Welcome to Blutmunth.net!
Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Geoff G Turner, and this is my personal web site which is dedicated my various creative (and not so creative) pursuits. I currently reside on the New South Wales Central Coast in Australia, a region which has a negative reputation for various reasons, but does have some fantastic scenery and wildlife if you know where to look.
I've been living on the Central Coast since spring 1999, though I was a born and raised in the country, having spent nearly half of my life in Tamworth in northern NSW. I've never been a 9 to 5 sort of person. I've found that out the hard way through trial and error with a variety of jobs I've had over the decades, such as front door staff of a busy licensed club, a switchboard operator/casualty clerk in a hospital, various clerical positions, a website tester, a glorified paperboy for a local newspaper, mowing lawns, umpiring cricket matches and even spent time in the broadcasters chair at a radio station. I have a Bachelor of Communications degree, with a major in Information Management, which I finished at the University of Technology in Sydney in 2008.
I have been diagnosed with a number of psychological disorders, most of them anxiety related, as well as being clinically depressed, though I'm stable for the most part. In 2012 I was diagnosed by a clinical psychologist as to demonstrating several traits related to Aspergers, which really does explain a lot about the way I am. I currently attend a local mental health support group, one of many supported by One Door Mental Health. In the second half of 2023 I started co-facilitating an anxiety support group on the Central Coast which is part of the Wayahead organisation.
I enjoy writing and currently have seven e-books for sale on Amazon and Drive Through Fiction. The most recent of these, uploaded to DTF just before Xmas 2025, is the book that shares it's name with this website - Blutmunth: A Trial by Combat. It is one of four fantasy books I have written, with the other three being a fantasy football trilogy, Feudal Football,Super League and On the Road, as well as three volumes of poetry and song lyrics - You don't need my love, Suppose I'll just sing the blues and Cool evening breeze. Several pieces were published online and in competition anthologies released by VoicesNet (the books can be found on eBay, Amazon and even the Internet Archive) and by the Schizophrenic Fellowship of NSW (which is now One Door Mental Health), with Âme perdue, my 2015 entry, winning the consumer poetry section that year. One of my lyrical compositions, Two Contenders for your Crown, finished in the top ten of the lyrics section of the 2000 Australian Songwriters Association competition. Both of these pieces feature in the first volume.
I've also had some success since taking up photography (again) in 2011. Weather and old sporting injuries permitting, I'll wander around somewhere and see what I can find. I started entering competitions in 2012 and picked up commendations in 2015, 2016 & 2019 at the Gosford Regional Show and other various competitions. I have regularly displayed pieces at the annual Art Works! Mental Health Exhibition at the Gosford Regional Gallery, and did have pieces displayed at a local gallery, Casa del Sol, which was located in Koolewong but closed down six years ago.
Sport has played a big part of my life, either as a spectator or a player. As an adolescent, I played soccer, union, cricket (indoor and outdoor) and league up until I finished high school, as well as ten-pin bowling and squash. Before moving from Tamworth I was heavily involved in a variety of indoor sports including soccer, league and netball. After a long hiatus, I returned to the pitch in 2011, playing eight seasons for North Rocks, mostly in the Over 35s competition. I played in two grand finals, as goalkeeper on both occasions, with the team winning the 2012 decider 3-2 but losing the 2014 final by a solitary goal. My final competitive match was in June 2019, that season ending early due to multiple injuries. I briefly played Over 50s walking football in 2024 though had to stop playing because my old leg injuries flared up again. As a spectator, I've been following the Central Coast Mariners since their first competitive match in 2005 (conveniently having lived a relatively short walk from their home ground for 16.5 years) and have been a Canberra Raiders supporter since their inception in the national rugby league competition.
I'm a keen gamer, though these days it's more online than table-top. My favourite game of all time is Blood Bowl (for the uninitiated, try this link), which I've been playing for over 30 years in its various formats. As of January 2026 I've played 1231 matches (in all formats) and still try to attend as many events in NSW as I can. In the past, I have run several competitions and tournaments (official and unofficial events) and on the BB circuit I'm known as 'Vimes'.
I also maintain three blogs, The Dwarven One, which is mostly about life, dealing with mental illness as well as being autistic, sport, photography, music, movies, the world about anything that takes my fancy. Then there's The Dwarven One's Blood Bowl and Role-Playing Blog, which is mainly about what table-top and computer games that I play these days and finally Beaches and Burgers, a food blog of sorts, where I post pictures of places I've visited and food that was eaten. The first two were started in 2005.
For more current news about gaming events, competitions, and how my various projects are coming along, check the News page, or the related blog. Cheers!
Geoff G Turner
11 Feb 2026