Dave Morris
@davemorris.bsky.social
Writer, game designer, omnicurious.
‘Oh, they’re terrible bad sorts. Devils, some say, or bad fairies...’
Presenting #ttrpg creatures in story form.
#DragonWarriors #RPG
fabledlands.blogspot.com/2025/11/mumm...
Presenting #ttrpg creatures in story form.
#DragonWarriors #RPG
fabledlands.blogspot.com/2025/11/mumm...
Mummers' games
As later Dragon Warriors books were released and we began to introduce creatures that were less familiar from folklore and fantasy fiction,...
fabledlands.blogspot.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
‘Oh, they’re terrible bad sorts. Devils, some say, or bad fairies...’
Presenting #ttrpg creatures in story form.
#DragonWarriors #RPG
fabledlands.blogspot.com/2025/11/mumm...
Presenting #ttrpg creatures in story form.
#DragonWarriors #RPG
fabledlands.blogspot.com/2025/11/mumm...
If your elected leader wants to behave like a monarch, show them Magna Carta:
"To no one will we sell, deny, or delay right or justice.”
"To no one will we sell, deny, or delay right or justice.”
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
If your elected leader wants to behave like a monarch, show them Magna Carta:
"To no one will we sell, deny, or delay right or justice.”
"To no one will we sell, deny, or delay right or justice.”
A prequel to the #BloodSword #gamebooks by lots of talented folks (not me, guv).
fabledlands.blogspot.com/2025/11/bloo...
fabledlands.blogspot.com/2025/11/bloo...
Blood Sword - the prequel
This may make sense only to our British readers, but Guy Fawkes Night was originally instituted as a day of thanksgiving (with bonfires & s...
fabledlands.blogspot.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
A prequel to the #BloodSword #gamebooks by lots of talented folks (not me, guv).
fabledlands.blogspot.com/2025/11/bloo...
fabledlands.blogspot.com/2025/11/bloo...
"And Then There's Place-Name Studies"
-- a new creepy story for Bonfire Night by Binscombe Tales author John Whitbourn.
#folkhorror
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-- a new creepy story for Bonfire Night by Binscombe Tales author John Whitbourn.
#folkhorror
wrong-magazine.blogspot.com/2025/11/and-...
And Then There's Place-Name Studies
by John Whitbourn author of the Binscombe Tales series ‘If—strange fancy—he were able to tear himself from his turf prison, rise up from ...
wrong-magazine.blogspot.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
"And Then There's Place-Name Studies"
-- a new creepy story for Bonfire Night by Binscombe Tales author John Whitbourn.
#folkhorror
wrong-magazine.blogspot.com/2025/11/and-...
-- a new creepy story for Bonfire Night by Binscombe Tales author John Whitbourn.
#folkhorror
wrong-magazine.blogspot.com/2025/11/and-...
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The nice people at ThinkyCon made me a poster! Also, don't forget ThinkyCon starts on Wednesday 5th - I'm on day two.
November 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The nice people at ThinkyCon made me a poster! Also, don't forget ThinkyCon starts on Wednesday 5th - I'm on day two.
Reposted by Dave Morris
I have just released QuestWorlds-on-a-page, my attempt to make visual sense of the rules for QuestWorlds, the genre-agnostic narrative RPG from @chaosium.bsky.social.
It's Pay-What-You-Want i.e. it is free, unless you want to give me some money to spend on more RPG stuff :-).
tiny.cc/qwoap
It's Pay-What-You-Want i.e. it is free, unless you want to give me some money to spend on more RPG stuff :-).
tiny.cc/qwoap
QuestWorlds-on-a-Page - Blue Shaboo Press | DriveThruRPG
QuestWorlds-on-a-Page is my attempt to make visual sense of the rules for Chaosium's genre-agnostic narrative roleplaying system, QuestWorlds.
It is intended to help make use of the QuestWorlds core r...
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November 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I have just released QuestWorlds-on-a-page, my attempt to make visual sense of the rules for QuestWorlds, the genre-agnostic narrative RPG from @chaosium.bsky.social.
It's Pay-What-You-Want i.e. it is free, unless you want to give me some money to spend on more RPG stuff :-).
tiny.cc/qwoap
It's Pay-What-You-Want i.e. it is free, unless you want to give me some money to spend on more RPG stuff :-).
tiny.cc/qwoap
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There is only 24 hours left to back the Pendragon Classic Kickstarter!
