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Marsh Davies
@marshdavies.bsky.social
Writer & illustrator. Former head of creative writing at Mojang. Making horrid TTRPGs about cursed pies, hogmen and worse.

https://teethrpg.itch.io/
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Our roleplaying game:
- squirms with aquatic awfulness
- invites revenge upon King George III
- has diagrams explaining how wind works
- is now funded
- still won't pay my bills (but YOU could change that, maybe)

Please ameliorate my financial terror by backing:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/149...
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I know this art was picked cuz its GTA but boy howdy does it look like its suggesting a solution
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Rockstar co-founder and former Grand Theft Auto writer Dan Houser has likened AI to mad cow disease, and claimed that humanity is being pulled in a direction “by a certain group of people who maybe aren't fully rounded humans.” https://bit.ly/4pDEfoN
December 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"And you make a living from that? Wait, why are you crying? Oh god, he's gone foetal."
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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quake brutalism jam update. starting playtests now (grab it in the discord if you want to help) and then gonna squeeze in a final polish / set dressing pass before the deadline
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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#72 Spacegirl - Ink and gouache on 13 x 19 bristol
#Spacegirl
November 30, 2025 at 9:26 AM
While we are doing stoicism in the face of horrendous wartime dismemberment, I was struck by this line from Aristide du Petit-Thouars's wiki page.
November 29, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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At first you're like, why does this have a wiki page

Then you find out it might be the best wiki page ever
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
In recognition of this season of festive consumerism, and, aptly enough, to cover my unexpected dental care costs, please consider this 50%-off sale of our TEETH zines. BUY BUY BUY for Santa and/or my wretched mouth.

itch.io/s/167336/tee...
TEETHazine Bundle by TEETH: A ROLEPLAYING GAME
A bundle by TEETH: A ROLEPLAYING GAME, $13.00 for STRANGER & STRANGER, BLOOD COTILLION, MORE TEETH
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November 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
OVER/UNDER sounds like one of the most fascinating experiments in roleplaying to date - I'm gutted I missed it! Fab write-up from @markwallace.bsky.social here.
November 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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The latest TEETH newsletter features a guest essay on OVER/UNDER by prolific journalist and role-player @markwallace.bsky.social

It's really good. Have a read!
Guest Post: On OVER/UNDER, by Our Man In California
Ahoy! You probably know what this newsletter is, since you signed up for it. But if you don’t, why not come by the Discord and ask someone? Perhaps Marsh or...
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November 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
This book is one of my most cherished possessions. I'm too stupid to solve any of it, but the art was a keystone of my childhood imagination.
Images from Masquerade (1979) by Kit Williams, an illustrated puzzle book that led clever readers to a buried golden hare. This book was immensely popular upon release and inspired the genre we now call "armchair treasure hunts"
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Me: whats up man ever since you succumbed to the forest youve had this undeescribable vibe
My boy Trevor: *the sound of 1000 enraptured wasps vibrating a hive*
Me: yeah i guess
November 28, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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I wrote this! I do hope you Fallen Londoners enjoy it.
Looking upon one's likeness is always a little uncanny. But there is some awful radiance to those eyes. As if some creature had taken your shape upon the canvas.

The Exceptional Story in Fallen London for December is Father's Oils, by @rossignol.bsky.social.
November 27, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Goodnight.

Reapers near the waterfall
André Gamet, 1946
November 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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There should be more games inspired by avant-garde stage design.
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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New @draknek.bsky.social game looks pretty cool.
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Julius Klinger (1876–1942)
November 26, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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i hope websites feel like im shooting them with a gun when i turn off their ai features. im deselecting checkboxes and muttering die. die. die. under my breath and i hope they can tell
November 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Looking forward to representing @maverick-games.com this Saturday with @davefoxcomposer.bsky.social at @mcmcomc.bsky.social in Birmingham!

Do pop along to hear us chat about getting into games from other industries! www.mcmcomiccon.com/birmingham/e...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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PASSAGE: THE AVATAR (1988)
Acrylic on Canvas - 48" x 48"

Initially inspired by a few notes from a Pink Floyd instrumental track, this came to me while floating in a sensory deprivation tank. 1/4
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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"Wretched Escapees From Gisang's Forsaken Comedies"

This illustration thematically previews my next theatre adventure, which I've just sent to print. Yasss.
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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The books are flying homewards.
Ooh, look what just arrived! Absolutely beautiful work by @ianmcque.bsky.social with @rossignol.bsky.social - looking forward to drinking it in later.

Slightly disappointed it smells of fresh print and not diesel and sea water :)
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Not really the point, but why is Huang always wearing his little biker jacket? It's clearly an affectation, but I genuinely don't know what it says, to always be wearing a costume when you are an adult, much less a CEO. Seems as odd to me as if he showed up as an astronaut or Dracula.
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM