With a Little Help From Our Friends - January News

Phew, what a month! And it's not even over yet. Yikes!

I'm sure you don't need to be reminded about tariffs but here we are anyway. New ones incoming next month, so if you are a USAian and you were looking to get some books without contributing to the god-king's golden throne, now is the time! Our January "Best-Of" sale is still going for a few more days and has some pretty nice things in it.

Image of Eye of the Aeons
Eye of the Aeons
£14.00
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Image of Get It At Sutlers
Get It At Sutlers
£13.00
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Swyvers
£25.00
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Might I Also Suggest...

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NEW Pocket Dimension Notebooks
£2.50
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Our cute little campaign notebooks just got BIGGER, and still have discounts for pack purchases. Neat!

GrellCon 2026

The UK's only old-school D&D Con!

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We're not directly involved, but some of our friends and co-workers are. Go check out the newest play-focused con! In the words of Andrew Walter, the organiser:
 
A day of old-school Dungeons & Dragons gaming in the historic Stanley Arts venue.
GrellCon is our inaugural one day not-for-profit tabletop gaming convention in London for fans of and newcomers to Dungeons & Dragons from 1974 to the mid 1980s.
We offer a full day of fantasy roleplay gaming for around 75 gamers in Stanley Arts in South East London. Meet like-minded adventurers as a player, become the doom of heroes as a Dungeon Master - or ideally, do both across our morning, afternoon and evening timetable slots.
 
It'll be a good time and, even better, harks back to a time before rampant commercialisation! Speaking of which...

Melsonia Art Sale

Melsonia has some pretty hefty, tariff-shaped holes in our budget which we need to fill to continue producing books and paying bills in the immediate future. As a small business we're used to living on a razor's edge, but we're learning to ask for help before things have gone beyond just a bit hairy. While we'd much prefer to keep all our pretty things for posterity, needs must when the devil comes to call, right?
 
So! Buy some art if you're that way inclined. Or become a Friend of Melsonia! With only 64 more Friends we could pretty much ensure the modest survival of Melsonia in perpetuity. Exciting, right?
Image of Original Artwork: Weeping God Terrace (The Big Squirm)
Original Artwork: Weeping God Terrace (The Big Squirm)
£350.00
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Image of Original Artwork: Gardener Knights (Fronds of Benevolence)
Original Artwork: Gardener Knights (Fronds of Benevolence)
£350.00
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Image of Original Artwork: Porcelain Speaker (The Big Squirm)
Original Artwork: Porcelain Speaker (The Big Squirm)
£180.00
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Friends of Melsonia subscription
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Back To Work

Thanks for reading to the bottom, I appreciate it. This month is very busy for us, and in all likelihood so will February. I'm feeling pretty good about the prospects of getting the PDFs for Liquid Steel out before the end of February. PDFs can't get tariffed (I think?) so that'll be something we can all enjoy. As ever, the Friends of Melsonia will be getting free copies of it, both in TTRPG and comic form, physical and digital, so keep your eyes peeled. Delays are transient, quality books are forever. As are bad books, so you gotta be careful with these things right?
 
Anyway, DAN OUT.
 
-Dan
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