Spencer
@freethrall.bsky.social
He/they, 🏴 Highland incomer, #MS combatant, home dad, lapsed film buff, #TTRPGs, rules-lite fancier, host of Keep Off The Borderlands and other diversions https://freethrall.carrd.co/
Also #CallOfCthulhu APs on Grizzly Peaks Radio @goodmania.bsky.social
Also #CallOfCthulhu APs on Grizzly Peaks Radio @goodmania.bsky.social
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Spencer
@freethrall.bsky.social
· Oct 18
Hello to all new followers!
I'm not nearly as creative as the rest of you but I'm hoping nobody will notice.
I host a podcast I started a few years ago called Keep Off The Borderlands all about struggling to get my game on.
I still talk more than I play.
I'm not nearly as creative as the rest of you but I'm hoping nobody will notice.
I host a podcast I started a few years ago called Keep Off The Borderlands all about struggling to get my game on.
I still talk more than I play.
Gordon's alive! #MovieMonday #FlashGordon #80sFantasy #SpaceOpera #FilmReview open.spotify.com/episode/0USu...
Movie Monday: Flash Gordon (1980) (E309)
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December 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Wow! 46 new followers in the last 2 days. What's going on?
In light of that, do any of you have opinions on 1980's Flash Gordon?
I'm still putting together the latest episode of Movie Monday (out tomorrow) and I'm a little short on calls.
Send audio (or email) to spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
In light of that, do any of you have opinions on 1980's Flash Gordon?
I'm still putting together the latest episode of Movie Monday (out tomorrow) and I'm a little short on calls.
Send audio (or email) to spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Wow! 46 new followers in the last 2 days. What's going on?
In light of that, do any of you have opinions on 1980's Flash Gordon?
I'm still putting together the latest episode of Movie Monday (out tomorrow) and I'm a little short on calls.
Send audio (or email) to spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
In light of that, do any of you have opinions on 1980's Flash Gordon?
I'm still putting together the latest episode of Movie Monday (out tomorrow) and I'm a little short on calls.
Send audio (or email) to spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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Today on Between Two Cairns, @bradkerr.net, @betterlegends.bsky.social and I discuss our favorite module reviews from the year. That's right: it's the Cairnies 2025!
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December 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Today on Between Two Cairns, @bradkerr.net, @betterlegends.bsky.social and I discuss our favorite module reviews from the year. That's right: it's the Cairnies 2025!
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There's only one legit reason to use ai and that's to help you figure out which key the cat stood on that made your laptop do that thing you've never seen it do before.
December 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
There's only one legit reason to use ai and that's to help you figure out which key the cat stood on that made your laptop do that thing you've never seen it do before.
Just received @grahamwalmsley.bsky.social's wonderful Cosmic Dark.
Now the real shadow work begins.
#CosmicHorror #Horror #TTRPG
Now the real shadow work begins.
#CosmicHorror #Horror #TTRPG
December 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Just received @grahamwalmsley.bsky.social's wonderful Cosmic Dark.
Now the real shadow work begins.
#CosmicHorror #Horror #TTRPG
Now the real shadow work begins.
#CosmicHorror #Horror #TTRPG
The great @kobayashi-rpg.bsky.social does it again! A sci-fi Into the Odd hack that I've yet to dive into. Fallen Blades / Endless Stars is a game of moral dilemmas and looks perfect for solo space-ronin scrapes.
Our games about Space Knights and Space Archaelogists, FALLEN BLADES / ENDLESS STARS and STAR_RAIDERS / SPACE_ARKS are now available on DrivethruRPG :)
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FALLEN BLADES / ENDLESS STARS - Livres de l'Ours | DriveThruRPG
Want to play as Space Knights fighting an evil empire with a straightforward and easy to learn (and teach!) set of rules? Look no further!
In this 40 pages zine you will find:
Rules based on Chris McD...
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December 18, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The great @kobayashi-rpg.bsky.social does it again! A sci-fi Into the Odd hack that I've yet to dive into. Fallen Blades / Endless Stars is a game of moral dilemmas and looks perfect for solo space-ronin scrapes.
