Richard August
@rpgaugust.bsky.social
Dublin-dwelling game designer, writer, reader, and all round nerd (he/him)
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Little cosmic tech Rogue Trader Space Marine, ya know, just for fun.
February 7, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Little cosmic tech Rogue Trader Space Marine, ya know, just for fun.
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I may have to make the journey over. Any chance to break Elric! or Black Sword Hack out…
After mulling this over since 2020, this year looks like the year that we'll finally host a Moorcockian RPG microcon here in Bradford. As the patrons were pretty evenly split on dates, we're just gonna do both and theme them around law vs chaos. Or something. Details to follow...
February 4, 2026 at 9:47 PM
I may have to make the journey over. Any chance to break Elric! or Black Sword Hack out…
My favourite form of fantasy, it’s sword and sorcery, and my favourite form of RPG is slightly weird… which is why I’m very very excited to back this!
January 12, 2026 at 8:51 PM
My favourite form of fantasy, it’s sword and sorcery, and my favourite form of RPG is slightly weird… which is why I’m very very excited to back this!
Grogmeet was awesome, amazing to see friends and play games, plus eat Bundobust. I have also managed to acquire Obijima and Ryutaama, without planning to, so am apparently in an unconscious cosy Ghibli phase.
Which given the absolute horrors I’ve been unleashing in the games I’ve run is a shock
Which given the absolute horrors I’ve been unleashing in the games I’ve run is a shock
January 11, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Grogmeet was awesome, amazing to see friends and play games, plus eat Bundobust. I have also managed to acquire Obijima and Ryutaama, without planning to, so am apparently in an unconscious cosy Ghibli phase.
Which given the absolute horrors I’ve been unleashing in the games I’ve run is a shock
Which given the absolute horrors I’ve been unleashing in the games I’ve run is a shock
The Deep Ones are trying a much more direct approach these days, I see.
December 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The Deep Ones are trying a much more direct approach these days, I see.
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It's just that---maybe when you spend your days actually doing good in the world, spending effort to measure people's hearts against the shape-sorter-toy of "most moral type of elf game" feels faintly absurd.
December 27, 2025 at 9:04 AM
It's just that---maybe when you spend your days actually doing good in the world, spending effort to measure people's hearts against the shape-sorter-toy of "most moral type of elf game" feels faintly absurd.
#TTRPGYearInReview 2025
Games run/played
- Dragonbane
- Mork Borg
- D&D 5e
- Call of Cthulhu By Gaslight
- Hellwhalers
- Monster of the Week
- Vaesen
- WFRP
- Dee Sanction
- The Agency Sanction
- Daggerheart
- Draw Steel
- Through the Void
- Hinderlight
It’s been a good year!
Games run/played
- Dragonbane
- Mork Borg
- D&D 5e
- Call of Cthulhu By Gaslight
- Hellwhalers
- Monster of the Week
- Vaesen
- WFRP
- Dee Sanction
- The Agency Sanction
- Daggerheart
- Draw Steel
- Through the Void
- Hinderlight
It’s been a good year!
Here is my #TTRPGYearInReview 2025
Firstly, games run:
BRP
CBR+PNK
Cypher
Dangerous Journeys
The Dee Sanction
Dever Sanction
Dimday Red
Dragonsbane
Dread: Dredd
In the Midst of Shades
Mothership
Rivers of London
Runs Out the Guns!
Savage Worlds
The Agency
Warpland
1/2
Firstly, games run:
BRP
CBR+PNK
Cypher
Dangerous Journeys
The Dee Sanction
Dever Sanction
Dimday Red
Dragonsbane
Dread: Dredd
In the Midst of Shades
Mothership
Rivers of London
Runs Out the Guns!
Savage Worlds
The Agency
Warpland
1/2
Here is my #TTRPGYearInReview 2025
Coriolis: Third Horizon
Cosmic Dark
Dragonbane
Liminal
Liminal Horror
Pressure
Questworlds
Swords of the Serpentine/Bosphorus
Tales of the Old West
The Dee Sanction
The Electric State
The Silt Verses
The Terror Beneath
The Yellow King RPG
Trail of Cthulhu
Troika
Coriolis: Third Horizon
Cosmic Dark
Dragonbane
Liminal
Liminal Horror
Pressure
Questworlds
Swords of the Serpentine/Bosphorus
Tales of the Old West
The Dee Sanction
The Electric State
The Silt Verses
The Terror Beneath
The Yellow King RPG
Trail of Cthulhu
Troika
December 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
#TTRPGYearInReview 2025
Games run/played
- Dragonbane
- Mork Borg
- D&D 5e
- Call of Cthulhu By Gaslight
- Hellwhalers
- Monster of the Week
- Vaesen
- WFRP
- Dee Sanction
- The Agency Sanction
- Daggerheart
- Draw Steel
- Through the Void
- Hinderlight
It’s been a good year!
Games run/played
- Dragonbane
- Mork Borg
- D&D 5e
- Call of Cthulhu By Gaslight
- Hellwhalers
- Monster of the Week
- Vaesen
- WFRP
- Dee Sanction
- The Agency Sanction
- Daggerheart
- Draw Steel
- Through the Void
- Hinderlight
It’s been a good year!
Tania Herrero makes such good stuff. Buy it all.
December 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Tania Herrero makes such good stuff. Buy it all.
“And Tiny Tim who was given by his father to the Mi-go to prove his loyalty was stuck in a hellish half-life” = The Cthulhu By Gaslight game I ran for colleagues on Monday.
"And Tiny Tim, who did not die" = heartwarming, Christmassy.
"And Tiny Tim, who would not die" = sinister, alarming.
