Paul Baldowski 🔜 Dragonmeet, ExCel 🐉
@paulbaldowski.bsky.social
Freelance and Indie tabletop game Writer | Symbaroum | Rivers of London | Liminal | Trophy | Paranoia | Maelstrom | Terminator | Cthulhu Hack | (The Dee) Sanction | Cörk Børd | Fan of Elizabethan History and Lovecraftian Horror | Neurodivergent
It feels like an age since twenty hardy souls helped raise the first funds toward the original softcover of The Dee Sanction.
Now, as I edit a new adventure, one of those folk who chose a feather trader by the name of Rupert Dalton has found a home in the Ossulstone Hundred.
#DeeSanction #TTRPG
Now, as I edit a new adventure, one of those folk who chose a feather trader by the name of Rupert Dalton has found a home in the Ossulstone Hundred.
#DeeSanction #TTRPG
November 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It feels like an age since twenty hardy souls helped raise the first funds toward the original softcover of The Dee Sanction.
Now, as I edit a new adventure, one of those folk who chose a feather trader by the name of Rupert Dalton has found a home in the Ossulstone Hundred.
#DeeSanction #TTRPG
Now, as I edit a new adventure, one of those folk who chose a feather trader by the name of Rupert Dalton has found a home in the Ossulstone Hundred.
#DeeSanction #TTRPG
Hell's teeth, I need to catalogue my collection. I'll add Christopher Marlowe: Poet & Spy by Park Honan to your reading pile.
November 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hell's teeth, I need to catalogue my collection. I'll add Christopher Marlowe: Poet & Spy by Park Honan to your reading pile.
Many have said, but I thought that you might appreciate pictures.
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Many have said, but I thought that you might appreciate pictures.
Can you handle something like the Pacman suit? Flavian of Hatchette Games (in action photo attached) cuts a stylish figure at events. You know where he's coming from and what he's promoting.
There's got to be something suitable, off the peg, in waistcoat form.
There's got to be something suitable, off the peg, in waistcoat form.
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Can you handle something like the Pacman suit? Flavian of Hatchette Games (in action photo attached) cuts a stylish figure at events. You know where he's coming from and what he's promoting.
There's got to be something suitable, off the peg, in waistcoat form.
There's got to be something suitable, off the peg, in waistcoat form.
I finally got around to grabbing the RPG to join the Tech Ops Manual received a couple of Christmases ago! 😄
I'm looking forward to digging in—aware that reviews have been hither and thither.
#Space1999 #2d20 #TTRPG @modiphius.bsky.social #MoonbaseAlpha
I'm looking forward to digging in—aware that reviews have been hither and thither.
#Space1999 #2d20 #TTRPG @modiphius.bsky.social #MoonbaseAlpha
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I finally got around to grabbing the RPG to join the Tech Ops Manual received a couple of Christmases ago! 😄
I'm looking forward to digging in—aware that reviews have been hither and thither.
#Space1999 #2d20 #TTRPG @modiphius.bsky.social #MoonbaseAlpha
I'm looking forward to digging in—aware that reviews have been hither and thither.
#Space1999 #2d20 #TTRPG @modiphius.bsky.social #MoonbaseAlpha
There's a positive aspect to the six monthly dental appointment—crossing the road to the Oxfam to check out the books.
Score! A couple of Wallanders that I hadn't picked up yet, plus Old Manchester Tales, with this delightfully titles final chapter.
#TheDeeSanction #CörkBord #NordicNoir #BookSky
Score! A couple of Wallanders that I hadn't picked up yet, plus Old Manchester Tales, with this delightfully titles final chapter.
#TheDeeSanction #CörkBord #NordicNoir #BookSky
November 7, 2025 at 10:23 AM
There's a positive aspect to the six monthly dental appointment—crossing the road to the Oxfam to check out the books.
Score! A couple of Wallanders that I hadn't picked up yet, plus Old Manchester Tales, with this delightfully titles final chapter.
#TheDeeSanction #CörkBord #NordicNoir #BookSky
Score! A couple of Wallanders that I hadn't picked up yet, plus Old Manchester Tales, with this delightfully titles final chapter.
#TheDeeSanction #CörkBord #NordicNoir #BookSky
Cthulhu Hack: Conditions offers an expanded look at and a non-definitive list of conditions that investigators may experience in the line of duty.
#CthulhuHack #TTRPG
www.cthulhuhack.com
#CthulhuHack #TTRPG
www.cthulhuhack.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Cthulhu Hack: Conditions offers an expanded look at and a non-definitive list of conditions that investigators may experience in the line of duty.
#CthulhuHack #TTRPG
www.cthulhuhack.com
#CthulhuHack #TTRPG
www.cthulhuhack.com
In the same style as the site for Sanction, you can sort the books by Core, Toolkits and Adventures.
There's a slight overlap. Haunter and Ignorance, for example, are both toolkit and adventure, but they're mainly toolkits that offer guidance or system tweaks.
