Thom Gobbitt ๐ฒโจ๐ฟโ ๏ธโ๏ธ๐
@booksoflaw.bsky.social
Early #medieval -ist, focusing on the #history of #law and #lawbooks from the 6th-13th centuries.
Postdoc historian on the #PresentDead project
#ludonarratologist studying medieval-set TTRPGs & creating one based on the #Lombard laws: #LangobardRPG
he/him
Postdoc historian on the #PresentDead project
#ludonarratologist studying medieval-set TTRPGs & creating one based on the #Lombard laws: #LangobardRPG
he/him
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Happy to say, yesterday I sent off for peer review my edited collection on "Tabletop Gaming the Middle Ages", comprising eleven chapters addressing various aspects of the medieval and medievalism in board and miniature wargames, LARPs and TTRPGs
Let's hope the reviewers love it as much as I do!
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Let's hope the reviewers love it as much as I do!
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Delighted that peer-review on my "Tabletop Gmaing the Middle Ages" just came back - and we rolled a Crit!
(*must* be published, with minor corrections)
Hopefully these eleven chapters on the Medieval and Medievalism in Board- and Miniature War- Games, LARP and TTRPGs will be in print 2026/27!
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(*must* be published, with minor corrections)
Hopefully these eleven chapters on the Medieval and Medievalism in Board- and Miniature War- Games, LARP and TTRPGs will be in print 2026/27!
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Hawks offered women both real and symbolic means to express gender, power and status within a male-dominated world.
Medieval women used falconry to subvert gender norms
Hawks offered women both real and symbolic means to express gender, power and status within a male-dominated world.
tcnv.link
February 3, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Hawks offered women both real and symbolic means to express gender, power and status within a male-dominated world.
Thanks for posting this! Apart from the anachronistic moments when people assume that early modern witchcraft can be ascribed to the early middle ages (waves at re[dacted] 2), I sometimes forget the 'recent' shit going on...
Added to my reading ๐
Added to my reading ๐
January 31, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Thanks for posting this! Apart from the anachronistic moments when people assume that early modern witchcraft can be ascribed to the early middle ages (waves at re[dacted] 2), I sometimes forget the 'recent' shit going on...
Added to my reading ๐
Added to my reading ๐
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SO SO GLAD to see a PROPER rebuttal against Silvia Federici's very wrong scholarship in the latest Magic, Ritual and Witchcraft! Thank you, Rita Voltmer!
muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
January 31, 2026 at 3:51 PM
SO SO GLAD to see a PROPER rebuttal against Silvia Federici's very wrong scholarship in the latest Magic, Ritual and Witchcraft! Thank you, Rita Voltmer!
muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
Delighted that peer-review on my "Tabletop Gmaing the Middle Ages" just came back - and we rolled a Crit!
(*must* be published, with minor corrections)
Hopefully these eleven chapters on the Medieval and Medievalism in Board- and Miniature War- Games, LARP and TTRPGs will be in print 2026/27!
๐ฒโจ๐
(*must* be published, with minor corrections)
Hopefully these eleven chapters on the Medieval and Medievalism in Board- and Miniature War- Games, LARP and TTRPGs will be in print 2026/27!
๐ฒโจ๐
Happy to say, yesterday I sent off for peer review my edited collection on "Tabletop Gaming the Middle Ages", comprising eleven chapters addressing various aspects of the medieval and medievalism in board and miniature wargames, LARPs and TTRPGs
Let's hope the reviewers love it as much as I do!
๐ฒโจ
Let's hope the reviewers love it as much as I do!
๐ฒโจ
January 29, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Delighted that peer-review on my "Tabletop Gmaing the Middle Ages" just came back - and we rolled a Crit!
(*must* be published, with minor corrections)
Hopefully these eleven chapters on the Medieval and Medievalism in Board- and Miniature War- Games, LARP and TTRPGs will be in print 2026/27!
๐ฒโจ๐
(*must* be published, with minor corrections)
Hopefully these eleven chapters on the Medieval and Medievalism in Board- and Miniature War- Games, LARP and TTRPGs will be in print 2026/27!
๐ฒโจ๐
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A couple of new open-access titles of possible interest to scholars of medieval Europe -- this one on merchants, legal pluralism, and predictability in commerce: www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/themen-entde... #MedievalSky
January 28, 2026 at 4:48 PM
A couple of new open-access titles of possible interest to scholars of medieval Europe -- this one on merchants, legal pluralism, and predictability in commerce: www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/themen-entde... #MedievalSky
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In 2025 we raised ~$300 to fund a new website which remains unspent. As our final act upon this material plane, we will be using that money to award 6x $50 USD micro grants to ttrpg designers or content creators that could use a small boost.
APPLY HERE before Jan 31: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
APPLY HERE before Jan 31: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
January 17, 2026 at 10:28 AM
In 2025 we raised ~$300 to fund a new website which remains unspent. As our final act upon this material plane, we will be using that money to award 6x $50 USD micro grants to ttrpg designers or content creators that could use a small boost.
