160: So Many

July 15, 2020

Hullo. So ManySchedule **** This site went live on Monday.It’s been constructed by over sixty people who set themselves a hugely difficult task, and created...

159: Don’t be murdered by your artist.

July 8, 2020

Hullo. DIE11Mrk2Ludo3LinksAgrippaByyyyeeee!!! **** DIE 11 sold out, and there was a bunch of orders, so we decided to take it back to print with a tweaked...

159: A Brighter Shade Of Blue

July 1, 2020

Hullo. BlueTed and Rosy and JamieSeptemberNot Just A David Bowie AlbumLinksByyyyeeee!!! **** Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar was announced last week by...

158: That’s all I’ve got.

June 24, 2020

Hullo. Stephanie is celebrating her birthday today, so send her your wishes. ComicsLinksByyyyeeee!!! **** Out this week is the return of my two big comics....

157: I recall walking Bath graveyards

June 17, 2020

Hullo. This will be relatively brief. Ludo2s Links D&Dy Sparta Byyyyeeee!!! **** Ludocrats 2 is out, in shops both temporal and digital. First reviews are...

156: making tea in mugs that I would never normally use

June 10, 2020

Hullo. Three weeks. That’s a big break, and likely says something. #comicwriterschallengeEisnersLudoIIFutureLinksLudoIVFurtherFutureByyyyeeee!!! **** Gail...

155: proud of its fractal dumbness

May 20, 2020

Hullo. My present aim is to try and channel Animal Crossing positive NPC energy in my every interaction. I am mainly offering to buy turnips. I don’t even...

154: I had trouble with mouselook

May 13, 2020

Hullo In Duolingo news, this week, person in first place had 3000XP on the first day. With four and a half days left, they have just shy of 9500XP. I’ve just...

153: namecheck poptimism

May 6, 2020

Hullo. I am now a member of the Obsidian League. In Duolingo. I admit that the motivation to get there was in hope it would offer me a place in a...

152: #releasethegentleeyescut

April 29, 2020

Hullo. As a working critic, one of my standard pieces of advice was to just start writing and then inevitably cut the extraneous opening. It’s good advice,...

151: Words were always proof that I existed

April 15, 2020

Hullo. I’m listening to Ultravox’s Vienna, due to it appearing in Tom Ewing’s ongoing Twitter World Cup of #2 UK songs, and now am thinking about the...

150: I won’t be Donald-ducking

April 8, 2020

Hullo. Easter week, and I’m still thinking Jesus has to be a little bit miffed it’s called Good Friday. “Yeah, I’ve had better, to be honest” Our go Future...

149: Comewithmecomewithmewelltravel

April 1, 2020

Hullo. A friend of mine was mocked at school because everyone said that he thought spam came from an animal called “a spamial”. He didn’t. Bullies are just...

148: the Escape of the Prisoner

March 25, 2020

Hullo. Since I last wrote I have learned how to make similes in Italian, so can now can be pretentious in two languages. Pre-Abstractly Abstractly Links...

147: a ball of inertia with a collection of offal

March 11, 2020

Hullo. I have a minor cold, but don’t worry, I strong suspect it really is just a cold, and I have been self-isolating my entire life....

146: Nod, nod, noddity nod

March 4, 2020

Hullo. A short one this week, as I want to get it to you as soon as possible, but it also includes Fresh Exclusive New Content, so I hope you’ll forgive me....

145: the medium of a tiny owl judging me

February 26, 2020

Hullo. I had a couple of weeks off the newsletter due to nothing happening. Stasis field accident. You know how it is. MayLudomeetLinksGerman for “why did...

144: momentarily Manichean

February 6, 2020

Hullo. I think I’m having today off. The way I’m having today off is to write this especially long newsletter. There is something fundamentally wrong with...

143: Imagine the Neverending Story for adults, if not grown-ups

January 29, 2020

Hullo. I have the basis of the Tracks of the Year done, but don’t quite have enough time today to write it up. In which case, I’ll knock it to next week, and...

142: Diamanda Galas said that mortality is insulting

January 22, 2020

Hullo. I’m about to go and meet up with a bunch of Old Games Journalists for a meal, so it’s appropriate that I’m hurriedly assembling a bunch of links and...

141: “Some”

January 8, 2020

Hullo. Someone asked me if I could do regular tracks of the week in the newsletter, but thanks to Tom Ewing I’ve been mainly listening to Enola Gay by...

140: Jaded regular readers

January 2, 2020

Hullo. I meant to do this yesterday, but I decided to start my 2020 schedule with a full day of wrestling with a difficult hangover. Arcana Art Once...

139: I’ve been the Queen’s Spaceship.

December 18, 2019

Hullo. This week I learned that due to an understandable fear and loathing of songs in books, Jamie skips anything he sees written in italics. Jamie is a...

138: It's not the despair, it's the hope.

December 11, 2019

Hullo. No books out this week, but some things to say. Swiftly, as I have to meet someone in – oooh – half an hour. UnitedLinksByyyyeeee!!! **** I was out...

137: Barbed wire made of glistening hard candy

December 4, 2019

ANSWERS ONLINE Hullo. This week I went to Athens, where I can confirm they have some well old stuff. D10 Roses Links Like Comics, but without pictures...

