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@handiworkgames.bsky.social transform D&D 5e into unspeakable horror where characters are ordinary people having an absolutely dreadful time in scenarios named after northern towns. FiveEvil hardcover now available for pre-order. l.d20.ninja/4vjtretv #dnd5e #5e #horror #ttrpg #rpg
FiveEvil Hardcover Print Edition Pre-order Now via Handiwork Games
What happens when you take Dungeons and Dragons Fifth Edition, shiny happy hero
fantasy, spike its drink, strap it to an old mattress at the abandoned last hous
l.d20.ninja
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
@handiworkgames.bsky.social transform D&D 5e into unspeakable horror where characters are ordinary people having an absolutely dreadful time in scenarios named after northern towns. FiveEvil hardcover now available for pre-order. l.d20.ninja/4vjtretv #dnd5e #5e #horror #ttrpg #rpg
@modiphius.bsky.social announces eight new Mass Effect miniature sets for early 2026, plus a game expansion in 2027. Plenty of time to finish painting whatever's still in your pile of shame from the last Kickstarter. #MassEffect #BoardGames #Miniatures l.d20.ninja/2p95xsdw
Mass Effect Miniatures Announced. New For 2026!
Modiphius Entertainment celebrates N7 Day with news that eight new miniature
sets are arriving early 2026, and also a game expansion landing so
l.d20.ninja
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
@modiphius.bsky.social announces eight new Mass Effect miniature sets for early 2026, plus a game expansion in 2027. Plenty of time to finish painting whatever's still in your pile of shame from the last Kickstarter. #MassEffect #BoardGames #Miniatures l.d20.ninja/2p95xsdw
Manchester Board Game Festival returns 12th-14th December with 600+ games, RPG sessions, a Bring & Buy sale, Secret Santa with mystery guest, and their first awards ceremony. l.d20.ninja/5n8mt7nr #BoardGames #MBGF #manchester #christmas #xmas
Manchester Board Game Festival Festive Special Returns December 2025
Dungeons & Flagons bring their Manchester Board Game Festival back for a
Festive Special, running 12th-14th December at Sachas Hotel in the Northern Qua
l.d20.ninja
November 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Manchester Board Game Festival returns 12th-14th December with 600+ games, RPG sessions, a Bring & Buy sale, Secret Santa with mystery guest, and their first awards ceremony. l.d20.ninja/5n8mt7nr #BoardGames #MBGF #manchester #christmas #xmas
Just enough time to dust off your Rick Wakeman vinyl and let the synths guide you through the final hours of @chaosium.bsky.social's Pendragon Kickstarter. The campaign closes Tuesday at 10PM UTC, offering a faithful recreation of the 1985 classic l.d20.ninja/jjsp6ah6 #unexpectedprog #chaosium
l.d20.ninja
November 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Just enough time to dust off your Rick Wakeman vinyl and let the synths guide you through the final hours of @chaosium.bsky.social's Pendragon Kickstarter. The campaign closes Tuesday at 10PM UTC, offering a faithful recreation of the 1985 classic l.d20.ninja/jjsp6ah6 #unexpectedprog #chaosium
NOSTALGIA OVERLOAD! White Dwarf 518 celebrates half a century of Games Workshop with a trip down memory lane. From scrappy startup to the hobby that single-handedly reduced teen pregnancy rates in the 90s. This special issue chronicles five decades of keeping nerds indoors l.d20.ninja/bdzywksw
White Dwarf 518 to Celebrate 50 Years of Games Workshop
It’s the golden anniversary of Games Workshop, and they’re celebrating with a special issue of White Dwarf.