APPLY HERE before Jan 31: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
APPLY HERE before Jan 31: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Just discovered that "Werkzeuge der Historiker:innen", which is intended to be a new introduction to the #historicalauxiliarysciences, also includes a chapter on genetic history by Jรถrg Feuchter.
#medievalsky
elibrary.kohlhammer.de/book/10.1743...
#medievalsky
elibrary.kohlhammer.de/book/10.1743...
January 20, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Just discovered that "Werkzeuge der Historiker:innen", which is intended to be a new introduction to the #historicalauxiliarysciences, also includes a chapter on genetic history by Jรถrg Feuchter.
#medievalsky
elibrary.kohlhammer.de/book/10.1743...
#medievalsky
elibrary.kohlhammer.de/book/10.1743...
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it's funny how 10 yrs ago historians would talk about how twitter would be the most amazing archive for future social history and now people are posting old screenshots going 'i found the tweet!' like they've unearthed a long-lost charter that was lurking in a dusty municipal archive in a small town
January 17, 2026 at 8:26 AM
it's funny how 10 yrs ago historians would talk about how twitter would be the most amazing archive for future social history and now people are posting old screenshots going 'i found the tweet!' like they've unearthed a long-lost charter that was lurking in a dusty municipal archive in a small town
I am really looking forward to the release of this - Not least because the Pendragon TTRPG is looking like it will be the first game I run for the medievalists group I'm setting up here in Graz, and hopefully also in February/March too ๐
www.chaosium.com/blogreleasin...
www.chaosium.com/blogreleasin...
Releasing on February 4th: The Sauvage King for Pendragon
Prepare for adventures in the Forest Sauvage! Available from Chaosium and your friendly local game store February 4th. Who's excited?
www.chaosium.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:49 PM
I am really looking forward to the release of this - Not least because the Pendragon TTRPG is looking like it will be the first game I run for the medievalists group I'm setting up here in Graz, and hopefully also in February/March too ๐
www.chaosium.com/blogreleasin...
www.chaosium.com/blogreleasin...
I know, I've been almost hoping I'll add that typo in too! ๐คฃ
January 16, 2026 at 12:58 PM
I know, I've been almost hoping I'll add that typo in too! ๐คฃ
Acquired - new muscle-memory typo (that I think I actually want to keep...)
๐ 'hegemonkey' for 'hegemony'
๐ 'hegemonkey' for 'hegemony'
January 16, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Acquired - new muscle-memory typo (that I think I actually want to keep...)
๐ 'hegemonkey' for 'hegemony'
๐ 'hegemonkey' for 'hegemony'
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The Lombards are travelling through Time (not via TARDIS) to @imc-leeds.bsky.social for 2026!
Especial thanks to @samdrowe.bsky.social and Kaiyue Zhang for their significant efforts in bringing this together. We can't wait to see you all!
Especial thanks to @samdrowe.bsky.social and Kaiyue Zhang for their significant efforts in bringing this together. We can't wait to see you all!
November 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The Lombards are travelling through Time (not via TARDIS) to @imc-leeds.bsky.social for 2026!
Especial thanks to @samdrowe.bsky.social and Kaiyue Zhang for their significant efforts in bringing this together. We can't wait to see you all!
Especial thanks to @samdrowe.bsky.social and Kaiyue Zhang for their significant efforts in bringing this together. We can't wait to see you all!
While I agree with this sentiment, I can't help being facetious and emending in a sub-category:
TTRPGs are *also* manuals for *making research even more* fun. Relax
TTRPGs are *also* manuals for *making research even more* fun. Relax
i accidentally wrote the perfect eight words in an outline
January 15, 2026 at 10:59 AM
While I agree with this sentiment, I can't help being facetious and emending in a sub-category:
TTRPGs are *also* manuals for *making research even more* fun. Relax
TTRPGs are *also* manuals for *making research even more* fun. Relax
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After all:
In TTRPGs you play as (imagined) bodies in (imagined) space. The game / adventure text should begin there, at character eye-level, instead of burdening players / GMs with the adding cognitive load of translation.
4/
In TTRPGs you play as (imagined) bodies in (imagined) space. The game / adventure text should begin there, at character eye-level, instead of burdening players / GMs with the adding cognitive load of translation.
4/
January 15, 2026 at 10:49 AM
After all:
In TTRPGs you play as (imagined) bodies in (imagined) space. The game / adventure text should begin there, at character eye-level, instead of burdening players / GMs with the adding cognitive load of translation.
4/
In TTRPGs you play as (imagined) bodies in (imagined) space. The game / adventure text should begin there, at character eye-level, instead of burdening players / GMs with the adding cognitive load of translation.
4/
Not 'faults' at all, as I said - double yay!!
And I'm definitely looking forward to finding out more ๐
And I'm definitely looking forward to finding out more ๐
January 13, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Not 'faults' at all, as I said - double yay!!
And I'm definitely looking forward to finding out more ๐
And I'm definitely looking forward to finding out more ๐
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The "traditional" structure of TTRPGs puts an enormous amount of pressure on the GM to learn/refine & very little on the players.
Which is somehow seen as more reasonable than spreading the load of learning/contribution across the whole table.
