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Morgan Davie

@fromthemorgue.bsky.social

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Tall man, weird little telly boy Lower Hutt, Aotearoa New Zealand. Writing, TTRPG design with Handiwork Games and Taleturn, taking action, discussing NZ political nonsense. Usually walking the dogs. #FiveEvil coming soon! (mr_orgue at the bird site)

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Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · Oct 24

FiveEvil: Fiendish 5e Horror

My upcoming horror #TTRPG, made from twisting 5e until it squealed, and sprinkling some indie game genius over the mess.

Kickstarter link: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jon...

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$The cover of FiveEvil shows a D20 dice, upon which is sat a fly. When studied closely, we can see the fly has tiny hands. The logo is large and appears broken and fractured. The word "Five Evil" is large, with the subtitle "Fiendish 5e Horror". Across the bottom of the cover a tag line reads: "a game of unnerving terror, subverting the expectations of the world's greatest RPG"$

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Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 41m

Pepper Raccoon mail!
Very happy teenager.
Support local artists everyone!
@pepperraccoon.com

Mermaid sticker on red envelope by the amazing Pepper Raccoon!

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🦝 Pepper Raccoon: Trash Priestess 🦝 @pepperraccoon.com · 5h

#Kikorangi fam, I have an open studio this weekend as part of the Lower Hutt Arts Trail! Check out my space, I'll have all my merch available and also, it's gonna be v chill and we can just have a yap <3

FB Event here: www.facebook.com/share/1CoNfr...

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Kelly Whyte @kellywhyte.bsky.social · 8h

#kiwirpg is bringing you a Halloween bundle! 13 spooky works for #dnd , Mausritter, FATE, MotW and more for just $10.

Get your halloween game sorted and support your friendly kiwi creatives while you're at it!
#ttrpg #bundle

itch.io/b/3326/trick...

Trick or TTRPG! by Kelly Whyte and 7 others

Trick or TTRPG!: 13 items for $9.99

itch.io

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Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 4h

I love this movie

Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 7h

Coasters for EVIL!!

Jon at Handiwork Games @handiworkgames.bsky.social · 16h

The “handiwork” part isn’t lip service. Packing sets of FiveEvil intensity coasters this morning reading for dispatch.

handiwork.games/fiveevil

A photo of stacks of FiveEvil Intensity coasters ready for bagging for backers

Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 7h

Emily Care Boss’s Breaking the Ice needs a shout-out, and not just for being first (Ghost Dog aside). The systemic stuff could be smoother but it still has some great, jagged ideas. The whole 2-player RPG scene lives in the space it created, AND it’s a great game.

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Jon at Handiwork Games @handiworkgames.bsky.social · 2d

There’s a thing we’re working on, and we’re not quite ready to go loud on it yet, properly, but gosh, working with @floaker.bsky.social and Gregor Hutton is just magical, kicking the ball around and everyone is adding so much.

Amazing Paul Bourne art because I’m a horrible tease.

A digital illustration of a curiously vintage/sci-fi train, with a lone figure walking alongside it.

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Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 21h

Welcome, and I’m sorry, during election season you will see Chris Bishop approximately 3x/day

Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 21h

Great that voters did not care about the candidate being trans! But @adzebill.bsky.social has advised they are cooker-aligned so perhaps not one to regret missing of your list

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 1d

Worth reading, don’t agree with everything here, of course, but it’s still an interesting perspective

Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 1d

Hello friends. Needed to get some ideas down and break this quarter-long dry spell at the Club.

Empty whining? A manifesto? Maybe both.

The New Novelty

Hello readers. It’s been a while. You may have noticed I haven’t put anything up for a few months. Things are good here, no worries. No medical emergencies, no family or work drama. My kid’s school…

www.indiegamereadingclub.com

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Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 1d

Hopeful for a new approach to play to bubble up and sweep everyone off their feet though

Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 1d

This assessment of the wider #ttrpg scene is rough reading and I agree with all of it.

Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 1d

Hello friends. Needed to get some ideas down and break this quarter-long dry spell at the Club.

Empty whining? A manifesto? Maybe both.

The New Novelty

www.indiegamereadingclub.com

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Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 2d

This scene drives me nuts! This was a fave sequence in the book, but what possessed them to film a sequence about things that move when you don’t look by changing the setup for every shot so you can never compare before and after? Inexplicable

Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 2d

(er, not the stuff about how "EVIL IS REPELLED FROM THE MONSTRANCE!", that feels foreign to me. But showing up for social justice and paying attention to real need in the world, *that* was at the heart of it.)

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Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 2d

Out of the run of messy episodes in Twin Peaks season 2, this one stands out as not at all terrible. Diane Keaton's directing is one good reason why.

Twin Peaks title card: Directed by DIANE KEATON

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Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve been out of the faith game for many decades now but this kinda thing is what Catholicism was to me growing up.

Plus a bunch of songs that I can still sing of course

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 2d

I have!

Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 2d

For a brief period last year I had three copies of this book. Still never properly read it. One day!

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Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 2d

Nice nice nice

Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 3d

heck those vote totals are close!!! great result though!

Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah there's a lot to be happy about in those results. The numbers for Levy aren't great but I'd put an asterisk on that. She ran her whole campaign without mentioning her extensive involvement with Speak Up For Women, which seems deeply unethical; she was just "candidate who likes dogs" for many.

Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 3d

such a great season

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Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 3d

Seems like Guppy is out and Zee is in!!! huge!

Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 3d

here in the Hutt even the right wing folks on council and running for mayor wanted to keep them. They can see the value, past the crazy rhetoric.

Morgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 3d

booooooo