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@murkdice

ENNIE nominated UK RPG duo. Writing, designing, illustrating, and editing. Makers of MurkMail (https://murkdice.substack.com/), a wicked RPG newsletter.

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We're at Airecon convention in Harrogate! Find us in Hall M Stand C15. #ttrpg

13.03.2026 10:04 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Wow @coorac.bsky.social I finally received Castle of the Veiled Queen and I have to say it might be the nicest looking module I've ever seen. Paper quality, format, art, presentation, etc are top-notch.

12.03.2026 22:46 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Hope you get well soon Luka, health always comes before the work.

13.03.2026 10:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Leviathan | Between Two Cairns Get more from Between Two Cairns on Patreon

Today on Between Two Cairns, @bradkerr.net, @betterlegends.bsky.social and I review Leviathan by Christian Eichhorn, and discuss the importance of Number Appearing.

www.patreon.com/posts/152607...

12.03.2026 12:12 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tomorrow's the big day. The Amethyst Alcove goes live on Kickstarter. Easily my most ambitious MΓΆrk Borg project. I'm legitimately excited to show off what I've put together.

Fun fact- if you breathe along with the cassette you'll either enter a deep meditative state or run out of oxygen & die.

11.03.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Myth Attunement 12 new items and new houserules to draw your knights deeper into myth

New blogpost, daydreaming of Mythic Bastionland:

A knight can interact with the themes of a myth to draw closer to it.

PLUS 12 myth-specific relics.

#osr #ttrpg #blog

08.03.2026 13:40 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Great stuff!

08.03.2026 20:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Awesome stuff using encounter sequences/chains here!

08.03.2026 20:31 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A secret second encounter table The magic of doubles

A secret second encounter table that triggers on doubles? murkdice.substack.com/p/a-secret-s... #osr

08.03.2026 10:08 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Drew a character for my patrons!

03.03.2026 19:00 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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The only 12 NPCs you need Lean and gameable NPC templates

I just tried this approach from @murkdice.bsky.social and it works really, really well

Starting with weaknesses helped to define goals and leverages when I was drawing a blank

murkdice.substack.com/p/the-only-1...

03.03.2026 12:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm Bringing Accuracy Back β€” Prismatic Wasteland Into the Odd famously jettisoned the β€œroll to hit” aspect of D&D derived combat. How can accuracy, specifically reducing an opponent’s accuracy by means of sand in the eyes or otherwise, be re-introdu...

If you ask someone how Into the Odd has streamlined their games, they will probably mention removing the "to hit" roll and just rolling damage.

I blasphemously ask the question: can we re-incorporate accuracy and missed attacks with Into the Odd without turning it into a major slog?
#osr #ttrpg

03.03.2026 13:46 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 5
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Encounter sequence generation Smashing ideas together

Today MurkMail looks at using prompts to help build encounter sequences/chains #osr

01.03.2026 10:13 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New Merch, Updates (and Patreon Exclusive Discount) | Liminal Horror Get more from Liminal Horror on Patreon

Newsletter drop including our new merch alongside updates about Liminal Horror Outbreak, what videogames we're playing, and the Deluxe Edition.

Remember that we're using Patreon as our primary newsletter platform so a free membership is a great way to stay updated.

www.patreon.com/posts/new-me...

28.02.2026 15:07 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A black and white illustration of a group of blades in the dark scoundrels. It’s dark and somewhat shady though they are cheerful and having a good time despite everything going on. There’s also a ghostly cat, a white rat and a beagle on this

A black and white illustration of a group of blades in the dark scoundrels. It’s dark and somewhat shady though they are cheerful and having a good time despite everything going on. There’s also a ghostly cat, a white rat and a beagle on this

A colored illustration of a group of blades in the dark scoundrels. It’s dark and somewhat shady though they are cheerful and having a good time despite everything going on. There’s also a ghostly cat, a white rat and a beagle on this

A colored illustration of a group of blades in the dark scoundrels. It’s dark and somewhat shady though they are cheerful and having a good time despite everything going on. There’s also a ghostly cat, a white rat and a beagle on this

A sketch  of a group of blades in the dark scoundrels. It’s dark and somewhat shady though they are cheerful and having a good time despite everything going on. There’s also a ghostly cat, a white rat and a beagle on this

