I read 50 books this year! Here, in no particular order, are some really freaking good ones. 🧵

I have paid some bills and planned a woodwork project. It's not nothing.

I have 3 days of complete freedom before I go on holiday. There are so many things I want to do. So many projects to start. This much opportunity is terrifying and I'm going to end up playing 30+ hours of Power Wash Simulator.

Maybe 2026 is the year I commit to being shit at drawing, in the hope that by 2027 I will only be mediocre.

tl;dr: commissions open! sharing is appreciated. 👇 ko-fi.com/mxmorgan/com... inquiries can be sent to hello(at)mxmorgan(dot)com

I have to go to the supermarket 45 minutes before closing on Christmas Eve. May God have mercy on anyone who gets in my fucjing way.

Klaxon! New on Bundle of Holding is our own DIE RPG - the award-winning core book, plus the three scenario books and the quickstart for $15. Purchasing also includes a 15% off voucher for buying the physical books from @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social. #ttrpg #indiettrpg

Modern times Mari Lwyd is disappointed that nobody wants to follow traditions and rhyme with her anymore, so she has to go to the store and buy everything herself

This is your... 53 minute warning. Get in the hole. The dungeon hole. Come to our Discord and we will speak of the Metadungeon.

Ecstatic to be running a really cool workshop for teens around character creation, gaming and queer history at @natlibscot.bsky.social in February! For any young folk who are fans of DnD, gaming and story writing this might be for them! www.nls.uk/whats-on/rol...

My Dad is Dracula (and a Ghostbuster) 👻

Did you know that different painkillers work best on different sources of pain? Inflammation: Ibuprofen Fever: Paracetamol Billionaires: Guillotine Hope that helps!

We got @kierongillen.bsky.social @mytholder.bsky.social and @gshowitt.bsky.social giving you a tour of the METADUNGEON. What is a METADUNGEON? What does it eat? What does it crave? Find out FRIDAY 19th 7pm UK/2pm EST

if you think about it, a megadungeon is the ultimate walkable city

The last thing my grandfather ever said to me was "I like Vimto." I dunno, sometimes I just... think about that.

if you hate unmediated AI use at your workplace without worker input, if your boss is speaking over you & for you, consider unionizing. shop and industry unions are bargaining and ratifying real, material AI protections RIGHT NOW.

Drew is right about push notifications. I have almost all turned off. My phone is on silent mode and doesn't vibrate. If it ever gives me an alert I don't want I'll get a gun and shoot it.

META DUNGEON METADUNGEON DIE DUNGEON DIE METADUNGEON GET IN THE HOLE

#IndieInkAwards Y&Y was nominated for: Best audio narration Best friendship Best setting Asexual or Aromantic Representation LGBTQ+ Representation Audio is free to listen to on @eldritchgirlpod.bsky.social. It starts here: rss.com/podcasts/eld... 🌈📚💙🪐📚🎧

Trying not to yell at people to read this graphic novel. @kierongillen.bsky.social and Stephanie Hans have given me a new favourite book. And there's more to come! #DieRPG #BookSky

Just finished Zomvivor. It's kind of the zombie story I've been waiting for. It's so interested in what happens before and around an outbreak, and the choices survivors make to get through - but the point is, at least some of them do get through. There's life afterwards.

Meatbags backers have a PDF! It's not a *complete* PDF, because there's still some art to do. But 240-ish people now have a fully playable copy of this game. I am fucking terrified, and going to make myself a blanket coccoon. The thing that hatches from it will be braver than this one.

I think it would be fun if writers who love language started intentionally writing more strangely as AI flattens written "content" into a mono-voice. it would cool I think if writers responded by focusing their individual efforts on cultivating a really unique voice that's hard to copy

I am one final round of checks away from releasing an important PDF. I didn't realise I'd stayed up til 3am to get it to this point, but I'm glad I did.

You know what I did today? Fixed an Excel formula. Technically I did a shitload of other things, but this is what will define my day. It's like 2013 again.

Having my usual post-convention "notice me!" moment. Every time some influencer posts their haul, I scour it for Ex Stasis books. I rarely see any. We are smol. It is OK. But it is sad.

