Stuart Ellis-Gorman

Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Castillon, the final battle of the Hundred Years War. Fought outside the city of Castillon a day or so's march east of Bordeaux in Gascony/Aquitaine, it saw the combined Anglo-Gascon army led by John Talbot be utterly annihilated by the French.

Penitent and The Gods Will Have Blood are now available on the Lock Horns Game site and shipping to Canada, Europe, and USA. Orders will ship in a few weeks. lockhornsgames.com

RIP Walter❤️

Reskeeting because I made the genius decision to release this while everyone was at essen lol

Lovely evening in stickering a Columbia game and watching Arsenic and Old Lace.

This year’s Irish Hallowe’en turnip, and a handful of those of from years past (they don’t always make it, if they rot before dessicating) #Hallowe’en #Samhain

My first 5 TTRPGs, in the order I played them: 1. D&D 3.5 2. Savage Worlds 3. Call of Cthulhu 4. Paranoia (run by Gar at Warpcon 2008, also the most recent time I played Paranoia) 5. Firefly Role Playing Game After that probably Dark Heresy, then maybe WHFRP and D&D 2e.

NEW BOOK ALERT Presenting my latest 'In the Name of the Devil: An Immersive Guide to the History, Folklore, and Rituals of Samhain & Halloween' Link to buy: payhip.com/HauntYourHis...

Absolutely moronic comms. Spread this far and wide. They need to learn this contempt is unacceptable

Spooktober book 2 is The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones. What's October without some vampires?

In an attempt to put myself out there more and to value my own work more, I have added a Support Me page to my website. If you've ever got any value out of my writings (about books or games), I'd love if you gave it a look: www.stuartellisgorman.com/support

This is true for indie game designers too - if you have ever liked one of my games it would be wonderful if you could talk about, link to it, review it and so on. I’m super grateful to the few who do already; it’s a tiny proportion of people though. Please join that elite band!

It's been a bit... feels like time for a cheeky Gundam giveaway! Includes the RG Epyon (Apex), plus a real mix of other items - many event/retailer exclusive. 👉 To enter, follow + repost (or quote). Winner will be picked at random, next Monday 26th October, international post all ok. Good luck! 🍀

Proud to say that justice has been served and the people have decided that Fred must pay for his crimes.

Welcome to our Blogger Support Program! 😊 We're really happy to have you on board, Stuart! And thanks for spreading the word about CUBE4ME!

In two hours I'll have to answer for my crimes against board games... 😞 www.youtube.com/live/xuTHGQx...

Finally got back to some Undaunted. Bittersweet to be finally getting into the series right as news of Osprey shuttering is spreading, but damn is it good.

Finally got back to some Undaunted. Bittersweet to be finally getting into the series right as news of Osprey shuttering is spreading, but damn is it good.

Working at Osprey was, for the most part, truly excellent. The care and attention of some wonderful colleagues were driven by a love of games and the people we hoped would play them; combine that with the excellence and wonder that our dozens of designers and illustrators poured into... 1/2

UK-based Osprey Games has let go of its entire board and card game development team and cancelled its booth at the upcoming Spiel Essen game fair - five months after parent company Bloomsbury began searching for a buyer for the operation: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...

I'm bad at self promotion, but did you know that I'm also an editor and that you can hire me? I have edited history books (most recently for Osprey) and TTRPGs (for Modiphius and Exalted Funeral among others). Full list: www.stuartellisgorman.com/editor Can contact me via website or here!

Starting a bit late because I had some other reading to finish first, but it's officially time to read some spooky books! A Night in the Lonesome October seemed like a fitting place to start.

I'm bad at self promotion, but did you know that I'm also an editor and that you can hire me? I have edited history books (most recently for Osprey) and TTRPGs (for Modiphius and Exalted Funeral among others). Full list: www.stuartellisgorman.com/editor Can contact me via website or here!

Question for the few dozen people that buy the digital version of Wyrd Science, what do you read it on? Tablet? Phone? Desktop? Apart from adding hyperlinks it’s basically just the print version as a smaller PDF, but was thinking from the next issue completely redoing it to read nicer on smaller

I call today's result "stumbling across the finish line" www.maptap.gg October 14 100🎯 100🎯 93🏆 97🔥 75🙃 Final score: 902

Today we heard Abdellah Al Jazzar, a student from Gaza who has brought so much to our community in Maynooth, relay messages from students in Gaza waiting to take up thier places in irish unviersities and who Minister Jim O'Callaghan is blocking. Grant the visas now!

