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August Rotation - Start picking your games

For the August Rotation we have the following games on the schedule Aerosian Nights 2 - Saif Bard Harder - Mark Blades in the Dark - Jo Call of Cthulhu - Julian Freespace Outlaws - Adam For further information on each please see:  August to November 2025 Rotation To vote for your top three games, or to inform us if you are skipping the rotation please use the following link Game selection - August 2025 Please respond no later than Wednesday the 18th June 2025

Interview with a GM - James

When did you first start playing RPGs and what were they? I started in the late 90s, which IMHO was the worst time to get into the hobby! First game was my friend's Ravenloft campaign. What was the most memorable part of those sessions? I was about 15 and thought it would be a lark to play a character who was bascially Lord Flasheart from Blackadder. It was all giggles and catch-phrases until the character's girlfriend got eaten by spiders.  After that, he grew up a lot! It was really rewarding to see how much the character changed over about 6 months of play, especially his relationship with the other character (a stern paladin). By the end of the campaign, he was unrecognisable. We also made our own SciFi game, which could best be described as a "hot mess"! Why did you start GMing? To tell my own stories with friends. How long have you been GMing? Since the early noughties. To start with I wasn't really interested in mechanics but as I've tried more sys...

Its time to look at games, its time to make your picks, its time to meet the GMs on the Hobbits Hole tonight

It's time to look at games,  It's time to make your picks,  It's time to meet the GMs on the Hobbits Hole tonight It's time to gab those dice It's time to find an adventure It's time to get things started Why don't you get things started? Well, I always dreamed we'd be back here Dreams? Those were nightmares It's time to get things started On the most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, Hobbitational This is what we call The Hobbits Hole! Battle of the Bards - System: D&D 5e - Game Master Mark C Unscripted Adventures - System: D&D 5e - Game Master James Port Blacksand  - System: Advanced Fighting Fantasy - Game Master Jo F Ovion Circus - System: D&D 5e - Game Master Dan C Coriolis - System: Coriolis - Game Master Andy Voting sheet:  Games being run next rotation (google.com)  - August Rotation

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Interview with a GM - Graham

When did you first start playing RPGs and what were they? My first experience with RPGs was stumbling upon a box of RPG stuff in my Grand Parent’s attic when I was about 12. It had the first edition D&D red and blue basic/expert books, Tunnels and Trolls, Grimtooth’s book of traps and some others I forget.    I was pretty captivated by it all and I was allowed to take it all home. I read the D&D stuff and ended up running my own adventure for my younger sister and our cousins. They loved it!  I then, shortly after, started a new school and met some other students into similar stuff and we formed a club. We called it Roleplaying Club, which was rather uninspiring, and a kid into drama showed up and offered to make us a poster. He did a good job but finished it with the tag line ‘Guaranteed a Good Time’, which granted us ridicule around the school. He was rather disappointed when he finally sat down with us and realised it wasn’t a drama club.. What was the most mem...

April Rotation -who what where

 Mystvale - System: D&D 5e - Game Master Jason Benjamin C George F  Kat Richard C Expedition to Kings Cove - System: D&D 5e - Game Master Andrew W Helen H Marco Richard T Simon H City of Nuln - System Warhammer - Game Master Chris Ahmar A (Em) Freddie M Joshua G Will L Discworld - System Troika! - Game Master Liam Dan David H Jerrie  Mark C Dungeon Crawl Classics - System: Dungeon Crawl Classics - Game Master Graham Andy D James W Jo F Neil

Your picks for April Rotation please

 The form is up and live for your picks for April Rotation https://forms.gle/MR94eDxakFnys1ua9 For more information on each game please see  https://www.hobbitshole.uk/games/proposed-games/april-to-july-rotation The systems being played in April Rotation are D&D 5e, Warhammer, Dungeon Crawl Classics and Troika! The GMs are Andrew W, Chris , Graham, Jason and Liam

Interview with a GM - Dan C

When did you first start playing RPGs and what were they? I think I stared around 2012 maybe playing RPG around then. I think I started with 4e starter set and stars without number. What was the most memorable part of those sessions? I guess it would be leaning , playing characters and being able to just have a good time with friends. Why did you start GMing? I started GM due to likening the platform it gave me to be creative. I was interested it run and trying it and I was the only one to try and run a game with mix results . Being able to Roleplay was all ways the main thing and the world building side I loved. How long have you been GMing? About ten years a little more then that. What systems have you GMed? 4e D&D , Stars without number, 5e D&D ,Cyberpunk Red. What are the pleasures and pitfalls of GMing? The pleasure is down the creative, all the different venues that can be use as part of the game . Coming up with new idea try to get different engagement. The very act...