Played a demo at last year's @tabletopscot.bsky.social and was very taken with it.

Cone Shaped Dominance

Checked out the latest episode But Why Vikings with @ava.foxfort.net and I taking on some convention related queries. Send us your questions for the next and future episodes! We always need more!

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I'll be interested to see the prep as I would also like to run it as a one-shot sometime.

A reminder that nominations for Golden Geek close this Sunday. And while we are at it, check out these other excellent podcasts:

But Why Vikings @giantbrain.co.uk
Game Brain @benmandelker.bsky.social
Salt & Sass @425suzanne.bsky.social
Space Biff! @danthurot.bsky.social

Thanks folks!

My hope & plan is to be at UKGE this year, & SHOULD THAT BE THE CASE please can we meet & play some kind of game. If I'm there I definitely want to hit up the indie market. I also want to just hang out with the gorgeous freaks who make up the tabletop scene & hear how you're doing.

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They've filled Stadiums running live actual play shows. The shows have millions of views on Youtube. I am not sure what going through the negotiations to get things show in cinemas is worth it.

Throwing the signal up to my #ttrpg friends, some of whom I've already contacted about this -- anyone got a contact for Sean Preston, who ran the rpg game company Reality Blurs? Did some great Savage Worlds settings and the amazing Tremulus horror game. Last thing I can find is a 2020 blog post.

Battle in the Burgh 6 at Stewart Brewing in July! I'll be there commentating, and you can come and watch the fights!

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DIE top of the list for me here.

I am back commentating at Battle in the Burgh this year, a robot fighting competiion. This year it is being hosted at Stewart Brewing!

My reviews are biased (and so are yours) I’ve seen my contemporaries in media groups swear blind that they can be paid to make a review and keep it free of bias. This is, of course, utter bollocks.

I've been thinking about the issue of bias in game reviews for a little while, so I tried to make some kind of order out of those thoughts and wrote a post about it.

Maybe some of it rings true for you. Maybe some of it you never considered. What do you think? punchboard.co.uk/my-reviews-a...

Mum Chums by Tanya Floaker A slice of life RPG about the people who care for kids

May I point you towards Mum Chums by @floaker.bsky.social

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Can't wait for the new album

Blades 68 - Skim Read - The Giant Brain Blades 68 is the latest game from Tim Denee. It brings Doskvol screaming into the light of the swinging 60s wtih bold changes and additions.

"...takes the core of Blades and provides additional structures to not only make Blades 68 a pulpier version of the original Blades in the Dark but to give GMs a better chance of getting their game off the ground."
From the skim read of Blades '68 by @giantbrain.co.uk
Check out the full piece here:

TTRPG about me

First game: Dungeoneer
Last game: Triangle Agency (ran), pendragon (played)
Longest game: Pendragon (ran)
Favourite game: Blades in the Dark or Agon
Favourite mechanics: Flashback Blades, challenges in Agon, Traits in Pendragon
Favourite art: currently Blades 68

Thanks for the share folks. Very much appreciated. Looking forward to getting this to the table asap

Photograph of a three person panel on a stage.

Great wee panel at Conpulsion. The bisexual lighting and velvet curtain gave the whole affair a stand-up-club vibe that, honestly, more con panels should embrace.

Thanks Tim. That genuinely means a lot to me.

Cone Shaped Dominance Podcast Episode · But Why Vikings? · 10 April · 52min

The latest episode of But Why Vikings is out now! Featuring the dulcet tones of myself and @ava.foxfort.net answering convention related questions

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I don't seem to be able to. I would really just need a short overview of the game and maybe an art asset or two if you have any for the upcoming edition. If you can message me I can share a previous article so you get a better idea of what it will look like.

I've received it I think, project update 18.

Blades 68 - Skim Read - The Giant Brain Blades 68 is the latest game from Tim Denee. It brings Doskvol screaming into the light of the swinging 60s wtih bold changes and additions.

My skim ready of Blades 68 from @evilhat.bsky.social and @olddog.games is live!

giantbrain.co.uk/2026/04/11/b...

Bootlegger coming from sneaking liquor into Indian Territory in cowboy boots.

Blades 68 - Skim Read - The Giant Brain Blades 68 is the latest game from Tim Denee. It brings Doskvol screaming into the light of the swinging 60s wtih bold changes and additions.

My skim ready of Blades 68 from @evilhat.bsky.social and @olddog.games is live!

giantbrain.co.uk/2026/04/11/b...

Can you not do that with something like Stars and Wishes feedback at the end of a session? I am also not sure every game needs that, though I am sure some would benefit from it if it fits the narrative the game wants to produce.

This one is all about boardgame conventions. We recently met up at a convention. But Iain & Ava are anything but conventional. This is why they are such polarising figures within the tabletop community.

I do love to polarise the community