Chris Miles
@buchhalter65.bsky.social
Retired finance manager, dog owner, games player, carer
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A Lovecraftian adventure (or is it Chambersian?) in which Victorian investigators get to go to Pluto. Or *part* of them does...
#Cthulhu #TheKingInYellow #Carcosa #ttrpg
fabledlands.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-...
#Cthulhu #TheKingInYellow #Carcosa #ttrpg
fabledlands.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-...
"The End of the Line" (scenario)
This adventure was written for GURPS but would work equally well in a Cthulhu By Gaslight campaign, or any rules that support a Victor...
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December 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A Lovecraftian adventure (or is it Chambersian?) in which Victorian investigators get to go to Pluto. Or *part* of them does...
#Cthulhu #TheKingInYellow #Carcosa #ttrpg
fabledlands.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-...
#Cthulhu #TheKingInYellow #Carcosa #ttrpg
fabledlands.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-...
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Look at this ridiculously amazing deal on Classic Traveller PDFs! 61 books for $16 www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/tr...
Traveller Classic RPG Collection | eBook Bundle | Fanatical
Collect a stellar 61 RPG books set in the vast, award-winning...
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December 6, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Look at this ridiculously amazing deal on Classic Traveller PDFs! 61 books for $16 www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/tr...
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Whispers Beyond The Stars is 250% funded after just over a day. Which is nice.
#Cthulhu2050
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#Cthulhu2050
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Cthulhu 2050: Whispers Beyond The Stars by OtherWorlds - Gamefound
A next generation gamebook where Cyberpunk meets Cosmic Horror.
Created by Dave Morris and Pawel Dziemski.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Whispers Beyond The Stars is 250% funded after just over a day. Which is nice.
#Cthulhu2050
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#Cthulhu2050
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Start your holiday weekend off with a free gift from Delta Green and Arc Dream Publishing. Download the brand new Delta Green Digital Assets: International Pack 1 - Europe.
Filled with amazing assets to help you create in-game props and handouts. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Filled with amazing assets to help you create in-game props and handouts. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
November 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Start your holiday weekend off with a free gift from Delta Green and Arc Dream Publishing. Download the brand new Delta Green Digital Assets: International Pack 1 - Europe.
Filled with amazing assets to help you create in-game props and handouts. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Filled with amazing assets to help you create in-game props and handouts. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
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This terracotta die comes from the ancient city of Mohenjo-Daro, one of the first urban centres in human history 🎲⠀
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Gaming with dice has been a popular pastime in India for millennia, with this object dating back to 2500–1900 BCE.
🎲 Terracotta Die, 2500–1900 BCE. 2 x 2 x 2 cm. EAMd.25
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Gaming with dice has been a popular pastime in India for millennia, with this object dating back to 2500–1900 BCE.
🎲 Terracotta Die, 2500–1900 BCE. 2 x 2 x 2 cm. EAMd.25
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 AM
This terracotta die comes from the ancient city of Mohenjo-Daro, one of the first urban centres in human history 🎲⠀
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Gaming with dice has been a popular pastime in India for millennia, with this object dating back to 2500–1900 BCE.
🎲 Terracotta Die, 2500–1900 BCE. 2 x 2 x 2 cm. EAMd.25
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Gaming with dice has been a popular pastime in India for millennia, with this object dating back to 2500–1900 BCE.
🎲 Terracotta Die, 2500–1900 BCE. 2 x 2 x 2 cm. EAMd.25
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Thank you to all who attended our Annual Mallowan Lecture.
And a very special thank you to the fantastic Dr @moudhy.bsky.social for delivering such an insightful and eye-opening lecture on Archaeology in Ancient Mesopotamia
You can now watch the lecture here: youtu.be/0dB-Pxs_lMA?...
And a very special thank you to the fantastic Dr @moudhy.bsky.social for delivering such an insightful and eye-opening lecture on Archaeology in Ancient Mesopotamia
You can now watch the lecture here: youtu.be/0dB-Pxs_lMA?...
Dr Moudhy Al-Rashid on The Princess and the “Key”: Archaeology in Ancient Mesopotamia
YouTube video by The British Institute for the Study of Iraq
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November 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Thank you to all who attended our Annual Mallowan Lecture.
And a very special thank you to the fantastic Dr @moudhy.bsky.social for delivering such an insightful and eye-opening lecture on Archaeology in Ancient Mesopotamia
You can now watch the lecture here: youtu.be/0dB-Pxs_lMA?...
And a very special thank you to the fantastic Dr @moudhy.bsky.social for delivering such an insightful and eye-opening lecture on Archaeology in Ancient Mesopotamia
You can now watch the lecture here: youtu.be/0dB-Pxs_lMA?...
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I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
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It's the final weekend coming up in which you can pre-order our merchandise, produced by S66 Sportswear.
Ideal for Christmas gifts. All sizes covered. Worldwide shipping. All royalties go towards developing cricket in Iceland.
Shop: www.s66sportswear.co.uk/icelandcricket
Ideal for Christmas gifts. All sizes covered. Worldwide shipping. All royalties go towards developing cricket in Iceland.
Shop: www.s66sportswear.co.uk/icelandcricket
October 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
It's the final weekend coming up in which you can pre-order our merchandise, produced by S66 Sportswear.
Ideal for Christmas gifts. All sizes covered. Worldwide shipping. All royalties go towards developing cricket in Iceland.
Shop: www.s66sportswear.co.uk/icelandcricket
Ideal for Christmas gifts. All sizes covered. Worldwide shipping. All royalties go towards developing cricket in Iceland.
Shop: www.s66sportswear.co.uk/icelandcricket
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And ...
We are open to the public.
At least at 10 this morning 👍😎👍
#choochoo @railwaymuseum.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
We are open to the public.
At least at 10 this morning 👍😎👍
#choochoo @railwaymuseum.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘A hub of humanity’: National Railway Museum space reopens after £11m refit
Station Hall displays from a microwave-burger box to royal carriages intended to showcase best and worst of rail travel
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September 26, 2025 at 7:10 AM
And ...
We are open to the public.
At least at 10 this morning 👍😎👍
#choochoo @railwaymuseum.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
We are open to the public.
At least at 10 this morning 👍😎👍
#choochoo @railwaymuseum.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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I’ve just finished what is possibly one of the best pieces of entertainment I’ve ever experienced. @joeabercrombie.com ‘Devils’ on Audible, narrated by Steven Pacey. Utterly fantastic from start to finish, I’ve long been a huge fan of his work, but this latest masterpiece is his best by a long way
August 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I’ve just finished what is possibly one of the best pieces of entertainment I’ve ever experienced. @joeabercrombie.com ‘Devils’ on Audible, narrated by Steven Pacey. Utterly fantastic from start to finish, I’ve long been a huge fan of his work, but this latest masterpiece is his best by a long way
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Our medieval curator Alison Ray introduces Rawlinson Bodleian Library MS. Rawl. D. 252...a 15th Century necromancer's journal.
This manuscript contains spells written in Latin and Middle English, and would have served as a reference for a professional sorcerer.
#MedievalMonday
This manuscript contains spells written in Latin and Middle English, and would have served as a reference for a professional sorcerer.
#MedievalMonday
September 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Our medieval curator Alison Ray introduces Rawlinson Bodleian Library MS. Rawl. D. 252...a 15th Century necromancer's journal.
This manuscript contains spells written in Latin and Middle English, and would have served as a reference for a professional sorcerer.
#MedievalMonday
This manuscript contains spells written in Latin and Middle English, and would have served as a reference for a professional sorcerer.
#MedievalMonday
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We are very happy to announce pre-orders for our newest Call of Cthulhu adventure: The Spark Devil! Produced under license from our friends @chaosium.bsky.social, this is a complete box set, set in 1935 Providence. Shipping expected in October! store.hplhs.org/products/the...
The Spark Devil
This original prop-intensive Call of Cthulhu adventure pits Investigators against shocking horrors in Depression-era Providence.
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September 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
We are very happy to announce pre-orders for our newest Call of Cthulhu adventure: The Spark Devil! Produced under license from our friends @chaosium.bsky.social, this is a complete box set, set in 1935 Providence. Shipping expected in October! store.hplhs.org/products/the...