Broader implications about community in there, y'all.
Which is somehow seen as more reasonable than spreading the load of learning/contribution across the whole table.
Broader implications about community in there, y'all.
January 11, 2026 at 5:05 PM
The "traditional" structure of TTRPGs puts an enormous amount of pressure on the GM to learn/refine & very little on the players.
Which is somehow seen as more reasonable than spreading the load of learning/contribution across the whole table.
Broader implications about community in there, y'all.
Which is somehow seen as more reasonable than spreading the load of learning/contribution across the whole table.
Broader implications about community in there, y'all.
Yay! That sounds highly intriguing and promising - is that specifically a medieval manuscripts ttrpg? (If so, extra yays from me!!) or are those two exciting but separate projects?
Good luck!
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Good luck!
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January 12, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Yay! That sounds highly intriguing and promising - is that specifically a medieval manuscripts ttrpg? (If so, extra yays from me!!) or are those two exciting but separate projects?
Good luck!
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Good luck!
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Thanks!
January 10, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Thanks!
Hopefully
โ๏ธ๐ฒ Write piece on #TTRPG as vehicles for creative historical research/dissemination, focusing on 11th- & 12th-century Lombardist Legal Studies through the Chronica Feudalis ruleset,
๐๐ช Work on my "Re-Opening" mini-TTRPG
๐ Get an ongoing publication peer-reviewed & into print?!
๐ฒ Play!
โ๏ธ๐ฒ Write piece on #TTRPG as vehicles for creative historical research/dissemination, focusing on 11th- & 12th-century Lombardist Legal Studies through the Chronica Feudalis ruleset,
๐๐ช Work on my "Re-Opening" mini-TTRPG
๐ Get an ongoing publication peer-reviewed & into print?!
๐ฒ Play!
January 10, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Hopefully
โ๏ธ๐ฒ Write piece on #TTRPG as vehicles for creative historical research/dissemination, focusing on 11th- & 12th-century Lombardist Legal Studies through the Chronica Feudalis ruleset,
๐๐ช Work on my "Re-Opening" mini-TTRPG
๐ Get an ongoing publication peer-reviewed & into print?!
๐ฒ Play!
โ๏ธ๐ฒ Write piece on #TTRPG as vehicles for creative historical research/dissemination, focusing on 11th- & 12th-century Lombardist Legal Studies through the Chronica Feudalis ruleset,
๐๐ช Work on my "Re-Opening" mini-TTRPG
๐ Get an ongoing publication peer-reviewed & into print?!
๐ฒ Play!
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๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐พ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ด๐ฒ๐
๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ช๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ก๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ
รric Fournier, Maijastina Kahlos (eds)
More Info: bit.ly/49KnjI8
#Women #Antiquity #Medieval #Womensstudies #Europe #Africa #History #Medievalsky #Medievalists
๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ช๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ก๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ
รric Fournier, Maijastina Kahlos (eds)
More Info: bit.ly/49KnjI8
#Women #Antiquity #Medieval #Womensstudies #Europe #Africa #History #Medievalsky #Medievalists
January 8, 2026 at 7:44 AM
๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐พ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ด๐ฒ๐
๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ช๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ก๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ
รric Fournier, Maijastina Kahlos (eds)
More Info: bit.ly/49KnjI8
#Women #Antiquity #Medieval #Womensstudies #Europe #Africa #History #Medievalsky #Medievalists
๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ช๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ก๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ
รric Fournier, Maijastina Kahlos (eds)
More Info: bit.ly/49KnjI8
#Women #Antiquity #Medieval #Womensstudies #Europe #Africa #History #Medievalsky #Medievalists
Hmm, I think the hashtag for the earlier period should of course have been #antiquity
January 8, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Hmm, I think the hashtag for the earlier period should of course have been #antiquity
Today I've:
๐ Drafted CFP for conference this Sept. on #antique & #medieval grave reopening, interactions with the dead (to circulate soon, hopefully)
๐ Drafted a 'minigraph' proposal on, ummm... despoiling the dead in Salic law
๐ฟ Drafted some ideas on poison-magic in Salic law
Pretty good day!
๐ Drafted CFP for conference this Sept. on #antique & #medieval grave reopening, interactions with the dead (to circulate soon, hopefully)
๐ Drafted a 'minigraph' proposal on, ummm... despoiling the dead in Salic law
๐ฟ Drafted some ideas on poison-magic in Salic law
Pretty good day!
January 8, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Today I've:
๐ Drafted CFP for conference this Sept. on #antique & #medieval grave reopening, interactions with the dead (to circulate soon, hopefully)
๐ Drafted a 'minigraph' proposal on, ummm... despoiling the dead in Salic law
๐ฟ Drafted some ideas on poison-magic in Salic law
Pretty good day!
๐ Drafted CFP for conference this Sept. on #antique & #medieval grave reopening, interactions with the dead (to circulate soon, hopefully)
๐ Drafted a 'minigraph' proposal on, ummm... despoiling the dead in Salic law
๐ฟ Drafted some ideas on poison-magic in Salic law
Pretty good day!
Thanks!
January 4, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Thanks!