5 hours ago In June 2026 we hosted a couple of Moorcock-flavoured RPG days a fortnight apart here in Bradford. For more on how that came about, see part one.A lot of our fellow rollers made a weekend of it and stuck around on the Sunday morning, allowing, for the first time, a more community-based … Continue reading Rolling in the Ruins Part Two – Last Rollers Standing
Rolling in the Ruins – Part One (Build it and they will come?)
After thinking about it for six years, we finally did it. We hosted a couple of days of Moorcock-flavoured gaming here in the heart of Bradford. And it is done. Stick a fork in it. But Phil and I had lots of thoughts about it that we wanted to record and share. Thoughts that would … Continue reading Rolling in the Ruins – Part One (Build it and they will come?)
The Ice Schooner – Part Two
Miles is back for Part Two of The Ice Schooner, in which we find that our hero Konrad Arflane is still a dick, and we beat around several bushes, including the novelisation of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Richard Widmark and flamethrowers, and comparative experiences of angiograms… JOIN US!!!! (and listen to the Casual Trek … Continue reading The Ice Schooner – Part Two
Rolling in the Ruins – Day One Report
After six or so years of mulling it over, and then deciding (whilst under the influence of Morphine in ICU at Bradford Royal Infirmary at 3am) to just get on with it... we finally had our first Rolling in the Ruins RPG microcon. 10 games over the space of Saturday the 6th of June with … Continue reading Rolling in the Ruins – Day One Report
Our Experiences in the Third World War
It's Threads Day! So what better excuse to have Dr Malcom Craig back in Derry & Toms to talk about NUCLEAR WAR, and particularly General Sir John Hackett’s The Third World War: August 1985 (1978) and its sequel The Third World War: The Untold Story (1982). As we're both gamers, and Malcolm has an academic … Continue reading Our Experiences in the Third World War
Stormbringer RPG Dot Com (MM&RPGs – X)
SYNCHRONIUS NEWS! We're less than four weeks out from our first Moorcockian gaming weekend, Rolling in the Ruins 2026, and suddenly Elric RPGs are like buses! What great fortune then, that I had this RPG-related chat lined up with Marcus Bone, the guy behind https://stormbringerrpg.com/ and many other things, like: https://www.darkconspiracytherpg.com https://unboundbook.org and https://demonground.org/archives/299-2/ So … Continue reading Stormbringer RPG Dot Com (MM&RPGs – X)
Death Angel’s Shadow – Part Two
Dave returns to Derry & Toms to conclude our coverage of the 1973 Karl Edward Wagner anthology Death Angel's Shadow, featuring his anti-hero Kane. Some great stuff in here, but some rough stuff too, with references to sexual assault, so please beware that we will discuss it in both the original context, as we see … Continue reading Death Angel’s Shadow – Part Two
Teaching Behold the Man w/ Professor Rowland Wymer
In a blasphemous conjunction of the spheres, this year is the 60th anniversary of the publication of the novella Behold the Man in New Worlds issue 166 - and a few weeks ago patron Nick Hopkinson sent me the link to an article by Professor Rowland Wymer in Vol 52 no 2 of the Interdisciplinary … Continue reading Teaching Behold the Man w/ Professor Rowland Wymer
The Alex Sanders Lectures and the Satanic Mojo of Jason Atomic
Jason Atomic drops by Derry & Toms to talk about his journey from finding Moorcock and metal to creating Satanic Mojo comix, founding the Satanic Flea Market, becoming an avid book collector and illustrating the Alex Sanders Lectures, a brand new reprint of one of the first correspondent courses in witchcraft by the "King of … Continue reading The Alex Sanders Lectures and the Satanic Mojo of Jason Atomic
Birch and Jay w/ Allister Thompson
Allister Thompson returns to Derry & Toms to talk about his new novel, Birch and Jay: The Knowledge Seekers Part One. In a typically roving conversation, we get into his influences and intentions in writing about a climate apocalypse and aftermath, as well as other stuff, like bad War of the Worlds adaptations (again). This … Continue reading Birch and Jay w/ Allister Thompson
Breakfast in the Ruins Podcast 