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My Call of Cthulhu scenario The Bride of Pendle is out, and is almost at Copper Bestseller after less than a week. 16+ hours of folk horror goodness set in rural Lancashire, England, home of the so-called Pendle Witches. #selfpromosaturday www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
The Bride of Pendle - Chaosium | Miskatonic Repository | DriveThruRPG
Lancashire, 1922: an Autumn wedding set in the Lancashire countryside ought to be a delightful affair, but an ancient evil taints the picturesque village of Downham and beyond. Livestock are acting st...
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September 6, 2025 at 10:57 AM
My Call of Cthulhu scenario The Bride of Pendle is out, and is almost at Copper Bestseller after less than a week. 16+ hours of folk horror goodness set in rural Lancashire, England, home of the so-called Pendle Witches. #selfpromosaturday www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
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James Maliszewski has been doing the most incredible series of B/X classes for a Lovecraftian dreamlands setting, some on his blog and some on his new substack. They're SO GOOD. Check out this one: open.substack.com/pub/grognard...
The Dream-Ship Captain
A Dreamlands Character Class in Honor of Lovecraft's Birthday
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September 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
James Maliszewski has been doing the most incredible series of B/X classes for a Lovecraftian dreamlands setting, some on his blog and some on his new substack. They're SO GOOD. Check out this one: open.substack.com/pub/grognard...
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I love this post by James Maliszewski about aging in the hobby, and about Lovecraft's The Silver Key, and the way ttrpgs can be a silver key that open a door to our childhood imagination. It's beautifully expressed. Read it. grognardia.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...
The Dream-Quest of the Old School Renaissance
Earlier this week, in the first entry of the ( temporarily? ) revived Pulp Fantasy Library series, I wrote about H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Silv...
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August 8, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I love this post by James Maliszewski about aging in the hobby, and about Lovecraft's The Silver Key, and the way ttrpgs can be a silver key that open a door to our childhood imagination. It's beautifully expressed. Read it. grognardia.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...
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Supernatural or gritty realism?
#CörkBord is real world. The Yggrakult in the backdrop is questionable, but everything points to an insidious cult of personality. There are no occult foes and all references to the supernatural are treated with deep suspicion.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...
#CörkBord is real world. The Yggrakult in the backdrop is questionable, but everything points to an insidious cult of personality. There are no occult foes and all references to the supernatural are treated with deep suspicion.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...
September 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Supernatural or gritty realism?
#CörkBord is real world. The Yggrakult in the backdrop is questionable, but everything points to an insidious cult of personality. There are no occult foes and all references to the supernatural are treated with deep suspicion.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...
#CörkBord is real world. The Yggrakult in the backdrop is questionable, but everything points to an insidious cult of personality. There are no occult foes and all references to the supernatural are treated with deep suspicion.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...
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A non-linear, mythic, 32 page adventure for #Berserkr. Face riddles, visions, and godly wrath as your choices shape the fate of Logi. Will he burn for Odin? For Loki? Or for something entirely his own?
Now available!
slightlyrecklessgames.com/products/fat...
#ttrpg #tabletoprpg #morkborg
Now available!
slightlyrecklessgames.com/products/fat...
#ttrpg #tabletoprpg #morkborg
Fate of Fire - Digital
32 Page Digital Mini Adventure The fire giant Logi is missing from the prophecies of Ragnarök — a silence even the Norns cannot explain. In Berserkr: Fate of Fire, your party must walk the roots of Yg...
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September 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
A non-linear, mythic, 32 page adventure for #Berserkr. Face riddles, visions, and godly wrath as your choices shape the fate of Logi. Will he burn for Odin? For Loki? Or for something entirely his own?
Now available!
slightlyrecklessgames.com/products/fat...
#ttrpg #tabletoprpg #morkborg
Now available!
slightlyrecklessgames.com/products/fat...
#ttrpg #tabletoprpg #morkborg
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With your support, we have secured the Forensics Expert Optional Class and more Random Tables for #CörkBord core.
Next stretch goal: strange encounters to complicate your #NordicNoir investigations followed by Midwinter Feast, an adventure.
Like, share, repost.
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Next stretch goal: strange encounters to complicate your #NordicNoir investigations followed by Midwinter Feast, an adventure.
Like, share, repost.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...
September 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
With your support, we have secured the Forensics Expert Optional Class and more Random Tables for #CörkBord core.
