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Waitrose! Let's see how the poshos get on. I like a soft pastry for my mince pies but this is far too soft, even for me. The pie falls apart as it's being eaten and there's a...
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Holly Lane! Which doesn't exist, because it's Aldi. The pastry has a lovely soft crumble with a pleasant sweetness, but is a little undermined by too much crunchy granulated...
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There's yet another kind review of my work from John Arendt here, this time of the recent(ish) Winnie-the-Shit. You can buy the book in print from the EU shop here, the US shop...
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I must admit, I was a bit worried about trying these. They were the clear winners in 2021 and 2022, but everything seems worse this year, and what if my favourites also...
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I have the new Epic 2023 box and although I haven't played it yet -- ye gods, teeny tiny multi-part miniatures! How am I supposed to put those together at my age?! -- I have...
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Well, this is awkward. Last year these pies were among the best, scoring an admirable 4 out of 5, but something terrible has happened! It's a big -- 70mm! -- pie with a nice...
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These are T, tasty (ish). These are E, (not) expensive. These are S, (on the) small side. These are C, Christmassy-y. These are O, ooooooohhhhhh oh. T.E.S.C.O.! T.E.S.C.O.!...
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These came from Iceland -- the shop not the lava-imperilled country -- although you wouldn't know it from the stark Repo Man branding. These are fairly chunky pies, at a...
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Hang on! What's this? COOP does a budget range of mince pies? I don't remember that happening in previous years. (It may have happened. I am old.) Oh. It did happen. Hmm! The...
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The Batman Who Laughs, an evil version of Batman from an alternate universe, introduced in 2017: Judge Death, an evil counterpart of Judge Dredd, from an alternate universe,...
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The other day I was interviewed about games design! It's a bit rambling and incoherent because it was 4am for me, and then Bruno's power cut out in the middle, so I interviewed...
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Asda! These minceys feel tiny! They are about a centimetre smaller than the Sainsbos pies, and yes, readers, I checked. The pastry has a nice firm texture but there's a hint of...
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And so it begins. Picked first simply because it's closest to the Top Secret Mince Pie Testing Centre™, we have Sainsbos! The pastry is a bit too dry and a bit too sweet, but...
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The Whoniverse launched today. It's the BBC's term for the larger Doctor Who "cinematic" universe, which has (almost) all been added to the iPlayer service, to celebrate the...
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Are you having trouble commenting on blogs, going into an infinite loop of logging in and not being recognised and being asked to log in? Are you getting something like "Unable...
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This new(ish) Dragonlance novel is utter filth.
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Prompted by the recap at House to Astonish -- in particular the glowing praise of George Perez's last hurrah as penciller on the Avengers main title -- I dug out my copies of...
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This is as much for me as anyone else, as I've sort of lost track of what I've done over the years. I am the main artist or writer on underlined titles; everything else is a...
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It is at this point that I should mention -- since I completely forgot -- that my new Lamentations of the Flame Princess book is now out: Can you guess the source material?...
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So this happened: I have mainly been using it to play the PS4 games that won't fit on the tiny hard drive inside my PS4, and to benefit from the "PS4 Pro Enhanced" features...
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I have never played Traveller. No, that's not true. I did run a very brief Traveller: The New Era campaign when I was 15 or 16 but: 1. TNE is its own weird thing and doesn't...
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Although I was just about the right age for it, for some reason Star Fleet/X-Bomber passed me by. Which is a shame, as it spawned glorious stuff like this, from Brian "Badgers"...
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Thor: Ragnarok (2017): No, in fact this is from Paul Pope's 2013 graphic novel Battling Boy. There's a clear Thor influence in this part of the comic, so perhaps there's an...
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John Arendt over at Dreams in the Lich House is embarking on a grand quest to review a huge pile of Lamentations of the Flame Princess books, including a few of mine! You can...
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PINKROBES, not fluffy: Armour 14 (as leather), Move 120', 3+1* Hit Dice, 14hp, two-handed sword 1d10, Morale 9, Number Appearing 1 or 2. Half damage from bludgeoning or...
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BROWNROBES, but fire isn't brown: Armour 14 (as leather), Move 120', 2+1* Hit Dice, 10hp, two-handed sword 1d10, Morale 9, Number Appearing 1 or 2. Half damage from bludgeoning...
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Blood Bowl and Warhammer enthusiasts will know well the name Bugman. The leader of a mercenary band one day, a Blood Bowl player-coach another day, and the seldom-seen...
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Spider-Verse 2: Spider-Verser is excellent and you should go and see it as soon as possible. I only have two quibbles: The first film was impressive in part because there was...
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Here's an idea that popped into my head and won't exit until I've written it down, so lucky for you. ALL MAGIC ITEMS ARE RINGS. So instead of a Cursed Shield, AC10, it's a...
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This is from #114, published in 1989, well into the Warhammer era. Genestealers on the cover, 40K and Space Hulk getting a big push inside, a competition to win one of 100...