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Matt Plotecher

@dmplots.bsky.social

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Gamer, Dad, and Storyteller. Looking to play a TTRPG? Check out my listings here! https://startplaying.games/gm/mpprpg https://mattplotecher.substack.com/ My book is out! Woot! https://a.co/d/5NHkXkC

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Matt Plotecher @dmplots.bsky.social · 2d

Evil Magic Finger might have been one of the best games I ever designed -- it was one of those rare games where everyone in the studio, from the CEO to the interns, loved everything about and actually played it because they had a blast with it.

#gamedesign #videogames

Screenshot of the Evil magic Finger card battle game.

Matt Plotecher @dmplots.bsky.social · 4d

As a reminder, your #dnd castle dining halls should be FREAKIN' HUGE.

#ttrpg #biltmoreestate

Interior of the dining hall at Biltmore Estate.

Matt Plotecher @dmplots.bsky.social · 5d

Everyone has to built a dice tower at some time.

#dice #dnd #ttrpg

Matt Plotecher @dmplots.bsky.social · 6d

Even small colonists cast long shadows....

#boardgames #familygamenight #photography #puertoricogame

Close up of the colonist game pieces in the game Puerto Rico casting shadows.

Matt Plotecher @dmplots.bsky.social · 6d

And she is constantly vying for the longest road!

Matt Plotecher @dmplots.bsky.social · 7d

Got this in the mail yesterday; my 10-year old daughter said, “Can we just take a moment and appreciate how cool the art is?”

#settlersofcatan #boardgames #familygamenight

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Matt Plotecher @dmplots.bsky.social · 8d

Feel like I am looking at a junior Audrey II, here....

#photography #littleshopofhorrors

A top-down view of a very large, purplish cabbage.

Matt Plotecher @dmplots.bsky.social · 9d

This very well might be the most famed number in all #ttrpg history.

#dnd #dungeonsanddragons #dungeonmaster

Matt Plotecher @dmplots.bsky.social · 9d

Very happy to see the complete Handbook series from 2nd Ed.

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Matt Plotecher @dmplots.bsky.social · 10d

This medieval-looking window is located in the time-worn, hoary lands of… Long Island.

#dnd #photography

Matt Plotecher @dmplots.bsky.social · 11d

Trying out Dungeon Alchemist for some new maps; this is for my paid #candlekeepmysteries campaign, and the interior of the House of Binding. This was inspired by actual medieval bookmaking techniques. 😅

#dnd #dungeonmaster #ttrpg

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Matt Plotecher @dmplots.bsky.social · 11d

Wear-n-tear on original AD&D books = love.

Matt Plotecher @dmplots.bsky.social · 13d

The unknown turf war nobody is talking about on a specific university campus, probably because it affects maybe two people.
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Chestnuts Harvested in an Open Field….

May has been bringing home bags of chestnuts for the past few weeks.

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Matt Plotecher @dmplots.bsky.social · 14d

I think every hobbyist photographer needs at least one nifty chess shot.

#chess #photography

Matt Plotecher @dmplots.bsky.social · 15d

You know what this fountain needs? A Water Weird!

#ttrpg #dnd #dungeonmaster #dungeonsanddragons

A photo of a small stone fountain with a wall of ivy behind it.

Matt Plotecher @dmplots.bsky.social · 16d

Remember the Geek Code? D&D started it all with their "Monster Stats Code."

#dnd #dungeonmaster #ttrpg #dungeonsanddragons

Close up of the AD&D original monster stat block.

Matt Plotecher @dmplots.bsky.social · 17d

I think I remember what was in room #2...

#dnd #dungeonsanddragons #dungeonmaster #ttrpg

Matt Plotecher @dmplots.bsky.social · 18d

If my daughter rolls like this in Risk Legacy, maybe I should ask her to roll up my next D&D character?

#dnd #familygamenight #risklegacy

Close up of 3 d6s on a risk legacy board showing all 6s.

Matt Plotecher @dmplots.bsky.social · 21d

Sure, until i mass Mechs at your front door.. .

Matt Plotecher @dmplots.bsky.social · 21d

My daughter set up an infirmary for her troops that lost battles in our Risk Legacy game. 😂

#risklegacy #boardgames #familygamenight

Risk Legacy figurines laying down on a faction card.

Matt Plotecher @dmplots.bsky.social · 21d

I get the feeling that my wife is subtly telling me that I am not welcome in Greenland.

#boardgames #risk

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 25d

Enjoyed the Packers forming a conga line to try and stop Myles Garrett

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Matt Plotecher @dmplots.bsky.social · 24d

The last thing my wife asked before I fell asleep last night.

A towel with the phrase "Does this towel smell like chloroform to you?" on it.

Matt Plotecher @dmplots.bsky.social · 26d

My AD&D 1st Ed. rulebook has seen a lot of love over the years.

#ttrpg #dnd #dungeonsanddragons

Matt Plotecher @dmplots.bsky.social · Sep 15

...well? Did you have to set up such an office? 😅

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