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Matthew Andre

@gugg.bsky.social

I write a blog giving you examples of good ttrpg layout you can steal for your own books. https://matthewkjandre.blogspot.com - I also sometimes write ttrpg adventures.

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Dice pools as clocks is my favorite way to run clocks! I'm very excited to see more of this ttrpg!

06.10.2025 01:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Looking for playtesters for an upcoming sci-fi horror game kind of like shadowdark meets ten candles meets mothership.

If you want to test it with your group, send me a DM on Bluesky and Iโ€™ll send you a free copy.

27.09.2025 00:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 108    ๐Ÿ” 60    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23

Oh interesting! I was unsure of Grimwild's dice pools as clocks before I ran it, but it worked perfectly for both myself as GM and the players. I'm excited to check this one out!

06.10.2025 01:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Post you from a different era ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿผ

These photos turned 10 years old in August

I no longer serve as hard unfortunately

30.09.2025 04:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It took 4 years of on-and-off using a dating app to find somebody, but I've been with a girl I met on there for almost 6 years now. It can take a long time, and have bumps along the way, but it can work out!

If you're ever on the west coast and want to do a platonic hobby store date, I'd join you!

30.09.2025 04:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Canada is trying to branch into new markets and business alliances ๐Ÿ

I will do my part by sharing this growing list of Canadian ttrpg creators

Add creators and share

30.09.2025 00:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Want to see how Doomspiral could play our at your table?!

Join @jellymuppet.bsky.social , @in-the-pan.bsky.social, @diceandeasy.bsky.social, @emilygreymoore.bsky.social and @jessjewell.bsky.social over on @euphoriaap.bsky.social as they explore the depths of Saltcrag...

www.twitch.tv/euphoriaap

29.09.2025 18:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Working on just one of these at a time is wild. I do 2 minutes of work and then have to sit for 2+ hours for various things to dry.

Buster Sword from FFVII Remake is coming along nicely though. Almost ready for final paint job (this picture was many stages of the process ago).

28.09.2025 19:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a how to guide for creating crossword dungeons. Step 1 - Find and Do, do the crossword. Step 2 - See Beyond, find the inspiring words and start to see the shape. Step 3 - Extrapolate, ditch words you dont like, create walls, you contol the dungeon. Step 4 - Draw the rest of the owl (make the dungeon from the inspiration). Step 5 - BE NOT AFRAID. Its just a dungeon created from a crossword, they wont always work. 
Useful tips: Metro for daily free crosswords. CrosswordSolver, for tricky clues. DungeonScrawl, for making maps. LootTheRoom - for more random ideas

a how to guide for creating crossword dungeons. Step 1 - Find and Do, do the crossword. Step 2 - See Beyond, find the inspiring words and start to see the shape. Step 3 - Extrapolate, ditch words you dont like, create walls, you contol the dungeon. Step 4 - Draw the rest of the owl (make the dungeon from the inspiration). Step 5 - BE NOT AFRAID. Its just a dungeon created from a crossword, they wont always work. Useful tips: Metro for daily free crosswords. CrosswordSolver, for tricky clues. DungeonScrawl, for making maps. LootTheRoom - for more random ideas

A comment on itch reminded me of this idea for creating #TTRPG dungeons I had a while back. I still think its neat and I don't think I've actually shared it here on bsky.

So bsky.. meet Crossword Dungeons!
Do a crossword, use the answers and designs as inspiration for the rooms, get creative!

28.09.2025 17:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 449    ๐Ÿ” 184    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19

This sounds excellent and exciting! Pretty hard combo to pull off, but I'm incredibly interested to see if I gel with the mechanics!

24.09.2025 04:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿพ My game launched digitally today!

For the last year, I've been writing, playtesting, editing, formatting, and fine-tuning In Death: A Tabletop Roleplaying Game About the Afterlife. And it's available now!

You can pick up a digital copy here!
๐Ÿ“– dimwoodstudios.itch.io/in-death

#Tabletop #TTRPG

01.07.2025 09:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

This is very cool!

24.09.2025 04:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Onegeon Jam A game jam from 2025-09-01 to 2025-12-31 hosted by Cats Have No Lord. This is a jam for making single dungeon rooms (Onegeons) that are modular and can be used in any dungeon someone is writing or run...

ONE
GEON
JAM

#OSR

#TTRPG

#OnegeonJam

itch.io/jam/onegeon-...

23.09.2025 10:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Get Ready for Last Hope - a Dark Magical Girls TTRPG built on Caltrop Core From Wendigo Workshop - Get Ready for Last Hope - a Dark Magical Girls TTRPG built on Caltrop Core

Get ready for Last Hope, a dark magical girls TTRPG built on Caltrop Core!

โ€œ Fight evil corruption in an alternate version of the world while also balancing your mundane life, your struggles, and your relationships.

Perhaps you will, unlike others, be able to avoid a tragic end. โ€œ

17.08.2025 09:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 73    ๐Ÿ” 34    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

Sounds like a fun time if I can find a hotel cheap enough in the area! Would be interested in selling cosplay props & a game + adventure

24.09.2025 04:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Anybody would be interested in recording an AP for the game ? Would love some real world examples to help people learning the game.

21.09.2025 16:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I won't buy shit until the digimon have romantic social links and pursuing them results in divine punishment

21.09.2025 16:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I also only noticed I had cut myself a bunch because my hand was all black from handling a bunch of black steel pipe and I squirted a ton of sanitizer all over it to clean it off

21.09.2025 02:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

cut my hand a bunch on one of the communal handsaws at home depot

did anyone else know they had communal handsaws? they're in some of the aisles just sitting on random shelves so you can fit pipe into your car and stuff

21.09.2025 02:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

hold on what's the lowdown on this fic. Is it like the manga?

21.09.2025 02:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rivers of Blood from Elden Ring

It's very nearly 6 feet long, and was almost too big to fit into the light I had in my yard there.

21.09.2025 02:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No idea if it's your thing, but the new Coriolis actually looks really fun to play! Every party gets a bird with Bird Powers and Bird Energy.

I like the almost boardgame like procedures of the classic Free League style of game, and this is a return to that with Delves and such.

21.09.2025 01:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm going to make an effort the next game I play to run through a scene-setting checklist for every single area the players enter, so I can work out that muscle.

As a primarily improvisational GM, I'm often so focused on events and reactions that I forget to properly describe where the players are.

19.09.2025 18:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Do any #ttrpg folks have a checklist for describing a scene? I'm thinking of something like (in order):

1. Time
2. Weather
3. Hear/Scent/Touch (Pick 1 or 2)
4. Sight

+ Describing open air scenes top-to-bottom (focus on the surroundings), and inside scenes bottom-to-top (focus on characters within)

19.09.2025 18:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Monster Hunting time

19.09.2025 16:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is the coolest thing I've 3d printed and it's NOT CLOSE

Dark Souls 2 is a good game

19.09.2025 01:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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