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I'm on Bluesky now. bsky.app/profile/awesom…

@EchoSerenityXb It's mentioned in a few posts. For example: awesomeliesblog.wordpress.com/2023/04/30/top… awesomeliesblog.wordpress.com/2024/03/15/top… awesomeliesblog.wordpress.com/2017/06/11/the…

@AwesomeLiesBlog Do you have article about this? That would be nice.

Métal Hurlant's English translation, Heavy Metal, was a major influence on #Warhammer and #WH40K.

behold, a bargain... 20 quid for 3 issues covering everything from folk horror RPGs in the British isles to dystopian sci-fi futures, the jungle horrors of Warhammer's Lustria to the all too real horrors of our own world translated to the tabletop wyrdscience.online

A post of mine adds a few details about the creation of the Bristol dice. awesomeliesblog.wordpress.com/2024/02/04/gun…

A detailed study of the birth of the D20, for those interested in dice history. analoggamestudies.org/2024/06/an-ele…

@JordanSorcery @LewisKernow I might, too, though I won't be able to soon, as I'm tied up with other things for now. Thanks!

@LewisKernow Oh I may take you up on that!

Work on #WH40K's second edition started as early as June 1989, as this letter from Andy Warwick shows. The game would not be published until 1993.

@LewisKernow In answer to your question, I enjoyed listening to Dark Future more than Warhammer or 40K. But I might just be in a minority.

Episode 47 of my podcast of readings and analysis of the late 80s and early 90s Warhammer novels. is now up - This episode we head off into the Dark Future universe with the short story Route 666 open.spotify.com/episode/2piTcE…

A new post, on #WH40K. awesomeliesblog.wordpress.com/2024/07/21/top…

@JordanSorcery To clarify: the recipient of the letter is my source; the writer of the letter is Andy Warwick, who had the title Editorial Assistant at the time. I believe Andy was working for Simon Forrest, who was the Studio's Editorial Manager then.

@JordanSorcery The letter is dated 15 June 1989, if you want to be precise.

@JordanSorcery It's from an external writer for GW, who asked to remain anonymous.

@AwesomeLiesBlog This is very interesting, could you share the source of the letter?

I knew @ian_livingstone and @stevejacksonuk used names from their trip to Thailand in #FightingFantasy books, but I hadn't realised Suk(h)umvit was one of them. (It's a district of Bangkok.)

If you received notification of a new blog post today, please ignore it. It's an error, which I am again going to blame on WordPress' abysmal UI.

My latest interview is with Tim Pollard, a veteran of 80/90s #GamesWorkshop who not only commissioned art and published the Black Sun newsletter, but also got paid rent by John Blanche & David Gallagher in original art! This one has some real fun stories! #WarhammerCommunity

Chainsaws in #WFRP. From Black Sun, series 2, issue 4. See this link for more details: awesomeliesblog.wordpress.com/2019/03/18/the…

Warhammer Fantasy Battle third edition beat me to writing a #WFRP history by 30 years!