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Carved in Stone is officially out!
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
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Carved in Stone is officially out!
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Carved in Stone is officially out!
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
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🙏CHAPTER SERF🙏
I finished it! A Warhammer 40K adventure & TTRPG where you *don't* play Space Marines. Instead you play those little hooded freaks loitering in the background while Space Marines hog the limelight.
PDF here: drive.google.com/file/d/1V4Mt...
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I finished it! A Warhammer 40K adventure & TTRPG where you *don't* play Space Marines. Instead you play those little hooded freaks loitering in the background while Space Marines hog the limelight.
PDF here: drive.google.com/file/d/1V4Mt...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🙏CHAPTER SERF🙏
I finished it! A Warhammer 40K adventure & TTRPG where you *don't* play Space Marines. Instead you play those little hooded freaks loitering in the background while Space Marines hog the limelight.
PDF here: drive.google.com/file/d/1V4Mt...
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I finished it! A Warhammer 40K adventure & TTRPG where you *don't* play Space Marines. Instead you play those little hooded freaks loitering in the background while Space Marines hog the limelight.
PDF here: drive.google.com/file/d/1V4Mt...
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Once again shipping things to the USA, once again confounded by how truly awful UPS is with their online service.
November 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Once again shipping things to the USA, once again confounded by how truly awful UPS is with their online service.
I had a wonderful, friendly (and fully booked!) launch for Border Riding with Argonaut books and @ancientrobotgames.bsky.social. This only happened because they both wanted to help out a small local publishing house. No big chain business has (yet) ordered or stocked the books and games I publish.
We need your help.
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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Anger as Waterstones snaps up prime site on doorstep of independent bookshop
UK's biggest bookselling chain under fire over plans for new store beside Edinburgh tram line.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I had a wonderful, friendly (and fully booked!) launch for Border Riding with Argonaut books and @ancientrobotgames.bsky.social. This only happened because they both wanted to help out a small local publishing house. No big chain business has (yet) ordered or stocked the books and games I publish.
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Thought Bubble remains my favourite convention, even if this year we ended up in the red.
Here's my latest #post-con-post-mortem for Thought Bubble 2025.
#TTRPG #TBF25
byodinsbeardrpg.com/2025-11-17-t...
Here's my latest #post-con-post-mortem for Thought Bubble 2025.
#TTRPG #TBF25
byodinsbeardrpg.com/2025-11-17-t...
Thought Bubble 2025 Report
This past weekend, I returned to exhibit at the Thought Bubble convention, following on from a successful experience in 2024. Thought Bubble is a comic art festival held annually in Harrogate, UK and ...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Thought Bubble remains my favourite convention, even if this year we ended up in the red.
Here's my latest #post-con-post-mortem for Thought Bubble 2025.
#TTRPG #TBF25
byodinsbeardrpg.com/2025-11-17-t...
Here's my latest #post-con-post-mortem for Thought Bubble 2025.
#TTRPG #TBF25
byodinsbeardrpg.com/2025-11-17-t...
Thank for everyone's extremely kind words in support of the book! I'll be back to Pict Posting in a few weeks ❤️
November 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Thank for everyone's extremely kind words in support of the book! I'll be back to Pict Posting in a few weeks ❤️
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We've done three ThoughtBubbles with @shop.peregrinecoast.press - in 2022, £1,400 across the weekend (our first convention!!). In 2023 we went through a significant downturn and made £800. This weekend we've continued our positive upwards trend and hit £1,600.
November 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We've done three ThoughtBubbles with @shop.peregrinecoast.press - in 2022, £1,400 across the weekend (our first convention!!). In 2023 we went through a significant downturn and made £800. This weekend we've continued our positive upwards trend and hit £1,600.
I will be at THOUGHT BUBBLE in 24 HOURS!!
And then YOU can be at THOUGHT BUBBLE in 36 HOURS!!
And then YOU can be at THOUGHT BUBBLE in 36 HOURS!!
Less than TWO WEEKS till Thoughtbubble!!!!
I'll be in two separate stamp rallies, so make sure to stop by my table and get your stamps so you can get some free goodies!
I'll be in two separate stamp rallies, so make sure to stop by my table and get your stamps so you can get some free goodies!
