If you stepped into a ballad, who would you be?
The doomed lover, the wandering knight, the clever survivor… or something darker?
Tell us your role and post it with #BalladHunters

Archaeologists Find Iliad “Catalog of Ships” Papyrus Inside Egyptian Mummy - Arkeonews Archaeologists in Egypt’s Oxyrhynchus have discovered a Roman-era tomb containing mummies with golden tongues and a rare papyrus

This is just so cool. A Roman-era mummy recently excavated in Egypt contained a fragment of papyrus with a section of the Iliad.

A pile of sleeved test-print cards for Asher's Ridge

So the test print and check-over went pretty well I think!

Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage. A woman answers the door. We have come for the child, says the hooded figure So soon? she asks It is time, says the hooded figure. The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card! What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading! For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman, the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them. Do not cry mother. I am a writer now.

my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

L: A young W B Yeats wearing pince nez and a large bow tie. R: A middle-aged Aleister Crowley wearing a large (possibly homburg) black hat and the ‘I’m mad, me’ expression that he always put on for photos

Ah! 19 April – 126th anniversary of the day William Butler Yeats kicked Aleister Crowley downstairs as they fought for control of the British branch of the not-at-all-ridiculous Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in the Battle of Blythe Road. According to legend, anyway... 🧵

Without stating your age, post a film from a year that, minus 18, gives your year of birth

Please also include your social security/NI number, your shoe size and other personal details

Love Sergeant Cork and TMoJGR (though less enamoured of Series 2). And so many delights beyond that.

Yep. Same with us.

This is a dance off. If you see this repost a dance, or you are eliminated.

Join me in the maiden voyage of Curse of the Wrathful River God crafted for the unreleased Bree-YARC rules!

Same, robot. Same

"I got nothing to say I ain't said before
I bled all I can, I won't bleed no more
I don't need no one to understand
Why the blood runs cold in the hired hand
On heart, hand of God
Floodland and Driven Apart
Run cold
Turn, cold, burn
Hey now, hey now, now, sing This Corrosion to me."

“Long ago I yearned to be a hero without knowing, in truth, what a hero was. Now, perhaps, I understand it a little better. A grower of turnips or a shaper of clay, a Commot farmer or a king--every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone."

~~THE HIGH KING
Lloyd Alexander

Ditto!

Query:

If you (or someone you watch/listen to) had a NON-TTRPG/Actual Play podcast, YouTube channel, etc.

AND

Played a tabletop roleplaying game on that feed/channel/etc

BEFORE 12/31/2018

could you let me know?

(I have some examples but trying to see if I missed anything)

Well, my opinion of Courier New font has just improved at least 32 points.
(See what I did there?)

Gone down a bit of a rabbit hole in the archives of Jackie. So on 19th April 1980, one 13-year-old reader wrote movingly to the Cathy & Claire agony aunt page about her fear of nuclear war.

MID CAMPAIGN ADDITIONS - WHAT IF WE JUST DESCRIBE DIE DIE: it’s like Jumanji for nerds. It’s Gygaxian Isekai. It’s Portal Fantasy with HP. Get in here. Sure, you can roll Reflex to take half damage from a fireball. Try doing that to the emotional splash-damage of your parents’ divorce Life never worked out the way you wanted it to. Now you’re trapped in a fantasy kingdom, and life still isn’t working out, but at least you’re a catgirl now Is It Wrong To Try To Process My Emotional Trauma In A Dungeon? (Yes. You should have gone to therapy. But now you’re trapped in a magical kingdom, it’s the only option you’ve got) Boyfriend Dungeon taught us we could love the dungeon. Dungeon Meshi taught us we could eat it. Now: what if the dungeon was a thinly-veiled metaphor for your strained relationship with your dad? You’re thirty-seven years old. Your job sucks. Your wife just left you. And you’re trapped in an interdimensional fantasy realm forged of your own dreams and fears, which really is the icing on the cake Maybe things weren’t better back in the day; maybe you were just younger. DIE takes the gentle, reassuring confection of nostalgia and reduces it to a bubbling heap with the oxy-acetalene torch of postmodernism THOSE JACKALS AT WIZARDS OF THE COAST ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH OF YOUR MONEY. Give US your money instead in exchange for the DIE Metadungeon If you only play one TTRPG this year, you should probably try Realis. It looks great. But if you play two TTRPGs this year, one of them should definitely be DIE DIE the RPG finally endorses your relentless obsession with dice by making them diegetic. And if you need us to explain what “diegetic” means, you probably wouldn’t enjoy the game anyway How many dice do you reckon you could fit in your mouth? Normal-sized ones, I mean. Six-siders. I think I could get about twenty five in there before I started choking

let's see how many of these blurbs for DIE RPG Backerkit will let through their quality control net

Drop your crime fighting Catholics.

Paradises by Ladytron on Apple Music Album · 2026 · 16 Songs

Ah, thank heaven for Ladytron, still churning out bangers. music.apple.com/gb/album/par...

DIE: Metadungeon The real dungeon was the hobby we made along the way. Dungeon crawl your way through half a century of RPG history in this full-scale megadungeon for the DIE RPG by Gareth Hanrahan.

We unlocked Emily last night - which is good, I was worried that we were keeping her locked up at all. Next stretch goal is Stephanie will do individual the opening art for each of the Metadungeon's six chapters.

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#1. Why I don't go in the ocean.

Artwork of Chepstow Castle beset by tentacles, demons, bats and approached by a smalll group of adventurers in a boat. The text reads Dice on the Borderlands 2026 - 25th and 26th April

Dice on the Borderlands Community TTRPG event is back at Chepstow Castle in 2 weeks (25th/26th April)

A few player slots remain:

- Ecorchurs medieval wargame
- Call of Cthulhu
- Pathfinder
- Shiver
- Black Hack
- Romance of the Perilous Lands
- Starfinder

Booking is essential so message me!

Yet another cracking episode. This could finally be time to crack open the Pirates of Drinax and go exploring.

What is zonecore? Creating Exclusion Zone Botanist led me to search for the origins and critical works of the genre. Here are five common elements of zonecore and a list of zonecore tabletop games for inspiration.

I plan to update the list of zonecore board games and TTRPGs soon.

If you have more examples that I missed, please post them in the comments of the article (not here).

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#zonecore #boardgames #ttrpg #stalker

Goblyn Market FAIRE Edition - Jerod Leupold | DriveThruRPG Goblyn Market is a rules-light weird little roleplaying game mash-up of storytelling with lots of dice tossing. Each scene begins in a highly regimented way to provide guiderails but soon delves into ...

Two phenomenal playtests only days apart! First Honorbound with a Pint of Cthulhu, then Goblyn Market based on historical events in Russia.

Along with a retelling of A Christmas Carol, I think Goblyn Market is finding its niche. Affairs coming this summer!

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So, he’s confusing the role of pope with the role of Daredevil, now?

TTRPG about me:

First game: Red box D&D
Last game: Delta Green
Longest game: AD&D1E
Favourite game: Liminal
Favourite mechanics: GUMSHOE
Favourite art: Tony DiTerlizzi’s AD&D2E Planescape work

With all the 📀🐴 around Runequest and Glorantha, isn't it about time the game is rebuilt in it's original intended form and uses the Pendragon engine? Passions and traits representing culture and cult! Streamlined action with opposed rolls. PenDragonPass for the win! ⚔️🐉

#YourGloranthaMayVary