hotseatgames.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Phantom Division pledge manager will be closing VERY soon. If you want what I am guessing is one of a very few unpurchased copies, head here: www.hiveinteractive.net/projects/pha... #boardgames

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Phantom Division

Phantom Division is a fully co-operative tactical combat game that supports solo play and features several mini games.

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Mark Thomas @hotseatgames.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I wrote a book! It's a fantasy novella, but the combat is more tactical in nature. Think fantasy Rainbow Six. Paperback is coming soon, but it's available on Kindle now, including Unlimited if you have that. #booksky www.amazon.com/dp/B0H7KCQJJX

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Do Not Seek This Treasure

Amazon.com: Do Not Seek This Treasure eBook : Thomas, Mark: Kindle Store

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Mark Chaplin @yugblad.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Playing FIVE ALIVE on a train

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Mark Chaplin @yugblad.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Played a couple of games of asymmetric 2p board game, ICHOR. Fast playing and easy to learn, this was a hit with my dad. @bitewinggames.bsky.social

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Mark Chaplin @yugblad.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The latest Fighting Fantasy gamebook arrived today: TOMB OF THE GOLDEN SKULL! Excited to explore its depths

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Mark Chaplin @yugblad.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Just played ALIEN USCSS NOSTROMO - the alien won, after killing everyone fairly early except for Ripley and Lambert. They struggled on, and were 2 emergency protocols from victory when the starship exploded.

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Mark Chaplin @yugblad.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Been having a great time with ASSASSIN’S CREED: BLACK FLAG Resynced - only wish there was more underwater sections

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The Amazing Worlds of Doctor Who @worldsofdrwho.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

BBC continuity card for its 1981 repeat season: "The Five Faces of Doctor Who". #DoctorWho

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Mark Chaplin @yugblad.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

So that I've got everything collated in one space, I've started a ko-fi account: ko-fi.com/markchaplin

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Mark Chaplin @yugblad.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

If you like the SPACE 1999 RPG, then here's a scenario I wrote for it, and hope you enjoy @modiphius.bsky.social : boardgamegeek.com/filepage/317...

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The Final Moonrise | Space: 1999 Core Rulebook

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Mark Chaplin @yugblad.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

For quick Sci-fi one-shots, the TERRORS FROM THE COSMOS series for the MOTHERSHIP RPG are decent. There’s some good ideas in these, and the art is excellent.

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Mark Chaplin @yugblad.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

If you like the SPACE 1999 RPG, then here's a scenario I wrote for it, and hope you enjoy @modiphius.bsky.social : boardgamegeek.com/filepage/317...

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The Final Moonrise | Space: 1999 Core Rulebook

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Mark Chaplin @yugblad.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Enjoyed MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE. A silly kid’s movie that I have no stakes in as a franchise. Felt like it was one big shove into the light away from being a new FLASH GORDON.

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Mark Chaplin @yugblad.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

A chap (Hernan) is porting my ALIENS: THIS TIME IT'S WAR card game to Ludika VTT. It's looking good. Apparently the rulebook is viewable from the top-left icon during play, and there's other quality of life features. Preview:

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Mark Chaplin @yugblad.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

SMILE 2 was great. I have a small issue with the ending, BUT the start was fantastic, and the soundtrack is incredible

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

They’ve shown off the cover for the new Fighting Fantasy book, Tomb of the Golden Skull, cover art & interior illustrations by Karl Kopinski Out 27th August (apparently)

The cover to the new Fighting Fantasy game book, featuring some kind of malicious looking goblin with a flaming Warhammer

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Mark Chaplin @yugblad.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The custom dice for the game are cool, but the font isn’t that readable- I guess I’ll get used to it

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Mark Chaplin @yugblad.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Very excited that the PLANET OF THE APES RPG expansion, Into the Forbidden Zone has arrived!

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Mark Chaplin @yugblad.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I made my own homebrew version of the character sheets for THE PLANET OF THE APES RPG:

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Comic books guy @comicbooksguy.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Robert McCall 1976

Concept art for the movie The Black Hole

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Mark Chaplin @yugblad.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Been reading the PLANET OF THE APES RPG. It’s based on the old D6 Star Wars rpg chassis, but with a sensible update. It’s an interesting and inspiring read - not sure about the damage category rules (seen these more of late), but I need to try them.

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Mark Chaplin @yugblad.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

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Mark Chaplin @yugblad.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Picked up ASSASSIN’S CREED BLACK FLAG RESYNCED - yaaaar!!

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Mark Chaplin @yugblad.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

First board game I’ve bought since the last one:

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Mark Chaplin @yugblad.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

In case you missed it, I wrote a scenario for the SPACE 1999 RPG: rpggeek.com/filepage/317...

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The Final Moonrise | Space: 1999 Core Rulebook

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Mark Chaplin @yugblad.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

This is in the PLANET OF THE APES RPG quickstart adventure, and there's a typo:

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Mark Chaplin @yugblad.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I’m 9 pages into writing a short scenario for the PLANET OF THE APES RPG - it uses a refined version of the old D6 STAR WARS West End Games system. I’m having a blast - cannot type fast enough!

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Mark Chaplin @yugblad.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Four spaceships 🚀 to know me by:

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Mark Chaplin @yugblad.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The rules for the PLANET OF THE APES RPG are written for the standard quartermaster mode of play, but I quite like the WALKING DEAD dice-fail option. As if the PCs have uncounted bullets in a handkerchief.

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Mark Chaplin @yugblad.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

"Banned in Argentina" is the funniest marketing blurb on a wargame I've ever seen:

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Mark Chaplin @yugblad.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Read A SCENT OF NEW-MOWN HAY - I liked the title more than the book. Starts stronger than it finishes.

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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Old Town thumbs

Pencil sketches, Edinburgh old town gables, chimneys etc

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Mark Chaplin @yugblad.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

BRINK part 6 was excellent. Might be the best one yet, though I do hope with this great side-quest done, we get back to the Mercury stuff.

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Mark Chaplin @yugblad.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Nothing quite like an early morning graphic novel session in the conservatory, before everyone else awakes. #2000AD BRINK Sci-fi murder mystery

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Mr Jim Moon @hypnogoria.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

One from the vaults! In 1983, Games Workshop launched Warhammer The Mass Combat Fantasy Role-Playing Game with a second edition coming in 1985, both featuring fantastic art from John Blanche

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Mark Chaplin @yugblad.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Finally watched AVATAR FIRE AND ASH - was excellent, but the saga needs to move to an RDA starship or something to mix it up. The new villainess was terrific!

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Mark Chaplin @yugblad.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Decided to go to a nightclub! 007 James Bond: FIRST LIGHT

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Mark Chaplin @yugblad.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

The thematic hitching in this UNMATCHED: ALI vs BRUCE LEE board game expansion is masterful:

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Alan Rappa @alanrappa.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Just started replaying Alien Infestation DS 🎮 A 2011 Metroidvania by WayForward set in the Alien Universe with a brilliant mechanic. Each marine in your squad is unique and represents a life. Once they’re gone, they’re gone for good. 💀 The ratchets up the tension as you explore #RetroGaming #Alien