November 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I will be at THOUGHT BUBBLE in 24 HOURS!!
And then YOU can be at THOUGHT BUBBLE in 36 HOURS!!
And then YOU can be at THOUGHT BUBBLE in 36 HOURS!!
Talking with Thomas was a real delight! Heather and I peel back the curtain on the process behind Carved in Stone (and we gush about how much we love all of our artists, too!)
The Picts were always more than their blue-painted, bloodthirsty depictions. Carved in Stone, a new setting guide from @stoutstoat.co.uk and archaeologist Heather Christie, invites players to explore their incomplete but beautiful history.
Carved in Stone is both a history book and an eye-catching RPG
Publisher Brian Tyrrell and archeologist Heather Christie paint a pretty Pict-ure.
www.rascal.news
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Talking with Thomas was a real delight! Heather and I peel back the curtain on the process behind Carved in Stone (and we gush about how much we love all of our artists, too!)
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Carved in Stone is HERE!!! @archaeonado.bsky.social called it “the best book on the Picts ever written,” so you should definitely check it out over at www.stoutstoat.co.uk/carvedinstone
🏺 #picts #archaeologysky #rpg #ttrpg #indiettrpg #dnd #pathfinder
🏺 #picts #archaeologysky #rpg #ttrpg #indiettrpg #dnd #pathfinder
November 12, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Carved in Stone is HERE!!! @archaeonado.bsky.social called it “the best book on the Picts ever written,” so you should definitely check it out over at www.stoutstoat.co.uk/carvedinstone
🏺 #picts #archaeologysky #rpg #ttrpg #indiettrpg #dnd #pathfinder
🏺 #picts #archaeologysky #rpg #ttrpg #indiettrpg #dnd #pathfinder
Carved in Stone is officially out!
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Carved in Stone is officially out!
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
Oooh, Kickstarter's pledge manager charging me VAT *after* my original pledge does NOT make me happy. That is very much something that should have been upfront at point of backing.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Oooh, Kickstarter's pledge manager charging me VAT *after* my original pledge does NOT make me happy. That is very much something that should have been upfront at point of backing.
Small Press in Scotland is in desperate need of sheltering and support.
I have made the incredibly difficult decision to close down Quindrie Press at the end of 2026. Please read my full statement, along with information about what's next at Quindrie and an FAQ, here: quindriepress.com/closing
November 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Small Press in Scotland is in desperate need of sheltering and support.
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Part 1 of "Cool People What You Should Visit at #Dragonmeet And Buy Things From" is now live over on Insta!
www.instagram.com/p/DQt674mjCv...
Featuring Cool People
PT 2 of Pubs n Devs later today!
www.instagram.com/p/DQt674mjCv...
Featuring Cool People
PT 2 of Pubs n Devs later today!
November 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Part 1 of "Cool People What You Should Visit at #Dragonmeet And Buy Things From" is now live over on Insta!
www.instagram.com/p/DQt674mjCv...
Featuring Cool People
PT 2 of Pubs n Devs later today!
www.instagram.com/p/DQt674mjCv...
Featuring Cool People
PT 2 of Pubs n Devs later today!
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📣MuppetMeet 2025 Announcement!
Join us and a host of fantastic guest speakers on the evening before Dragonmeet (Friday 28th Nov) for an evening of #TTRPG industry networking and knowledge sharing.
Be sure to grab your FREE tickets here: dragonmeet.co.uk/tickets
👇Read more about what's on 👇
Join us and a host of fantastic guest speakers on the evening before Dragonmeet (Friday 28th Nov) for an evening of #TTRPG industry networking and knowledge sharing.
Be sure to grab your FREE tickets here: dragonmeet.co.uk/tickets
👇Read more about what's on 👇
November 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
📣MuppetMeet 2025 Announcement!
Join us and a host of fantastic guest speakers on the evening before Dragonmeet (Friday 28th Nov) for an evening of #TTRPG industry networking and knowledge sharing.
Be sure to grab your FREE tickets here: dragonmeet.co.uk/tickets
👇Read more about what's on 👇
Join us and a host of fantastic guest speakers on the evening before Dragonmeet (Friday 28th Nov) for an evening of #TTRPG industry networking and knowledge sharing.
