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Russell Phillips
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UK based military history & RPG author.

My main social media is https://gts.phillipsuk.org/@rpbook - you can follow that account on BlueSky at @rpbook.gts.phillipsuk.org.ap.brid.gy

Most posts from that account are copied here.

https://russellphillips.uk
I just discovered that the iPhone pocket is a thing. I honestly had to double-check that a) I was really on the Apple website, and b) it wasn't an April fools article.

It appears that yes, Apple is genuinely intending to sell a cloth pouch for £140-200 [1/2]
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I bought a set of polyhedral dice at a comic con recently. Today was my first chance to use them when my eldest ran a D&D one-shot.

First roll was a natural 20 😀

https://gts.phillipsuk.org/tags/ttrpg https://gts.phillipsuk.org/tags/dnd
October 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I was listening to the War Movie Theatre podcast talking about Who Dares Wins this morning. They reminded me of this excellent protest banner.

https://gts.phillipsuk.org/tags/movies https://gts.phillipsuk.org/tags/sas
October 24, 2025 at 8:40 AM
I've ridden 100 miles on my https://gts.phillipsuk.org/tags/ebike !
October 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Apparently I'm an old enough geek that I still have BNC connectors and terminators in my tool box. Just in case.
October 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I've been playing RPGs on and off since the late 1980s. I have lots of dice, but until today, I'd never bought a set. Today my youngest and I went to the local Comic Con, and I bought a random set of dice.

https://gts.phillipsuk.org/tags/ttrpg https://gts.phillipsuk.org/tags/ttrpgcommunity
October 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I have a small RedBubble shop. I've just added a new couple of designs. They're probably even more niche than my previous ones, but they might interest some people here.
https://www.redbubble.com/people/rpbook/shop?collections=4367810 [1/3]
September 29, 2025 at 10:43 AM
At a friend's house, and getting called out.
September 27, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Won a "paint your own unicorn" kit at Pride today 😀
September 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New blog post about the Second World War pencils that helped Allied airmen escape.

https://russellphillips.uk/the-pencils-that-helped-allied-airmen-to-escape/

@histodons @militaryhistory @worldwarshistory [1/2]
August 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
August 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This morning we met a giant five-headed monkey. Luckily, it was friendly.
August 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Also yesterday, we saw Barriere. As they say, "life is great while you wait". More fun than it had any right to be 😀
August 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Yesterday we saw I am D(d)eaf, Destroyer of Words.
August 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
We watched Leverage: Redemption tonight, and I noticed that https://gts.phillipsuk.org/tags/openstreetmap got a mention in the credits 😀
June 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I'm now the happy owner of an https://gts.phillipsuk.org/tags/ebike . I took it out today to map some new streets for https://gts.phillipsuk.org/tags/openstreetmap .
June 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Had a very good day at https://gts.phillipsuk.org/tags/cadburyworld today. Can recommend it for a day out.

Was particularly pleased to see a variety of https://gts.phillipsuk.org/tags/pride flags on display in the entrance, and that their disabled toilets are explicitly inclusive.
June 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Our dog is staying with friends for a couple of days. So I took the opportunity to change the laces on my trainers.

Happy https://gts.phillipsuk.org/tags/pride month 🙂
June 6, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I've set up a store so that you can now buy my books directly from me. To celebrate, until Friday 9th May you can use code FEDI25 to get 25% off all purchases.

russellphillips.uk/books/

#ColdWar #IndieTTRPG #MilitaryHistory #SecondWorldWar
May 1, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Please help. I'd like to contact Norman A Hughes, the artist that painted this, or his heirs:
artuk.org/discover/art...

I want to contact them to discuss licensing that image, but I can't find any trace of him online.

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#art #artist #copyright #painting #SecondWorldWar #MilitaryHistory
March 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I'm not having a lot of luck with contacting people in Italy to research my next book. A post to a local Facebook group was rejected.

Now my letter to Italy has arrived in the US 🙄

Does anyone know if it's likely to get to its destination in Italy?

#research #Italy #histodons #RoyalMail
March 12, 2025 at 7:56 AM
My titles are discounted at #DriveThruRPG for their GM's Day Sale, and they're also discounted at #WargameVault .

DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/3798/Shilka-Publishing?affiliate_id=235519&src=fediverse

Wargame Vault:
March 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I love Si Clarke's #books .

Her Starship Teapot series is cosy #SciFi that reminds me of Douglas Adams.

Her Devon Island Mars Colony series goes into detail about what would be needed to set up a colony on Mars.

The Vigilauntie Justice series has old ladies doing whatever is necessary to keep
February 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Starting the year with the Lord of the Rings #BoardGame , and a rare win. We lost Sam and Merry, but Frodo cast the one ring into Mount Doom and saved Middle Earth.
January 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I spent today at Tunstall #library in #StokeOnTrent . It used to be in the same building as a swimming pool, which I thought was wonderfully eccentric.

It moved a few years ago, and is now at the top of this fantastic staircase.
December 13, 2024 at 7:16 PM