Laurence Phillips - Hardy Roach Games
@hardyroachgames.bsky.social
Writer/Designer/Editor/layout/artist. Worked on Vampire Survivors, and TTRPG stuff for Rowan Rook and Decard, UFO Press, Weird Age Games, Cubicle7. Writes for Goonhammer.com. Working on a new horror RPG, Il Fantasma del Giallo.
Open for work, DM me.
Open for work, DM me.
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My thread of threads!
Design talk, film talk, Giallo talk.
Design talk, film talk, Giallo talk.
Eddy did excellently playing a bully Head Chef who crumbled under pressure, revealing that he had a false name and ties to the criminal underworld.
Another highlight of Dragonmeet was playtesting Il Fantasma del Giallo by @hardyroach.bsky.social. I'll be keeping a close eye on this game! You can check out the website (and get on the mailing list) here: hardyroachgames.co.uk/il-fantasma-...
Il Fantasma del Giallo
WHAT IS THIS PLACE? You are now within Il Fantasma del Giallo. Welcome to Italy. Welcome to the Yellow. This is a magical realist game concerning the horrors of collapsing identity, gruesome violen…
hardyroachgames.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Eddy did excellently playing a bully Head Chef who crumbled under pressure, revealing that he had a false name and ties to the criminal underworld.
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Another highlight of Dragonmeet was playtesting Il Fantasma del Giallo by @hardyroach.bsky.social. I'll be keeping a close eye on this game! You can check out the website (and get on the mailing list) here: hardyroachgames.co.uk/il-fantasma-...
Il Fantasma del Giallo
WHAT IS THIS PLACE? You are now within Il Fantasma del Giallo. Welcome to Italy. Welcome to the Yellow. This is a magical realist game concerning the horrors of collapsing identity, gruesome violen…
hardyroachgames.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Another highlight of Dragonmeet was playtesting Il Fantasma del Giallo by @hardyroach.bsky.social. I'll be keeping a close eye on this game! You can check out the website (and get on the mailing list) here: hardyroachgames.co.uk/il-fantasma-...
It was great. I am dead and a corpse.
Will do I writeup when I'm alive again.
Will do I writeup when I'm alive again.
November 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
It was great. I am dead and a corpse.
Will do I writeup when I'm alive again.
Will do I writeup when I'm alive again.
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Alright you fuckin NERDS.
Ursidice half of our stall is set up, with @planesailinggames.com setting up in the morning.
Head on over to K8 with your fuckin NERD MONEY and GET SOME!
Ursidice half of our stall is set up, with @planesailinggames.com setting up in the morning.
Head on over to K8 with your fuckin NERD MONEY and GET SOME!
November 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Alright you fuckin NERDS.
Ursidice half of our stall is set up, with @planesailinggames.com setting up in the morning.
Head on over to K8 with your fuckin NERD MONEY and GET SOME!
Ursidice half of our stall is set up, with @planesailinggames.com setting up in the morning.
Head on over to K8 with your fuckin NERD MONEY and GET SOME!
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Fascinating reading about unheralded women game designers in the C19th.
daily.jstor.org/the-hidden-h...
daily.jstor.org/the-hidden-h...
The Hidden History of Women Game Designers - JSTOR Daily
Nineteenth-century women turned music lessons into interactive entertainment, complete with spinning wheels and ivory counters.
daily.jstor.org
November 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Fascinating reading about unheralded women game designers in the C19th.
daily.jstor.org/the-hidden-h...
daily.jstor.org/the-hidden-h...
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Motorhead
Electric Six
Bob Dylan
The Northern Boys
Kendrick Lamar
Motorhead
Electric Six
Bob Dylan
The Northern Boys
Kendrick Lamar
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Tori Amos
They Might Be Giants
Regina Spektor
Marian Call
The Divine Comedy
Tori Amos
They Might Be Giants
Regina Spektor
Marian Call
The Divine Comedy
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Tori Amos
Radiohead
Ash
They Might Be Giants
Public Service Broadcasting
Tori Amos
Radiohead
Ash
They Might Be Giants
Public Service Broadcasting
November 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Motorhead
Electric Six
Bob Dylan
The Northern Boys
Kendrick Lamar
Motorhead
Electric Six
Bob Dylan
The Northern Boys
Kendrick Lamar
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Oh, and I updated the Introduction spread from the other day, which I'd pictured with a woodcut, but then remembered I had something much more eye-catching for one of the first images in the book.
#TheDeeSanction #MonadEdition #TTRPG
#TheDeeSanction #MonadEdition #TTRPG
November 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Oh, and I updated the Introduction spread from the other day, which I'd pictured with a woodcut, but then remembered I had something much more eye-catching for one of the first images in the book.
#TheDeeSanction #MonadEdition #TTRPG
#TheDeeSanction #MonadEdition #TTRPG
Look, I get why fellow people who sculpt for 3D printing do not retopo (I do not either for that). But lads pls run a couple of decimates on your sculpts.
Can't count the number of times I've done a 0.05 decimate modifier on a 1GB sculpt and it looks exactly the same but is now 50mb.
Can't count the number of times I've done a 0.05 decimate modifier on a 1GB sculpt and it looks exactly the same but is now 50mb.
November 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Look, I get why fellow people who sculpt for 3D printing do not retopo (I do not either for that). But lads pls run a couple of decimates on your sculpts.
Can't count the number of times I've done a 0.05 decimate modifier on a 1GB sculpt and it looks exactly the same but is now 50mb.