Be sure to grab your FREE tickets here: dragonmeet.co.uk/tickets
👇Read more about what's on 👇
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Artist manifesto:
1 - you can’t capture the world or even a fragment of it so be specific.
2 - there’s value to taking a position in your art that is more extreme and less nuanced than you might hold in your actual life, to make a point, to be a counterweight.
3 - do what you like.
That’s it
1 - you can’t capture the world or even a fragment of it so be specific.
2 - there’s value to taking a position in your art that is more extreme and less nuanced than you might hold in your actual life, to make a point, to be a counterweight.
3 - do what you like.
That’s it
November 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Artist manifesto:
1 - you can’t capture the world or even a fragment of it so be specific.
2 - there’s value to taking a position in your art that is more extreme and less nuanced than you might hold in your actual life, to make a point, to be a counterweight.
3 - do what you like.
That’s it
1 - you can’t capture the world or even a fragment of it so be specific.
2 - there’s value to taking a position in your art that is more extreme and less nuanced than you might hold in your actual life, to make a point, to be a counterweight.
3 - do what you like.
That’s it
I'm going to be at Thought Bubble!!!! Come see me (handsome, overstimulated) and my new book Carved in Stone (transcendent, ground-breaking) and also my slightly less new book Scurry: Heists in the Undergrowth (delightful, beautiful) and my very large unfolding book Border Riding (actually a map)
Less than TWO WEEKS till Thoughtbubble!!!!
I'll be in two separate stamp rallies, so make sure to stop by my table and get your stamps so you can get some free goodies!
I'll be in two separate stamp rallies, so make sure to stop by my table and get your stamps so you can get some free goodies!
November 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I'm going to be at Thought Bubble!!!! Come see me (handsome, overstimulated) and my new book Carved in Stone (transcendent, ground-breaking) and also my slightly less new book Scurry: Heists in the Undergrowth (delightful, beautiful) and my very large unfolding book Border Riding (actually a map)
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Hey folks, here's my post-con post-mortem for Essen Spiel 2025. Slightly different vibe for this one, but hopefully it'll give you an idea if a trip to Spiel 2026 is in your cards!
#PostConPostMortem
byodinsbeardrpg.com/2025-10-29-e...
#PostConPostMortem
byodinsbeardrpg.com/2025-10-29-e...
Essen Spiel 2025 Report
This past weekend, my wife and I travelled to Essen, in western Germany, to attend Essen Spiel, a boardgame trade fair running since 1983.
byodinsbeardrpg.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Hey folks, here's my post-con post-mortem for Essen Spiel 2025. Slightly different vibe for this one, but hopefully it'll give you an idea if a trip to Spiel 2026 is in your cards!
#PostConPostMortem
byodinsbeardrpg.com/2025-10-29-e...
#PostConPostMortem
byodinsbeardrpg.com/2025-10-29-e...
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Carved over 2,800 years ago, Ballochmyle in East Ayrshire is home to one of Britain's most extensive areas of rock art 🧑🎨
It's even been suggested that sites like this may have been a focus for "communal performance involving sound, light, and activity": www.digitscotland.com/top-six-arch...
It's even been suggested that sites like this may have been a focus for "communal performance involving sound, light, and activity": www.digitscotland.com/top-six-arch...
October 29, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Carved over 2,800 years ago, Ballochmyle in East Ayrshire is home to one of Britain's most extensive areas of rock art 🧑🎨
It's even been suggested that sites like this may have been a focus for "communal performance involving sound, light, and activity": www.digitscotland.com/top-six-arch...
It's even been suggested that sites like this may have been a focus for "communal performance involving sound, light, and activity": www.digitscotland.com/top-six-arch...
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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October 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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As if the excitement for this weekend wasn't enough, TAGS Festival has been shortlisted for a Creative Edinburgh Festivals Award! We're delighted to be finalists and can't wait to see you all this weekend for our best event yet.
🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk
🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 10:16 AM
As if the excitement for this weekend wasn't enough, TAGS Festival has been shortlisted for a Creative Edinburgh Festivals Award! We're delighted to be finalists and can't wait to see you all this weekend for our best event yet.
🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk
🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk
I think the world would be a better place with more arts funding and less project managers tbh
October 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I think the world would be a better place with more arts funding and less project managers tbh