Alistair Smith
@alistairsmith.bsky.social
Mid-life crisis: return to OSRPGs, painting and general escape from the mundane. Happiness through imagination and camaraderie. He/him. #grognard
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it hasn't helped sell any mags but it appears our nonsense on here has just pushed our account over 5K 'followers', so let's embrace that as some kind of achievement!
Like & repost this to be in with a chance to win every in-print issue of Wyrd Science & a t-shirt of your choice*
Like & repost this to be in with a chance to win every in-print issue of Wyrd Science & a t-shirt of your choice*
November 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
it hasn't helped sell any mags but it appears our nonsense on here has just pushed our account over 5K 'followers', so let's embrace that as some kind of achievement!
Like & repost this to be in with a chance to win every in-print issue of Wyrd Science & a t-shirt of your choice*
Like & repost this to be in with a chance to win every in-print issue of Wyrd Science & a t-shirt of your choice*
Really flavourful character options worth exploring.
Woot! Celtic Character Options for #Dragonbane has gone Silver. Thanks folks.
Three hours left in the sales if anyone fancies a cheeky lunchtime shop.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
Three hours left in the sales if anyone fancies a cheeky lunchtime shop.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
November 3, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Really flavourful character options worth exploring.
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Hello! My CEO Roscoe and I are giving away TWO signed copies of my novel 1983 to two randomly selected people who repost this & pop a reply below. You also get a free postcard of this illustration of Roscoe by my mum.
It’s been called “Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut & Sue Townsend”…
It’s been called “Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut & Sue Townsend”…
November 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Hello! My CEO Roscoe and I are giving away TWO signed copies of my novel 1983 to two randomly selected people who repost this & pop a reply below. You also get a free postcard of this illustration of Roscoe by my mum.
It’s been called “Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut & Sue Townsend”…
It’s been called “Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut & Sue Townsend”…
For Halloween the Lichemaster comes forth. And so does the Crow Man. Tremble.
October 31, 2025 at 11:31 AM
For Halloween the Lichemaster comes forth. And so does the Crow Man. Tremble.
Watching a video today about how to claim a Google Knowledge panel. The presenter said “the form asks me why I should own the panel, so I used AI to draft my answer”. It’s 100 words and you’d have had to type why into ChatGPT to get it to draft. I shouted at the computer.
October 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Watching a video today about how to claim a Google Knowledge panel. The presenter said “the form asks me why I should own the panel, so I used AI to draft my answer”. It’s 100 words and you’d have had to type why into ChatGPT to get it to draft. I shouted at the computer.
Quote with your red art 🔴
October 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Quote with your red art 🔴
Watching a YouTube video about outlaw biker gangs and am unhappy with their use of apostrophes. Its should surely be “Hell’s Angels” and definitely not “Pagan’s”.
Who do I contact to express my disappointment?
Who do I contact to express my disappointment?
October 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Watching a YouTube video about outlaw biker gangs and am unhappy with their use of apostrophes. Its should surely be “Hell’s Angels” and definitely not “Pagan’s”.
Who do I contact to express my disappointment?
Who do I contact to express my disappointment?
Slightly freaked out by a Magpie having just tapped on my office window. Our eyes met and then it flew away.
It’s a sunny day in October - not the start of a folk horror story hopefully!
It’s a sunny day in October - not the start of a folk horror story hopefully!
October 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Slightly freaked out by a Magpie having just tapped on my office window. Our eyes met and then it flew away.
It’s a sunny day in October - not the start of a folk horror story hopefully!
It’s a sunny day in October - not the start of a folk horror story hopefully!
Intrigued by the premise of clockpunk roleplaying in Da Vinci’s Florence? Owner of Gran Meccanismo without ever having run it?
Why not take a look at my newly published scenario: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Why not take a look at my newly published scenario: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
October 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Intrigued by the premise of clockpunk roleplaying in Da Vinci’s Florence? Owner of Gran Meccanismo without ever having run it?
Why not take a look at my newly published scenario: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Why not take a look at my newly published scenario: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
It’s very weird that the American government is full of people who must find Indiana Jones films so challenging. “Why does Indy keep hitting the good guys?” they must wonder.
October 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
It’s very weird that the American government is full of people who must find Indiana Jones films so challenging. “Why does Indy keep hitting the good guys?” they must wonder.