Don't miss out!
Back today to get your copy of Greg Stafford's masterpiece, 40 years on: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cha...
Don't miss out!
Back today to get your copy of Greg Stafford's masterpiece, 40 years on: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cha...
November 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
There is only 24 hours left to back the Pendragon Classic Kickstarter!
Don't miss out!
Back today to get your copy of Greg Stafford's masterpiece, 40 years on: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cha...
Don't miss out!
Back today to get your copy of Greg Stafford's masterpiece, 40 years on: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cha...
Whispers Beyond The Stars - Official Teaser
YouTube video by Other Worlds
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November 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
A reminder that it's safer not to attempt humour on social media...
November 1, 2025 at 10:06 AM
A reminder that it's safer not to attempt humour on social media...
"Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing demagogues, and ending tyrants." - Alexander Hamilton
November 1, 2025 at 10:03 AM
"Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing demagogues, and ending tyrants." - Alexander Hamilton
"The Gourmet": an early weird tale from Kazuo Ishiguro, and as a bonus it stars the irreplaceable Charles Gray.
wrong-magazine.blogspot.com/2025/10/samh...
wrong-magazine.blogspot.com/2025/10/samh...
Samhain delicacy
The darker half of the year begins here, and to mark it try "The Gourmet" by Kazuo Ishiguro. And in a few days' time, on November 5th, there...
wrong-magazine.blogspot.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
"The Gourmet": an early weird tale from Kazuo Ishiguro, and as a bonus it stars the irreplaceable Charles Gray.
wrong-magazine.blogspot.com/2025/10/samh...
wrong-magazine.blogspot.com/2025/10/samh...
"Love of gold fits neatly within the logic of all dictators. For men who fear being forgotten, it promises permanence; for those with fragile egos, it signals power; and for those who dream of being kings, it gleams like a divine right."
I know who fits all three...
archive.ph/a7gyj
I know who fits all three...
archive.ph/a7gyj
archive.ph
November 1, 2025 at 9:52 AM
"Love of gold fits neatly within the logic of all dictators. For men who fear being forgotten, it promises permanence; for those with fragile egos, it signals power; and for those who dream of being kings, it gleams like a divine right."
I know who fits all three...
archive.ph/a7gyj
I know who fits all three...
archive.ph/a7gyj
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New on History for Atheists: my long awaited and rather long critical review of Alice Roberts' new book *Domination*:
historyforatheists.com/2025/10/revi...
historyforatheists.com/2025/10/revi...
October 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
New on History for Atheists: my long awaited and rather long critical review of Alice Roberts' new book *Domination*:
historyforatheists.com/2025/10/revi...
historyforatheists.com/2025/10/revi...
Some book recs from @mathewlyons.bsky.social . I actually want all of these.
mathewlyons.substack.com/p/ten-books-...
mathewlyons.substack.com/p/ten-books-...
Ten books to look out for in October
Upcoming history and non-fiction titles that have caught my eye
mathewlyons.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Some book recs from @mathewlyons.bsky.social . I actually want all of these.
mathewlyons.substack.com/p/ten-books-...
mathewlyons.substack.com/p/ten-books-...
October 31, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I was one of the first kids in the UK to do trick or treat. In the mid-sixties, that was. Of course, it doesn't work so well if none of the neighbourhood families have ever heard of it.
fabledlands.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
fabledlands.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
The darkening land
A poem today to summon the spirit of Halloween. This is by Thomas Hardy : Tree-leaves labour up and down, And through them the fainting lig...
fabledlands.blogspot.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:44 AM
I was one of the first kids in the UK to do trick or treat. In the mid-sixties, that was. Of course, it doesn't work so well if none of the neighbourhood families have ever heard of it.
fabledlands.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
fabledlands.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
Five things we know about dark matter.
Any MOND advocates care to comment?
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
Any MOND advocates care to comment?
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
5 undeniable, truthful facts about dark matter
Dark matter has never been directly detected, but the astronomical evidence for its existence is overwhelming. Here's what to know.
bigthink.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Five things we know about dark matter.
Any MOND advocates care to comment?
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
Any MOND advocates care to comment?
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
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Some of Georges Simenon's best novels are his romans Américains, a baker's dozen surgical dissections of the American way of life in the 1950s -- most of them out of print, two of them never translated into English.