Next stretch goal: strange encounters to complicate your #NordicNoir investigations followed by Midwinter Feast, an adventure.
Like, share, repost.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...
Next stretch goal: strange encounters to complicate your #NordicNoir investigations followed by Midwinter Feast, an adventure.
Like, share, repost.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...
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August 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Start-of-Week-Two Cörk Børd update—standalone 60+ page RPG and investigative toolkit compatible with Mörk Borg
Draft rules, stretch goals, solo mode, headwear.
Spread the word. Support the cause. Crush the case.
#cörkbord #mörkborg #nordicnoir @kickstarter.com
www.instagram.com/reel/DN2wWV-...
Draft rules, stretch goals, solo mode, headwear.
Spread the word. Support the cause. Crush the case.
#cörkbord #mörkborg #nordicnoir @kickstarter.com
www.instagram.com/reel/DN2wWV-...
August 27, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Start-of-Week-Two Cörk Børd update—standalone 60+ page RPG and investigative toolkit compatible with Mörk Borg
Draft rules, stretch goals, solo mode, headwear.
Spread the word. Support the cause. Crush the case.
#cörkbord #mörkborg #nordicnoir @kickstarter.com
www.instagram.com/reel/DN2wWV-...
Draft rules, stretch goals, solo mode, headwear.
Spread the word. Support the cause. Crush the case.
#cörkbord #mörkborg #nordicnoir @kickstarter.com
www.instagram.com/reel/DN2wWV-...
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“Deserted Medieval Village” is about the only sign that can compete with “Ancient Monument”. Either way, you’re parking up in a layby before you know it
Although the reality might be disappointing - by definiton, an abandoned village is unlikely to have much there, right? So why visit?
A short 🧵
Although the reality might be disappointing - by definiton, an abandoned village is unlikely to have much there, right? So why visit?
A short 🧵
August 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“Deserted Medieval Village” is about the only sign that can compete with “Ancient Monument”. Either way, you’re parking up in a layby before you know it
Although the reality might be disappointing - by definiton, an abandoned village is unlikely to have much there, right? So why visit?
A short 🧵
Although the reality might be disappointing - by definiton, an abandoned village is unlikely to have much there, right? So why visit?
A short 🧵
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I wanted to drop a video and coverage of the #CörkBord system that drives the themes that will colour the investigation.
Check out the process for generating atmospheric beats and the video introduction to a session of Beneath Gotlands Skin.
@kickstarter.com
www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...
Check out the process for generating atmospheric beats and the video introduction to a session of Beneath Gotlands Skin.
@kickstarter.com
www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...
Update 6: We're Always Being Made Promises · Cörk Bord: a Nordic Noir investigative Role-Playing Game
Hello again!I wanted to drop a video and a little coverage of the Cörk Børd system that drives the themes that will colour the investigation.
Atmospheric BeatsEach day, or at the start of a session, t...
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August 26, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I wanted to drop a video and coverage of the #CörkBord system that drives the themes that will colour the investigation.
Check out the process for generating atmospheric beats and the video introduction to a session of Beneath Gotlands Skin.
@kickstarter.com
www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...
Check out the process for generating atmospheric beats and the video introduction to a session of Beneath Gotlands Skin.
@kickstarter.com
www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...
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We've posted the latest Cörk Børd campaign update, including joy at the closing The River Bride stretch goal, a call to Plunge with Jason about gaming, and progress on the knitwear challenge.
Share, pledge and enjoy.
#cörkbord #mörkborg @kickstarter.com
www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...
Share, pledge and enjoy.
#cörkbord #mörkborg @kickstarter.com
www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...
August 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
We've posted the latest Cörk Børd campaign update, including joy at the closing The River Bride stretch goal, a call to Plunge with Jason about gaming, and progress on the knitwear challenge.
Share, pledge and enjoy.
#cörkbord #mörkborg @kickstarter.com
www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...
Share, pledge and enjoy.
#cörkbord #mörkborg @kickstarter.com
www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...
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Think I'll read this once a week forever.
Patricia Routledge, I love you.
Patricia Routledge, I love you.
August 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Think I'll read this once a week forever.
Patricia Routledge, I love you.
Patricia Routledge, I love you.