Happy to be the 291st 😎 on @backerkit.com for 100 Strangers: misfits & outcasts for sci-fi rpgs. 100-strangers.backerkit.com/community_sh...
Happy to be the 291st 😎 on @BackerKit for 100 Strangers: misfits & outcasts for sci-fi rpgs.
Check out 100 Strangers: misfits & outcasts for sci-fi rpgs on BackerKit!
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December 10, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Happy to be the 291st 😎 on @backerkit.com for 100 Strangers: misfits & outcasts for sci-fi rpgs. 100-strangers.backerkit.com/community_sh...
Excited to be the 827th 😎 on @backerkit.com for Torque Borg: A Wasteland RPG. Thanks @mattdemino.bsky.social torque-borg.backerkit.com/community_sh...
Excited to be the 827th 😎 on @BackerKit for Torque Borg: A Wasteland RPG. Thanks @Mattdemino
Check out Torque Borg: A Wasteland RPG on BackerKit!
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December 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Excited to be the 827th 😎 on @backerkit.com for Torque Borg: A Wasteland RPG. Thanks @mattdemino.bsky.social torque-borg.backerkit.com/community_sh...
In this episode, I answer some calls, open some boxes, and sample some solo TTRPGs. open.spotify.com/episode/2Pzo...
Flying Solo (Carved in Stone, Star Borg, Astroprisma) (E307)
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December 9, 2025 at 9:16 AM
In this episode, I answer some calls, open some boxes, and sample some solo TTRPGs. open.spotify.com/episode/2Pzo...
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For this episode, I am joined by Jason Hobbs. He and I dive into some core elements of his recent foray into game writing with his release 'Bite the Bullet' which is based on Into the Odd, puts a tight focus on who the character is and what they will do to get what they want.
Episode 67: Biting Bullets (with Jason Hobbs)
THIS IS THE FULL, UNABRIDGED CONVERSATION. Sean Kelley now host of the @RPGSean channel joins me for a natural discussion of seemingly tough topic: long-form and campaign play of cosmic horror RPGs. Drawing on experiences in our own play, using our own material, and such fantastic and lengthy campaigns as Impossible Landscapes and Masks of Nyarlathotep, we cruise through some core ideas, some foundational practices, and some notions of goal-setting, which might help alleviate some of that sense of impossibility~
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December 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
For this episode, I am joined by Jason Hobbs. He and I dive into some core elements of his recent foray into game writing with his release 'Bite the Bullet' which is based on Into the Odd, puts a tight focus on who the character is and what they will do to get what they want.
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I drew a bunch of weird stuff for the #TTRPG Barbarians of the Ruined Earth. Which is a fun game you should check out. It's based around The Black Hack and is a kind of Thundarr vibe. I did the alternate cover art too. Back in the heady 2010s era when we were all innocent naive babes in the woods.
December 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I drew a bunch of weird stuff for the #TTRPG Barbarians of the Ruined Earth. Which is a fun game you should check out. It's based around The Black Hack and is a kind of Thundarr vibe. I did the alternate cover art too. Back in the heady 2010s era when we were all innocent naive babes in the woods.
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Run this in Electric Bastionland.
December 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Run this in Electric Bastionland.
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Are you interested in going Beyond Beyond Corny Grön? Then Castle of the Veiled Queen may be for you! Explore this castle of intrigue and backstabbing this week, in the bathtub! idlecartulary.com/2025/12/08/b... #osr
Bathtub Review: Castle of the Veiled Queen
Bathtub Reviews are an excuse for me to read modules a little more closely. I’m doing them to critique a wide range of modules from the perspective of my own table and to learn for my own module de…
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December 8, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Are you interested in going Beyond Beyond Corny Grön? Then Castle of the Veiled Queen may be for you! Explore this castle of intrigue and backstabbing this week, in the bathtub! idlecartulary.com/2025/12/08/b... #osr
I've been enjoying some solo Star Borg this week, @jpcoovert.bsky.social's awesome Mork Borg hack. #osr #ttrpg
December 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I've been enjoying some solo Star Borg this week, @jpcoovert.bsky.social's awesome Mork Borg hack. #osr #ttrpg
Breakfast with Santa. Ho ho, Mofos!
