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Marsh Davies @marshdavies.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

ICYMI, this week's newsletter interviews 18th-centuryist, Actual Play scholar & TTRPG megabrain @friede.bsky.social. It's full of good stuff: on microcelebrity, the Mercer Effect, authenticity & anachronism in historical games, & the world's greatest break-up novel. buttondown.com/TeethRPG/arc...

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Marsh & The Magdalena, Dr Emily Friedman on Actual Play, the 18th century, other things.

Ahoy, and welcome to the TEETH newsletter. This is an (aspirationally) weekly report about our travels on the TTRPG-seas, written and compiled by implacable...

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

This Wimbledon men’s final might be an all-timer. I bet my father-in-law a Kitkat that Alcaraz will win. The stakes couldn’t be higher

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

This isn’t a parody, it’s real, and it’s perfect

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Emma Senior @emmasenior.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

I just described my idea for a macaron experiment to @tomsenior.bsky.social and he said it left him feeling 'unsettled in my soul'. No peanut butter and bacon jam macarons for him, then.

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Lovely day revisiting Glastonbury town in the blazing sunshine. Xenomorphs, crystals, churches, friendly pub dogs, and cults. All on one street.

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Couldn’t sleep so I upgraded the arcade stick

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

How many red flags can you fit into one paragraph of a job description

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

The best thing about baths is that you get to become soup for a bit.

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

I was feeling glum today, but then Dad called and now I get to pilot an EVA! I’m sure everything will be great from here on out

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Watching Blade Runner again. The nerd-god Tyrell tells Roy that in his short life burns so very, very brightly. 20 mins later, Roy is prancing around an abandoned building in his underpants. A film student nods sagely and whispers “yesss, THIS is character development”.

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

We’ve got wood pigeons too, of course. In the old flat I was watching a film with Ems and I said ‘wow they’ve actually got the bird sounds right for England’ and Ems said ‘Tom, the window’s open’

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

A small Saturday morning ritual: sitting in the garden with the Merlin app on to see which birds are hanging out here today

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

When Uncle Ben says ‘with great power comes great responsibility’ I don’t think he was imagining someone becoming a sticky acrobat.

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

I don’t know why, but Ryan Gosling characters die the moment they realise the film isn’t about them.

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

When you get a cat you think you’re inviting an elegant, graceful apex predator to share your home However, in reality, you look into the front room while cooking and see something like this

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Scavengers Reign is perfect sci-fi. Exquisite animation originally exclusive to HBO and now buried in the Netflix archive. Watching again and enjoying the horror Fantasia of it

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

I’m interested in the last post because my eyesight is too poor to legally even learn to drive (lifelong 3rd nerve palsy double vision). It is hugely limiting to rely on public transport in this country, in terms of reach and expense, especially for employment.

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Some interesting business sense-checks on Tesla’s convulsions and the EV market in the last few years podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Car crash: Musk and Tesla

Podcast Episode · The Slow Newscast · 20/05/2025 · 30m

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The Crate and Crowbar @crateandcrowbar.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

In which myself and @tomsenior.bsky.social *really* love Old Skies, and then talk about point and click adventures we've loved for ages. crateandcrowbar.com/2025/05/16/e...

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

I used to approve marketing thumbnails and now can’t stop loud questions popping in to my head as I browse Disney+ (and all other sites) “Why have you prioritised Bigfoot, Slug Monster and Cabbage Goblin over the life and death clash between the most important characters in all of Star Wars?”

A thumbnail on Disney+ advertising Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. The image prominently features Chewbacca, Jabba the Hutt and Yoda. Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader lock blades in a small silhouette beneath clumsily cropped headshots of Chewie, Jabba, and Yoda.

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

If you’re enjoying Andor it’s worth reading The Secret Agent by Conrad. It captures how fanatics exploit one another, and how grand causes give way to personal grievances and pure greed. It’s somehow scary, quite sad and occasionally absurdly funny.

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

After playing Blue Prince I will be requiring my kid to pass a weird A-Level to inherit my wealth when the time comes

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

On the edge of my seat already for Villa v PSG. Arsenal incredible v RM, let’s go

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Can we stop building news items around thinktanks plz

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

It feels like the first day of Spring and Cheddar the Cat is cross about it

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

New pod! The silliness and restrained ambition of Call of Duty, the delayed excellence of Monster Hunter, and thoughts on Avowed youtu.be/idXzg9v3g9I?...

