Morgan Davie
@fromthemorgue.bsky.social
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)
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...
Index thread follows…
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...
Index thread follows…
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A|state 2e was a massive team effort, and everyone involved should be rightly proud of what I think is a great setting coupled to the best iteration of the Forged in the Dark mechanics.
More here: handiwork.games/games/astate
More here: handiwork.games/games/astate
November 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
A|state 2e was a massive team effort, and everyone involved should be rightly proud of what I think is a great setting coupled to the best iteration of the Forged in the Dark mechanics.
More here: handiwork.games/games/astate
More here: handiwork.games/games/astate
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Gotta love a game of Three Coins. Bankside rules, yeah?
November 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Gotta love a game of Three Coins. Bankside rules, yeah?
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Trilemma Adventures Compendium is the DTRPG deal of the day! This 2x ENnie award-winning book has 55 two-page adventure sites that you can immediately drop into your fantasy setting, or use as part of the embedded campaign setting. All for a measly nine bucks?!
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/2...
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/2...
November 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Trilemma Adventures Compendium is the DTRPG deal of the day! This 2x ENnie award-winning book has 55 two-page adventure sites that you can immediately drop into your fantasy setting, or use as part of the embedded campaign setting. All for a measly nine bucks?!
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/2...
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/2...
November 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Gotta wonder when in the Predator Badlands process Dan Trachtenberg found out that Noah Hawley was doing all the same stuff in Alien Earth
November 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Gotta wonder when in the Predator Badlands process Dan Trachtenberg found out that Noah Hawley was doing all the same stuff in Alien Earth
Gotta wonder when in the Predator Badlands process Dan Trachtenberg found out that Noah Hawley was doing all the same stuff in Alien Earth
November 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Gotta wonder when in the Predator Badlands process Dan Trachtenberg found out that Noah Hawley was doing all the same stuff in Alien Earth
went to an event today in a Wgtn suburb I’d never been to before
Got out of car - and @davidcormack.bsky.social leapt from the shadows and tackled me to the ground*
I had unknowingly parked right outside his house
Typical
*details of meeting Mr Cornmack slightly enhanced for dramatic effect
Got out of car - and @davidcormack.bsky.social leapt from the shadows and tackled me to the ground*
I had unknowingly parked right outside his house
Typical
*details of meeting Mr Cornmack slightly enhanced for dramatic effect
November 15, 2025 at 6:25 AM
went to an event today in a Wgtn suburb I’d never been to before
Got out of car - and @davidcormack.bsky.social leapt from the shadows and tackled me to the ground*
I had unknowingly parked right outside his house
Typical
*details of meeting Mr Cornmack slightly enhanced for dramatic effect
Got out of car - and @davidcormack.bsky.social leapt from the shadows and tackled me to the ground*
I had unknowingly parked right outside his house
Typical
*details of meeting Mr Cornmack slightly enhanced for dramatic effect
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GST, income tax, the actual cost to produce the product, Shopify fees, AfterPay fees if you use AfterPay, packaging costs, advertising costs, etc. It’s a lot.
When you go to buy from an individual creator this season please remember the price at checkout (in person or online) is not what they will see reflected in their account
Fees, immediate taxes, and future taxes cut what they would make often in half
We price for that, so please be understanding!
Fees, immediate taxes, and future taxes cut what they would make often in half
We price for that, so please be understanding!
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
GST, income tax, the actual cost to produce the product, Shopify fees, AfterPay fees if you use AfterPay, packaging costs, advertising costs, etc. It’s a lot.
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It's another episode of your favourite 1970s children's animation "The Maskwitches and the hungry dead shivering like flukes through our pine-tar souls".
I'd say I'm sorry to people frightened of the Maskwitches and the teeth stuff, but you'd know I was lying.
handiwork.games/home/the-sil...
I'd say I'm sorry to people frightened of the Maskwitches and the teeth stuff, but you'd know I was lying.
handiwork.games/home/the-sil...
November 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It's another episode of your favourite 1970s children's animation "The Maskwitches and the hungry dead shivering like flukes through our pine-tar souls".
I'd say I'm sorry to people frightened of the Maskwitches and the teeth stuff, but you'd know I was lying.
handiwork.games/home/the-sil...
I'd say I'm sorry to people frightened of the Maskwitches and the teeth stuff, but you'd know I was lying.
handiwork.games/home/the-sil...
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The response to this article today from professional colleagues and the gaming community has really been heartwarming and humbling. I really do appreciate people engaging with this research, and taking the time to let me know (esp. if - like me - they played Twilight 2000 'back in the day').
Hurrah! My article on the Twilight 2000 RPG in the Journal of American Studies is now open access (OA), so anyone who wants to can have a read. OA is important to me, as I want my work on RPG history to go beyond the academy and reach the gaming public.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
When You Say, “Thermonuclear War,” I Think You Mean “the Call to Adventure”! The Twilight: 2000 Tabletop Role-Playing Game and the Postapocalyptic World’s Imaginary Spaces | Journal of American Studie...
