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Nick Brooke

@moonbroth.bsky.social

Community Ambassador & Associate Editor, Chaosium Inc. (he/him)

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 5h ago

Visible prosecution can deter Over a tihird of all of those involved in disorder and violence in 2024 got arrested & up to a quarter prosecuted. Chances of prosecution in Northern Ireland closer to 10% 2024 or < 2% 2026 No arrests of 3 hours disruption in Dover sends "carry on" message

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James O’Brien@mrjamesob.bsky.social · 21h ago

Surely he has to resign again to let the people of Clacton prejudge the resukt of the police investigation? It’s much more serious than the investigation he resigned over last time…

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18h ago

“The trouble with you, Spode, is that just because you have succeeded in inducing a handful of half-wits to disfigure the London scene by going about in black shorts, you think you’re someone. You hear them shouting “Heil, Spode!” and you imagine it is the Voice of the People.” Bertie Wooster

Daniel Thomas and his Black Shorts in London today.
Nick Brooke@moonbroth.bsky.social · 5d ago

No kidding - this is why I retrained as an IT auditor back in the nineties. I’d consumed ‘Star Trek’ mostly via James Blish’s novelizations, which were always easy to find in second-hand bookshops when I was a lad, and learning how to shut down insane computers felt like a useful survival skill.

Diane Duane@diane.dianeduane.com · 5d ago

(shaking herslf out of weird mood) Okay, time to go through the “camera roll” in the iPad and inflict unusual or quirky images on everybody. This’ll do as a start…

Fake Star Trek TOS episode title: “Kirk Tells ChatGPT To Kill Itself And It Does”
Alison Fisk@alisonfisk.bsky.social · 5d ago

This ancient Egyptian bronze of a mother cat nursing her kittens is a scene which feels instantly familiar thousands of years later! 🐈‍⬛ 🐾😍 The cat represents the ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet in her role as protector of mothers and children. 📷 Brooklyn Museum #Caturday #Archaeology

This Brooklyn Musem image shows a small bronze group of a mother cat and four kittens set on bronze base, which is in turn set on a wooden base. The mother cat is reclining on her left side with legs outstretched and her head at right. Her left fore and hind legs lie forward while her right fore and hind legs are drawn back. Her tail is draped over her right hind leg. Her head is upright perhaps tilted back slightly as one of the kittens, set between her forelegs, playfully climbs toward her neck. The next three kittens are being nursed by the mother cat. Two are between her fore and hind legs, the last is between the cat's tail and left foreleg. Mother cat wears a necklace which is indicated by an incised line running around her neck. On the front of the bronze base toward the right side (below the cat's left paw) is an inscription ‘Bastet, given life’, showing that the cat represents the goddess fulfilling one of her roles as protector of women and children. Dated circa 664-30 BC, Dynasty 26 or later. Said to come from Saqqara. The museum gives the dimensions as 6.1 x 8.8 x 5 cm.
Chaosium@chaosium.bsky.social · 5d ago

Chaosium creators Mike Mason, Lynne Hardy, and Keris McDonald are special guests at Cave Con, taking place at the historic Old Salutation Inn in Nottingham 🇬🇧, the "City of Caves", Nov 7-8. Also attending as a special guest is ENNIE-award winning Miskatonic Repository creator Jayson Green.

Mike Mason, Lynne Hardy, and Keris McDonald are special guests at Cave Con (7-8 Nov, Nottingham UK)

Chaosium creators Mike Mason, Lynne Hardy, and Keris McDonald are special guests at Cave Con, taking place on November 7-8 at the historic Old Salutation Inn in Nottingham UK, the "City of Caves".

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Malin Ryden@malinryden.bsky.social · 5d ago

Was the start of my main RQ campaign! A really good way to get into RuneQuest if you don't want to get overwhelmed, complete with a localized character generation history to make characters useful for the campaign. What did you or your family do to get banished to the ass end of nowhere?

Nick Brooke@moonbroth.bsky.social · 5d ago

“Tales of the Sun County Militia” (Sandheart Volume One), by Jonathan Webb and his friends, has received a Platinum best-seller medal for over 1,000 sales on DriveThruRPG. It’s a Bronze Age police procedural campaign setting for RuneQuest, on the raggedy edge of Sun County. tiny.cc/jc-sandheart

Art by Mark Baldwin: poor pilgrims cluster around the Sandheart plinths, while a Sun-worshipper ‘does his thing’ up on the wall.
Sacha@sacha72.bsky.social · 5d ago

We're currently playing the Sandheart scenarios and having an absolute blast. If you buy Volume One, I guarantee you'll want to buy the others. A beautifully realised setting crammed with interesting NPCs, solid adventures and tantalising plot hooks for your own development.

