A review of the charming “Seasons of Magic” by @dungeonofthedragon.bsky.social (Chaosium’s 2024 BRP Challenge winner) in this week’s newsletter. Also, updates and a sale on school-themed MonarcWriter games! monarcwriter.substack.com/p/game-revie...

“Good Nature Scenario Decks” is today’s Deal of the Day on DrivethruCards! 80% off! Designed to teach cooperation and social skills to kids, and great for the classroom! The cards are a great way for kids to run the game with minimal assistance. www.drivethrucards.com/en/product/5...

I finished painting my first set of Marvel United miniatures last weekend. It’s a lot of fun and very relaxing. My kiddo even helped with some of them! Yeah, this is my new hobby…

I got a few board games with minis as Christmas gifts over the holidays, so I purchased some Speed Paints to color them and I guess I have a new hobby now.

My local library has a maker space with free 3D printing. I have been having way too much fun printing up organizers and mods for my tabletop games over the last few weeks!

A look back at MonarcWriter’s games, projects, and accomplishments from 2025; and a look ahead at games and projects in development for the new year in this week’s newsletter. monarcwriter.substack.com/p/monarcwrit...

My games and books are all on sale! 50% off if you get the everything bundle, 30% off individual titles, and funds earned goes toward supporting TTRPGkids projects! itch.io/s/170244/bla...

The final set of reviews from @dmsguild.com’s recent Game Jam in this week’s MonarcWriter newsletter. 5 more adventures featuring Baldur’s Gate! monarcwriter.substack.com/p/baldurs-ga...

@dmsguild.com is also having their Black Friday sale, including my newest collaborative release, The Sorcerer's Slam Book, at its lowest price ever! Pick up this amazing Strixhaven anthology by 9 amazing game designers at a 30% discount! www.dmsguild.com/en/product/5...

Black Friday Sale at DrivethruRPG! All of my original games and card decks are currently at 30% off as part of @drivethrurpg.com’s Black Friday Sale! Pick up a copy of Good Nature, Into the Starlit Sky, Vanity, GEMS, or A Dream of Thorns and Roses! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...

This review roundup of the Game Jam made my day! The section on The Gate’s Old Wound captures the adventure so well. Give it a read and check out the other amazing creators who took part!

More reviews of projects from @dmsguild.com recent Game Jam in this week’s MonarcWriter newsletter. 4 more adventures and 2 more supplements featuring Baldur’s Gate! monarcwriter.substack.com/p/baldurs-ga...

You can help me support Team Feed and donate to Feeding America here: teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/participants... I committed to releasing previews of my game, “A Name For Nobody,” for every $50 milestone of donations. With over $100 raised so far, here are the first two previews!

The Mystery Business (by @lysander03.bsky.social) and Good Nature (by @monarcwriter.bsky.social) are on sale right now! Find my reviews below with links to the sale pages! The Mystery Business: www.ttrpgkids.com/2024/03/07/r... Good Nature: www.ttrpgkids.com/2022/09/28/r...

All month long, the MonarcWriter newsletter will be reviewing and highlighting projects from DMsGuild’s recent Game Jam. This first week of reviews features 4 adventures and 2 supplements set in Baldur’s Gate! monarcwriter.substack.com/p/baldurs-ga...

The first week of the Feeding America fundraiser has brought in over $100 of donations! Here's a preview of the game I'm writing for donations: A Name For Nobody “Explore a realm of folktales in search of your stolen name, while bringing hope to the forgotten by granting them names of their own.”

I've joined @storytellingco.bsky.social to help end hunger in America by supporting Team Feed. Support by donating any amount! If I reach my goal: I'll create a deck of cards for the game I'm writing, available to all donors as thanks! teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/participants...

For the MonarcWriter Halloween newsletter, I look back at the design process for my fairy-tale horror game, "Vanity: Glass & Stone." Also: a new release, a Halloween sale, and a charity fundraiser! monarcwriter.substack.com/p/design-dia...

I wrote a lil summer camp foray in this. :D

The Sorcerer’s Slam Book is now available @dmsguild.com! 9 designers have crafted this collection of over 100 pages of Relationship-focused encounters for the “Fellow Student” NPCs from Strixhaven. To celebrate, a 25% discount is available for a limited time! site.dmsguild.com/product/5412...

I recently adapted two of my card-based TTRPGs (GEMS and Vanity) to be playable in Tabletop Simulator! I write about the process in this week’s newsletter, and share links to add the games to TTS for free! monarcwriter.substack.com/p/design-dia...

I have a few books in the Strixhaven sale going on at @dmsguild.com right now! Look for “Fantastic Field Studies” and “Fantasy Couture for Magical Galas” at big discounts!

The MonarcWriter newsletter is back from its summer hiatus! This week, I reflect on a year of reviews of TTRPGs and writing about game design and my creative process. Also, some highlights from my summer! monarcwriter.substack.com/p/news-anniv...

ICYMI, yesterday the pre-launch page went live for Little but Fierce, the rewrite of D&D 5th Edition for kids as young as six. Please share with parents, teachers and other guardians of small people :) www.kickstarter.com/projects/dcb...

Took my kid to a K-Pop Demon Hunters sing-along showing today. We already loved the movie, but watching it with such an energetic crowd who sang along to every lyric with their whole heart was such a joyful experience!

✨ 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/

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!

And there is “Into 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!

Is that “Vanity: 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!!!

We got the DMsGuild pick of the week!

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!

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

My games are gonna be available for sale at #GenCon2025!!! New milestone achieved! If you are there, pick up a copy of “Into the Starlit Sky”, “GEMS: A Game of Heists”, or “Vanity: Glass & Stone” from @ipr.bsky.social at booth 449!

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.

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

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

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!

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 🧑‍🍳 💋, and honestly, I still shiver thinking about it.

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

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!

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

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

I wrote a green dragon adventure for this :)

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

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!

Some really cool adventures in here! Mine entry, Cold as the Grave, features a frozen desert, mummies, and an elder evil! #dnd #ttrpgs #dnd5e

Fantastic effort from a fantastic group of folx!

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.

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...

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!