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RPBook

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#UK based #MilitaryHistory #author. #TTRPG and #BoardGame player. Lapsed #wargamer.

My name is Robin, but my pen name is Russell, so I use that name here.

#fedi22 #histodons

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Pleased to see Paul at cover this in the myths series.

Women shouldn't talk about Military History: It's a Man's Subject. A WWII Myths show - Invidious

https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=7UMCj1e8u70

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All of my ebooks are 50% off at as part of their 2023 End of Year Sale
https://www.smashwords.com/shelves/promos/


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Good article busting the myth that Germany had a technological advantage over the Allies during the .
https://tankhistoria.com/uncategorized/myth-of-german-technological-superiority/

@worldwarshistory @militaryhistory

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My is almost over. We've hit the target and the first two stretch goals. With luck, we might hit the third one too.

The French Maquis are possibly the most widely-known resistance organisation, but there were resistors in every occupied territory, and agents worked in almost all of them.

Fulfilment will be handled through DriveThruRPG.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/russellphillips/soe-sourcebook?ref=bt9t4a


@ttrpg @indiettrpg @notdnd @kickstarterttrpg

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There weren't many survivors left, and now there's one less.

Lidice survivor Věra Čepelová dies at 88 | Radio Prague International
https://english.radio.cz/lidice-survivor-vera-cepelova-dies-88-8801223

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The Battle Of Gorgopotamos Brits And Greeks In World War II – Greek City Times
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/11/25/gorgopotamos-brits-greeks-2/

#SOE #SecondWorldWar @worldwarshistory

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Modiphius are having a sale. I just got this for the normal price of the core rules.

- Adventures in the Imperium: Agents of Dune Deluxe Starter Set
https://www.modiphius.net/collections/holiday-sale-2023/products/dune-agents-of-dune

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I've been asked for book recommendations about mercenaries in during the . It's not something I know about. Do any of you have recommendations?
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@JochenLingelba1 @militaryhistory @africanstudies @histodons Good thinking, thanks.

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Two of my books are in itch.io's Black Friday Creator Day sale - 50% off for the next few days.
https://itch.io/s/109295/black-friday-creator-day-2023


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My #Kickstarter has reached the first stretch goal 😀

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/russellphillips/soe-sourcebook/posts/3964171

#TTRPG #IndieTTRPG #NotDnD
@ttrpg @indiettrpg @notdnd @kickstarterttrpg

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Interesting post by @gibbondemon about the in the air. The comic is a good read, too.

The Real Air War Behind Cadman - Andrew Knighton Writes
https://andrewknighton.com/the-real-air-war-behind-cadman/

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When NASA Used an RC Tiger II to Drill into Space Shuttle Tires

https://tankhistoria.com/experimental/tire-assault-vehicle/


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It's still (just), so I should mention that if you'd like a copy of any of my , DM or email me ([email protected])

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A reminder that this weekend is the inaugural , when authors and publishers post about their books using the hashtag.

Until midday UTC tomorrow, you can get 20% off any of my ebooks when you buy direct and use the coupon code FediBookFair.

https://shop.russellphillips.uk/

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I've launched a Kickstarter for my next book, an SOE Sourcebook. There are early bird rewards, so you can get a bargain if you're quick.

It was SOE agents that assassinated Heydrich, and they were very important in the battle for Madagascar. The sourcebook will give you everything you need to play similar adventures, and plenty more.

Back it here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/russellphillips/soe-sourcebook?ref=bt9t4a


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This weekend is the inaugural , when authors and publishers are invited to post about their books using the hashtag.

I'm going to mark the event with an offer: get 20% off any of my ebooks when you buy direct and use the coupon code FediBookFair.

https://shop.russellphillips.uk/

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Gah. I've just visited a #SecondWorldWar group on Facebook, and the first two posts I saw were wrong.

One had a photo of a Sturmtiger claiming it was a Maus.

The other mentioned the Victoria Cross. It correctly mentioned that only one person won the VC twice during the war, but then listed how many VCs were awarded by country, and missed out New Zealand. Charles Upham, the man who won it twice, was a New Zealander.

I feel like I'm being trolled.

#histodons @worldwarshistory

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@synlogic @worldwarshistory True. I'm using Facebook less and less, but some of my friends are there, and it's how we keep in touch.

Maybe I should leave the groups that I'm in though :)

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@synlogic @worldwarshistory yeah, I'm finding Mastodon to be much more pleasant :)

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memory
Our eldest had a 13th birthday during the pandemic lockdowns. So we organised an online RPG for him and some friends.

They played Torchwood operatives, and at the start this woman appeared. She gave them some information, warned them not to harm the creature ("I know what you Torchwood people are like!"), then disappeared.

It was some minutes later that they realised they'd had a call with The Doctor. Their reactions were fantastic :)

@ttrpg

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@ttrpg we'd only asked her to be there for the start. At the end, they had an idea, but needed the TARDIS to make it happen.

Bless her, Charley did a quick change back into kit and hopped back onto Discord to discuss their idea.

She had no script for any of it, just some notes of things to mention at the start. But she ad-libbed her way beautifully through the whole thing.

What could have been a really awful lockdown birthday became a wonderful memory for all concerned.

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Das Boot by Lothar-Günther Buchheim.

A must-read, no excuses.


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@janbartosik @bookstodon excellent book, very good film.

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I'm at society tonight for a talk about why 1983 was one of the most dangerous years of the .
@histodons

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I've backed this. It looks like an interesting concept.

Society of Rafa ━ A Heartfelt TTRPG of Healing & Spirits by Jonathan Davidson — Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/society-of-rafa/society-of-rafa-a-heartfelt-ttrpg-of-healing-and-spirits

#TTRPG #IndieTTRPG #NotDnD
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The core rulebook PDF is free today, to mark .