l.d20.ninja
November 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
NOSTALGIA OVERLOAD! White Dwarf 518 celebrates half a century of Games Workshop with a trip down memory lane. From scrappy startup to the hobby that single-handedly reduced teen pregnancy rates in the 90s. This special issue chronicles five decades of keeping nerds indoors l.d20.ninja/bdzywksw
@wargamesatlantic.bsky.social completes their Civilians range November 14th with 84 heads and more than enough weapon options to arm your paranoid suburb. Stand and fight or run and hide? l.d20.ninja/22x7x69t #civilians #pulp #scifi #guerillawar #resistance #miniatures
Wargames Atlantic Civilians & Survivors 2: Women Pre-Orders Open
Completing their Civilians & Survivors range this November 14th, Wargames Atlantic deliver sculpts capturing the reality of asymmetric
l.d20.ninja
November 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
@wargamesatlantic.bsky.social completes their Civilians range November 14th with 84 heads and more than enough weapon options to arm your paranoid suburb. Stand and fight or run and hide? l.d20.ninja/22x7x69t #civilians #pulp #scifi #guerillawar #resistance #miniatures
In a bizarre twist, French arm colonists revolt as they discover that the invading beetles aren't just after their crops, but their children too! Find out more @mongoosepublishing.bsky.social's 2300AD - Invasion Part II: The French farmers strike back. l.d20.ninja/2p8dyz4t #sciFi #2300AD #traveller
Close Encounters of the Wurst Kind: 2300AD Invasion Part II - Campaign
In 2295, a research station at Arcturus made contact with an unknown starfaring
species who departed after a few days of fruitless communication attempts. One y
l.d20.ninja
October 31, 2025 at 8:37 PM
In a bizarre twist, French arm colonists revolt as they discover that the invading beetles aren't just after their crops, but their children too! Find out more @mongoosepublishing.bsky.social's 2300AD - Invasion Part II: The French farmers strike back. l.d20.ninja/2p8dyz4t #sciFi #2300AD #traveller
It's all BS, All of it. The Cabinet minister, The Whole business! It's just Space Dwarves vs. Predators! Macrocosm Miniatures bringing the action-packed showdown you've been waiting for... if it bleeds, we can kill it l.d20.ninja/2p879d45 #dwarves #miniatures #macrocosmminiatures #oldhammer #scifi
We're A Rescue Team! Not Assassins!
Macrocosm Miniatures launches their latest Kickstarter for Space Dwarves:
Predators, Hunter and Hunted, featuring seven specia
l.d20.ninja
October 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
It's all BS, All of it. The Cabinet minister, The Whole business! It's just Space Dwarves vs. Predators! Macrocosm Miniatures bringing the action-packed showdown you've been waiting for... if it bleeds, we can kill it l.d20.ninja/2p879d45 #dwarves #miniatures #macrocosmminiatures #oldhammer #scifi
Manchester Board Game Festival returns this Halloween with a chilling line-up of horror-themed games. Don't miss out on the costume parade, playtest tables, and MCR Geek Fayre. Join the festivities at the Pit and the Pendulum hotel Manchester! l.d20.ninja/bdhn5tde #mbgf #vampires #mcr #halloween
Manchester Board Game Festival Halloween 2025
Manchester Board Game Festival [https://www.manchesterboardgamefestival.co.uk/]
is taking over
l.d20.ninja
October 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Manchester Board Game Festival returns this Halloween with a chilling line-up of horror-themed games. Don't miss out on the costume parade, playtest tables, and MCR Geek Fayre. Join the festivities at the Pit and the Pendulum hotel Manchester! l.d20.ninja/bdhn5tde #mbgf #vampires #mcr #halloween
Nothing will protect you from the terrible secret of space when the cold equations of astrophysics want you dead. A NASA scientist and @mongoosepublishing.bsky.social present: Pioneer The hard science space fairing RPG l.d20.ninja/2hk96763 #scifi #ttrpg #tabletopgames #space #hardscifi
Pioneer Space RPG: No Violence, Just Vacuum
Mongoose Publishing kickstart a radical proposition: What if your space
exploration game didn't have a combat chapter?
