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Laurence Phillips - Hardy Roach Games
@hardyroachgames.bsky.social
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Writer/Designer/Editor/etc. Was part of the BAFTA-winning Vampire Survivors team. Worked for Rowan Rook and Decard, UFO Press, Weird Age Games, Cubicle7, Goonhammer.com, and more.

Working on a new horror RPG, Il Fantasma del Giallo. Open for work, DM me.
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Laurence Phillips - Hardy Roach Games @hardyroachgames.bsky.social · Sep 30
My thread of threads!

Design talk, film talk, Giallo talk.
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ndpdesign.com
i keep jumpscaring myself today as I knock out some smaller things, and then every time I close a window I have @elkowalczuk.bsky.social's Ace staring at me from my slow-going-but-getting-there Gimmick revision
screenshot showing working file in InDesign, a character sheet for the World Wide Wrestling ttrpg with central illustration of a deeply tanned, bearded wrestler wearing a poncho that has his own giant face on it in bright yellows and pinks
January 16, 2026 at 9:34 PM
hardyroachgames.bsky.social
Saw this at the cinema yesterday. My review is not substantive, because I frankly have no idea how to begin trying to be.

boxd.it/cFpbh3
A ★★★★★ review of Inland Empire (2006)
I honestly don't feel confident enough to even begin to talk about why this is good. I was entranced. I was hypnotised. I don't think any other director, other than David Lynch, is capable of breaking...
boxd.it
January 16, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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beckyannison.bsky.social
This looks super interesting and I love the art!

Great work @hardyroachgames.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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abeewords.bsky.social
Now that @zackpolanski.bsky.social is the most popular polling leading, can we start telling the smug centre-right that _they'll_ be to blame if Reform get in?
January 16, 2026 at 11:05 AM
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rolistespod.itch.io
Thanks @rollforfelicity.bsky.social for these kind words about MAGIC OF INVENTORYING. ♥️
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rol...

I recommend checking Felicity's Actual Play of the game's previous edition. 😉

youtu.be/UhUzxf44DMY?...

The new edition promises even more fun.

Art by @bodieh.bsky.social
Promotional visual for the upcoming Kickstarter campaign for Magic of Inventorying . It quotes RollForFelicity statong: I can emphasize emo how much fun I had playing this game! It features a wizard fighting the tentacles of an out frame monster.
January 9, 2026 at 12:27 PM
hardyroachgames.bsky.social
Ahoy again. Il Fantasma del Giallo is nearing 100 followers on the prelaunch, which is incredible, so let's celebrate with another thread. This time, something rather important - core resolution.
January 15, 2026 at 9:08 PM
hardyroachgames.bsky.social
81 followers already! Super exciting. If we can break 100 by the end of the week I'll be giddy.
Il Fantasma del Giallo prelaunch follower count
January 15, 2026 at 11:20 AM
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intersectionscch.bsky.social
And African visitors.

Like as always the US has been a problem from jump. The point of my post is that it's officially expanded and all these folks who are used to being able to ignore shit can't anymore.
January 15, 2026 at 10:14 AM
hardyroachgames.bsky.social
I know that most people following know this, but USA has been doing this to arabic and central asian visitors for the last 25 years.

I say it 'cause a lot of people talk like whats happening stateside is new. It isn't, they're just doing it to white westerners and being more honest about intent.
January 15, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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danmartin.bsky.social
I feel I should reshare this very niche meme I retooled here.
January 15, 2026 at 8:24 AM
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sicksad.games
Reminder that negative reviews aren't abuse, unqualified praise will not improve your craft and critics are not your marketing department
katie.bzky.team Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 2d
i find the response to this to be deeply troubling. there's aspects of this that beth can be fairly criticized for (now-removed transwrecks label; clickbaiting a paid review), but earnest good-faith negative criticism is a *requirement* of a healthy scene.

beth is NOT a mouthpiece. she is a CRITIC.
January 14, 2026 at 9:33 PM
hardyroachgames.bsky.social
Seven of Nine looking at someone's phone with a disgusted expression
January 14, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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sarahz.bsky.social
The thing is Tarantino is Tarantino and that's never a good thing, but I have to say I absolutely adore his "marginalized people enacting righteous, stupidly gory violence against their oppressors" canon. Inglourious Basterds especially, but truly all of them unfortunately
ladyemily.nebula.tv Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · Dec 6
Anyway this was my first time watching Kill Bill at all and I hate how much I like Tarantino’s movies because that fucking ruled
ladyemily.nebula.tv Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · Dec 6
Gender affirmation: the guy two seats away from me kept loudly cutting into my conversations with Sarah to explain Tarantino to me
December 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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innocentgoblin.bsky.social
What's everyone's zinemonth projects? I want to create a zinemonth 2026 list or starter pack!

Mine is The Hawthorne Effect, a conspiracy and surveillance TTRPG!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/inn...
Coming soon: Hawthorne Effect: A Conspiracy and Surveillance TTRPG
Millions of cameras are made every day, they're watching you!
www.kickstarter.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:49 AM
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minahoneybat.bsky.social
Want more Heart classes? Sure ya do! Want really interesting factions and ancestries to go along with them? Well, that's pretty greedy, but I'll forgive you if you check As Above, So Below: an unofficial Heart supplement I was very happy to have a minor hand in! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
January 14, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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planesailinggames.com
Late last year I wrote a short solo game about resistance to a fascist government - in this case students in nazi germany.

You can download it free from itch

planesailinggames.itch.io/the-white-ro...
The White Rose Society by Plane Sailing Games
A tiny game about German student resistance to the nazis in 1942
planesailinggames.itch.io
January 13, 2026 at 10:44 PM
hardyroachgames.bsky.social
*sighs heavily*

...nice.

*visibly dies inside*
Il Fantasma del Giallo follower count, oh wow its the sex number. tee hee etc.
January 13, 2026 at 3:50 PM
hardyroachgames.bsky.social
50/50 ain't bad I guess! 😅 I do want to do a thread at some point about how the level of Grim/Sleaze you want to actually incorporate is optional, and indeed there's a specific mechanical and narrative framework for doing low intensity games, as well as a built-in safety tool!
friede.bsky.social Dr. Emily Friedman @friede.bsky.social · 3d
It’s gonna spawn either a billion actual plays or send the entire scene screaming in the opposite direction.
January 13, 2026 at 11:32 AM
hardyroachgames.bsky.social
Just got reposted by the wizard quinns himself, so uh it sure is a morning alright.
January 13, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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itsquinns.bsky.social
Ooh, okay. You have my attention 👀
January 13, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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regionfree.net
A Giallo RPG? Take all of my money and attention!
January 13, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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danmartin.bsky.social
This is very exciting, also it looks like it was made very specifically for me!
January 13, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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newjorg.bsky.social
Friends! My dear and mega talented friend Laurence (a key member of the original BAFTA winning Vampire Survivors team) will soon launch the Kickstarter for an utterly stunning and delightfully original RPG board game.

Please sign up to get notified when the Kickstarter kicks off!
January 13, 2026 at 9:12 AM
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tehweenus.bsky.social
annual repost of Trashed Bathrooms
when I was in college, a part of our university's graduation requirements had a community service component that they called service learning. one of my service learning classes involved work at a local homerless community center, helping people write resumes and cleaning bathrooms. our instructor told us to expect to see the bathrooms trashed a lot - like you will clean the bathroom and immediately someone will wreck it. and it's not because they disrespect your work or don't value having access to clean bathrooms or whatever, but because of control. when you feel like you have no control over your life or your environment, your brain is going to want to assert control however it can. which results in thrashed bathrooms. it's control exercised over one small part of your environment that you still have the power to affect. i see kids on tumblr using the language of social justice as cudgels on people who actually do care about and listen to them. or holding the creators within their own communities to an impossibly high standard that they never apply to mainstream media properties. i just see thrashed bathrooms. 'These are the people my voice actually reach,' they rationalize, 'so these are the people I'll hurt'. but the guiding principles of social justice are aimed at correcting and dismantling systems. stop using them to dismantle people.
January 7, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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rolistespod.itch.io
The first ever public playtest of MAGIC OF INVENTORYING (the game formerly known as Paris Gondo) took place on February 11th, 2020 Bad Moon Café as part of the LDN RPG Community.

On January 27th, our Kickstarter for a retail-worthy edition is launching. 😯

www.kickstarter.com/projects/rol... #ttrpg
Two men seated across each other at a wooden table at Bad Moon Café in London. Home printed laminated black and white cards and dry erase are displayed on the table. Home printed laminated black and white card titled Looted Item. The name "Cloak of Dark Matter" is written on it with a dry-erase pen. Home printed laminated black and white card titled Looted Item. The name "Death Star" is written on it with a dry-erase pen.
January 12, 2026 at 11:01 PM