Eric Farrington
@bloodandspectacles.bsky.social
A published wargame and role-playing game designer, a Lean 6-Sigma Black Belt, and nerdy guy who does stuff.
Bloodandspectacles.com
Bloodandspectacles.com
Another #Heroquest adventure on the blog this week!
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Another #Heroquest adventure on the blog this week!
To be a Wargame Designer you need two things:
1. A complete game
2. People to play the game
Most folks can not get past #1.
1. A complete game
2. People to play the game
Most folks can not get past #1.
November 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
To be a Wargame Designer you need two things:
1. A complete game
2. People to play the game
Most folks can not get past #1.
1. A complete game
2. People to play the game
Most folks can not get past #1.
“Are you ready to put down your toys and become a real race car driver!?!”
If you are, visit the Blood and Spectacles blog this week to learn how to do it.
If you are, visit the Blood and Spectacles blog this week to learn how to do it.
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
“Are you ready to put down your toys and become a real race car driver!?!”
If you are, visit the Blood and Spectacles blog this week to learn how to do it.
If you are, visit the Blood and Spectacles blog this week to learn how to do it.
This week on the blog I discuss Spirit Queen’s is Spirit Queen’s Torment and expansion for Heroquest.
#heroquest
#boardgames
#avalonhill
#heroquest
#boardgames
#avalonhill
November 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
This week on the blog I discuss Spirit Queen’s is Spirit Queen’s Torment and expansion for Heroquest.
#heroquest
#boardgames
#avalonhill
#heroquest
#boardgames
#avalonhill
November 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
After a hiatus I put brush to miniature again. Everyone’s favorite hero for Heroquest; the orc bard.
#heroquest
#miniaturepainting
#tabletopgames
#heroquest
#miniaturepainting
#tabletopgames
October 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
After a hiatus I put brush to miniature again. Everyone’s favorite hero for Heroquest; the orc bard.
#heroquest
#miniaturepainting
#tabletopgames
#heroquest
#miniaturepainting
#tabletopgames
October 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
A look at Osprey’s latest is up on the blog…. Bloodandspectacles.com
#ospreygames
#wargaming
#miniaturewargaming
#ospreygames
#wargaming
#miniaturewargaming
October 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A look at Osprey’s latest is up on the blog…. Bloodandspectacles.com
#ospreygames
#wargaming
#miniaturewargaming
#ospreygames
#wargaming
#miniaturewargaming
October 12, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Ahoy! I take a closer look at Warlord Games rules Victory at Sea for WWII naval wargaming on the Blood and Spectacles blog.
October 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Ahoy! I take a closer look at Warlord Games rules Victory at Sea for WWII naval wargaming on the Blood and Spectacles blog.
This week on the Blog, I take a deep dive into converting inspirational media into 1-shot RPG scenarios.
Art by _spacepossum_ on Instagram
Art by _spacepossum_ on Instagram
October 1, 2025 at 12:34 AM
This week on the Blog, I take a deep dive into converting inspirational media into 1-shot RPG scenarios.
Art by _spacepossum_ on Instagram
Art by _spacepossum_ on Instagram
September 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Reposted by Eric Farrington
Georgia’s Medicaid work requirements program spent two times as much on administrative costs as on health care costs — while preventing thousands of eligible Georgians from accessing health care.
Say it with me: Medicaid work requirements don’t work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzMqYttKv1c
Say it with me: Medicaid work requirements don’t work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzMqYttKv1c
Medicaid Work Requirements, Debunked
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Georgia’s Medicaid work requirements program spent two times as much on administrative costs as on health care costs — while preventing thousands of eligible Georgians from accessing health care.
Say it with me: Medicaid work requirements don’t work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzMqYttKv1c
Say it with me: Medicaid work requirements don’t work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzMqYttKv1c
Reposted by Eric Farrington
For the love of God, PLEASE be nice to customer service people. Screaming at the person who is trying to help you accomplishes nothing.
September 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
For the love of God, PLEASE be nice to customer service people. Screaming at the person who is trying to help you accomplishes nothing.
Hope Reborn takes on the Fire Mage in my latest Heroquest adventures. Read all about it on the blog.
