James Wallis
@jameswallis.bsky.social
Game designer, publisher, teacher, critic, writer, evangelist, FRSA. Wrote Everybody Wins, runs http://www.gamedesignmasterclass.com, co-host of RPG podcast http://www.ludonarrativedissidents.com, & setting up www.bigtable.games, a trade body for the UK&I.
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James Wallis
@jameswallis.bsky.social
· Oct 18
Hello! I'm best known for running Hogshead Publishing in the 1990s, but these days I'm setting up Big Table, a trade body for the UK tabletop industry. Follow us: @bigtable.bsky.social
Facial-recognition cameras in use outside Tooting Broadway tube station this evening. Absolutely not dystopian in the slightest.
November 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Facial-recognition cameras in use outside Tooting Broadway tube station this evening. Absolutely not dystopian in the slightest.
INT. restaurant, evening. The new JAMES BOND enters.
BOND (to MAITRE D'): Bond, James Bond.
MAITRE D': Ah Mister Bond, your party is here.
(He leads BOND to a curtained booth and draws back the cloth. For a moment we see two figures: DALTON and BROSNAN. BOND enters. Curtain closes. End scene.)
BOND (to MAITRE D'): Bond, James Bond.
MAITRE D': Ah Mister Bond, your party is here.
(He leads BOND to a curtained booth and draws back the cloth. For a moment we see two figures: DALTON and BROSNAN. BOND enters. Curtain closes. End scene.)
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
INT. restaurant, evening. The new JAMES BOND enters.
BOND (to MAITRE D'): Bond, James Bond.
MAITRE D': Ah Mister Bond, your party is here.
(He leads BOND to a curtained booth and draws back the cloth. For a moment we see two figures: DALTON and BROSNAN. BOND enters. Curtain closes. End scene.)
BOND (to MAITRE D'): Bond, James Bond.
MAITRE D': Ah Mister Bond, your party is here.
(He leads BOND to a curtained booth and draws back the cloth. For a moment we see two figures: DALTON and BROSNAN. BOND enters. Curtain closes. End scene.)
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New game design 🎲✂️ just gone on Kickstarter! This is my super quick no-frills Christmas KS. I have a puzzle treasure hunt kit for kids, and a story-based cold case puzzle for teenagers/adults. The puzzle hunt can also come as PDFs only!
Delivered in the UK by 1 December. Yes, really.
Delivered in the UK by 1 December. Yes, really.
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
New game design 🎲✂️ just gone on Kickstarter! This is my super quick no-frills Christmas KS. I have a puzzle treasure hunt kit for kids, and a story-based cold case puzzle for teenagers/adults. The puzzle hunt can also come as PDFs only!
Delivered in the UK by 1 December. Yes, really.
Delivered in the UK by 1 December. Yes, really.
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Heads up Dissidents! We've just put episode 17 of the podcast live, covering Greg Porter's incredibly complete END ALL BE ALL set of RPG rules (aka EABA), a fascinating look at generic systems and their uses. We had a lot of fun with this one.
www.ludonarrativedissidents.com/season-3-epi...
(1/2)
www.ludonarrativedissidents.com/season-3-epi...
(1/2)
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Heads up Dissidents! We've just put episode 17 of the podcast live, covering Greg Porter's incredibly complete END ALL BE ALL set of RPG rules (aka EABA), a fascinating look at generic systems and their uses. We had a lot of fun with this one.
www.ludonarrativedissidents.com/season-3-epi...
(1/2)
www.ludonarrativedissidents.com/season-3-epi...
(1/2)
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Nigel Farage, who has appeared on BBC Question Time 38 times, says the BBC has been insitutionally biased for decades.
He may have a point.
He may have a point.
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Nigel Farage, who has appeared on BBC Question Time 38 times, says the BBC has been insitutionally biased for decades.
He may have a point.
He may have a point.
Heads up Dissidents! We've just put episode 17 of the podcast live, covering Greg Porter's incredibly complete END ALL BE ALL set of RPG rules (aka EABA), a fascinating look at generic systems and their uses. We had a lot of fun with this one.
www.ludonarrativedissidents.com/season-3-epi...
(1/2)
www.ludonarrativedissidents.com/season-3-epi...
(1/2)
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Heads up Dissidents! We've just put episode 17 of the podcast live, covering Greg Porter's incredibly complete END ALL BE ALL set of RPG rules (aka EABA), a fascinating look at generic systems and their uses. We had a lot of fun with this one.
www.ludonarrativedissidents.com/season-3-epi...
(1/2)
www.ludonarrativedissidents.com/season-3-epi...
(1/2)
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AI peas peas with AI www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Give peas a chance – even AI peas: the Stephen Collins cartoon
AI can transform all areas of our lives – even boiling a bag of frozen veg
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
AI peas peas with AI www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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New York, London, Paris, Munich, everyone talk about, poppy music.
Off key #Respectival entertainment 👌
Off key #Respectival entertainment 👌
November 9, 2025 at 8:35 AM
New York, London, Paris, Munich, everyone talk about, poppy music.
Off key #Respectival entertainment 👌
Off key #Respectival entertainment 👌
Are we all sure that the whole Louvre heist and its fallout isn't a publicity campaign for a big new Amazon Prime series?
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Are we all sure that the whole Louvre heist and its fallout isn't a publicity campaign for a big new Amazon Prime series?
