Colin Speirs 🌧️🏴
@dampscot.bsky.social
Husband, carer, IT bod, plays & tries to write RPGs & Wargames
RPG Titles include
Chivalry & Sorcery
C&S Essence
Rocket Jocks
Vis Imperium Victoriana
Free
Essence Core
Straight to Video
With Spell & Blaster
Tales from an Ancient Empire
Conrunner 2042
RPG Titles include
Chivalry & Sorcery
C&S Essence
Rocket Jocks
Vis Imperium Victoriana
Free
Essence Core
Straight to Video
With Spell & Blaster
Tales from an Ancient Empire
Conrunner 2042
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I don't buy the guy's explanation. Sounds like trying to find a way of saying "Ritual" after "Ritual" has been made so utterly laughable by years of Time Team
I don't buy the guy's explanation. Sounds like trying to find a way of saying "Ritual" after "Ritual" has been made so utterly laughable by years of Time Team
November 16, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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I don't buy the guy's explanation. Sounds like trying to find a way of saying "Ritual" after "Ritual" has been made so utterly laughable by years of Time Team
I don't buy the guy's explanation. Sounds like trying to find a way of saying "Ritual" after "Ritual" has been made so utterly laughable by years of Time Team
Holy serendipity Batman!
This got forwarded to me whilst watching this very video
This got forwarded to me whilst watching this very video
Ok. Utterly non-political, human history post here, because I find it fascinating and love a good mystery! This thing... Almost only found in Gaulish and Celtic British regions during the Roman era. What is it for?
Paul thinks he knows... Im not convinced!
youtu.be/kIBhWBA9QKc?...
Paul thinks he knows... Im not convinced!
youtu.be/kIBhWBA9QKc?...
I’m DONE With the Roman Dodecahedron — Here’s Why
YouTube video by Paul Whitewick
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Holy serendipity Batman!
This got forwarded to me whilst watching this very video
This got forwarded to me whilst watching this very video
"I'm going to look up chickens" - Dave Jackson
The cutting film analysis of @redshirtcinema.bsky.social
The cutting film analysis of @redshirtcinema.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
"I'm going to look up chickens" - Dave Jackson
The cutting film analysis of @redshirtcinema.bsky.social
The cutting film analysis of @redshirtcinema.bsky.social
BTW, to transform the A4 sized picture (right) into a multiple page overlapping thing (left) I could make a bigger version of, I used "Posterazor" on Linux, handy!
Choose how many pages you want to transform to and it does the job. In this case two A4 sheets made a bigger backdrop
Choose how many pages you want to transform to and it does the job. In this case two A4 sheets made a bigger backdrop
November 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
BTW, to transform the A4 sized picture (right) into a multiple page overlapping thing (left) I could make a bigger version of, I used "Posterazor" on Linux, handy!
Choose how many pages you want to transform to and it does the job. In this case two A4 sheets made a bigger backdrop
Choose how many pages you want to transform to and it does the job. In this case two A4 sheets made a bigger backdrop
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The hill I will die on is that George was the best Beatle.
From @ericidle.bsky.social & Neil Innes' brilliant & criminally overlooked/unavailable RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION, here's a truncated glimpse of George Harrison's Christmas 1975 guest appearance runner, where he didn't want to perform a song - He really just wanted to play a pirate...
November 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The hill I will die on is that George was the best Beatle.
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Hi Friends! #GroundhogPlay is a new access-focussed ttRPG playtest convention at @plutoq.bsky.social Glasgow, organized by @thirdvaultyarns.com and @floaker.bsky.social.
Run your in-dev game, get feedback, learn lessons, and try again. There will also be a creator peer support space.
#TTRPGintro
Run your in-dev game, get feedback, learn lessons, and try again. There will also be a creator peer support space.
#TTRPGintro
November 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Hi Friends! #GroundhogPlay is a new access-focussed ttRPG playtest convention at @plutoq.bsky.social Glasgow, organized by @thirdvaultyarns.com and @floaker.bsky.social.
Run your in-dev game, get feedback, learn lessons, and try again. There will also be a creator peer support space.
#TTRPGintro
Run your in-dev game, get feedback, learn lessons, and try again. There will also be a creator peer support space.
#TTRPGintro
@bigjackbrass.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy Got pointed at your podcast
Whartson Hall? Boo! Boo I say 🤣
Whartson Hall? Boo! Boo I say 🤣
November 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
@bigjackbrass.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy Got pointed at your podcast
Whartson Hall? Boo! Boo I say 🤣
Whartson Hall? Boo! Boo I say 🤣
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I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
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“Yes, I could, but that would be cheating.” Thus replieth but not answereth the #NorseSquirrelGod!
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November 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
“Yes, I could, but that would be cheating.” Thus replieth but not answereth the #NorseSquirrelGod!
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November 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Wise words from @janedouglas.bsky.social on finding menu options on video games
"Say you want to invert the Y-Axis because there is something fundamentally broken with your brain"
Wise words
#outsidexbox
"Say you want to invert the Y-Axis because there is something fundamentally broken with your brain"
Wise words
#outsidexbox
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Wise words from @janedouglas.bsky.social on finding menu options on video games
"Say you want to invert the Y-Axis because there is something fundamentally broken with your brain"
Wise words
#outsidexbox
"Say you want to invert the Y-Axis because there is something fundamentally broken with your brain"
Wise words
#outsidexbox
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I’ve decided I must have this, but as it’s sure to be over $1000 my friend and I have decided to split the cost and just ship it back and forth across state lines, each of us adding one piece at a time until it’s finished and this is obviously a perfect plan
November 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I’ve decided I must have this, but as it’s sure to be over $1000 my friend and I have decided to split the cost and just ship it back and forth across state lines, each of us adding one piece at a time until it’s finished and this is obviously a perfect plan
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Have just invested in some ART.