l.d20.ninja
October 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Nothing will protect you from the terrible secret of space when the cold equations of astrophysics want you dead. A NASA scientist and @mongoosepublishing.bsky.social present: Pioneer The hard science space fairing RPG l.d20.ninja/2hk96763 #scifi #ttrpg #tabletopgames #space #hardscifi
Last xmas you gave me your heart, this year, you're getting a daily dose of Worms! with @manticgames.bsky.social 2025 advent calendars available now for pre-order. #ManticGames #Worms #Gaming #xmas #walkingdead l.d20.ninja/2p83wb9v
Early Birds Catch the Worms (And Get Them Before Hogswatch)
Pre-orders are now open for Mantic Games 2025 advent calendars! We're barely
halfway through Orctober and already we're being hurled headlong i
l.d20.ninja
October 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Last xmas you gave me your heart, this year, you're getting a daily dose of Worms! with @manticgames.bsky.social 2025 advent calendars available now for pre-order. #ManticGames #Worms #Gaming #xmas #walkingdead l.d20.ninja/2p83wb9v
@worldfantasy2025.bsky.social returns to Brighton after 10+ years of exile, bringing awards ceremonies, moon spiders, and chips by a deliciously Gothic seafront. Pre-Christmas treat of #gothic #sci-fi #horror #fantasy - both World Fantasy and British Fantasy awards l.d20.ninja/fsd75re9 #rpg #books
World Fantasy Convention 2025
The World Fantasy Convention returns to British shores for the first time in
over a decade, running from the 30th of October to the 2nd of November at
Brighton'
l.d20.ninja
October 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
@worldfantasy2025.bsky.social returns to Brighton after 10+ years of exile, bringing awards ceremonies, moon spiders, and chips by a deliciously Gothic seafront. Pre-Christmas treat of #gothic #sci-fi #horror #fantasy - both World Fantasy and British Fantasy awards l.d20.ninja/fsd75re9 #rpg #books
While Dracula rehearses his Eurovision routine, Story Mode's Greek vampires are busy spreading disease through 18th century villages. These bloated corpses wouldn't know a sequin from a stake. Ten points from Greece. l.d20.ninja/yckknsb4 #TTRPG #Shadowdark #horror
Corpses, Curses, and Corinthian Chaos
Story Mode Productions funded their horror RPG in two hours. Erebus Mythos:
Vampyr is a Shadowdark adventure set in 1846, post
l.d20.ninja
October 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
While Dracula rehearses his Eurovision routine, Story Mode's Greek vampires are busy spreading disease through 18th century villages. These bloated corpses wouldn't know a sequin from a stake. Ten points from Greece. l.d20.ninja/yckknsb4 #TTRPG #Shadowdark #horror
Swansea Comic Con brings Wallace & Gromit's Ben Whitehead, Admiral Raddus himself, and the actual Dave Hedgehog to Wales' loveliest ugly town this October 26th. Somewhere in Port Talbot, Deckard is nodding approvingly. l.d20.ninja/2p8ap8y6 #ComicCon #Swansea #DrWho #starwars
Swansea, Cheese and Dave Hedgehog: Ugly, Lovely City Gets Its Comic-Pop-Con on
Does Swansea get a bad rap? Dylan Thomas backhandedly called it an "ugly, lovely
town" a compliment that works when you're the long dead local poet more famous
l.d20.ninja
October 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Swansea Comic Con brings Wallace & Gromit's Ben Whitehead, Admiral Raddus himself, and the actual Dave Hedgehog to Wales' loveliest ugly town this October 26th. Somewhere in Port Talbot, Deckard is nodding approvingly. l.d20.ninja/2p8ap8y6 #ComicCon #Swansea #DrWho #starwars
Scotland's indie TTRPG scene refuses to go quietly: @tagsfest.co.uk returns to Edinburgh Oct 25-26 with 50+ creators, @ancientrobotgames.bsky.social running tables, and Paolo Greco explaining how to build a publishing empire from old loudspeakers. Free entry! l.d20.ninja/2c9938yv #ttrpg #publishing
TAGS Fest: Finding Your People in Edinburgh's Small Press Revival
There are fewer and fewer spaces where people can come together, especially for
free. Scotland's small press community has weathered chronic underfunding whilst
l.d20.ninja
October 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Scotland's indie TTRPG scene refuses to go quietly: @tagsfest.co.uk returns to Edinburgh Oct 25-26 with 50+ creators, @ancientrobotgames.bsky.social running tables, and Paolo Greco explaining how to build a publishing empire from old loudspeakers. Free entry! l.d20.ninja/2c9938yv #ttrpg #publishing
DOOM Arena board game hits Kickstarter Oct 28th. Two editions spanning 1993-2025, one ruleset, zero mercy. Designer calls it "heavy metal chess" which understates the whole ripping-and-tearing business. Somewhere, a Space Marine is practicing their circle strafe... l.d20.ninja/kv55f2sk #scifi #doom
Heavy Metal Chess: Hell Knight to BFG9000
DOOM Arena - The Board Game - storms onto Kickstarter in three weeks, and it’s
not messing about. Designer Ben Maunder calls it “heavy metal chess” - two
editions, one mission: total demonic annihilat...