136: Justice For Agnes Nitt

November 27, 2019

Hullo. As we work from home, we basically act as an ad hoc parcel delivery place for the neighbourhood. There has been two weird quirks in the last week....

135: freeform fluid pop-work

November 20, 2019

Hullo. I missed a week, because I am awful. Once More McK Watch Careers In The Toilets DIE1ONCEMORE Amnesty Links Byyyyeeee!!! **** Once & Future 4 is out...

134: I find that ominous too.

November 6, 2019

Hullo. This week I finally joined a gym. Yes, this is in the traditional joke intro part, but I’m not joking. Stop laughing at me. I’ll tell my mum....

133: Duncan confused, Bridgette phlegmatic

October 30, 2019

Hullo. Having finished Derry Girls, I’m now listening to the playlist of every song on it, which is probably the moment when David Kohl would club me to...

132: the elf who lived in a basement in Rivendell

October 16, 2019

Hullo. Murderous Grandma Nerdy Links Byyyyeeee!!! **** Once & Future 3 drops today, wherein we dive straight into the action, Bridgette’s determination to be...

131: where three stars should be.

October 10, 2019

Hullo. It seems these newsletters are being primarily written in short breaks when travelling. At the moment, I’m flying between Boston and New York before a...

129: a face full of chocolatey nougat.

October 2, 2019

Hullo. I have an hour to kill at Heathrow before I fly off to NYCC, so let’s get this done. Big week, however you cut it. And I’m Out NYSee Links...

128.1: NYC Party

September 28, 2019

As promised, here’s a quick supplementary newsletter for Saturday’s party. Here’s the ticket link.There’s all the details on the site, in terms of venue and...

128: It would be there for me

September 25, 2019

Hullo. There’s actually quite a lot of new news this time, but thankfully, it’s mainly told in pictures so you can skim read and not worry about my nonsense...

127: Packed with tudes.

September 18, 2019

Hullo. If I don’t think about NYCC, it doesn’t get closer. That’s my plan. Future Now Jamie Present Links Warcry me a river Byyyyeeee!!! **** Once & Future 2...

126: a backstab (if you are accurate enough) is heartbreak

September 11, 2019

Hullo. I woke up on Thursday morning the day after WicDiv and thought “I am so fucking tired. I need a holiday.” So we booked one! Problem solved. (Note to...

125: The Wicked + the Divine (2014-2019)

September 4, 2019

Hullo. It’s the last issue of WicDiv release. I’ve spent the whole day trying to get my pages done, and only managed it in a cursory fashion. I should have...

124: Loki is Loki is Loki.

August 29, 2019

Hullo. The end of tinyletter. Welcome to an enormoletter, a letter the size of the sun. Actually, from it’s substack, which frankly, makes me want to make...

123: who actually did write Scorpion Swamp?

August 21, 2019

Hullo. I have been considering how “French” is deployed as an aesthetic tactic to elevate things. Like “French Kissing” sounds classy when it means “Putting...

122: No, Chip, that’s not a euphemism.

August 14, 2019

Hullo. The day is contracting, so I suspect this will be a shorter one than usual. Go read Chip’s and sign up for it, because you are a glutton for...

121: I crave the congress of meat, egg and breadcrumbs.

August 7, 2019

Hullo. I got quite a few signs ups this week, presumably from me retweeting one of my letter titles with the link. This puts pressure on me actually having a...

120: I have spent the afternoon walking around the house screaming

August 1, 2019

Hullo. A little bit of an upkeep one this time – lots of updates and links, but I realised it’d be a good idea to leaven it all with some preview pages....

109: you’d be happy you did it.

July 24, 2019

Hullo. I was in LA yesterday. It rained. I have powers. 44 43 1-43 1 Zero Byyyyeeee!!! **** The wait is over. Thanks for your patience. Issue 44 dropped...

108: totally fishing for booze

July 18, 2019

Hullo. You may be relieved to discover that I’m not wearing shorts. I’m on a plane. That would be inhuman for everyone. Once and Increasingly Near Future...

107: Not being eaten by a tiger is pure art.

July 11, 2019

Hullo. I’m wearing shorts again. This is getting silly. Doktor Avalanche I like to party. Everybody does. What Happen Happen Links Byyyyeeee!!! **** So, I’m...

106: I deserve a diet coke.

July 4, 2019

Hullo. I wore shorts once this week. It’s been a bad time for everyone. I'll Miss You Master xxx Byyyyeeee!!! **** It’s Wednesday 26th July.Four to two I...

105: mumbling inaudibly at a hyperspeed thrum

June 19, 2019

Hullo. It’s the sort of week that even just managing to finish my taxes fails to lift my mood above an autumnal day. There’s a lot of time passing going on....

104: tasted golden treasure from beneath Smaug’s belly.

June 12, 2019

Hullo. The week has been one of intensity and then slowly uncoiling. As such, this is going to be random. I’m hope you’re well. I’m enjoying wearing my...

113:at least three funny jokes

June 5, 2019

Hullo. Just the facts this one. There’s a bunch of free writing linked in this one, so a newsletter is extraneous, right? Contents! DIE ALSO DIE YET MORE DIE...

112: conversations in pub toilets

May 30, 2019

Hullo. I woke up this morning, having finally escaped DIE 8. I am now looking around confused, not quite sure what to do. I’ll do this. Contents! Better is a...