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Matt Gomez

@gomezwrites.bsky.social

Writer, TTRPGs, Regis MFA graduate, former podcast editor @ Metaphorosis Magazine. https://linktr.ee/gomezwritesgames

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Down at #CRITcon all weekend at the DoubleTree Hotel in Portland! Come check it out if youโ€™re in the area! Free to get in, and lots of rad vendors & games happening ๐ŸŽฒ

24.10.2025 20:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Test print of Escape the Iron Dungeon came out great! Print shop should have 50 of them ready to go tomorrow! ๐Ÿ‹๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ—๏ธ๐Ÿ’€

16.10.2025 13:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That book was such a wild ride!

15.10.2025 05:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Getting ready to table my first convention at CRITcon in Portland, OR, 10/24 - 10/26! While gathering my wares, I realized I'd never gotten copies of Escape the Iron Dungeon made. This was the first game I made, so I gave the design a glow-up.

If you're in the PNW, come say hi at CRITcon!

14.10.2025 18:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Into the Dark A Dark Fantasy and Fantastical Horror Anthology

I just backed Into the Dark on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

14.10.2025 15:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I haven't played Cairn yet, but I'm going to pick it up so I can run this bad boy

30.09.2025 17:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A Privatized Little Hell A 5e Adventure for 4 - 6 Level 16 Adventurers. Corporate hell is waiting for you...

www.kickstarter.com/projects/wat...

It's the last 8 hours to back out our high-level 5e heist adventure. We still have some unclaimed sharp-edged dice for physical backers. Come and get them!

#dnd5e #tier4 #heistadventure #crowdfunding #indiedev

30.09.2025 06:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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zo51m05.bsky.social and I collaborated on a risograph-printed edition of Unworthy! Grab a tri-fold of the core rules and The Djinni's Lair for just $5 plus shipping.

If you live outside the US, feel free to DM for shipping options!

gomezwrites.com/product/unwo...

#ttrpg #1pRPGjam

23.09.2025 19:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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I just added copies of my Liminal Horror adventure, These Waters Run Black, to my website! The zine includes the full eight-page adventure and adds two dotted-grid pages for facilitator notes. Really happy with how these came out! gomezwrites.com/product/thes...

#ttrpg #liminalhorror

22.09.2025 15:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you so much! I really appreciate the shout out :)

08.09.2025 17:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oof, this is so tough. I'm torn between Portishead's "Dummy," My Bloody Valentine's "Loveless," Air's "Moon Safari," and NIN's "The Fragile." All of these were so important to shaping my musical taste!

08.09.2025 05:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you so much - that really brightened my day. Appreciate you checking it out ๐Ÿฅฐ

05.09.2025 20:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sure thing! I'd be happy to swap out the text and put that together if you send along the translation. You just need a plain text of the existing text?

04.09.2025 19:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No worries at all -- my Spanish is decent, and Google Translate helped with the rest ๐Ÿ˜† I would absolutely love a Spanish translation. Let me know if I can facilitate that at all!

04.09.2025 18:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks so much!

04.09.2025 18:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I did literally the exact same thing when I ran Ypsilon for some friends. Transferring everything to Obsidian really helped me wrap my head around the connections between the NPCs, and made it dead easy to run. Had an absolute blast with that one!

04.09.2025 04:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks a bunch! Appreciate you taking a look! ๐Ÿ˜Š

04.09.2025 04:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Product mock-ups of The Djinni's Lair, an adventure for Unworthy. The mock-ups show two-renders of the tri-fold adventure. The left mock-up features sections with adventure hooks, rumors, village encounters, loot, an adventure map, and room descriptions. The right mock-up features NPCs and the cover of the adventure, showing a blue-skinned djinni. Unworthy -- a TTRPG of Living Weapons and the dipshits that wield them. gomezwritesgames.itch.io

