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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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My wife pointed out a slight typo in my last substack: instead of “Seriously, I could eat linguine or spaghetti…” I wrote “Seriously, I could eat lingerie or spaghetti…” Welp, at least they are both high in fiber.

09.03.2026 14:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Wait, Weight? Don’t Tell Me! Earlier this week Gracie and I were working away in the kitchen on a chicken dinner (because we are a winner-winner, naturally).

Splitting the seams on this one.

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08.03.2026 21:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Pretty proud of my D&D group; last night they had a chance to kill off a group of thugs that attacked them, and instead just let them live. For a nominal fee, of course.

#dungeonsanddragons #ttrpg #dungeonmaster

04.03.2026 01:14 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Anyone else remember when cave maps actually had hexs?

#dungeonsanddragons #ttrpg #dungeonmaster

02.03.2026 18:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Well, Bowl Me Over Bowling is one of those sports that people forget is an actual sport.

You need to be on the ball for this game....

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01.03.2026 22:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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10% off all college students? Wow! That's... wait.

26.02.2026 23:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I'll just ring the... oh, er, nevermind.

25.02.2026 17:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Let's not let a little fire marshal condemnation come between us and future business dealings! Well, on Tuesday, anyway.

23.02.2026 04:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Who doesn't want some delicious, uh, "fist" courses?

19.02.2026 23:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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That's... surprisingly hardcore.

18.02.2026 22:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Sure hope there is no fire before then....

17.02.2026 21:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Oh Yeah, this is a New Year Still, Right? As I stand at the precise of the 2026, peering into the gaping abyss that I sense is awaiting me, I–

A belated year-in-review.

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15.02.2026 22:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Such a blatant disregard of the rules is shocking!

14.02.2026 20:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Apparently, this was a question that gets asked a lot.

14.02.2026 03:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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If you ever read The Design of Everyday Things, this should make you very, very upset.

13.02.2026 03:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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NGL -- quite possibly the best anti-theft system I have ever seen.

12.02.2026 03:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I could go for some behavioral enrichment right about now.

11.02.2026 03:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Boba Fett acquired a noble steed.

10.02.2026 03:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Snow Kidding! Shoveling snow is a lot like brushing your teeth.

The other white powder.

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09.02.2026 00:11 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Just a couple of Fords next to each other.

07.02.2026 21:38 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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I don't know why, but I feel like this should be a lost Pink Floyd album cover.

#photography

07.02.2026 02:07 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Before we even welcome you to our park, please read this extensive list of things that are FORBIDDEN and then kindly sign your name in blood at the bottom. Then , feel free to have fun, fun, fun!

06.02.2026 00:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This is rough for the people that work from 9-5, really....

05.02.2026 00:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Image of a bathroom door sign that reads "Whatever, just wash your hands"

Image of a bathroom door sign that reads "Whatever, just wash your hands"

Quite possibly my favorite bathroom sign of all time.

03.02.2026 22:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Looking over old school D&D items for use in modern campaigns.

02.02.2026 01:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Over the Hills and Through the Woods, to the Sketchy Clinic We Go Since November I have been working as a Direct Support Professional on Tuesdays and Thursdays, where I work with an adult with disabilities.

Looks perfectly normal to me...

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01.02.2026 19:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Just a snippet of a scene from my life:

MY WIFE: (Upon entering my daughter’s room) What happened here?
MY 10-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER: Chaos.

10.01.2026 18:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Close up of a table of numbers from the old version of AD&D.

Close up of a table of numbers from the old version of AD&D.

Something about these old school tables just bring me comfort....

#ttrpg #dnd #dungeonmaster

08.01.2026 23:03 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Old school perspective examples of dungeon elements on paper.

Old school perspective examples of dungeon elements on paper.

Anyone ever remember using these things back in the olde days of D&D mapmaking?

#ttrpg #dnd #dungeonmaster

07.01.2026 05:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Close up of sharpened pencils

Close up of sharpened pencils

Just readying some pencils.

#ttrpg #dnd #dungeonmaster

05.01.2026 18:55 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0