l.d20.ninja
October 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
DOOM Arena board game hits Kickstarter Oct 28th. Two editions spanning 1993-2025, one ruleset, zero mercy. Designer calls it "heavy metal chess" which understates the whole ripping-and-tearing business. Somewhere, a Space Marine is practicing their circle strafe... l.d20.ninja/kv55f2sk #scifi #doom
A new spin on Chicken Cottage - Free League Publishing brings Baba Yaga's rotating hut of horrors to Vaesen. Featuring at least eleven nerds and vices (and probably a partridge in a dead tree). Pre-orders open Now! l.d20.ninja/mr46ybr7 #TTRPG #horror #rpg #vampire #babayaga
Is YOUR Tabletop Tainted With Transylvanian Terror?
Free League Publishing opens pre-orders for three new Vaesen products on October
28; The Mythic Carpathia expansion, a revised Core Rulebook, and a Starter Set
all arrive together, like a spooky hallo...
l.d20.ninja
October 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
If the vicar's prayers are less "daily bread" nonsense, and more "the power of Christ compels you!" you know you're in @twostarvinggnolls.com Winchester. Their new Exorcist's Codex supplement drops eleven unholy scenarios into Victorian England's ancient cathedral city. l.d20.ninja/yknehfwh #horror
Winchester Tales: Demonic Incursions and Ecumenical Matters. Careful Now.
Norman conquest, Saxon kings, and now demonic incursions, Winchester's medieval
streets have seen it all, apparently. Two Starving Gnolls
[https://twostarvinggnolls.com/] deliver a new supplement for ...
l.d20.ninja
October 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
If the vicar's prayers are less "daily bread" nonsense, and more "the power of Christ compels you!" you know you're in @twostarvinggnolls.com Winchester. Their new Exorcist's Codex supplement drops eleven unholy scenarios into Victorian England's ancient cathedral city. l.d20.ninja/yknehfwh #horror
When Total War crashes trying to render 100k samurai, @wargamesatlantic.bsky.social's Heiho laughs in 10mm plastic. Nearly a thousand tiny warriors ready to battle without breaking your GPU. No loading screens, no frame rate drops, just pure Sengoku carnage l.d20.ninja/y5ebc3mm #Wargames #miniatures
Heiho, Let's Go!
Wargames Atlantic and Helion bring us ‘Heiho: The Art of War
[https://wargamesatlantic.com/blogs/news/heiho-the-mass-battle-samurai-game]’, a
collaboration bringing nearly a thousand 10mm hard plastic...
l.d20.ninja
October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
When Total War crashes trying to render 100k samurai, @wargamesatlantic.bsky.social's Heiho laughs in 10mm plastic. Nearly a thousand tiny warriors ready to battle without breaking your GPU. No loading screens, no frame rate drops, just pure Sengoku carnage l.d20.ninja/y5ebc3mm #Wargames #miniatures
Meet General Veers - the only Imperial officer who actually got stuff done while his boss was busy force-choking middle managers and trying to pick up his kids. New Star Wars Legion minis celebrate competence in the face of incompetent senior management. l.d20.ninja/5fbnvpe6 #starwars #management
Atomic Mass Games Preview New Darth Vader and General Veers Character Expansion
“Yes, Lord Vader. I've reached the main power generators. The shield will be
down in no time. You may start your landing.”
