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
The flaw in this positioning is that Powell was, while profoundly wrong, a very clever man.
Whereas Lowe is just an example of what happens when you combine too many gin and tonics in golf clubs and too much time on Facebook.
Whereas Lowe is just an example of what happens when you combine too many gin and tonics in golf clubs and too much time on Facebook.
February 19, 2026 at 12:07 PM
The flaw in this positioning is that Powell was, while profoundly wrong, a very clever man.
Whereas Lowe is just an example of what happens when you combine too many gin and tonics in golf clubs and too much time on Facebook.
Whereas Lowe is just an example of what happens when you combine too many gin and tonics in golf clubs and too much time on Facebook.
Two Black Powder & Brimstone pamphlets published today, a scenario and road encounters for @bentobitt.bsky.social’s rich and flavourful setting.
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Black Powder and Brimstone - The Heretic's Zeal - Alistair Smith | DriveThruRPG
Stop the priest! The prophecy must not come to pass.
It is a time of war and horror. The Vaterland is riven by conflict and stricken with plague. Cities burn and crops fail. But if the omens are to be...
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February 17, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Two Black Powder & Brimstone pamphlets published today, a scenario and road encounters for @bentobitt.bsky.social’s rich and flavourful setting.
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@laticsexile.bsky.social will ping you the pdfs on Discord.
February 16, 2026 at 1:10 PM
@laticsexile.bsky.social will ping you the pdfs on Discord.
Ah well. This morning’s dog walk in the bucketing rain has conclusively answered the ‘do my wellies leak’ question.
February 15, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Ah well. This morning’s dog walk in the bucketing rain has conclusively answered the ‘do my wellies leak’ question.
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society is such a civilised place for an after work drink.
February 10, 2026 at 9:02 PM
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society is such a civilised place for an after work drink.
Searching for the creator of this #morktober horror. Want to use it in something I’m writing and credit its creator. Let me know if it’s you!
February 9, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Searching for the creator of this #morktober horror. Want to use it in something I’m writing and credit its creator. Let me know if it’s you!
@jameswallis.bsky.social that’s absolutely how I found my way into RPG world, so v happy to answer your questions.
January 25, 2026 at 6:46 PM
@jameswallis.bsky.social that’s absolutely how I found my way into RPG world, so v happy to answer your questions.
So this morning’s work task is to read 150 pages of the skeleton arguments for a legal case next month (sadly skeleton arguments not a dispute between Nagash and Heinrich Kemmler).
January 16, 2026 at 11:48 AM
So this morning’s work task is to read 150 pages of the skeleton arguments for a legal case next month (sadly skeleton arguments not a dispute between Nagash and Heinrich Kemmler).
@kehaar.bsky.social
Bringing together Dragonbane and our late Saturday night discussion about the North East of Brazil, slave rebellions and outlaws.
Bringing together Dragonbane and our late Saturday night discussion about the North East of Brazil, slave rebellions and outlaws.
A Brazilianized Dragonbane version of the "draw a duck and share your art" challenge. ^^
January 16, 2026 at 9:48 AM
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Bringing together Dragonbane and our late Saturday night discussion about the North East of Brazil, slave rebellions and outlaws.
Bringing together Dragonbane and our late Saturday night discussion about the North East of Brazil, slave rebellions and outlaws.
After the fun of Grogmeet, I didn’t open my package from @irny.bsky.social yesterday evening. I thought I’d give myself something to look forward to this morning. I wasn’t disappointed.
January 12, 2026 at 6:49 PM
After the fun of Grogmeet, I didn’t open my package from @irny.bsky.social yesterday evening. I thought I’d give myself something to look forward to this morning. I wasn’t disappointed.
Share someone who looks stylish wearing boots.
January 12, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Share someone who looks stylish wearing boots.
Xmas tree is down. The Festive Season is officially over here in Smitn Towers.
We did just cut into the Pandoro though - had too many other things to eat before. Yum.
We did just cut into the Pandoro though - had too many other things to eat before. Yum.
January 4, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Xmas tree is down. The Festive Season is officially over here in Smitn Towers.
We did just cut into the Pandoro though - had too many other things to eat before. Yum.
We did just cut into the Pandoro though - had too many other things to eat before. Yum.
Fox in the snow - albeit not a lot of snow.
I think it’s one of the ones born under our neighbour’s shed earlier this year.
I think it’s one of the ones born under our neighbour’s shed earlier this year.
January 2, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Fox in the snow - albeit not a lot of snow.
I think it’s one of the ones born under our neighbour’s shed earlier this year.
I think it’s one of the ones born under our neighbour’s shed earlier this year.
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Do you still support President Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine? 💙💛
🖐️ Raise your hand
🔁 Repost if you stand with Ukraine
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December 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Do you still support President Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine? 💙💛
🖐️ Raise your hand
🔁 Repost if you stand with Ukraine
🖐️ Raise your hand
🔁 Repost if you stand with Ukraine
Watching the Royal Variety Performance and they’re finishing with Les Miserables, which is about the 1832 Paris Uprising… which overthrew King Charles. Feels a little rude to me.
December 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Watching the Royal Variety Performance and they’re finishing with Les Miserables, which is about the 1832 Paris Uprising… which overthrew King Charles. Feels a little rude to me.
A Vaesen mystery up a misty glen in Scotland. Can your investigators get to the bottom of the matter before something terrible happens?
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The Monarch of the Glen - a Vaesen adventure in Scotland - Free League Publishing | Free League Work Shop | Alistair Smith | DriveThruRPG
An American multimillionaire has returned to Scotland to rebuild his ancestral seat in Glen Shee and take his rightful place as Laird of Findallon.
But as summer turns to autumn, the heather comes int...
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December 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
A Vaesen mystery up a misty glen in Scotland. Can your investigators get to the bottom of the matter before something terrible happens?
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Gran Meccanismo scenario “On a summer’s night, a theft” updated on Drivethru thanks to the sterling efforts of @brianduguid.bsky.social. Prettier, clearer and with more images.
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Gran Meccanismo - On a summer's night, a theft - Alistair Smith | DriveThruRPG
The Year of Our Lord 1510. The Republic of Florence: a hotbed of spies all seeking the secrets of the New Science, Leonardo da Vinci's machines of war and flight, but most of all to disrupt the Gran M...
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December 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Gran Meccanismo scenario “On a summer’s night, a theft” updated on Drivethru thanks to the sterling efforts of @brianduguid.bsky.social. Prettier, clearer and with more images.
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The Elder Sign is on the tree. Our Yuletide will be undisturbed by the Great Old Ones.
December 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The Elder Sign is on the tree. Our Yuletide will be undisturbed by the Great Old Ones.
The wolves are running.
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The wolves are running.
My morning commute is always made better by the magical voice of Sandy Denny.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:17 AM
My morning commute is always made better by the magical voice of Sandy Denny.
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Snow falling in Surrey, but too wet to lie. #canigobacktobedplease
November 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Snow falling in Surrey, but too wet to lie. #canigobacktobedplease
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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.
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Three hours left in the sales if anyone fancies a cheeky lunchtime shop.
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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.