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Mark Morrison

@markmwrites.bsky.social

He/Him. Mediocre Old One: Call of Cthulhu RPG & videogame writer, Chaosium Community Ambassador, Pendragon squire, rampant herbivore. My dogs say hi.

1,724 Followers  |  674 Following  |  434 Posts  |  Joined: 26.07.2023  |  2.2093

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Kinda like finding a U2 record on your iPod.

07.12.2025 03:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The old dog barks backwards without getting up.

I can remember when he was a pup.

- Robert Frost

07.12.2025 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is what portrait setting on your phone camera should really do, make you look like a world weary baroness of incredible fortune and hidden passion.

05.12.2025 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Save 50% on Starter Sets and 40% across our complete range of Collector Leatherette Editions in our Black Friday Sale! Save 50% on all of our Starter Sets and 40% across our complete range of Collector Leatherette Editions. And you get the PDF included in the price! Black Friday Sale ends 11.59 PT Friday December 5th...

48 hours to go in our Black Friday sale. 50% off our Starter Sets, 40% off ALL of our special leatherettes, even brand new releases.

While stocks last...

04.12.2025 08:57 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Outstanding! Who for?

04.12.2025 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Bravo! 🐁

04.12.2025 08:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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03.12.2025 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Treat yourself to a whole new world!

Each of our Starter Sets are 50% off for a limited time.

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30.11.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our friends at the @hplhs.bsky.social are having a Solstice Sale! - Use the code SOLSTICE2025 to save 20% storewide, Nov 27-Dec 1.

The sale includes their spectacular new Call of Cthulhu scenario The Spark Devil, and their amazing Gamer Prop Sets!
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29.11.2025 04:50 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Our PAX panel on gamemaster tips was a blast. Brian set up a brilliant framework about the moments when you felt your GMing tangibly improved. Mine sure did sharing time with @bwholland.bsky.social @vlxcat.bsky.social
& @dailydael.bsky.social - such a brilliant trio. Level up acquired!

26.11.2025 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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A special treat for Call of Cthulhu fans is coming later this week!

Who is excited for the special Chaosium 50th Anniversary edition slipcase set?

24.11.2025 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Published by Chaosium, title redacted for spoilers.

20.11.2025 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

20.11.2025 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸŽ„πŸ¦‘βš”οΈ

20.11.2025 06:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Table Tales: Basic Roleplaying Creatures to terrorise your Call of Cthulhu investigators Basic Roleplaying: Creatures is out now. It’s a dangerous tome which adds 170 pages of monsters, animals and NPCs to Basic Roleplaying, and therefore to every other Chaosium game built on its fine bon...

Just when your investigators thought it was safe to go back into the cellar, or graveyard, or outer space, Basic Roleplaying: Creatures has a nightmare load of non-Mythos or Mythos-adjacent monsters to drop straight into Call of Cthulhu. Just add screaming.

19.11.2025 07:35 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There are 4 types of guys online. No exceptions.

19.11.2025 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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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.

18.11.2025 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

goddammit I'm sending Ea-nāṣir another email we're going to get this shit straightened out

18.11.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

all the Prometheus, Icarus, Palantir, Erebor, etc. shows that none of these guys - none, and it is almost all guys - have actually done the reading

17.11.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 989    πŸ” 171    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 16

It ain’t over until Mrs. Gosnell sings.

17.11.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats! So well deserved.

17.11.2025 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Want to play a Duck? After appearing as a location and then counters in Greg Stafford's 1975 board war game White Bear and Red Moon ("Ducks, Ducks, and More Ducks"), as #TTRPG creatures Ducks first appeared in @chaosium.bsky.social's first edition of #RuneQuest (1978).

17.11.2025 06:56 β€” πŸ‘ 130    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 6

It even flowed into Australia in the late 90s. Was then a FLGS Clerk who had a mum return D&D books her kid brought.

Rather than arguing, I convinced her King Arthur Pendragon was a better alternative, with players being chivalrous knights.

17.11.2025 05:29 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Scryglass Studio Open Day Get a first look at Melbourne's first creative space for hire dedicated to tabletop gaming.

OPEN DAY NOV 22! We are finally opening our doors! πŸ₯³πŸ™Œ

Drop in to Melbourne’s first creative space for tabletop games. See what it’d be like to add immersive lighting and sound to your #RPG and #boardgames, or to try #streaming with ready-to-roll cameras & mics.

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17.11.2025 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is best in life. Go into all the basements and no need to get fresh torch batteries, they’re fine.

13.11.2025 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

fang it

12.11.2025 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I concur. I remember the lad who once wore leather sandals to school and was forever after called Moses by his friends. 30 years later he is still Moses.

Or the girl who went to the pub wearing a top with leopard spots. Her friend ordered a pint "for Tony the Tiger" and the barman knew who he meant

12.11.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Basic Roleplaying: Creatures collects animals, monsters, nonhumans, and nonplayer characters drawn from history, science fiction, fantasy, prehistory, mythology, and the modern world, allowing for any gamemaster to use them in any D100-based game.

www.chaosium.com/basic-rolepl...

12.11.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Table Tales - BRP Creatures: something monstrous this way comes I won’t lie to you. When I saw Jason Durall's sneaky photo of a huge stack of the new Basic Roleplaying:Β Creatures book making its pre-release debut at Essen, my first thought was β€œI can’t wait to att...

Basic Roleplaying Creatures comes out this week. I'm not going to say it has all the world's monsters (boom tish) but it sure does have a lot, and these beasts are good to for any @chaosium.bsky.social game you play. My blog post reveals the table of contents: scary monsters, with some super creeps.

12.11.2025 05:28 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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