When You Say, “Thermonuclear War,” I Think You Mean “the Call to Adventure”! The Twilight: 2000 Tabletop Role-Playing Game and the Postapocalyptic World’s Imaginary Spaces
www.cambridge.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The response to this article today from professional colleagues and the gaming community has really been heartwarming and humbling. I really do appreciate people engaging with this research, and taking the time to let me know (esp. if - like me - they played Twilight 2000 'back in the day').
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Aw shout out from my ttrpg community!
Parks & Rec meets urban fantasy, a novel by Ōtautahi author
@kehealey.bsky.social
With #ttrpg relevance:
“I begged three friends to let me run a tabletop role-playing game for them... otherwise I was going to have to write a series set in this world….”
www.kickstarter.com/projects/kar...
@kehealey.bsky.social
With #ttrpg relevance:
“I begged three friends to let me run a tabletop role-playing game for them... otherwise I was going to have to write a series set in this world….”
www.kickstarter.com/projects/kar...
Magician First Class: Urban Fantasy With Heart
Sparks & Recreation: a new series about magic, community, and doing your best from award-winning author Kate (Karen) Healey
www.kickstarter.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Aw shout out from my ttrpg community!
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Can’t wait for the Sensible Sentencing Trust to reveal their billboard absolutely roasting this guy
Former PM John Key says public's trust in police threatened by recent events McSkimming case
Former PM John Key says public's trust in police threatened by recent events McSkimming case
Sir John's comments come after a report that found senior police leaders mishandled accusations of sexual offending by former deputy commissioner Jevon McSkimming.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 14, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Can’t wait for the Sensible Sentencing Trust to reveal their billboard absolutely roasting this guy
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Parks & Rec meets urban fantasy, a novel by Ōtautahi author
@kehealey.bsky.social
With #ttrpg relevance:
“I begged three friends to let me run a tabletop role-playing game for them... otherwise I was going to have to write a series set in this world….”
www.kickstarter.com/projects/kar...
@kehealey.bsky.social
With #ttrpg relevance:
“I begged three friends to let me run a tabletop role-playing game for them... otherwise I was going to have to write a series set in this world….”
www.kickstarter.com/projects/kar...
Magician First Class: Urban Fantasy With Heart
Sparks & Recreation: a new series about magic, community, and doing your best from award-winning author Kate (Karen) Healey
www.kickstarter.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Parks & Rec meets urban fantasy, a novel by Ōtautahi author
@kehealey.bsky.social
With #ttrpg relevance:
“I begged three friends to let me run a tabletop role-playing game for them... otherwise I was going to have to write a series set in this world….”
www.kickstarter.com/projects/kar...
@kehealey.bsky.social
With #ttrpg relevance:
“I begged three friends to let me run a tabletop role-playing game for them... otherwise I was going to have to write a series set in this world….”
www.kickstarter.com/projects/kar...
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Couple of branching thoughts before I move on.
As long as we continue to view management and leadership as about control and status laddering, rather delivering results and elevating those around us, we will continue to incentivise unsuitable and sometimes downright broken people to cling to power.
As long as we continue to view management and leadership as about control and status laddering, rather delivering results and elevating those around us, we will continue to incentivise unsuitable and sometimes downright broken people to cling to power.
November 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Couple of branching thoughts before I move on.
As long as we continue to view management and leadership as about control and status laddering, rather delivering results and elevating those around us, we will continue to incentivise unsuitable and sometimes downright broken people to cling to power.
As long as we continue to view management and leadership as about control and status laddering, rather delivering results and elevating those around us, we will continue to incentivise unsuitable and sometimes downright broken people to cling to power.
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The men who refuse to accept this is a systemic problem and who believe there’s no such thing as society are always the first to whine and grievance troll about NZ schools being too female dominated and blame society for presenting men as toxic.
November 13, 2025 at 10:46 AM
The men who refuse to accept this is a systemic problem and who believe there’s no such thing as society are always the first to whine and grievance troll about NZ schools being too female dominated and blame society for presenting men as toxic.
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Going live with this stream in about 20 minutes!
Me and @manarampmatt.bsky.social are livestreaming our development of the final adventure for Rolling Coast!
Friday, 14 Nov @ 10am AEST (13 Nov @ 3pm PST)
🗺️ Building the adventure and map
📜 Discussing our creative process and design philosophy
💬 Taking live Q&A
www.youtube.com/live/_IwNcof...
Friday, 14 Nov @ 10am AEST (13 Nov @ 3pm PST)
🗺️ Building the adventure and map
📜 Discussing our creative process and design philosophy
💬 Taking live Q&A
www.youtube.com/live/_IwNcof...
🎢 Behind the Design: Building a Mausritter Adventure Site Live with ManaDawn & Ten Acre Games 🗺️
🗺️ Join Matt (ManaDawn Tabletop Games) and Hugh (Ten Acre Games) live as they design a brand-new adventure site for Rolling Coast, the Mausritter setting boxset currently funding as a part of Mausritt...
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Going live with this stream in about 20 minutes!
Every time I read an email from the Epstein leak I am reminded once again of this regrettable truth
The great and the mighty are, by and large, fuckin’ stupid
The great and the mighty are, by and large, fuckin’ stupid
Let this be a reminder that the people who make big decisions about big matters are often absolute marks, just total gullible smoothbrains nodding as they accept complete bullshit because it makes them feel smart.