December 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Breakfast with Santa. Ho ho, Mofos!
A couple of treats from Lulu. @scarredforlife.bsky.social's Volume 3 is a big chunky boy while @yochaigal.bsky.social's Feast of Tegny Wood is a lean mean little adventure for #Cairn2e
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
A couple of treats from Lulu. @scarredforlife.bsky.social's Volume 3 is a big chunky boy while @yochaigal.bsky.social's Feast of Tegny Wood is a lean mean little adventure for #Cairn2e
Struggling to find suitable shelf space for this impressive tome from @stoutstoat.co.uk
Carved in Stone island a stunning piece of work by Brian Tyrrell and Lizy Simonen that beautifully depicts the Pics of ancient Scotland.
Carved in Stone island a stunning piece of work by Brian Tyrrell and Lizy Simonen that beautifully depicts the Pics of ancient Scotland.
December 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Struggling to find suitable shelf space for this impressive tome from @stoutstoat.co.uk
Carved in Stone island a stunning piece of work by Brian Tyrrell and Lizy Simonen that beautifully depicts the Pics of ancient Scotland.
Carved in Stone island a stunning piece of work by Brian Tyrrell and Lizy Simonen that beautifully depicts the Pics of ancient Scotland.
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I come to you like Paul Revere on the back of a liger. The Bloggies are coming!
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The Bloggies 2026!
The blogosphere's annual celebration is coming back.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I come to you like Paul Revere on the back of a liger. The Bloggies are coming!
Like, share, and subscribe.
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Like, share, and subscribe.
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This week I'm graced by a visit from the spectacular @bradkerr.net to talk about three games that are important to him.
Some hosts wouldn't tell the same anecdote on two consecutive episodes but we do things differently here.
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Some hosts wouldn't tell the same anecdote on two consecutive episodes but we do things differently here.
open.spotify.com/episode/3XOY...
Brad Kerr's Rule of Three
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December 2, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This week I'm graced by a visit from the spectacular @bradkerr.net to talk about three games that are important to him.
Some hosts wouldn't tell the same anecdote on two consecutive episodes but we do things differently here.
open.spotify.com/episode/3XOY...
Some hosts wouldn't tell the same anecdote on two consecutive episodes but we do things differently here.
open.spotify.com/episode/3XOY...
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Happy to be the 1,522nd 😎 on @backerkit.com for SHIFT RPG - All-Ages Collaborative Roleplaying Game. Thanks @hitpointpress shift-rpg.backerkit.com/community_sh...
Happy to be the 1,522nd 😎 on @BackerKit for SHIFT RPG - All-Ages Collaborative Roleplaying Game. Thanks @hitpointpress
Check out SHIFT RPG - All-Ages Collaborative Roleplaying Game on BackerKit!
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November 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Happy to be the 1,522nd 😎 on @backerkit.com for SHIFT RPG - All-Ages Collaborative Roleplaying Game. Thanks @hitpointpress shift-rpg.backerkit.com/community_sh...
This #MovieMonday it was Miyazaki's turn. Nausicaä Valley of the Valley of the Wind is stunning peice of work. Thank you to all the contributors for making this another awesome episode. #postapocalyptic #fantasy #anime #filmreview open.spotify.com/episode/2ECm...
Movie Monday: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (E306)
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November 24, 2025 at 10:48 AM
This #MovieMonday it was Miyazaki's turn. Nausicaä Valley of the Valley of the Wind is stunning peice of work. Thank you to all the contributors for making this another awesome episode. #postapocalyptic #fantasy #anime #filmreview open.spotify.com/episode/2ECm...
I just backed Brute Fort - micro solo dungeon card game on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/alf...
Brute Fort - micro solo dungeon card game
18 cards of innovative dungeon delving with a soundtrack of dusty synth to match
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November 24, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I just backed Brute Fort - micro solo dungeon card game on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/alf...