Can't count the number of times I've done a 0.05 decimate modifier on a 1GB sculpt and it looks exactly the same but is now 50mb.
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You can kitbash a little Cow Tools. as a treat.
November 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
You can kitbash a little Cow Tools. as a treat.
I reckon I've been working about 30 out of the past 36 hours getting handouts ready for dragonmeet. I might pass out and I can taste copper after running to get the order in before closing, but it is done.
They're real good btw. Being a perfectionist is extremely annoying but does have upsides.
They're real good btw. Being a perfectionist is extremely annoying but does have upsides.
November 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I reckon I've been working about 30 out of the past 36 hours getting handouts ready for dragonmeet. I might pass out and I can taste copper after running to get the order in before closing, but it is done.
They're real good btw. Being a perfectionist is extremely annoying but does have upsides.
They're real good btw. Being a perfectionist is extremely annoying but does have upsides.
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Hey UK media, you wanna prove that you actually do care about anti-semitism and aren't just using it as a political cudgel - here's your chance.
Hey UK media, you wanna prove that you actually do care about anti-semitism and aren't just using it as a political cudgel - here's your chance.
archive.is
November 26, 2025 at 8:50 AM
archive.is/ILqvO
Hey UK media, you wanna prove that you actually do care about anti-semitism and aren't just using it as a political cudgel - here's your chance.
Hey UK media, you wanna prove that you actually do care about anti-semitism and aren't just using it as a political cudgel - here's your chance.
"How did you get into ttrpgs?"
It was thursday. I never could get the hang of thursdays.
It was thursday. I never could get the hang of thursdays.
"How did you get into ttrpgs?"
It was a jump to the left, and then a slide to the ri-i-i-i-i-ight...
It was a jump to the left, and then a slide to the ri-i-i-i-i-ight...
"How did you get into ttrpgs?"
My father wrapped me in a blanket and we watched Batman: The Animated Series and Jackie Chan Adventures
My father wrapped me in a blanket and we watched Batman: The Animated Series and Jackie Chan Adventures
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
"How did you get into ttrpgs?"
It was thursday. I never could get the hang of thursdays.
It was thursday. I never could get the hang of thursdays.
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"How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavoured to form? His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful! Great God!"
Made a colour variant Mr. Blobby because nobody can stop me anymore. I am beyond consequences.
November 26, 2025 at 7:38 AM
"How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavoured to form? His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful! Great God!"
Use only one art piece to convince people to follow you!
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Use only one art piece to convince people to follow you!
When you learn that @strongbadnofoolin.bsky.social is 30 years old.
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 AM
When you learn that @strongbadnofoolin.bsky.social is 30 years old.
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Use only one art piece to convince people to follow you!
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Use only one art piece to convince people to follow you!
Me! Look out for a murderer. And also me dressed like one. Get a cool card off me, chat some shit, and come play my game at indie games on the go in the afternoon (2 and 4pm).
Black Armada Games is cruising towards #Dragonmeet2025 (very excited to experience the Excel for the first time).
Who else is going?
Who else is going?
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Me! Look out for a murderer. And also me dressed like one. Get a cool card off me, chat some shit, and come play my game at indie games on the go in the afternoon (2 and 4pm).
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Black Armada Games is bringing 3 new #ttrpg zines to #Dragonmeet this year:
Fists of Fury - Karate Kid inspired, PBTA game.
Three Sheets To The Wind - A reality TV rpg where you play the badly-behaved crew of a luxury yacht.
Sunrise - GMless optimistic post-apocalypse/community building game.
Fists of Fury - Karate Kid inspired, PBTA game.
Three Sheets To The Wind - A reality TV rpg where you play the badly-behaved crew of a luxury yacht.
Sunrise - GMless optimistic post-apocalypse/community building game.
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Black Armada Games is bringing 3 new #ttrpg zines to #Dragonmeet this year:
Fists of Fury - Karate Kid inspired, PBTA game.
Three Sheets To The Wind - A reality TV rpg where you play the badly-behaved crew of a luxury yacht.
Sunrise - GMless optimistic post-apocalypse/community building game.
Fists of Fury - Karate Kid inspired, PBTA game.
Three Sheets To The Wind - A reality TV rpg where you play the badly-behaved crew of a luxury yacht.
Sunrise - GMless optimistic post-apocalypse/community building game.
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Something I think about a lot lately is that Doomerism is basically comfortable. It doesn't require vulnerability, it doesn't require you to do anything. You can just sit back and help contribute to eventually being right.
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Something I think about a lot lately is that Doomerism is basically comfortable. It doesn't require vulnerability, it doesn't require you to do anything. You can just sit back and help contribute to eventually being right.
Another thing I wanna point out is that "Death of the Author" is an actual essay, you can read it online for free (writing.upenn.edu/~taransky/Ba...), and you can see for yourself it has nothing to do with the ethics of consumerism.
It is a critical analysis framework.
Also fuck JKR and TERFs.
It is a critical analysis framework.
Also fuck JKR and TERFs.
November 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Another thing I wanna point out is that "Death of the Author" is an actual essay, you can read it online for free (writing.upenn.edu/~taransky/Ba...), and you can see for yourself it has nothing to do with the ethics of consumerism.
It is a critical analysis framework.
Also fuck JKR and TERFs.
It is a critical analysis framework.
Also fuck JKR and TERFs.
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Can I get 4 more people to push the "Notify me on launch" button? 🥺
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wha...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wha...
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Can I get 4 more people to push the "Notify me on launch" button? 🥺
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wha...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wha...