It has a price on the web page, but if you add it to your cart, the price will be set to $0.00

https://shop.coyoteandcrow.net/products/coyote-crow-core-rulebook-pdf


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Phyllis Latour, the last surviving female F Section agent, has died.

https://theworldobits.com/2023/10/08/phyllis-latour-obituary-last-of-the-f-section-special-operations-executive-women-agents-has-passed-away/


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The latest episode is Robert Pike on Oradour-sur-Glane. Not surprisingly, it's a difficult listen, but I'd recommend it nonetheless.

https://shows.acast.com/6467b7de03f4220011a934bd/episodes/646c4c8f21fbf20011e6352e


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Good grief. In the light of 's comments on , decided to do a piece on the . They had a man and woman on to argue about it.

It came out, live on air, that he was being paid and she wasn't. Sky apologised and offered her £75, the standard fee for such an appearance. Then they offered to increase it to £200, the same as they'd paid him.

https://www.tiktok.com/

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This review from @PSchweig86 has me very interested in this free solo game about , and I'm going to back the Kickstarter too.
http://hobbygamesrecce.blogspot.com/2023/09/solo-games-battle-cards.html


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@synlogic @PSchweig86 @militaryhistory @worldwarshistory yes indeed. I'll be interested to see what campaigns the Kickstarter games cover.

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My cover designer sent me the attached earlier, with the following question. "Why use a real cover designer when you can create masterpieces like this using AI?"

For those that don't know, the attack on Pearl Harbor was carried out by the Japanese. The planes on the cover are German Fw190s.

I've blurred the author name because I have no desire to cause a pile-on.


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in 1942, the Allies began Operation Streamline Jane, to capture the rest of . Streamline Jane consisted of three linked operations, codenamed Stream, Line, and Jane.

The initial landings for all three operations were very successful. But Vichy resistance was stubborn, and it was November before the island was completely under Allied control.

https://russellphillips.uk/madagascar/


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Which books are you reading right now? @histodons

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@todzi @histodons
Current non-fiction:
Command and Control by Eric Schlosser
The Wrecking Crew by Colonel Bernd Horn

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Queen Camilla Unveils Portrait Of Spy Noor Inayat Khan
https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/queen-camilla-unveils-portrait-noor-inayat-khan


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Looking forward to this. I've got tickets for my son and I to see it at the Regiment .

The War To End All Wars - The Movie | November 2023
https://movie.sabaton.net/

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RESISTANCE, DEFIANCE AND DISRUPTION IN THE CHANNEL ISLANDS – AN OVERVIEW - Island Fortress
https://island-fortress.com/2023/08/25/resistance-defiance-and-disruption-in-the-channel-islands-an-overview/


@histodons @militaryhistory @worldwarshistory

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I'm running a short - 50% off my on my own store and a couple of others.

Direct: https://shop.russellphillips.uk/
Itch.io: https://itch.io/s/101580/august-2023-creator-day-and-sale
DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/3798/Shilka-Publishing?src=mastodon&affiliate_id=235519


@indiettrpg @militaryhistory @notdnd @ttrpg @worldwarshistory

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What's going on for you? Any new post gen con projects? I wanna know! Tell me about them!

Anyone still here or have you all moved to Threads and Bluesky?

@ttrpg @indiettrpg

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@Homebrewandhacking @ttrpg @indiettrpg I have no interest in Threads or BlueSky.

I've got a preview up for my next Kickstarter, a system-agnostic SOE sourcebook: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/russellphillips/soe-sourcebook

I'll be posting a request for an artist later today. The Kickstarter will hopefully launch in September.

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Grr. Argh. One of my writers groups has blown up again with people bitching about the fact exist.

Anyways, content warnings exist.

Here, have a blog post.

Spoiler alert: content warnings are a good thing.

https://whitehartfiction.co.uk/blog/behold-she-blogs/content-warnings-are-not-censorship

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RPBook,
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@clacksee @bookstodon I'm lucky that I don't need content warnings, but I've never understood why anyone would object to them.

Is there an RSS feed for your blog?

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Interesting about Japanese Americans in the and the fight for recognition of the wrong that was done to them.
https://ww2podcast.com/ww2-podcast/201-the-japanese-american-experience-in-wwii/
@worldwarshistory @histodons

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@xankarn @worldwarshistory @histodons I can't wrap my head around the idea that any history is "done" and should no longer be talked about or studied 🤷‍♀️

Thanks for the article 🙂

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The latest episode of the Podcast covers Patton in France, August-December 1944.

The start is particularly interesting, as Kevin Hymel talks about how the 1953 transcription of Patton's diaries diverged hugely from what Patton actually wrote.

https://ww2podcast.com/ww2-podcast/199-patton-august-december-1944/


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Some time ago, I read a story about a GM running a pre-written adventure. This GM decided to tweak the adventure as written, by gender swapping every NPC. His (exclusively male) players found it odd that they only met one man. As the game went on, they became increasingly paranoid that the women were doing something to the men.

@ttrpg
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@AimeeMaroux @ttrpg others have commented that they set gender randomly. I think that's a good idea if you don't want to track like I do.

I've heard of men in other scenarios complain that women are over-represented when the proportion is a lot less than half 🙄 Sounds like your friend fell victim to that.

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Shout out to @clacksee I had an issue after buying one of her . I emailed her and she took time out of her Saturday to help immediately.

If you enjoy quirky, humorous , her books come highly recommended.

@bookstodon

https://whitehartfiction.co.uk/

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