Today I am waiting for my immigration appointment in Dublin. It's been a few years since I was last here (I came annually as a student), and it's amazing how it barely changes and yet steadily creeps closer to looking like a dystopian cyberpunk office where we queue for jobs at the murder factory.

Today's work includes writing a short piece on Norwegian folk-belief concerning the magpie. One such belief is that around Saint Olaf's feast-day (July 29), the magpies all visit Saint Olaf in order to be weighed. Those that weigh less than a quarter of a kilo are given to the Devil.

Over the last couple of years I've returned to my old habits and started playing Hex and Counter wargames again. I've been quite impressed by the games from the Swedish publisher 3CG, so here is a teach and play of one of their east front games I wanted to share, here is Iskra : youtu.be/-6BYtYAGhig

Big day for "I know about the major historical battle that happened there" www.maptap.gg October 11 94🏅 96🔥 90👑 99🔥 89🎉 Final score: 934

she said "you can do anything in fiction as long as the situation afterwards is more interesting that the situation before." since then i have been keeping an eye on character death in fiction. many writers seem to think that character death "raises the stakes" but actually just makes things boring

Medieval Executions 🧵 Hi there. One of my areas of expertise is medieval crime and punishment. If you’re interested, here are some comments on medieval executions. Note that, just as today, practices and perceptions varied widely across medieval Europe... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The Folks over at @wehrlegig.games are running a kickstarter for their new game, Infamous Traffic. Seeing I have had the chance to play it a good bit already and I think it is worth checking out. It made sense to drop some thoughts to help people find out what it is about. shorturl.at/tXLP6

Steamforged Games is facing mounting criticism from crowdfunding backers over unresolved refunds and dwindling updates across its undelivered projects, after it cut about a third of its workforce and refocused towards its Warmachine miniatures earlier this year: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...

Colleagues in Maynooth, please join on Monday 13:00 at TSI for this rally in support of the Palestinian students whose visas have been denied. We have two fully funded students from Gaza due to come to Maynooth as well as many more at other institutions across Ireland who have been refused visas.

My history of the crossbow in medieval Europe is currently available as an ebook for ~£6 if you're in the UK. I think it's worth it, but I'm pretty biased. www.amazon.co.uk/Medieval-Cro...

I just want the record to reflect that I am no officially a Dungeon Synth Guy (tm)*, so if you have any Dungeon Synth you want to recommend to me I am all ears. *let's be real, it's been a long time coming.

My history of the crossbow in medieval Europe is currently available as an ebook for ~£6 if you're in the UK. I think it's worth it, but I'm pretty biased. www.amazon.co.uk/Medieval-Cro...

My knowledge of American Civil War battles plus blind guessing really coming through for me today www.maptap.gg October 6 97🔥 91👑 95🏅 98🔥 99🔥 Final score: 969

I'm bad at self promotion, but did you know that I'm also an editor and that you can hire me? I have edited history books (most recently for Osprey) and TTRPGs (for Modiphius and Exalted Funeral among others). Full list: www.stuartellisgorman.com/editor Can contact me via website or here!

My past week went: wife's grandfather died*, my daughter's birthday, grandfather's wake, funeral, daughter's birthday party. I'm ready to lie face down for a week pls. *he had turned 100 a week before, so while sad it's not unexpected.

Another illustration that the new hardline immigration policies are completely vibes led and all about vice signalling, not evidence led in any way.

did end-of-quarter royalty payments this morning, and I'm proud to confirm that our bestseller City of Six Moons has surpassed over 6,000 copies sold. I decided to mark the occasion with a little data crunching - here's a look at the top 15 games from a small POD publisher.

*sigh*… a TikTok was explaining the history behind the current the Drumcree crisis but started off claiming the Penal Laws, Plantations, and Potato Famine were methods used by the British to weaken the Irish population and replace them with British settlers.

Yesterday was kiddos birthday so I totally forgot to play, but I'm reasonably happy with today's score. I knew roughly the regions for each one, but not the exact spot www.maptap.gg September 29 92🏆 92👑 89🎉 87🎓 86🎓 Final score: 881

If you missed them: K1,K2,K3.... Bundle of Holding bundleofholding.com/presents/Kno...