Għar Gremxul

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/ɐːr grɛmʃʊl/ 🇲🇹 Logħob b'xejra Maltija 🇬🇧 Games with a Maltese twist I make tabletop RPGs Hu/Huwa/Tiegħu, He/Him/His ghargremxul.mt

Photo of four eight-page zines each folded from a single piece of paper. The name of the zine is Misjubin, and the description states "A collection of lyric games inspired by Maltese archaeological artefacts." From left to right, there's a version printed on A3 in Maltese, a version printed on A4 in Maltese, a version printed on A3 in English, and a version printed on A4 in English.
Photo of a number of items a friend of mine brought back for me from PAX Unplugged. This includes the tabletop RPG The Warren by Marshall Miller along with a deck of personality cards, the tabletop RPG The Skeletons by Jason Morningstar, the zine The Ink That Bleeds by Paul Czege, and a pink dice set (pulled from a mystery pack of dice).
Photo of the book Grapefruit by Yoko Ono, published by Simon & Schuster in 2000.
Photo of the book Il-Baħar Rasu Iebsa by Lino Psaila, published by Klabb Kotba Maltin in 2003.
Photo of two piles of books. The pile of books on the left is the 10 volume Maltese to Maltese dictionary Il-Miklem Malti by Erin Serracino Inglott. From top to bottom, the titles in the pile of books on the right are as follows: Qiegħda fil-Ponta ta’ Lsieni: It-Tielet Ktieb by Ġużi Gatt, Ġabra ta’ Kliem Malti Mhux Safi - Malti Safi by Pupull Debattista Borg, Bejn Kliem u Storja by Martin Morana, Maltese-English Dictionary of Architecture and Building in Malta by Michael Ellul, The Surnames of the Maltese Islands by Mario Cassar, Il-Ġrajja Wara l-Kelma by Charles Briffa, A Comparative Dictionary of Maltese Proverbs by Joseph Aquilina, Kliem Malti Qadim by Godfrey Wettinger, Dizzjunarju ta’ Termini Nawtiċi u Tagħrif Marittimu Lokali by Joseph Caruana, and Place-Names of the Maltese Islands ca. 1300-1800 by Godfrey Wettinger.
Photo of a pile of books. From top to bottom, the titles are as follows: Joseph Cassar Pullicino’s Studies in Maltese Folklore, Mid-Dinja tas-Seħer u tal-Folklor by Anton F. Attard, Ħrejjef Missirijietna by Manwel Magri, Mill-Gżira tal-Ħolm - It-Tieni Ġabra ta’ Leġġendi Għawdxin by Ġorġ Pisani, Għawdex Joħlom fil-Leġġendi by Ġorġ Pisani, Folktales of Malta and Gozo by Ġużè Cassar Pullicino, Stumme’s Folktales from Malta by Hans Stumme and translated by Lily Grima, Karattri tal-Fantasija Maltin by Ġużi Gatt, and The Maltese Bestiary by Stephan D. Mifsud.
Photo of the book The Maltese Bestiary by Stephan D. Mifsud, published by Merlin Publishing in 2014.
Photo of a page from the Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition Player's Handbook titled "Appendix E: Inspirational Reading"
Photo of a print by Edward Caruana Dingli in a book. The print depicts a scene in a Maltese village where a man dressed in traditional Maltese attire is milking a goat for a woman dressed in traditional Maltese attire. The print is taken from the book Malta: the colour and life of Malta from original paintings, published in 1925 by Critien’s.
Photo of a page from the book The Maltese Bestiary by Stephan D. Mifsud. The page is entitled References and lists 20 visible references as follows: 1. Mifsud Chircop George, 1994, Manwel Magri - Ħrejjef Missirijietna, Publishers Enterprises Group. 2. Galea Victor, 1999, Qwiel u Qaddisin, Calypso Island Publications. 3. Cassar Pullicino Joseph, 2000, Folktales of Malta and Gozo, Malta University Publishers. 4. Pisani George, 1980, Għawdex joħlom fil-Leġġendi. Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza. 5. Pisani George, 1985, Mill-Gżira tal-Ħolm, It-Tieni Ġabra ta’ Leġġendi Għawdxin, Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza. 6. Camilleri Joseph C., 2010, Ġabra ta’ Leġġendi. Wise Owl Publications. 7. Zarb Tarcisio, 1998, Folklore of an Island, Publishers Enterprises Group. 8. Lanfranco Guido, 2007, Bejn Storja u Drawwa, Wise Owl Publications. 9. Lanfranco Guido, 2005, Drawwiet u Ħajja mill-Istorja ta’ Malta, Wise Owl Publications. 10. Lanfranco Guido, 2008, Nagħrfu l-Leġġendi Maltin, Wise Owl Publications. 11. Lanfranco Guido, 1993, Ħxejjex Mediċinali u Oħrajn fil-Gżejjer Maltin, Media Centre Publications. 12. Lanfranco Guido, 2002, Drawwiet u Tradizzjonijiet Maltin, Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza. 13. Sultana Joe (Editur), 1995, Flora u Fauna ta’ Malta, Pubblikazzjoni Dipartiment għall-Ħarsien tal-Ambjent. 14. Anton Attard. 2002, Mid-Dinja tas-Seħer u tal-Folklore, A&M Printing, Qala. 15. Magri Emmanuel, 1905, Précis de Mythologie Maltaise in Actes du. XIV Congrès International des Orientalistes, Alger. 16. Cassar Pullicino Joseph, 1991, Ħżuż Manuel Magri, Thyme Books. 17. Anton Grasso, 1987, Enigma, Universal Library, Hamrun. 18. Baldacchino Alfred E. & Schembri Patrick, 2002, Amfibji, Rettili u Mammiferi, Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza. 19. Cassar Pullicino Joseph, 1992, Studies in Maltese Folklore, Malta University Press. 20. Mifsud Anton, Mifsud Simon, Agius Sultana Chris & Savona Ventura Charles, 2001, Malta - Echoes of Plato’s Island, The Prehistoric Society of Malta.
Photo of a pile of books. From top to bottom, the spines read as follows: Ġrajjiet il-Kliem: Qadium u Tekniku by Charles Briffa, It-Teżawru: Ġabra ta’ Sinonimi u Antonimi by Albert W. Agius, Maltese Linguistic Surveys by Joseph Aquilina, Maltese and Other Languages: A Linguistic History of Malta by Joseph M. Brincat, Is-Sessiżmu fil-Lingwa Maltija edited by George Farrugia, and Storja tal-Ilsien u l-Letteratura Maltija - Kronoloġija.
Photo of a pile of books. From top to bottom, the spines read as follows: Papers in Maltese Linguistics by Joseph Aquilina, Studies in Maltese Folklore by Joseph Cassar-Pullicino, Folktales of Malta and Gozo by Ġużè Cassar Pullicino, Society and the Inquisition in Early Modern Malta by Frans Ciappara, A Comparative Dictionary of Maltese Proverbs by Joseph Aquilina, Beyond Our Shores - A Panorama of Maltese Migration by Fr Lawrence Attard, The Maltese Bestiary by Stephan D. Mifsud, Place-Names of the Maltese Islands ca. 1300-1800 by Godfrey Wettinger, and Musical Instruments of the Maltese Islands: History, Folkways and Traditions by Anna Borg Cardona.
Screenshot of two Għar Gremxul games that have been submitted for consideration for the 2025 Ennies. The games that were submitted were Għosfor (a free-to-play solo game), and Ibħra Qawwija (a free-to-play game)