Gonna add the #nzpol hashtag to this one for no particular reason
Gonna add the #nzpol hashtag to this one for no particular reason
Hyperloop One, the futuristic transportation company building tube-encased lines to zip passengers and freight from city to city at airplane-like speeds, is shutting down, according to people familiar with the situation
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Every time I read an email from the Epstein leak I am reminded once again of this regrettable truth
The great and the mighty are, by and large, fuckin’ stupid
The great and the mighty are, by and large, fuckin’ stupid
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Remember: if AI did even half of what it promises, tech firms wouldn't need to shove it down our throats, unasked for, at every opportunity.
It's snake oil. Resist.
It's snake oil. Resist.
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Remember: if AI did even half of what it promises, tech firms wouldn't need to shove it down our throats, unasked for, at every opportunity.
It's snake oil. Resist.
It's snake oil. Resist.
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One time at GenCon, I had an amazing chat with one of the original MERP developers. Now this wasn’t Pete Fenlon who I spoke to (in a state of awe) the next year. I never got this fellow’s name, and it’s really bugged me ever since. And over time the convo with him and Pete F have sorta merged. 1/4
November 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM
One time at GenCon, I had an amazing chat with one of the original MERP developers. Now this wasn’t Pete Fenlon who I spoke to (in a state of awe) the next year. I never got this fellow’s name, and it’s really bugged me ever since. And over time the convo with him and Pete F have sorta merged. 1/4
EXT: BEAUTIFUL TROPICAL LOCATION
A luxury hotel amid palms.
INT: BATHROOM WITH OCEAN VIEW
Bond steps out of the shower, wraps a towel.
BOND: Just a dream.
A beautiful blonde, JUSTA DREAM, slinks out of the shower after him.
DREAM: Oh I'm very real.
They HAVE A 007 PRECREDITS SEQUENCE TOGETHER
A luxury hotel amid palms.
INT: BATHROOM WITH OCEAN VIEW
Bond steps out of the shower, wraps a towel.
BOND: Just a dream.
A beautiful blonde, JUSTA DREAM, slinks out of the shower after him.
DREAM: Oh I'm very real.
They HAVE A 007 PRECREDITS SEQUENCE TOGETHER
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 AM
EXT: BEAUTIFUL TROPICAL LOCATION
A luxury hotel amid palms.
INT: BATHROOM WITH OCEAN VIEW
Bond steps out of the shower, wraps a towel.
BOND: Just a dream.
A beautiful blonde, JUSTA DREAM, slinks out of the shower after him.
DREAM: Oh I'm very real.
They HAVE A 007 PRECREDITS SEQUENCE TOGETHER
A luxury hotel amid palms.
INT: BATHROOM WITH OCEAN VIEW
Bond steps out of the shower, wraps a towel.
BOND: Just a dream.
A beautiful blonde, JUSTA DREAM, slinks out of the shower after him.
DREAM: Oh I'm very real.
They HAVE A 007 PRECREDITS SEQUENCE TOGETHER
One of the weirdest times i've been blocked! Lots of shares of something incorrect about "Doctor Who" RPGs, a subject i know something about. My reply - I think pretty chill? - gets me blocked. The post is still up getting shared.
??
I mean, it's about a Doctor Who RPG, the stakes couldn't be lower.
??
I mean, it's about a Doctor Who RPG, the stakes couldn't be lower.
Huh?
I don’t know avatar but this isn’t true of… any Doctor Who RPGs ever? I mean the FASA one in the 80s encouraged creating your own character but even that had published adventures where you played the Doctor?
I don’t know avatar but this isn’t true of… any Doctor Who RPGs ever? I mean the FASA one in the 80s encouraged creating your own character but even that had published adventures where you played the Doctor?
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 AM
One of the weirdest times i've been blocked! Lots of shares of something incorrect about "Doctor Who" RPGs, a subject i know something about. My reply - I think pretty chill? - gets me blocked. The post is still up getting shared.
??
I mean, it's about a Doctor Who RPG, the stakes couldn't be lower.
??
I mean, it's about a Doctor Who RPG, the stakes couldn't be lower.
If i had only done like 90% less thinking this could have been me
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
If i had only done like 90% less thinking this could have been me
14yo is making a board game for her digital tech school assignment. Just sat us down for a parental play test of the paper mockup, and took careful notes as we followed the rules and played the game. It’s neat!
It’s about building up a stable full of horses as you compete in three horsey events.
It’s about building up a stable full of horses as you compete in three horsey events.
November 12, 2025 at 8:17 AM
14yo is making a board game for her digital tech school assignment. Just sat us down for a parental play test of the paper mockup, and took careful notes as we followed the rules and played the game. It’s neat!
It’s about building up a stable full of horses as you compete in three horsey events.
It’s about building up a stable full of horses as you compete in three horsey events.
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They already did explain it though, if you watched right to the end of No Time to Die
November 12, 2025 at 3:10 AM
They already did explain it though, if you watched right to the end of No Time to Die