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Episode 443: It's Totally OK to Kill a Lizardman

YouTube video by The Crate and Crowbar

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

First music I bought with paper round pocket money was the tape single ‘If You Tolerate This, Then Your Children Will Be Next’ by the Manic Street Preachers. I was 13 I think? The Manics are part of why I picked up a guitar as a kid, and I’ve been chasing that ‘bwoooaaarrm’ intro noise for years…

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Marsh Davies @marshdavies.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I've been busy drawing piratical portraits of our esteemed Gold Teeth backers. Thanks to everyone who gurned for me and apologies for what I have done to your beautiful faces.

A portrait of Stephen Baker, who in reality is handsome in a potently wholesome way, forcing me to turn him into some sort of sinister conjuror as well as a pirate. His fingers exude a smoke which wreathes around the frame of the portrait to manifest as some sort of winged cat demon, perched upon his shoulder.

Gold Teeth needs at least one terrible child-captain, and here we have her, roaring like a tiger and making claws with her hands. The frame around her depicts a tiger in a similar pose.

Mighty comicsman, creator of DIE RPG, and Father of New Game Journalism, Captain Kieron Gillen, here depicted as a vampire enjoying a tipple. The portrait border evokes some of the symbology from DIE.

Our generous backer Lars Westergren was game enough to pull the most terrifying expression in service of this portrait, and I turned him into a heavily scarred, cleaver-wielding maniac, in ragged clothing. The border of the portrait suggests driftwood.

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Chris Thursten @cjpt.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Happy publication day, Grombrindal! A Realms-spanning story of gods and fate and unlikely fellowship, and - above all else - an excuse to come up with names for a bunch of new kinds of duardin ale.

Holding a copy of my new book, ‘Grombrindal: Ancestor’s Burden’

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Thought I’d download the new Call of Duty for some casual play this weekend on the PS5. Checked in at lunch and the download is still going at 251GB plus and counting

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

I love the dawn chorus, but since getting a cat all I hear when the birds sing is “HELLO! BREAKFAST! HERE I AM, RIGHT HERE IN THIS TREE”

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Xmas telly was brilliant this year. Ofc it’s got to be safe and easy to natter over without losing the beats, but all the big shows snuck in a surprise or two.

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Huge respect to Aardman for bringing back Wallace and Gromit to terrify a new generation of kids this Christmas

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

We caught up on all of Gavin and Stacey ahead of the finale later, great show but half of it was recognising pubs, clubs and takeaway shops we’ve been to in Cardiff

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Great advice. It sharpened my critical thinking when I had the same feedback way back when

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Cheddar the cat has gained a bit of podge. We think he’s getting Xmas treats around the neighbourhood when he’s out. I said ‘he’s going a bit Snorlax’. Ems said ‘nah’ and I said:

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

I love following artists here and Mr McQue was a first follow when I joined. It’s lovely to open a social media app in the morning to be greeted by this

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

I’ve always had bad eyes, but as the vision slips further as I turn 39 I am so grateful to UI systems that support larger font sizes. I simply can’t play Path of Exile 2 because vital item info is unreadable on monitor and TV.

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Watching Dune part two for the first time since the cinema and it’s just spectacular. I could watch montages of Paul and Chani knocking over harvesters for hours.

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

You don’t need to know anything about Chess to enjoy the final moments of the world championship www.youtube.com/live/rqA9mvy...

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Just got paid and picked up Space Marine 2 only to glance right, mid Tyranid horde, to see this upside-down death stare from the lad

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

A very good ‘In Our Time’ ep this week on the Antikythera mechanism, a 2000 year old clockwork puzzle box that seems to be trying to describe the universe www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, The Antikythera Mechanism

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the mysterious ancient Greek astronomical computer.

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I’m familiar with the fabled Cronut, now the new worlds Buffin and Tochi must be explored this Christmas

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Tom Senior @tomsenior.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

For my first post here I’d like to celebrate that me and my wife’s editorial teams in completely different organisations found the correct pun for our leaving covers…

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