And day 5 recommendation is One More Song by @exstasisgames.bsky.social Put all those end-of-year music wrap ups to good use and play this game. It's great fun if you like music, stories and feeling like you got punched in the heart. Metaphorically speaking. exstasisgames.itch.io/one-more-song

Everything's coming up Jimmy!

TONIGHT GM @michellicopter.bsky.social is joined by @nanosounds.bsky.social, @glowpinkstah.bsky.social, @lalionnecosplay.bsky.social, and Ken Cheng to play Jimmy Mothballs' Festive Staffing Agency Steals Christmas by @exstasisgames.bsky.social! Join us and help raise funds for @jinglejam.co.uk!

"Someone remind me of this exact moment the next time I decide to do [thing]."

I have pulled off a print run that is absolute 🔥🔥🔥. All the bells. Most of the whistles. I cannot wait to show the world. This statement is true about both Ex Stasis Games and Rowan Rook and Decard. My God, you're lucky to have me.

WEDNESDAY GM @michellicopter.bsky.social is joined by @nanosounds.bsky.social, @glowpinkstah.bsky.social, @lalionnecosplay.bsky.social, and Ken Cheng to play Jimmy Mothballs' Festive Staffing Agency Steals Christmas by @exstasisgames.bsky.social! Join us and help raise funds for @jinglejam.co.uk!

Had a lovely Dragonmeet. Barely left the stall, saw very few people, missed ALL the cool stuff that was on sale... but as always the people I did meet were wonderful, and getting to hang out with @ursidice.bsky.social in person was an unexpected treat.

This is going to fill the hole in my life between Joe Abercrombie releases.

A whole day staring at Nobby Nobbs. People have left Ankh Morpork for less.

It's Creator Day on itch! Buy yourself something nice!

Friday's a great day to take a dip in the ocean of indie TTRPGs awaiting you on itch. Treat yourself to something festive, like our capsule game where a bunch of ne'erdowells, managed by a severely misinformed goblin, rob a fantasy department store. exstasisgames.itch.io/jimmy-mothba...

Chris is a remarkably generous author, you know. Season Pass holders are getting a *lot* of extras, including a Fermi's Wake TTRPG scenario!

What a cast! What a game!

Look! Our @jinglejam.co.uk games! @michellicopter.bsky.social unleashes Jimmy Mothballs' Festive Staffing Agency Steals Christmas by @exstasisgames.bsky.social. Diar hosts a twisted beach party, full of one page RPGs by European creators. Special guests! Donation incentives! Third chaotic thing!!

ONE DAY MORE Go to the IPR Booth Buy One More Song Win at #PAXU

It's that time of year where I have to book travel to Dragonmeet but it's going to cost well over £100 so I'm posting links to my games to try and help me pay for it loottheroom.itch.io

I did none of the things I intended to do today, but I did do an awful lot of things, including bravely sending an email in Italian (don't clap, it was two sentences; clap because I understood the email I was replying to) and managing to order an emergency print run. I'll take what I can get.

I reckon you can learn a lot about the atmosphere in various Oxford colleges by looking at what they choose to name their cats (courtesy of @oxfordclarion.bsky.social ). We should all aspire to the energy of a Teabag, Isambard Kitten Brunel, or an Admiral Flapjack oxfordclarion.uk/college-cats...

We sat down with @kierongillen.bsky.social to talk about his new series DIE: Loaded and how the release of DIE RPG has influenced this new comic series. manysidednewsletter.substack.com/p/kieron-gil...

Need one more voice for a super-short #vo job. It's 5 lines + 2 words and is for a small Kickstarter next year. A higher/sweeter voice would be preferred. Phone recordings will be accepted. Pay is either a straight $20 OR you can get a permanent 1% of profit from each comic sold. IT IS HORROR.

It must be 7 days til Dragonmeet, because I'm hunting next-day printers at 4 in the morning.

The Duchess of Death

EXG AT PAXU! Pandemonium Books & Games have One More Song (thanks @ipr.bsky.social for the hookup). Copies are limited, so if you want to reimagine the Orpheus myth to your favourite playlist... better get there fast. Stall 3800. That's the magic number.