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murkdice.bsky.social
UK based RPG duo. Writing, designing, illustrating, and editing. Makers of MurkMail (https://murkdice.substack.com/), a wicked RPG newsletter. Our discord has an RPG book club (https://discord.gg/dEPCyeNEUU).
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Murkdice is running a game jam this June! Murkdice @morkborg.com Minimalist Mini-Megadungeon Month will see community made dungeons for Mork Borg cut up and stitched together to form a final dungeon! Check out the starter info drive.google.com/drive/folder... #osr #ttrpg

Got my hard copy of @bastionland.bsky.social’s wonderful #ttrpg Mythic Bastionland today. It’s blooming majestic. I’ve been a fan of Chris’ work for a while now and somehow he’s managed to set the bar even higher with this one.

More #ttrpg #art doodles in #ink

Today’s #ttrpg #art doodle, a bit of #osr style influence.

Wanna make your #ttrpg sandboxes more dynamic without a ton of work? murkdice.substack.com/p/easy-sandb... #osr #nsr

It's #selfpromosaturday! The perfect time to share an updated portfolio! murkdice.my.canva.site Check us out for writing, editing, layout, and #art for #ttrpg projects. We've worked with @odditypress.com (Grimwild) and @goblinarchives.itch.io (The Mall Remastered).

An offering from Murkdice and @odinsongames.bsky.social. An adventure for @morkborg.com with Cairn conversion kit. PWYW. Get it now. #osr www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

Harmony open.substack.com/pub/ettergad...

#ttrpg #art pieces from a cancelled project

Just my Wulfwald boxset from @lostpages.bsky.social. At a quick read it's as good as I had dared hope!

Finished up my #GM screen #art. Ready for the culmination of a three year running #ttrpg campaign.

This was a good read, and manages to explain where my own words have failed me why I enjoy the GM being the ‘game world architect’ for #ttrpgs. It’s what drew me to #osr / #nsr stuff.

MurkMail is #45 on Substack’s Rising in Design Chart! This is awesome not just for us but #ttrpg as well

MurkMail has reached its 365th day! To mark the occasion, we’ve written a little bit about what’s been like running a #ttrpg thing (with a focus on #osr type stuff) for 1 year murkdice.substack.com/p/1-year-later

1. First #ttrpg you ever played? D&D 5e 2. First you ever ran? D&D 5e 3. Played the most? D&D 5e 4. Run the most? Symbaroum 5. Favourite? Maybe Into the Odd, because it started the whole play culture I now exist within. 6. Most recently played? Shadowdark 7. Most recently run? Mork Borg

Mork Borg Deep Space Diver Into the Odd The Murk Hack

Grimwild #ttrpg by @odditypress.com is expanding its print run! With art by the amazing @perjanke.bsky.social and adventure modules by me. Don’t miss out: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/O...

Grimwild has been updated for v1.4, its final version. If you already have it, go download it now! Also, we are expanding our print run and taking more orders. Sign up here! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

This week in MurkMail we have a quick follow up to the Supply Die, a d6 table of reasons for running out of things! Great for all #ttrpg stuff, but particularly good for #osr and #nsr folks who want justifications for abstraction murkdice.substack.com/p/supply-inc...

This week in MurkMail we're talking about my alternative dungeon stocking procedure #osr #nsr #ttrpg murkdice.substack.com/p/dungeon-st...

Did a sketch for some #ttrpg #art fun in a waiting room today, inspired by #osr style line art.

Isometric hex maps this week! Another cool way to shape your #ttrpg gameplay, and great tool for #osr / #nsr folks in particular! murkdice.substack.com/p/iso-hex-it

More cards for the end of my 3 year running #ttrpg campaign. Continuing to be inspired by #osr and #nsr artwork.

If you're a tabletop designer and/or publisher whose business will be adversely affected by Donald Trump's April 2nd suite of tariffs, I want to hear from you. Changes in business, canceled or delayed projects, etc. email: [email protected] Signal: ChaseTC.24

The end of my 3 year #ttrpg campaign is approaching. I'm working on some extras, including some NPC #art inspired by the #osr scene, particularly @morkborg.com. These cards will function as standees for mass combat tracking as well.

MurkMail crossed 1.5k readers this month. To mark the occasion, we've compiled our top 10 most read articles. There's something for all #ttrpg people, with a fair amount for #osr and #nsr people in particular, from mapping techniques to a wound system: murkdice.substack.com/p/15k-reader...

I enjoyed this ‘situation summary’ of how society treats #art and #artists. It’s important to remember all the great supporters we have, but I think also the reality of what it’s like trying to exist as an artist youtu.be/ZQ7QDWGfRNc?...

We're back on hexcrawls. This time we're looking at how regional encounter table mixing can make a hexcrawl more dynamic murkdice.substack.com/p/mixing-hex... #ttrpg #osr #nsr

We're all about resource tracking this week, and doing it with just one die no less! This is coming from an #osr / #nsr design space, but it's good for pretty much any #ttrpg where you want to care about consumable resources. murkdice.substack.com/p/the-supply...

I love no-slots cost based casting, games like Symbaroum have made sure of that. But seeing Paolo suggest that my stress system could be used as a basis for it has got me thinking…

This week I'm looking at a #ttrpg stress mechanic that hits PCs physiology rather than giving them behavioural directives murkdice.substack.com/p/the-body-k... It probably works with most games, but I had #osr and #nsr in mind (as you might have guessed).

#ttrpg folks, especially you #osr and #nsr people, have you visited the TTRPG corner of Substack? There’s TTRPG writers putting out amazing stuff over there. Here, I’ve made a note where folks are going to drop their publications so you can check them out: substack.com/@murkdice/no...

Do you want someone to review your weird little #indiettrpg? We want to review your weird little indie #ttrpg Drop us a DM, comment here or light a signal fire to get our attention. We'd appreciate reposts from anyone who sees this to get the message far and wide

Our stuff is on 20% discount for DTRPG's GMs Day Sale! (affiliate links incoming, more in the comments) Grimwild modules Nevermore and Gaelenvale: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5... www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5... #ttrpg #gmday #osr

Today I've released a lean pseudo called-shots/wounds system based on damage rolls, ideal for #nsr and #osr games and adaptable to plenty of #ttrpgs. murkdice.substack.com/p/wounds-wit...

Final style thumbnail for secret project. Work now begins in earnest. #ttrpg #art #osr

@odditypress.com has just launched crowdfunding for The Wild Frontier of Venture! Check it out if you're looking for finely tuned cinematic western ttrpg: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/O...