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neglectedbooks.com/?...
October 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Some of Georges Simenon's best novels are his romans Américains, a baker's dozen surgical dissections of the American way of life in the 1950s -- most of them out of print, two of them never translated into English.
neglectedbooks.com/?...
neglectedbooks.com/?...
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🎃 This time next week it will be #Halloween!
🧛🏻♂️ Find out where witches, monsters, ghosts and ghouls go to look their worst for their big night in #MonsterMakeovers, a new picture book by me, Rae Minos & Boxer Books.
More info at jonathanemmett.com/monster-makeovers
#KidLitUK #HalloweenPictureBooks
🧛🏻♂️ Find out where witches, monsters, ghosts and ghouls go to look their worst for their big night in #MonsterMakeovers, a new picture book by me, Rae Minos & Boxer Books.
More info at jonathanemmett.com/monster-makeovers
#KidLitUK #HalloweenPictureBooks
October 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
🎃 This time next week it will be #Halloween!
🧛🏻♂️ Find out where witches, monsters, ghosts and ghouls go to look their worst for their big night in #MonsterMakeovers, a new picture book by me, Rae Minos & Boxer Books.
More info at jonathanemmett.com/monster-makeovers
#KidLitUK #HalloweenPictureBooks
🧛🏻♂️ Find out where witches, monsters, ghosts and ghouls go to look their worst for their big night in #MonsterMakeovers, a new picture book by me, Rae Minos & Boxer Books.
More info at jonathanemmett.com/monster-makeovers
#KidLitUK #HalloweenPictureBooks
#TheThaumaturge was my favourite game of the past year, and this is #DragonWarriors' 40th anniversary, so here are rules for a DW Thaumaturge #RPG campaign set in early 20th century Poland.
fabledlands.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-th...
fabledlands.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-th...
A Thaumaturge campaign using Dragon Warriors rules
Habitués of these parts will already know that I’m an unabashed fan of The Thaumaturge CRPG, so it was only a matter of time before I start...
fabledlands.blogspot.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
#TheThaumaturge was my favourite game of the past year, and this is #DragonWarriors' 40th anniversary, so here are rules for a DW Thaumaturge #RPG campaign set in early 20th century Poland.
fabledlands.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-th...
fabledlands.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-th...
Jackson & Livingstone pioneered #gamebooks with series like #Sorcery, #FabledLands kicked off the #openworld #gamebook genre, and that in turn inspired the digital adaptation of Sorcery. And now @steampowered.com has both series in a special-offer bundle.
store.steampowered.com/bundle/61017...
store.steampowered.com/bundle/61017...
Saga of Ink and Paper on Steam
store.steampowered.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Jackson & Livingstone pioneered #gamebooks with series like #Sorcery, #FabledLands kicked off the #openworld #gamebook genre, and that in turn inspired the digital adaptation of Sorcery. And now @steampowered.com has both series in a special-offer bundle.
store.steampowered.com/bundle/61017...
store.steampowered.com/bundle/61017...
We'll never have Mars colonies because what would be the point? @neildegrassetyson.com explains.
(Mining the asteroid belt, though. There could be a business case for that.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wCC...
(Mining the asteroid belt, though. There could be a business case for that.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wCC...
Steven Bartlett: Why We'll Never Go To Mars & The Terrifying Truth Of Black Holes
YouTube video by Journey of a Visionary
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October 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We'll never have Mars colonies because what would be the point? @neildegrassetyson.com explains.
(Mining the asteroid belt, though. There could be a business case for that.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wCC...
(Mining the asteroid belt, though. There could be a business case for that.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wCC...
Sword of Harmony: a #BloodSword prequel adventure. And there's even a companion app for handling character sheet and combat -- we didn't have those 40 years ago.
#gamebooks
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
#gamebooks
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Sword of Harmony : Blood Sword Prologue - Red Ruin Publishing | Blood Sword Adventures | DriveThruRPG
A prologue to the classic gamebooks, originally from the 1980's, Blood Sword
For twenty years now, you have wandered the lands of Legend, seeking your fortune wherever the wind takes you. You have se...
www.drivethrurpg.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Sword of Harmony: a #BloodSword prequel adventure. And there's even a companion app for handling character sheet and combat -- we didn't have those 40 years ago.
#gamebooks
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
#gamebooks
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...