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This is somehow both real AND an Onion headline
BREAKING FOX NEWS: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy goes on the record: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
November 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
This is somehow both real AND an Onion headline
Funko bunko looking sunko
Funko admits “substantial doubt” it can continue as a going concern amid crashing sales and mounting debt.
The Pop! maker warns of potential loan defaults without fresh funding or a buyout, after a 14% sales drop and $250M in obligations.
#Funko #PopVinyl #GoingConcern
The Pop! maker warns of potential loan defaults without fresh funding or a buyout, after a 14% sales drop and $250M in obligations.
#Funko #PopVinyl #GoingConcern
November 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Funko bunko looking sunko
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This auction is now live on eBay.
1500 credit Orlock gang.
9 humans and 2 cyber-mastiffs
(Scenery not included)
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/39722454...
Starting at £50.
Oz will get the money, not me.
DM me if you have any questions.
#Nerdlings
#Necromunda
1500 credit Orlock gang.
9 humans and 2 cyber-mastiffs
(Scenery not included)
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/39722454...
Starting at £50.
Oz will get the money, not me.
DM me if you have any questions.
#Nerdlings
#Necromunda
November 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This auction is now live on eBay.
1500 credit Orlock gang.
9 humans and 2 cyber-mastiffs
(Scenery not included)
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/39722454...
Starting at £50.
Oz will get the money, not me.
DM me if you have any questions.
#Nerdlings
#Necromunda
1500 credit Orlock gang.
9 humans and 2 cyber-mastiffs
(Scenery not included)
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/39722454...
Starting at £50.
Oz will get the money, not me.
DM me if you have any questions.
#Nerdlings
#Necromunda
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We're thrilled to announce @amabel.bsky.social's video essay “Vonnegut’s Board Game: Preservation, Annotation, Context” as the recipient of the 2025 Bobby Nunes Memorial Award. More info on the award here: sdhist.com/amabel-holla.... Check out the essay here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xXy...
Vonnegut’s Board Game: Preservation, Annotation, Context
YouTube video by Hollandspiele
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
We're thrilled to announce @amabel.bsky.social's video essay “Vonnegut’s Board Game: Preservation, Annotation, Context” as the recipient of the 2025 Bobby Nunes Memorial Award. More info on the award here: sdhist.com/amabel-holla.... Check out the essay here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xXy...
Ye gods, the CG that replaced the original model effects in the revised Star Wars has aged badly.
November 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Ye gods, the CG that replaced the original model effects in the revised Star Wars has aged badly.
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succubus - female demon that seduces men
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
succubus - female demon that seduces men
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
Once Upon A Time In Space (BBC) is stories I've never heard before, told by the people they happened to. Like Michael Foale and his Russian colleagues describing how they almost destroyed and saved the Mir space station in one day. Very human, extraordinarily well done. A must-watch for space geeks.
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Once Upon A Time In Space (BBC) is stories I've never heard before, told by the people they happened to. Like Michael Foale and his Russian colleagues describing how they almost destroyed and saved the Mir space station in one day. Very human, extraordinarily well done. A must-watch for space geeks.
One thing that makes The Traitors incredibly tense: no ad-breaks. How much tension would it lose if every quarter-hour you had to pause for three minutes to watch people talking about their bleeding gums?
November 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
One thing that makes The Traitors incredibly tense: no ad-breaks. How much tension would it lose if every quarter-hour you had to pause for three minutes to watch people talking about their bleeding gums?
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Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
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Also a good time to check ALL of your Bluesky moderation settings
A couple of them were put into "Hide" without my action
A couple of them were put into "Hide" without my action
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 6, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Also a good time to check ALL of your Bluesky moderation settings
A couple of them were put into "Hide" without my action
A couple of them were put into "Hide" without my action
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heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
Zohran Mamdani
Zack Polanski
Sadiq Khan
Understand the critical factor that links all three: their names would give you an incredible score in Scrabble.
#triplewordscorethreat
Zack Polanski
Sadiq Khan
Understand the critical factor that links all three: their names would give you an incredible score in Scrabble.
#triplewordscorethreat
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Zohran Mamdani
Zack Polanski
Sadiq Khan
Understand the critical factor that links all three: their names would give you an incredible score in Scrabble.
#triplewordscorethreat
Zack Polanski
Sadiq Khan
Understand the critical factor that links all three: their names would give you an incredible score in Scrabble.
#triplewordscorethreat
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I lost the framed original of this while I was going through St Pancras on Sunday Nov 2nd around 3pm. Would love if it had been found by anyone?
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I lost the framed original of this while I was going through St Pancras on Sunday Nov 2nd around 3pm. Would love if it had been found by anyone?
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Please, PLEASE, I am begging you as both a parent and someone who is sick of all this THIS, go vote for your school boards. Even if you don't have kids, that's how these reactionary dipshits got their feet in, that's where the book bans and library cuts start.
November 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Please, PLEASE, I am begging you as both a parent and someone who is sick of all this THIS, go vote for your school boards. Even if you don't have kids, that's how these reactionary dipshits got their feet in, that's where the book bans and library cuts start.
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I still love pointing this out every so often.
August 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I still love pointing this out every so often.
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spread Samir Zitouni’s name far and wide
November 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
spread Samir Zitouni’s name far and wide