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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The tide is about to go out! Last day for all you delvers to get aboard the Backerkit barge for Time Without Tide, a most excellent new RPG of mirth and misery. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c...

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Plus, the sale extends across the whole site, including the many other Chaosium titles. Get the Pendragon Gamemaster's Handbook PDF at half price! That's much easier than lying in wait in a forest and knocking it off its horse. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

DriveThruRPG are having their annual GMs Day sale. Many of the Companions of Arthur publications for Pendragon can be had for a song, or if you don't have a medieval ballad ready, a discount. Get thee hence! www.drivethrurpg.com/.../50585/co...

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Roses are red 🌹 So is Yara Aranis, six-armed Lunar Goddess of the Glowline… 🌖 “Stealing the Eye”, a RuneQuest heist adventure by Todd Gardiner is out now in PDF from @chaosium.bsky.social. It’s huge fun. I did the edit on this: finally, my first RQ credit, at last! www.chaosium.com/blognew-adve...

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

2026 convention shirts just arrived! You can see which games I’m fired up to run in the New Year. How about you?

Three T-shirts on a table. Pendragon (My Other Ride is a Horse), Age of Vikings, and RuneQuest Adventures in Glorantha.

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Absolute belter of a RuneQuest session tonight, as the adventurers cleared a scorpion man infestation out of an Earth temple. Gripping, mythic, heroic and hilarious: I’m in love with this game all over again. #weareallus

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

There are 4 types of guys online. No exceptions.

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Me: Hey Gemini, what is the absolute worst possible example for an AI prompt to encourage people to use you? Gemini: How about outsourcing human connection and gratitude, while abrogating involvement in a child's education? Me: Nailed it.

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

But in addition, Greg Stafford’s brilliant and passionate system design with dynastic play means that there are 75 years of adventure in the box, from the death of Uther to the fall of Arthur. I can’t think of a single other box set that offers that much playability with just the contents at hand.

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

I think the first edition of Pendragon remains the most beautiful box set in the history of the roleplaying game art form. Gorgeous cover by Jody Lee, innovative but clean layout by Yurek Chodak, wonderful full colour map by Charlie Krank and above all the romantic interior art by Lisa Free.

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

A perfect moonlit Halloween seeing @realgdt.bsky.social Frankenstein at the Star Cinema Eaglehawk. What a thrill to see a marvelous new version of Mary Shelley’s 200-year-old story in a 125-year-old venue.

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Who'd knew that annoying squires would be so popular? My not-serious publication Squires Rampant on the Companions of Arthur community content program for Pendragon has hit Electrum sales. Huge thanks to all who've taken these vexing squires into their care. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

The Rose Garden Club is the hottest place to be.

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Meanwhile in Absalom…. (Last week’s game)

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Funnily enough, a group of friends gave Penny & I a collection of games for our 50th, and lo and behold, there was an original box set. What a treasure. But I can’t claim it as bring in my first 3.

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I loved this ol’ hardcover to pieces.

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

These ones were sliiiiightly better….

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

What were your first 3 #TTRPGbox sets, you say? 1. D&D Basic Set (B/X - Moldvay) 2. D&D Expert Set (B/X - Moldvay) 3. RuneQuest Borderlands All three still slap. (Not my original D&D box, a middle-aged nostalgia buy; but my original Borderlands, never parted with that and never will.)

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

It’s so bloody good to be back in Sartar again. I feel like me in 1983, discovering RuneQuest for the first time. (No griffins were harmed in this combat, it had a go at Mago then flew off.)

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Australian film fans, music fans, and film music fans, Rage will be repeating their At the Movies special with Margaret & David this Friday night at 11:40pm on ABC TV.

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Here’s looking at you, West. Hilarious night watching Re-Animator on a comfy couch at the Star Cinema Eaglehawk. I’ve seen it before so did not need to hide behind said couch.

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Do you run Pendragon? Do you need more adventures, or are you inspired to write one yourself? The Companions of Arthur community content program is the place for both those things! Right now we're getting ready for Pentecost, the questiest time of the year. www.drivethrurpg.com/cc/48/Compan...

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Back in the 1980s Penny ran a fantastic RQ Vikings campaign, and in 2012 Pedro Ziviani wrote Mythic Iceland, setting it firmly in the land of Grettir & Egil. It's back as Age of Vikings, a standalone Chaosium RPG fuelled by fire, ice, and the Basic Roleplaying system. I cannot wait to start a saga.

