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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tun Kai Poh" data-source="post: 8490744" data-attributes="member: 6761960">Over the past few days, the Philippines and Malaysia have been hit by catastrophic storms. Flooding and landslides have inundated homes in water and mud, and entire areas are cut off from power, clean water and food. Over 300,000 people were driven out of their homes in the central and southern parts of the Philippines, and hundreds are dead. Meanwhile, floods have trapped tens of thousands of people in parts of peninsular Malaysia, and rescuers are turning up dead bodies not far from where I work.The situation was made worse by land mismanagement and government negligence. In Malaysia, rich politicians send helicopters to pick up their relatives while the common folk have been waiting 2-3 days on rooftops with all their belongings under metres of water.I and my family were fortunate to live in higher areas, safe from the flooding. I went in to work today, driving along a highway that had been flooded just the day before. Drifts of rubbish and mud could be seen at the sides of the highway, a dirty high water mark. I passed a few abandoned cars and lorries by the roadside, casualties of the flood.A third of the staff at my workplace couldn't make it to work. They had been flooded in, cut off from the roads. Or worse, flooded out of their homes.It's one of the most densely populated parts of the country, and some areas still have no utilities.They say more rain is coming, all the way to the end of the month.Our local RPG designers and artists have been diligently reaching out and calling for help, sending donation links and sharing resources for local private organizations that stepped in while the government was dragging its feet.Game designer Aaron Lim helped to put together the Malaysia Flood Relief Bundle 2021, which, for the next 3 days, will raise money for Mercy Malaysia's flood fund. 11 local designers contributed 25 TTRPGs, supplements and anthologies to this amazing charity bundle.[ATTACH=full]148616[/ATTACH]Samuel Mui's CAPITALITES, invoking the wild and energetic drama of young Southeast Asian urbanites looking for love and fulfillment. Aaron Lim's storytelling games of leaving and returning home, Homebound and An Altogether Different River. Multiple volumes of Mun Kao and Zedeck Siew's A Thousand Thousand Islands zine, a systemless worldbuilding series inspired by the myths of pre-colonial Southeast Asia and written in the spirit of the OSR. Nana's dirty poetry and regicidal solitaire game. Valis Teoh's solo journalling meditations on mortality and loneliness. Kristen Chin's evocative games of travel, exploration and adventure. My own games about children exploring peaceful landscapes shaped by war, and space doctors in the vein of James White's pacifist science fiction. And many more.Do contribute if you can. A few dollars can feed a family for a day, thanks to the USD1 = RM4 exchange rate! And share the link with your friends![URL unfurl="true"]https://itch.io/b/1194/malaysia-flood-relief-2021-bundle[/URL]Meanwhile, in the Philippines, artist and game designer Bianca Raposa is doing an art notecard sale to fund donations, 50% for Philippines and 50% for Malaysia. It lasts for 4 more days, so please check it out and spread the word.[URL unfurl="true"]https://itch.io/s/62988/weathering-together[/URL]</blockquote>

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