#Sanction www.sanctionrpg.com
There's a slight overlap. Haunter and Ignorance, for example, are both toolkit and adventure, but they're mainly toolkits that offer guidance or system tweaks.
#Sanction www.sanctionrpg.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
In the same style as the site for Sanction, you can sort the books by Core, Toolkits and Adventures.
There's a slight overlap. Haunter and Ignorance, for example, are both toolkit and adventure, but they're mainly toolkits that offer guidance or system tweaks.
#Sanction www.sanctionrpg.com
There's a slight overlap. Haunter and Ignorance, for example, are both toolkit and adventure, but they're mainly toolkits that offer guidance or system tweaks.
#Sanction www.sanctionrpg.com
In the process of updating the website for Cthulhu Hack.
The old site didn't link to all the PDFs, and some of the Print links were outdated.
I'm not expecting to get everything updated all at once. It'll take a moment.
#CthulhuHack @drivethrurpg.com @allrolledup.bsky.social
www.cthulhuhack.com
The old site didn't link to all the PDFs, and some of the Print links were outdated.
I'm not expecting to get everything updated all at once. It'll take a moment.
#CthulhuHack @drivethrurpg.com @allrolledup.bsky.social
www.cthulhuhack.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
In the process of updating the website for Cthulhu Hack.
The old site didn't link to all the PDFs, and some of the Print links were outdated.
I'm not expecting to get everything updated all at once. It'll take a moment.
#CthulhuHack @drivethrurpg.com @allrolledup.bsky.social
www.cthulhuhack.com
The old site didn't link to all the PDFs, and some of the Print links were outdated.
I'm not expecting to get everything updated all at once. It'll take a moment.
#CthulhuHack @drivethrurpg.com @allrolledup.bsky.social
www.cthulhuhack.com
Memories served up in imagery: running a game of Cthulhu Hack in the lower floor of Heffers in Cambridge, back in 2018.
I'm reasonably certain I'd be running Save Innsmouth.
We were also there to check out the shop's collection of All Rolled Up game rolls.
#Bookshop #CthulhuHack #TTRPG #DiceBag
I'm reasonably certain I'd be running Save Innsmouth.
We were also there to check out the shop's collection of All Rolled Up game rolls.
#Bookshop #CthulhuHack #TTRPG #DiceBag
November 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Memories served up in imagery: running a game of Cthulhu Hack in the lower floor of Heffers in Cambridge, back in 2018.
I'm reasonably certain I'd be running Save Innsmouth.
We were also there to check out the shop's collection of All Rolled Up game rolls.
#Bookshop #CthulhuHack #TTRPG #DiceBag
I'm reasonably certain I'd be running Save Innsmouth.
We were also there to check out the shop's collection of All Rolled Up game rolls.
#Bookshop #CthulhuHack #TTRPG #DiceBag
Well, @richardcoles.bsky.social debuted his Faroese jumper on the 1505 to London this afternoon. It was knitted by the same lady who knitted Sarah Lund’s jumper on The Killing.
Alas, Richard hasn't Skeeted for 11 months, so I'll post on his behalf.
Big time jumper envy 😍
#CörkBord #Knitwear
Alas, Richard hasn't Skeeted for 11 months, so I'll post on his behalf.
Big time jumper envy 😍
#CörkBord #Knitwear
November 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Well, @richardcoles.bsky.social debuted his Faroese jumper on the 1505 to London this afternoon. It was knitted by the same lady who knitted Sarah Lund’s jumper on The Killing.
Alas, Richard hasn't Skeeted for 11 months, so I'll post on his behalf.
Big time jumper envy 😍
#CörkBord #Knitwear
Alas, Richard hasn't Skeeted for 11 months, so I'll post on his behalf.
Big time jumper envy 😍
#CörkBord #Knitwear
It's Halloween 🎃 but the pumpkin carving has been left terribly—horrifyingly—late.
We have a cat and... Well, it's either a self-portrait or Alan Carr. I'm not sure which 👻
#Halloween #PumpkinCarving #Crafting
We have a cat and... Well, it's either a self-portrait or Alan Carr. I'm not sure which 👻
#Halloween #PumpkinCarving #Crafting
October 31, 2025 at 5:33 PM
It's Halloween 🎃 but the pumpkin carving has been left terribly—horrifyingly—late.
We have a cat and... Well, it's either a self-portrait or Alan Carr. I'm not sure which 👻
#Halloween #PumpkinCarving #Crafting
We have a cat and... Well, it's either a self-portrait or Alan Carr. I'm not sure which 👻
#Halloween #PumpkinCarving #Crafting
I wanted to take the original adventure that formed Nocturnal Rites and add a layer of example and explanation that reinforced how Cthulhu Hack does things different from the norm—notably, the discover and then roll for impact or revelation mechanic, served up as a Break.