Nick Brooke@moonbroth.bsky.social · 5d ago

“Tales of the Sun County Militia” (Sandheart Volume One), by Jonathan Webb and his friends, has received a Platinum best-seller medal for over 1,000 sales on DriveThruRPG. It’s a Bronze Age police procedural campaign setting for RuneQuest, on the raggedy edge of Sun County. tiny.cc/jc-sandheart

Art by Mark Baldwin: poor pilgrims cluster around the Sandheart plinths, while a Sun-worshipper ‘does his thing’ up on the wall.
Chaosium@chaosium.bsky.social · 6d ago

🧵MORE METAL MILESTONES: Celebrating some significant sales by our community creators at @drivethrurpg.com.. PLATINUM is 1000 copies, GOLD is 500, ELECTRUM is 250. Thanks for supporting independent creators of our games! These titles are all in the Jonstown Compendium, creator program for #RuneQuest

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Gaz@evilgaz.bsky.social · 5d ago

Even though British and so genetically disinclined towards self promotion, it is nevertheless #selfpromosaturday and so I'm legally obliged to tell people I have a splendid Regency Cthulhu scenario on @drivethrurpg.com for your delectation: legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/5759...

Upstairs, Downstairs - Regency Cthulhu - Chaosium | Miskatonic Repository | DriveThruRPG.com

It’s time once again for the annual Fitzwilliam Masquerade Ball. Guests are on their way, brand new staff employed, an

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Nick Brooke@moonbroth.bsky.social · 5d ago

“Tales of the Sun County Militia” (Sandheart Volume One), by Jonathan Webb and his friends, has received a Platinum best-seller medal for over 1,000 sales on DriveThruRPG. It’s a Bronze Age police procedural campaign setting for RuneQuest, on the raggedy edge of Sun County. tiny.cc/jc-sandheart

Art by Mark Baldwin: poor pilgrims cluster around the Sandheart plinths, while a Sun-worshipper ‘does his thing’ up on the wall.
Paul Brand@paulbrand.bsky.social · 6d ago

BREAKING: Reform UK’s James Orr and Dan Jukes have ‘stepped down’ from their roles following last night’s undercover filming on Channel 4 News. Nigel Farage remains in post.

Brian Duguid@brianduguid.bsky.social · 7d ago

In loving memory of the late, great Dario Corallo, who passed away earlier this year, I've put together "Dario's Friends and Foes: The Cradle". This makes available all 155 card standees that he generously created when we ran The Cradle as a multi-stage tournament game at Chaosium Con UK 2025.

Doug Lindner@douglindner.bsky.social · 7d ago

Symbols matter. We have to undo every one of these things in 2029. No TrumpRx, no Trump coins, no Trump accounts, no Trump passports, no Trump Kennedy Center, no Trump Airport, no Trump-class ship, no F-47 fighter jet, no Trump Ballroom, and no Trump Arch. Treat it like a statue of Jefferson Davis.

Adam Keiper@adamkeiper.com · 7d ago

(1) 🤮 (2) A "Military Observation Deck"? Huh? Seems to be a newly tacked-on idea. Was it added just to provide a national-security rationale—à la the ballroom having a bunker, which helped Trump in lawsuits against the ballroom? (3) The traffic is going to be awful, ugh. (4) TEAR IT DOWN 2029.

Screenshot of a tweet from Interior Secretary Doug Burgum dated 3 September 2026. Above some pictures — artistic renderings of Trump's proposed arch — Burgum writes: "We are pleased to announce that after a very long wait (over 125 years!), we are preparing to start, over the next two-week period, the excavation work necessary for the Great Triumphal Arch and Military Observation Deck, at Memorial Circle on Columbia Island between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery. This will be one of the Great Pieces of American Architecture, honoring the history and significance of Arlington Cemetery and befitting the most powerful Capital in the World."
Jay Zedbee@jayzedbee.bsky.social · 7d ago

Channel 4 reporter: Hello. I am Mr. Alias and this is my extremely suspicious comically large donation that i can only make in the form of a bag of money with a dollar sign on it. every other reform guy: seems legit! let me tell you every single way in which i and my boss have broken the law

Channel 4 News@channel4news.bsky.social · 7d ago

Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:

Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations

Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.

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Wayne Peters@waynepeters.bsky.social · last wk.

My PoD from Drivethru arrived. I lost track of how long it took. About 10 days? That's about normal if I understand correctly. Anyway I've been a fan of Mark's for years and was delighted when he started illustrating Glorantha, so this was an easy buy. I'd love a Katrin Dirim one too.

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