Exciting to receive Oathmark 2nd edition from @ospreygames.bsky.social today. Some interesting changes in this ed. and looking forward to getting it on the table.
Ian Nicholson FRSA
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Director and Writer. Recognised in #TheStage100 2021. Dad. Reviewer for @wyrdscience.bsky.social. Paints miniatures. https://bio.site/iandgnicholson
Great news: the talks from Jubensha Con are now available online for FREE! Big thanks to our amazing speakers for agreeing to this, and to Joe Strickland at @chronicinsanity.bsky.social for producing the videos. A lot of much bigger and more expensive conferences don't do this – but we just did.
Jubensha Con 2026 - YouTube
The talks given at JubenshaCon 2026 Find out more about the convention at https://jubenshacon.com Buy jubensha from: https://jubensha.co.uk https://www.suspe...
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So here's our new newsletter, Hooks & Rumours. Basically the best of the Gazetteer & hopefully a load of stuff to interest, entertain and inform you This week you'll find links to everything from peasant metal to a haunted English county, crass & sublime art & Game Workshop's origin story. enjoy!
Hooks & Rumours #1
What we've been reading, watching, listening to and buying this weekend and think you should check out too....
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Totally not related to any situation that might be going on right now in the hobby community : Being political neutral doesn't exist, it is a political stance in itself. And why would you want to be neutral against fascists, homophobes and transphobes?
Making something weird for a new game... #sugarlump #nerdlings #mlp #minipainting #miniaturepainting
"Daddy, why did we need a new Prime Minister?" asks my 4yo.
I don't know what #Jimothy is, and at this point I'm too afraid to ask.
Do you have a copy of the Reader's Digest Folklore, Myths and Legends? I've written about it for the @theobserveruk.bsky.social this weekend. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Any game that has some form of "remember when DnD used be X" is the RPG equivalent of when comedians say "you can't make jokes about anything anymore!". It's just a form of saying "remember when bigotry didn't have consequences!".
John Power Jr.@johnpower.bsky.social · 3w agoBeen thinking about that kinda naff looking but apparently hugely successful (financially at least) new Deathbringer rpg, guess the thing I find vaguely interesting with all the imagery and ‘back to the old school’ marketing copy is just how incredibly mid/late 90s rather than 70s/80s it feels
'The site’s founders are big believers in pushing the cause of neglected or threatened culture, so when they heard tidings that the ploughman’s lunch was in a state of crisis and decline, they knew they had to act...' Low Culture Podcast: The Ploughman’s Lunch buff.ly/DjGb3R8
In her new film #TheInvite, it feels like Olivia Wilde finds a style of directing that is her. Thoughtful framing, the length of shots, a European sensibility to it whilst obviously referencing works like Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf as well as Cesc Gay's original.
Discovered today that my old housemate is married to Count Binface. Small world.
Always good getting the new edition of @secretpassageszine.bsky.social. Particularly enjoying the @gavthorpe.bsky.social interview and Trish Carden's article about GW's first dragon.
Received the Maus! miniatures from @westfaliaminis.bsky.social today and they are wonderful. So much detail and character packed into such a small space! Love these lil guys.
Very cool to have MakeBeth announced at Shakespeare's Globe! Currently on tour, it'll be coming to London in the autumn. Been fab to direct this and work with Hannah, Sam and the cast. 💀🗡️🩸 www.shakespearesglobe.com/whats-on/mak...
MakeBeth | What's On | Shakespeare's Globe
A brand-new interactive retelling of Shakespeare's Macbeth brought to life with recycled cardboard magic. Perfect for families and young audiences aged 7+.
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What is our continued arc towards #grimdark in games about? Is it still a repudiation of Tokien/Lewis moralistic fantasy? Has it become a cultural eddy that we struggle to escape from? Is it a reflection of our increasingly damaged world where evil acts are so obviously unpunished? Your thoughts?
Got Glaive issue 3 (thanks @wyrdscience.bsky.social!) and it's packed with awesome weird stuff. Particularly enjoying @wittlegoblin.bsky.social Obscure Offerings section just suggesting cool things to look at. Also the SmashBash interview and Philosophy of Painting are very nice, chewy brain stuff.
I have found it! After a month of searching! It was from Brigade Models. brigademodels.co.uk/product/jone...
Jonesy – Brigade Models Online Shop
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Ian Nicholson FRSA@idgnicholson.bsky.social · 4mo agoNeed help! Found a mini I loved the other day. Was a sci fi cat, mercenary style, with kit and a gun etc. Mini was named Charlie or something like that. Grouped with ALIENS proxies I'm sure. Any ideas? @fenrisgames.com @badsquiddogames.bsky.social @nic-the-mammoth.bsky.social @heresyminiatures.com
Received Horse War from @forbiddenpsalm.bsky.social today - and it absolutely slaps. Completely bonkers, kit bashing opportunities aplenty and a total riot. Going to getting it to the tabletop very soon.
Very sad to hear about John Blanche. His artwork has spawned an entire sub-genre painting style, and his aesthetic shapes GW's style even now. His Ork artwork gets less attention than his better known pieces (SoB, Inquisitors and Imperium weirdness) but this Weirdboy is my favourite.
Got my copy today of Hope is for the Dead by @forbiddenpsalm.bsky.social, and looking forward to playing tonight!
WIRD@forbiddenpsalm.bsky.social · 3mo agoSo hope is for the dead won best miniatures game at Games Expo. Woop Woop, you can grab it on my store in the UK www.forbiddenpsalm.com/store and at @spacepenguinink.bsky.social for US
My young lad painted his first miniature today. I'm so incredibly proud. #warhammercommunity #minipainting
A truly incredible Gaslands army crosses the TL, so good I had to share it