October 30, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I wanted to take the original adventure that formed Nocturnal Rites and add a layer of example and explanation that reinforced how Cthulhu Hack does things different from the norm—notably, the discover and then roll for impact or revelation mechanic, served up as a Break.
The banner...
October 29, 2025 at 8:19 AM
The banner...
That day, three years ago, when I struggled to get close to that famed picture of Doctor John Dee, advisor, alchemist and angel-chaser to Queen Elizabeth Tudor.
#AshmoleanMuseum #Art #Portrait
#AshmoleanMuseum #Art #Portrait
October 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
That day, three years ago, when I struggled to get close to that famed picture of Doctor John Dee, advisor, alchemist and angel-chaser to Queen Elizabeth Tudor.
#AshmoleanMuseum #Art #Portrait
#AshmoleanMuseum #Art #Portrait
I ran Dread: Dredd recently, and will again soon. It's was great fun. Nice to have the tension building around the stacks and the should-we-shouldn't-we decisions of whether to push an extra block for added effect.
October 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I ran Dread: Dredd recently, and will again soon. It's was great fun. Nice to have the tension building around the stacks and the should-we-shouldn't-we decisions of whether to push an extra block for added effect.
I ran it for a Revelations. Weird and a little bit saucy. Great artwork.
October 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I ran it for a Revelations. Weird and a little bit saucy. Great artwork.
If you feel the urge for some well cared for hardcovers... 😂
October 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
If you feel the urge for some well cared for hardcovers... 😂
I love @kholbatar.bsky.social art, so wanted to continue the flow of reposting, even though what I create is... I'll say "unskilled" in comparison 😂
I have my moments.
Reskeet with yours.
I have my moments.
Reskeet with yours.
October 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I love @kholbatar.bsky.social art, so wanted to continue the flow of reposting, even though what I create is... I'll say "unskilled" in comparison 😂
I have my moments.
Reskeet with yours.
I have my moments.
Reskeet with yours.
It's an interesting system combining elements of two interations of Fate with new subsystems that support the game's themes. Zone-based space combat was fun to play out at the table. I used snakes-and-ladders to shortcut the complexities of getting in and out of a secured station and it's systems.
October 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
It's an interesting system combining elements of two interations of Fate with new subsystems that support the game's themes. Zone-based space combat was fun to play out at the table. I used snakes-and-ladders to shortcut the complexities of getting in and out of a secured station and it's systems.
As if by strange magic, @louiestowell.bsky.social, I just picked this up at Waterstones.
October 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
As if by strange magic, @louiestowell.bsky.social, I just picked this up at Waterstones.
Waterstones, on Deansgate, has been good enough to furnish me with new reading of an apposite nature for #DeeSanction research, while simultaneously being heavily unfurnished due to a massive refit.
@waterstones.bsky.social #Books #UnderConstruction @booksky.club
@waterstones.bsky.social #Books #UnderConstruction @booksky.club
October 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Waterstones, on Deansgate, has been good enough to furnish me with new reading of an apposite nature for #DeeSanction research, while simultaneously being heavily unfurnished due to a massive refit.
@waterstones.bsky.social #Books #UnderConstruction @booksky.club
@waterstones.bsky.social #Books #UnderConstruction @booksky.club
Is it just me that wastes perfectly good creative bandwidth redesigning other people's RPG covers because my mind can't not get distracted with pointless tasks?
Yes, no one asked. Yes, it will sit on my hard drive until I delete it. Yes, it's pretty much a waste of time. You're welcome.
#ADHD #art
Yes, no one asked. Yes, it will sit on my hard drive until I delete it. Yes, it's pretty much a waste of time. You're welcome.
#ADHD #art
October 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Buried Dreams was a runner-up in the recent Dee Sanction adventure writing competition. The quality across the entries was great—so tough to choose winning entries.
Dreams has a fascinating premise, a solid timeline, and it digs beneath London's skin. Buy it!
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Dreams has a fascinating premise, a solid timeline, and it digs beneath London's skin. Buy it!
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
October 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Buried Dreams was a runner-up in the recent Dee Sanction adventure writing competition. The quality across the entries was great—so tough to choose winning entries.
Dreams has a fascinating premise, a solid timeline, and it digs beneath London's skin. Buy it!
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Dreams has a fascinating premise, a solid timeline, and it digs beneath London's skin. Buy it!
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
For those not familiar with The Shape—otherwise referred to as The Man Without a Face—it deserved to be a returning villain if Sapphire & Steel had continued. Assignment Four was a creepy tale of lost children, troubled souls, and forgotten photographs. My Nighthawks scenario was that return.
October 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM
For those not familiar with The Shape—otherwise referred to as The Man Without a Face—it deserved to be a returning villain if Sapphire & Steel had continued. Assignment Four was a creepy tale of lost children, troubled souls, and forgotten photographs. My Nighthawks scenario was that return.