Atomic Mass Games’ assault on your wallet continues with this Star Wars
Legi...
l.d20.ninja
October 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Meet General Veers - the only Imperial officer who actually got stuff done while his boss was busy force-choking middle managers and trying to pick up his kids. New Star Wars Legion minis celebrate competence in the face of incompetent senior management. l.d20.ninja/5fbnvpe6 #starwars #management
Dead Silence: Not a film about haunted puppets, but Games Workshop's latest where Space Wolves (who never learned to whisper) hunt Tau across silent Necron tombs. It's like a cosmic game of hide and seek where one team doesn't understand 'inside voice' l.d20.ninja/yb3wfeum #warhammer #wh40k #wargame
Games Workshop Preview Kill Team: Dead Silence
Games Workshop have previewed their new and forthcoming Kill Team set, Dead
Silence.
Available soon, this new addition to the Kill Team catalogue pitches those
perennial 40k favourites, the Space Wol...
l.d20.ninja
October 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Dead Silence: Not a film about haunted puppets, but Games Workshop's latest where Space Wolves (who never learned to whisper) hunt Tau across silent Necron tombs. It's like a cosmic game of hide and seek where one team doesn't understand 'inside voice' l.d20.ninja/yb3wfeum #warhammer #wh40k #wargame
"Visit our lovely farm park," they said. "Pet the animals," they said. Nobody mentioned the bloodthirsty ovine overlords waiting for sundown. Zero Strategy's The Sheep takes your cosy farming dreams and turns them into mint sauce-flavoured nightmares. l.d20.ninja/muujyjj6 #sheep #horror #comedy
Have You Baaa-cked The Sheep on Kickstarter?
Zero Strategy Games’ The Sheep has gambolled into its final fortnight on
Kickstarter.
Described as ‘cooperative comedy-horror game for 2-4 players’, The Sheep invites
players to assume the roles of S...
l.d20.ninja
October 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"Visit our lovely farm park," they said. "Pet the animals," they said. Nobody mentioned the bloodthirsty ovine overlords waiting for sundown. Zero Strategy's The Sheep takes your cosy farming dreams and turns them into mint sauce-flavoured nightmares. l.d20.ninja/muujyjj6 #sheep #horror #comedy
Get your Castle Freak on: Themeborne doubles down on Gothic despair with Escape the Dark Castle 2E emerging from its decade-long slumber alongside new sibling Escape the Dark Forest. Twice the chances to become tomorrow's dungeon decoration. l.d20.ninja/mrxs68b3 #rpg #tabletop #fantasy #castles
Make a Bid for Freedom with Themeborne
Themeborne are bringing not one game to Gamefound, but two.
Launching soon, Themeborne’s new campaign will not only seek funding for their
new title, Escape the Dark Forest, but also the second editi...
l.d20.ninja
October 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Get your Castle Freak on: Themeborne doubles down on Gothic despair with Escape the Dark Castle 2E emerging from its decade-long slumber alongside new sibling Escape the Dark Forest. Twice the chances to become tomorrow's dungeon decoration. l.d20.ninja/mrxs68b3 #rpg #tabletop #fantasy #castles
Leia runs the Rebellion whilst nepo baby Luke hedges his bets; Daddy's keeping the corner office option open. @atomicmassgames.bsky.social Heroes of the Rebellion available now with two Lukes and one very overlooked princess l.d20.ninja/2s4jk5j6 #StarWarsLegion #TabletopGaming #AtomicMassGames
May the Heroes of the Rebellion be With You
Atomic Mass’ new Star Wars Legion set—Heroes of the Rebellion—is now available
for pre-order.
Containing as it does Han Solo, Leia Organa and Chewbacca, this new release will
star some of the most fa...
l.d20.ninja
October 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Leia runs the Rebellion whilst nepo baby Luke hedges his bets; Daddy's keeping the corner office option open. @atomicmassgames.bsky.social Heroes of the Rebellion available now with two Lukes and one very overlooked princess l.d20.ninja/2s4jk5j6 #StarWarsLegion #TabletopGaming #AtomicMassGames