I’d forgotten what a great song New York Groove is. Should be getting way more airplay as a classic.
RIP Ace Frehley
RIP Ace Frehley
October 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I’d forgotten what a great song New York Groove is. Should be getting way more airplay as a classic.
RIP Ace Frehley
RIP Ace Frehley
Am always amused that the US protests are ‘No Kings’ when frankly a constitutional monarch like the UK has, or The Netherlands, or Sweden, would be a far more attractive option than America’s imperial presidency. Kings have little power these days compared to Presidents.
October 17, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Am always amused that the US protests are ‘No Kings’ when frankly a constitutional monarch like the UK has, or The Netherlands, or Sweden, would be a far more attractive option than America’s imperial presidency. Kings have little power these days compared to Presidents.
Further Muppet movies, and who’s the human actor?
My starter. The Muppets Trainspotting, with Robert Carlyle.
My starter. The Muppets Trainspotting, with Robert Carlyle.
October 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Further Muppet movies, and who’s the human actor?
My starter. The Muppets Trainspotting, with Robert Carlyle.
My starter. The Muppets Trainspotting, with Robert Carlyle.
Nothing he does is for the benefit of the UK. All for his own ego and wallet.
Worth noting that, before his Congress session, Farage spoke at an event alongside abortion 'abolitionists', where he told them they were “saving western civilisation”
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Farage’s £13,000 speech to anti-abortion extremists
Reform leader’s praise for the “grassroots army” raises questions about his stance on their extreme views
observer.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Nothing he does is for the benefit of the UK. All for his own ego and wallet.
My son doing tours of the Design and Technology room at the school open evening tonight.
I get twitches just thinking about the workshop at school back in the 80s. Teenage nutcases with access to screwdrivers, Stanley knives and other tools. An hour of fear and alertness.
I get twitches just thinking about the workshop at school back in the 80s. Teenage nutcases with access to screwdrivers, Stanley knives and other tools. An hour of fear and alertness.
October 2, 2025 at 7:02 AM
My son doing tours of the Design and Technology room at the school open evening tonight.
I get twitches just thinking about the workshop at school back in the 80s. Teenage nutcases with access to screwdrivers, Stanley knives and other tools. An hour of fear and alertness.
I get twitches just thinking about the workshop at school back in the 80s. Teenage nutcases with access to screwdrivers, Stanley knives and other tools. An hour of fear and alertness.
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Chancery Lane. London. 31st January. All day. First tranche of games loaded in.
Age of Cthulhu. OSE. Twilight 2K.
Chancery Lane. London. 31st January. All day. First tranche of games loaded in.
Age of Cthulhu. OSE. Twilight 2K.
September 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Chancery Lane. London. 31st January. All day. First tranche of games loaded in.
Age of Cthulhu. OSE. Twilight 2K.
Chancery Lane. London. 31st January. All day. First tranche of games loaded in.
Age of Cthulhu. OSE. Twilight 2K.
Exciting delivery this morning which is not going to help my productivity today!
September 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Exciting delivery this morning which is not going to help my productivity today!
Grinding slowly down Great Western Road in Glasgow in a bus gives a lot of time for fond memories of student days, friends, places.
September 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Grinding slowly down Great Western Road in Glasgow in a bus gives a lot of time for fond memories of student days, friends, places.
19 miles to walk today. The rain is on and the wind is blowing. The big blister is no longer a blister, but stopped bleeding yesterday.
The first pint tonight will taste good.
The first pint tonight will taste good.
September 18, 2025 at 7:01 AM
19 miles to walk today. The rain is on and the wind is blowing. The big blister is no longer a blister, but stopped bleeding yesterday.
The first pint tonight will taste good.
The first pint tonight will taste good.
Call the police. A reggae version of Where is My Mind has to be a crime doesn’t it?
September 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Call the police. A reggae version of Where is My Mind has to be a crime doesn’t it?
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NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
September 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
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Let’s settle this, is Nigel Farage a racist?
Like if he is.
RT if he is a traitor.
Like if he is.
RT if he is a traitor.
September 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Let’s settle this, is Nigel Farage a racist?
Like if he is.
RT if he is a traitor.
Like if he is.
RT if he is a traitor.