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Marco A. Torres

@monarcwriter.bsky.social

Educator, writer, game designer. Here to promote my work, connect with others, and share the occasional musing on games, shows, pop culture, and education. monarcwriter.substack.com monarcwriter.carrd.co

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illustration shows the outline of a soaring bird, filled in with the colors of the queer and trans pride flags. text over the top reads "QUEER GAMES BUNDLE."

illustration shows the outline of a soaring bird, filled in with the colors of the queer and trans pride flags. text over the top reads "QUEER GAMES BUNDLE."

✨ It's finally time. The fifth Queer Games Bundle is live now. For $60 (or $10+), get over 600 games, TTRPGs, zines, and more. Support over 300 queer artists for their survival and future art.

itch.io/b/3062/

30.07.2025 07:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1351    πŸ” 1133    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 150
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Got a video today at the @ipr.bsky.social booth!

I wanted to try to get all the games this time and I hope it helps give a chance to see your work on display!

02.08.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

And there is β€œInto the Starlit Sky” also at @ipr.bsky.social’s booth!

My games are not just at Gen Con, but are also alongside so many other amazing TTRPGs!

02.08.2025 04:02 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is that β€œVanity: Glass & Stone” I see there for sale at @ipr.bsky.social’s booth at Gen Con?

It is so cool to see my games at Gen Con!!!

02.08.2025 04:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I see β€œInto the Starlit Sky” there! That’s my game!

31.07.2025 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We got the DMsGuild pick of the week!

30.07.2025 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wrote two of the adventures in here!

Test your mettle while exploring magical doorways or put up with tricky shenanigans in space bending tree (it's bigger on the topside) in two dungeons by Steph from TTRPGkids!

30.07.2025 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I contributed two 4-page adventures to this collection, done in a graphic novel style. Here's two floors of a death temple taken over by necromantic mistakes. Lots of grey areas for the adventurers to encounter.
#DnD #DnD5e #TTRPG

28.07.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My games are gonna be available for sale at #GenCon2025!!! New milestone achieved!

If you are there, pick up a copy of β€œInto the Starlit Sky”, β€œGEMS: A Game of Heists”, or β€œVanity: Glass & Stone” from @ipr.bsky.social at booth 449!

28.07.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh yeah there come check it out, already at #10. So many cool, unique and fun dungeons! Honestly could spend a year of just running a table thru all of these.

26.07.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Everybody loves five-room dungeons. This collection features many talented contributors. I was feeling homesick and I wrote a couple of Malaysian-themed ones.

26.07.2025 09:06 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

oh hey my bb made it to the preview page.

Love my silly lil trolls in my dragon adventure: Armgus, Leggrek, and Pudding.

Find deep lore like this and more within

25.07.2025 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This product has my favorite adventure i have ever written for D&D. I'm super proud of it!

Go check out all the incredible dungeons it has to offer!

25.07.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What tales did I contribute, you ask?

How about playing with a supernatural toy?

Or a twisted horror story about how egret I ACTUALLY grant wishes? That one is πŸ§‘β€πŸ³ πŸ’‹, and honestly, I still shiver thinking about it.

25.07.2025 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I wrote for this project! It’s a terrific book, check it out!

25.07.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Check out this cool thing! I've got two (2) five-room dungeons ( plus maps) in this.

One of them isn't even a dungeon!

25.07.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I always wanted an opening scene of a heist with the adventurers plummeting through the air down towards their target.

So I made one!

25.07.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

This is an amazing project which I am genuinely humbled to have been a part of!

25.07.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wrote a green dragon adventure for this :)

25.07.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey all! You should check out this book of #dnd dungeons ready made! I wrote 2

1) where you infiltrate a gnoll den to try and stop an attack on a small town before it happens, and uncover why it’s being targeted

2) A defense of a Shadar-Kai keep from a Juvenile Shadow Dragon stealing memories

25.07.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Come check it out! I have 2 awesome dungeons in this one and really enjoyed the freedom to take a different take on that for this book.

Defend an Inn from undead!

Solve the puzzle of a pocket dimension whose lore speaks of testing heroes!

25.07.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Some really cool adventures in here! Mine entry, Cold as the Grave, features a frozen desert, mummies, and an elder evil!

#dnd #ttrpgs #dnd5e

25.07.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fantastic effort from a fantastic group of folx!

25.07.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I got to write a very fun underwater shipwreck for this book. I'm so excited to see the rest of the dungeons and to make my players explore them.

25.07.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Delves and Journeys: 36 Five-Room Dungeons for D&D - Dungeon Masters Guild | Dungeon Masters Guild When is a dungeon not necessarily a dungeon? When is a room not necessarily a room? In this book, readers will find 36

I wrote two adventures for this: escort a bard to their first big-city concert and discover a conspiracy along the way, and retrieve a powerful magic item from the tower of a recently deceased mage.

36 new adventures, designed for D&D (2024), on @dmsguild.com!

www.dmsguild.com/product/5308...

25.07.2025 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I worked with some amazing creatives on this thing, chock full of mini-dungeons you can drop into an existing campaign, or game night ideas for a one-shot with friends. Check it out!

25.07.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There are so many fun, creative, quick, and easy-to-run β€œdungeons” in this collection by a bunch of amazing TTRPG writers.

My own contribution is β€œThe Lost Hope Lighthouse,” a journey down an inverted lighthouse inspired by Dante’s Inferno.

25.07.2025 22:58 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#IGM25 sponsor MonarcWriter is @monarcwriter.bsky.social, an educator and parent as well as a game designer who is giving away print & digital copies of Good Nature, a co-op game for classrooms, and A Butterfly Story, a journaling game that uses art to play. Thanks, Marco! monarcwriter.substack.com

14.07.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The author stands at the MonarcWriter table at the authors fair.

The author stands at the MonarcWriter table at the authors fair.

All set up and ready at @seatbooks.bsky.social. So excited to be a part of this Local Authors Fair!!!

13.07.2025 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today’s the day!

If you are in the greater Sacramento region, come on out to @seatbooks.bsky.social Local Author Fair to support local authors and this great bookstore that does so much for the community!

I will be selling my books and games during the second half of the event, from 3:30-5:30pm.

13.07.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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