A sketch of a group of blades in the dark scoundrels. It’s dark and somewhat shady though they are cheerful and having a good time despite everything going on. There’s also a ghostly cat, a white rat and a beagle on this

So over the course of the last year I made these NPC and player character portraits for a Blades in the Dark home game.
Last winter the players reached out to me because their campaign was about to end and they wanted to surprise the GM (the one who commissioned me) with a group illustration

27.02.2026 12:26 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Into the Oddish is Heistfunding Now β€” Prismatic Wasteland Pre-Order a PokΓ©mon tabletop roleplaying game parody of Into the Odd with Vileplume Mountain, a funhouse dungeon adventure.

Catch β€˜Em All while you can! In commemoration of the 30th anniversary, I’m heistfunding a PokΓ©pocalyptic game based on Into the Odd. I call it INTO THE ODDISH!
You can pre-order it now (until ???)
#ttrpg #pokemon #osr

26.02.2026 13:47 πŸ‘ 207 πŸ” 109 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 30
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Dive into Inkvein - a MΓ–RK BORG Megadungeon From Space Penguin Ink LLC - Dive into Inkvein - a MΓ–RK BORG Megadungeon

Inkvein, our nightmare caving crawl megadungeon for @morkborg.com, published by @spacepenguinink.bsky.social is approaching 1500 followers! Sign up so you don’t miss the inky goodness!
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti... #osr

24.02.2026 09:30 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Writing a Revolution George Bickers on Gallows Corner

Today in MurkMail I interview George of @threesailsstudios.bsky.social about his new project Gallows Corner! murkdice.substack.com/p/writing-a-...

22.02.2026 10:14 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Who doesn't love a heist?!

19.02.2026 10:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

New stuff fell into the Pit Trap... shop

19.02.2026 10:21 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Second Keytower of Grift Play your part in the Inquisition’s scheme to silence King SigfΓΊm: gather your scvm for a rotten heist set within a foul, 19-room tower

The @morkborg.com zine I made with @odinsongames.bsky.social is now available in @nohr.se’s shop! pittrapshop.com/products/the...

19.02.2026 09:51 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

I, as Kerr, love "door" D&D, but appreciate some clue about contents, rather than each opening being a lottery. I've often added spoor to doors in pre-written adventures that have none.

That *Grottoes* example bugs me in its info hierarchy--*covering walls* should be in 1st rank, plus stalactites.

15.02.2026 13:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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You NEED to describe doors Little details = better decision making

Today in MurkMail, I yell about doors murkdice.substack.com/p/you-need-t... #osr #ttrpg

15.02.2026 10:07 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
INKVEIN - A megadungeon for MΓ–RK BORG
INKVEIN - A megadungeon for MΓ–RK BORG YouTube video by Murkdice

Inkvein, my upcoming @morkborg.com megadungeon, now has a trailer! #osr www.youtube.com/watch?v=Miv2...

11.02.2026 16:07 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
INKVEIN - A megadungeon for MΓ–RK BORG
INKVEIN - A megadungeon for MΓ–RK BORG YouTube video by Murkdice

Inkvein, my upcoming @morkborg.com megadungeon, now has a trailer! #osr www.youtube.com/watch?v=Miv2...

11.02.2026 16:07 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

This is siiiiiiick. Moar please.

08.02.2026 13:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The OSR union you've all been waiting for! Together again, for the first time! In triplicate!

02.02.2026 18:08 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Upgrading reaction rolls Reputation and opinions as a reaction

We’re using reaction rolls to build character details today: murkdice.substack.com/p/upgrading-... #osr #ttrpg

08.02.2026 10:14 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dive into Inkvein - a MΓ–RK BORG Megadungeon From Space Penguin Ink LLC - Dive into Inkvein - a MΓ–RK BORG Megadungeon

Our #osr @morkborg.com megadungeon Inkvein is on 1000 pre-launch followers, but we need to spread the inky madness further…

Now is the perfect time to follow the project (which gets you a free quickstart guide) and to share with others!

www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

01.02.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Writing encounters in pairs Easy adventure connectivity

This week we are writing encounters in pairs (thanks @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com) #osr #ttrpg murkdice.substack.com/p/writing-en...

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