Product mock-ups of The Djinni's Lair, an adventure for Unworthy. The mock-ups show two-renders of the tri-fold adventure. The left mock-up features sections with adventure hooks, rumors, village encounters, loot, an adventure map, and room descriptions. The right mock-up features NPCs and the cover of the adventure, showing a blue-skinned djinni. Unworthy -- a TTRPG of Living Weapons and the dipshits that wield them. gomezwritesgames.itch.io

Product mock-up of The Djinni's Lair, an adventure for Unworthy. The mock-up shows a render of the tri-fold adventure. The left panel features enemies, including a fat-tailed scorpion, veiled chameleon, and a horned Viper. The center panel features NPCs. The cover of the adventure shows a blue-skinned djinni looking menacingly at the viewer.

Product mock-up of The Djinni's Lair, an adventure for Unworthy. The mock-up shows a render of the tri-fold adventure. The left panel features enemies, including a fat-tailed scorpion, veiled chameleon, and a horned Viper. The center panel features NPCs. The cover of the adventure shows a blue-skinned djinni looking menacingly at the viewer.

Product mock-ups of the character sheet and enemy card template for Unworthy.

Product mock-ups of the character sheet and enemy card template for Unworthy.

I just wrapped up a brand-new introductory adventure for Unworthy! Kick-start your first session with The Djinni's Lairโ€‹ -- a detailed adventure full of mysterious creatures, duplicitous NPCs, and a rich, desert-themed setting.

gomezwritesgames.itch.io/unworthy

#ttrpg #ruleslite #OSR #noAI

04.09.2025 00:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Look what just arrived! Canโ€™t wait to dig into this. Congrats on the book release, @thomasha.bsky.social !

26.08.2025 00:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Unworthy by GomezWritesGames A TTRPG of living weapons and the dipshits that wield them.

You are a Living Weapon. Your goal: find someone worthy of wielding you--someone that's strong, agile, intelligent. The challenge: you'll need to suffer at the hands of innumerable dipshits along the way.

Available now! Link in bio!

#ttrpg #ruleslite #onepagerpgjam25 #humanmade

06.08.2025 17:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman
Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
The Ones That Got Away by Stephen Graham Jones

All of these were 5/5 for me!

19.07.2025 15:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

DNGN CLUB's games and supplements are gorgeous, evocative, and worth every penny.

27.06.2025 15:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This was really unsettling in a great way. Love that some of the responses had me wondering if the AI had started going off the rails or if it was genuinely programmed by Liam today those things. Well done!

25.06.2025 14:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Do yourself a favor and check out The Explorateur if you haven't already! Tons of great design advice, resources, and links to other cool products/events in the tabletop game space.

01.05.2025 18:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
screenshot of the kickstarter for Uneasy Lies the Head 2e

$8050 pledged of $10000 goal. 180 backers. 47 hours to go.

screenshot of the kickstarter for Uneasy Lies the Head 2e $8050 pledged of $10000 goal. 180 backers. 47 hours to go.

THE FINAL 48 HOURS HAS BEGUN!

Uneasy Lies the Head is 80% funded and has 2 days left to meet its goal! Back now so I can bring the plots and schemes of royal advisors to your table.

Check it out: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ada...

22.04.2025 21:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 78    ๐Ÿ” 65    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18
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There's less than a week left on Uneasy Lies the Head and we still got quite a ways to go to fund this thing! Thursday's the last day for you to get this GMless royal court roleplaying game!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ada...

19.04.2025 15:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 78    ๐Ÿ” 70    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
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U ever get those days
#adhd #executivedysfunction

02.04.2025 21:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 110    ๐Ÿ” 32    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Celestial Bodies Pilot your mech to claim the bodies of dead gods in deep space in the complete edition of this GMless mecha TTRPG.

28 hours left!

binarystar.games/celestial

02.04.2025 12:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just finished my play through of Thousand Empty Light by @alfredvalley.bsky.social -- what an awesome experience. The module had a tight gameplay loop that was easy to break into smaller play sessions, and the Combined Systems Semiotic Standard oracle was pure genius.

30.03.2025 22:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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