#Heroquest
#Dungeoncrawler
#boardgames
#Heroquest
#Dungeoncrawler
#boardgames
September 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Hope Reborn takes on the Fire Mage in my latest Heroquest adventures. Read all about it on the blog.
#Heroquest
#Dungeoncrawler
#boardgames
#Heroquest
#Dungeoncrawler
#boardgames
September 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
On the blog this week I ramble on about the importance of abstraction in game design. Ho hum.
#wargame
#ttrpg
#gamedesigner
#wargame
#ttrpg
#gamedesigner
September 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
On the blog this week I ramble on about the importance of abstraction in game design. Ho hum.
#wargame
#ttrpg
#gamedesigner
#wargame
#ttrpg
#gamedesigner
Reposted by Eric Farrington
Meta is building a data center in Wyoming that will use more electricity than all the homes in the state COMBINED.
This will cause electric bills to skyrocket.
Oh, and destroy the planet at the same time.
This is what happens when there is zero accountability for Big Tech.
This will cause electric bills to skyrocket.
Oh, and destroy the planet at the same time.
This is what happens when there is zero accountability for Big Tech.
September 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Meta is building a data center in Wyoming that will use more electricity than all the homes in the state COMBINED.
This will cause electric bills to skyrocket.
Oh, and destroy the planet at the same time.
This is what happens when there is zero accountability for Big Tech.
This will cause electric bills to skyrocket.
Oh, and destroy the planet at the same time.
This is what happens when there is zero accountability for Big Tech.
September 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Disaster!
My #pigs got lose and broke into my hobby shed. Apparently they hate #TTRPG They bit chunks out, stomped, shredded, and broke the bindings on several books.
At least three books are OOP, and damages are around $700 of damages. 😢
#nerdlings
My #pigs got lose and broke into my hobby shed. Apparently they hate #TTRPG They bit chunks out, stomped, shredded, and broke the bindings on several books.
At least three books are OOP, and damages are around $700 of damages. 😢
#nerdlings
September 13, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Disaster!
My #pigs got lose and broke into my hobby shed. Apparently they hate #TTRPG They bit chunks out, stomped, shredded, and broke the bindings on several books.
At least three books are OOP, and damages are around $700 of damages. 😢
#nerdlings
My #pigs got lose and broke into my hobby shed. Apparently they hate #TTRPG They bit chunks out, stomped, shredded, and broke the bindings on several books.
At least three books are OOP, and damages are around $700 of damages. 😢
#nerdlings
This week on the blog, a new band of adventurers takes up the “Quest for Heroes” The Fellowship of Destiny was shattered spectacularly by Zargon in the quest for the Lost Wizard. Thus, a new band was formed; Hope Reborn!
#heroquest
#ttgames
#paintedminiatures
#heroquest
#ttgames
#paintedminiatures
September 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This week on the blog, a new band of adventurers takes up the “Quest for Heroes” The Fellowship of Destiny was shattered spectacularly by Zargon in the quest for the Lost Wizard. Thus, a new band was formed; Hope Reborn!
#heroquest
#ttgames
#paintedminiatures
#heroquest
#ttgames
#paintedminiatures
September 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Friends, Romans, and Bronies…. Lend me your eyes! This week on the blog I take a closer look at Renegade Studios My Little Pint RPG.
#ttrpg
#mlp
#renegadestudios
#ttrpg
#mlp
#renegadestudios
September 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Friends, Romans, and Bronies…. Lend me your eyes! This week on the blog I take a closer look at Renegade Studios My Little Pint RPG.
#ttrpg
#mlp
#renegadestudios
#ttrpg
#mlp
#renegadestudios
Reposted by Eric Farrington
Lora Webb Nichols’s photographs of boom and bust in her small Wyoming town might be the largest photographic record of the era and region.
A Woman’s Intimate Record of Wyoming in the Early Twentieth Century
Lora Webb Nichols created and collected some twenty-four thousand negatives documenting life in her small town.
www.newyorker.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Lora Webb Nichols’s photographs of boom and bust in her small Wyoming town might be the largest photographic record of the era and region.