![Print of the 'Succulent Chinese Meal' monologue from theshitpostcalligrapher on Instagram
Edited Wiki synopsis:
It shows a man being arrested by Queensland Police at a Chinese restaurant. "Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest!", "What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal?", "Get your hand off my penis!", and, after an aborted attempt by a police officer to headlock him, "I see that you know your judo well."
The video shows an unidentified man being escorted by police from a Chinese restaurant in Brisbane, Queensland, into a waiting police car.[6] He says, "You just assured me that I could speak." He is agitated by this situation, and when told he is being placed under arrest he exclaims, "I am under what?" As police try to wrestle him into the car, the man says, "Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest."[6] As he is being forced inside the car, he says, "Have a look at the headlock here." As the scuffle continues, he exclaims: "See that chap over there ...", and then he suddenly shouts, "Get your hand off my penis![6][7] This is the bloke who got me on the penis before."[8]
As he is being handcuffed, he asks: "Why did you do this to me? For what reason? What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal?"[6] As the police struggle to restrain the man, he says: "Ooh, that's a nice headlock, sir", and then states, "Ah, yes. I see that you know your judo well. Good one." He is then forced into the car, feet first, while asking someone inside the vehicle: "And you, sir, are you waiting to receive my limp penis?", "How dare ... get your hands off me",[8] and then bidding bystanders "ta ta and farewell".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:idleosqwvc4fvvjpfrq2awvw/bafkreihast6nwzlca2t3t4rx5reg6n7s63znnw4lpcnmtkco4ybvj7xzdi@jpeg)
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Have just invested in some ART.
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Game designers bring Scotland's mysterious Picts to life www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Game designers bring to life to Scotland's mysterious Picts
Writers and archaeologists also worked on a new guide to a lost early medieval Scottish society.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Game designers bring Scotland's mysterious Picts to life www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Getting close to finishing this as a build, some more features then next to figure out how to photograph it adequately
November 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Getting close to finishing this as a build, some more features then next to figure out how to photograph it adequately
The Guillermo del Toro Frankenstein movie is on Netflix
November 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The Guillermo del Toro Frankenstein movie is on Netflix
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One for Southsiders: Snuff Mill Bridge in an anonymous painting from 1836 (artuk.org/discover/art...).
I think the "Auld Hoose" of the title is a venerable pub (oldglasgowpubs.com/tag/the-auld...), later transferred to Old Castle Road, and finally closed when Cathcart went dry in 1921.
I think the "Auld Hoose" of the title is a venerable pub (oldglasgowpubs.com/tag/the-auld...), later transferred to Old Castle Road, and finally closed when Cathcart went dry in 1921.
November 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
One for Southsiders: Snuff Mill Bridge in an anonymous painting from 1836 (artuk.org/discover/art...).
I think the "Auld Hoose" of the title is a venerable pub (oldglasgowpubs.com/tag/the-auld...), later transferred to Old Castle Road, and finally closed when Cathcart went dry in 1921.
I think the "Auld Hoose" of the title is a venerable pub (oldglasgowpubs.com/tag/the-auld...), later transferred to Old Castle Road, and finally closed when Cathcart went dry in 1921.
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Obviously this is ridiculous as a policy for employees but also as a customer my blanket preference from any people working in any store anywhere ever is “leave me the absolute fuck alone”
Smiling?? Eye contact?? TALKING TO ME???? Absolutely not!!!!
Smiling?? Eye contact?? TALKING TO ME???? Absolutely not!!!!
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Obviously this is ridiculous as a policy for employees but also as a customer my blanket preference from any people working in any store anywhere ever is “leave me the absolute fuck alone”
Smiling?? Eye contact?? TALKING TO ME???? Absolutely not!!!!
Smiling?? Eye contact?? TALKING TO ME???? Absolutely not!!!!
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I'll admit: Plagiarism software can give the correct answer. Sometimes.
November 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I'll admit: Plagiarism software can give the correct answer. Sometimes.
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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It's 2034 and Robert Bowman (32), a former fireman from Stafford, is publicly executed by hanging for not wearing a poppy.
At his trial, upon hearing that Bowman didn't even have his state issued flag of St. George on display at his home, the judge dismissed the jury and declared him guilty.
At his trial, upon hearing that Bowman didn't even have his state issued flag of St. George on display at his home, the judge dismissed the jury and declared him guilty.
November 7, 2025 at 8:27 AM
It's 2034 and Robert Bowman (32), a former fireman from Stafford, is publicly executed by hanging for not wearing a poppy.
At his trial, upon hearing that Bowman didn't even have his state issued flag of St. George on display at his home, the judge dismissed the jury and declared him guilty.
At his trial, upon hearing that Bowman didn't even have his state issued flag of St. George on display at his home, the judge dismissed the jury and declared him guilty.
Having to wrap up The One Ring for at least a while, 2nd last session tonight
The Company travelled past Deadman's Dike, robbed the servants of a Captain of Angmar & a would be sorcerer, and stole a march on them to investigate the mound that lies over the ruined palace of the Kings of Arthedain
The Company travelled past Deadman's Dike, robbed the servants of a Captain of Angmar & a would be sorcerer, and stole a march on them to investigate the mound that lies over the ruined palace of the Kings of Arthedain
November 7, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Having to wrap up The One Ring for at least a while, 2nd last session tonight
The Company travelled past Deadman's Dike, robbed the servants of a Captain of Angmar & a would be sorcerer, and stole a march on them to investigate the mound that lies over the ruined palace of the Kings of Arthedain
The Company travelled past Deadman's Dike, robbed the servants of a Captain of Angmar & a would be sorcerer, and stole a march on them to investigate the mound that lies over the ruined palace of the Kings of Arthedain