Age of Vikings cover from Chaosium. A Viking family in Iceland grab their weapons as a horned giant is birthed from a volcano.

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Talkin’ RPGs at a Supanova of yore. Still keep this guide handy at all times:

Framed illustration by MatteBat of four healing potions in escalating size.

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

It’s not Christmas until the Q-Workshop dice bells chime…

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

It’s beginning to look a lot like the Pendragon Christmas adventure 🎄⚔️

Table set for an RPG session. The GM screen is a castle wall with tinsel and a golden star. In front is a snow field with winter trees, the Pendragon rulebook, and red and green Christmas dice.

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

It’s been a few decades, but what a blast to see the band Superchunk @superchunk.bsky.social play the Corner Hotel in Melbourne again. Their 1993 album No Pocky For Kitty produced with heart and crunch by Steve Albini is my favourite record of all time. Glad to say they still absolutely rock.

Gig list outside the Corner Hotel in Melbourne. Superchunk 14 December.

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

The Mythos is afoot in London! I was delighted to unfurl this huge poster version of Alyssa Faden’s superb London map from the Cthulhu by Gaslight Investigator’s Guide. The one in the book is dandy, but the upsize detail is stunning. The investigators may get eaten, but at least they won’t get lost.

London 1890s poster map, covering most of a dining table.

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

After a cracking weekend of the Napoleonic horror wargame Silver Bayonet, it’s Pathfinder 2e week! Finally descending to Level 4 of the Abomination Vaults on Thursday night.

In a ruined castle in the snow, an aristo vampire tries to put the bite onto Vivian the vivandiere.

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Marlowe doesn’t always eat books, but when he does, he likes to eat books called The Book Eaters. #BookSky

A small grey dog stands looking up at a coverless copy of The Book Eaters by Sunny Dean.

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

To Desire an Endless Dream, Vaelastrasz. I always play music during RPGs and for the Abomination Vaults in Pathfinder I’ve been spinning dungeonsynth, a genre which sounds like the music we heard in our heads when playing D&D in the 80s. Hail Vael! vaelastrasz.bandcamp.com/album/to-des...

To Desire an Endless Dream, Vaelastrasz. Old school ink drawing. A taloned hand with a pentagram tattoo clutches a dagger with an eye in the hilt.

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Much Unseen is Also Here, Lustmord. The monumental sound of an uncaring universe. If you’re on a dying planet, listen to Lustmord. If you’re here for Call of Cthulhu advice, listen to Lustmord. If you seek comfort in darkness: Lustmord. @lustmord.bsky.social lustmord.bandcamp.com/album/much-u...

Much Unseen is Also Here, Lustmord. An alabaster angelic being stands ready to unleash a line of Cyclopean sphinx like entities.

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

The Past is Still Alive, Hurray for the Riff Raff. An astonishing Americana record of love and loss as Alynda looks back on a runaway troubador life. “Alibi” kicks things off, but “Collosus” written in the wake of the Club Q shootings stops my heart every time. hftrr.bandcamp.com/album/the-pa...

The Past is Still Alive, Hurray for the Riff Raff. Alynda Segara looks at us from a chair by a window in a tin building, cowboy hat pulled low. Outside the desert sun blazes.

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

This is legitimately good. A strong espresso with after notes of luxury hurtling towards certain doom.

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

It is beyond my means to ever ride the actual Simplon Orient Express, but at least I can enjoy this IP-adjacent coffee capsule. (Fun fact: the first author meeting in 2012 for the second edition of Horror on the Orient Express was at a cafe near Mont Albert train station called Orient Espresso.)

Nespresso blue train themed advent calendar, compartment 1: Unforgettable Espresso (Espresso Inoubliable).

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 20/20 #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Marlowe wonders if you’ve got any toast.

Marlowe, a rescue dog, cross between a Lhao Apso and a Schnauzer (we think).

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Me: I really don’t need a coffee advent calendar this year. Nespresso: We made the box look like the Orient Express. Me: Merde.

Nespresso advent calendar 2024. The box looks like the famous blue train.

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 19/20 #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 18/20 #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

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Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 17/20 #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge

The Gutter Prayer, Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan

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