"And Tiny Tim, who would not die" = sinister, alarming.
December 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
“And Tiny Tim who was given by his father to the Mi-go to prove his loyalty was stuck in a hellish half-life” = The Cthulhu By Gaslight game I ran for colleagues on Monday.
The Dragonmeet journey has begun!
If you’re to be there, then I will see you there!
If you’re to be there, then I will see you there!
November 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The Dragonmeet journey has begun!
If you’re to be there, then I will see you there!
If you’re to be there, then I will see you there!
Submitted my game for Grogmeet 2026. Will be good to be back. Missed it deeply last year!
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Submitted my game for Grogmeet 2026. Will be good to be back. Missed it deeply last year!
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Hinterlight: A gmless gothic worldbuilding ritual & #TTRPG for 3-5 players is LIVE over on Kickstarter!
Pledge now at ttrpg.link/hinterlight to support @robbiaburns.bsky.social & the G//C crew.
We have invited a member of the wretched fae to maintain a megathread here with all details:
1/X
Pledge now at ttrpg.link/hinterlight to support @robbiaburns.bsky.social & the G//C crew.
We have invited a member of the wretched fae to maintain a megathread here with all details:
1/X
Hinterlight
A gothic worldbuilding ritual & roleplaying game that sews seeds of adventure as you tell the tale of your demise!
ttrpg.link
November 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Hinterlight: A gmless gothic worldbuilding ritual & #TTRPG for 3-5 players is LIVE over on Kickstarter!
Pledge now at ttrpg.link/hinterlight to support @robbiaburns.bsky.social & the G//C crew.
We have invited a member of the wretched fae to maintain a megathread here with all details:
1/X
Pledge now at ttrpg.link/hinterlight to support @robbiaburns.bsky.social & the G//C crew.
We have invited a member of the wretched fae to maintain a megathread here with all details:
1/X
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The first stretch goal has been unlocked! 🌟
The Adventure Zine will now also contain an updated and re-illustrated version of The Rot King's Sanctum!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/emielboven/durf
The Adventure Zine will now also contain an updated and re-illustrated version of The Rot King's Sanctum!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/emielboven/durf
October 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The first stretch goal has been unlocked! 🌟
The Adventure Zine will now also contain an updated and re-illustrated version of The Rot King's Sanctum!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/emielboven/durf
The Adventure Zine will now also contain an updated and re-illustrated version of The Rot King's Sanctum!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/emielboven/durf
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What happens if you wrap Mörk Borg up in a comfy old woollen jumper? Misery & murder, obviously
wyrd.science/war-game-sto...
wyrd.science/war-game-sto...
August 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
What happens if you wrap Mörk Borg up in a comfy old woollen jumper? Misery & murder, obviously
wyrd.science/war-game-sto...
wyrd.science/war-game-sto...
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🗣️THE WORST GOVERNMENT I HAVE EXPERIENCED IN MY EIGHTEEN YEARS IN THE UK🗣️
Here is what the UK government is tweeting about while fascist mobs are triumphantly on the advance snd threatening asylum seekers and people of colour
August 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🗣️THE WORST GOVERNMENT I HAVE EXPERIENCED IN MY EIGHTEEN YEARS IN THE UK🗣️
This is a hell of a good deal
Ooh wow - HUGE Tiny D6 deal from Bundle of Holding for @gallantknightgames.com Tiny range of ttrpgs over at
bundleofholding.com/presents/202...
bundleofholding.com/presents/202...
Tiny Dungeon Megabundle
Adventurer! We've resurrected our king-size April 2023 Tiny Dungeon Megabundle with many tabletop roleplaying games from Gallant Knight Games that use the streamlined, minimalist TinyD6 rules. These T...
bundleofholding.com
August 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is a hell of a good deal
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Heartbreak lovers of Bluesky!
Retrieve your lover from the arms of death?
Deceive yourself that it might end differently this time?
Do it all to a playlist of your favourite tunes?
Great news!
You can - and with @ipr.bsky.social's help, you can now do so in print.
Retrieve your lover from the arms of death?
Deceive yourself that it might end differently this time?
Do it all to a playlist of your favourite tunes?
Great news!
You can - and with @ipr.bsky.social's help, you can now do so in print.
August 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Heartbreak lovers of Bluesky!
Retrieve your lover from the arms of death?
Deceive yourself that it might end differently this time?
Do it all to a playlist of your favourite tunes?
Great news!
You can - and with @ipr.bsky.social's help, you can now do so in print.
Retrieve your lover from the arms of death?
Deceive yourself that it might end differently this time?
Do it all to a playlist of your favourite tunes?
Great news!
You can - and with @ipr.bsky.social's help, you can now do so in print.
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My wife shared this with me and I’m tellin you… it’s worth the read.
August 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
My wife shared this with me and I’m tellin you… it’s worth the read.
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We're reaching the end of the Dragon Slayers campaign! I would love to hit $15k, so any boosts and support are greatly appreciated!
(also that Dragon Horde tier is still available, just saying)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
(also that Dragon Horde tier is still available, just saying)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
Dragon Slayers TTRPG
Heroic fantasy roleplaying using the award winning Slayers system. Time to slay a dragon.
www.kickstarter.com
August 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
We're reaching the end of the Dragon Slayers campaign! I would love to hit $15k, so any boosts and support are greatly appreciated!
(also that Dragon Horde tier is still available, just saying)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
(also that Dragon Horde tier is still available, just saying)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
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Did a new one
August 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Did a new one
Well this is absolutely amazing and all I want to do is write a campaign for it. Why don’t I have more time?!
August 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Well this is absolutely amazing and all I want to do is write a campaign for it. Why don’t I have more time?!