Matt Forbeck
@forbeck.com
NYT bestselling, award-winning author/game designer. He/him. Current projects: Marvel Multiverse RPG, Minecraft Legends novel, and Shotguns & Sorcery 5E.
I had a wonderful time hanging out with all sorts of amazing friends at the Freelancer Holiday Party here in Beloit tonight. Great to see so many pals and catch up a bit before the new year begins.
December 28, 2025 at 5:04 AM
I had a wonderful time hanging out with all sorts of amazing friends at the Freelancer Holiday Party here in Beloit tonight. Great to see so many pals and catch up a bit before the new year begins.
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The Freelancing Life | MDEV 2025
YouTube video by Wisconsin Games Alliance
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December 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The folks at the Wisconsin Games Alliance just posted the talk I gave at this year's M+DEV about making a living as a freelancer writer and game designer. Go watch!
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The Freelancing Life | MDEV 2025
YouTube video by Wisconsin Games Alliance
youtu.be
December 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The folks at the Wisconsin Games Alliance just posted the talk I gave at this year's M+DEV about making a living as a freelancer writer and game designer. Go watch!
youtu.be/ikQ2p2R22HM?...
youtu.be/ikQ2p2R22HM?...
This applies to writing, sure, but also to everything else in life.
TL;DR be a decent human, do the work, and make some friends. The rest is just dumb fucking luck, but even if you don’t have the dumb fucking luck, *you will have been a decent human, done some work, and made some friends.*
December 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This applies to writing, sure, but also to everything else in life.
If you have some cash to spare this Christmas, my pal Sean Lashgari is still dealing with horrible health struggles and could use some help. If not, please share it around. Thanks!
gofund.me/a914ca46b
gofund.me/a914ca46b
Donate to A plead for help in a critical time of need for surgery..., organized by Sean Lashgari
Hello Good Friends, Family and all...
I'm currently sitti… Sean Lashgari needs your support for A plead for help in a critical time of need for surgery...
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December 26, 2025 at 12:10 AM
If you have some cash to spare this Christmas, my pal Sean Lashgari is still dealing with horrible health struggles and could use some help. If not, please share it around. Thanks!
gofund.me/a914ca46b
gofund.me/a914ca46b
This is true. Monopoly is a rotten game by modern standards, but almost all house rules meant to fix it merely prolong the agony.
Monopoly might be a bad game, but you’re making it much worse by playing it wrong.
A Christmas declaration of war, from me, in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
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A Christmas declaration of war, from me, in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-w...
We've all been playing Monopoly wrong
The board game shouldn't go on forever if you stick to the real rules
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 5:58 AM
This is true. Monopoly is a rotten game by modern standards, but almost all house rules meant to fix it merely prolong the agony.
Reposted by Matt Forbeck
Some people have asked for the direct RSS link so here it is: rss.buzzsprout.com/2560437.rss
SEE YOU IN HELL is now live on podcast services! Just the trailer for now with the full pilot episode coming on Jan 8 but subscribe now so you get it as soon as it drops! Here's the Apple Podcasts link:
See You in Hell
Comedy Podcast · Married showrunners Dan and Gayle Bellingham are the creators of West Palm Beach, the biggest, buzziest hit show in modern TV history. But when an acrimonious divorce brings their col...
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December 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Some people have asked for the direct RSS link so here it is: rss.buzzsprout.com/2560437.rss
Merry Christmas, ya monsters!
December 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Merry Christmas, ya monsters!
This is always a great time.
GUEST SPOTLIGHT: Matt Forbeck is an award-winning, NYT-bestselling author and game designer of over 35 novels and countless other books and games. buff.ly/XIyAyZS
#GaryCon #GCXVIII #SpecialGuest #Gaming #TTRPGs
#GaryCon #GCXVIII #SpecialGuest #Gaming #TTRPGs
December 24, 2025 at 7:11 AM
This is always a great time.
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I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
December 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
Reposted by Matt Forbeck
Gamers! Go check out the DIE RPG on @bundleofholding.com. It's a great TTRPG, based on the comic by @kierongillen.bsky.social and @stephaniehans.bsky.social, designed by them as well and published by the fine folks at @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social .
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DIE RPG Bundle
Adventurer! This new DIE RPG Bundle presents DIE, the tabletop roleplaying game from Rowan, Rook, & Decard based on – rather, created in parallel with – the DIE Image Comics series (20 issues, 2018-21...
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December 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Gamers! Go check out the DIE RPG on @bundleofholding.com. It's a great TTRPG, based on the comic by @kierongillen.bsky.social and @stephaniehans.bsky.social, designed by them as well and published by the fine folks at @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social .
bundleofholding.com/presents/DIE...
bundleofholding.com/presents/DIE...
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CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
December 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
Reposted by Matt Forbeck
The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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are you jewish and do you think you can gather 2-5 players for TTRPG playtest that must take place in the next 48 hours? if so, send me a DM!
December 21, 2025 at 11:16 PM
are you jewish and do you think you can gather 2-5 players for TTRPG playtest that must take place in the next 48 hours? if so, send me a DM!
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wow — @60Minutes yanks a segment about Trump sending immigrants to prison in El Salvador, describing “brutal and torturous conditions”
🔔 CBS NEWS(MAX) is officially cooked under Bari Weiss 🚨
🔔 CBS NEWS(MAX) is officially cooked under Bari Weiss 🚨
December 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
wow — @60Minutes yanks a segment about Trump sending immigrants to prison in El Salvador, describing “brutal and torturous conditions”
🔔 CBS NEWS(MAX) is officially cooked under Bari Weiss 🚨
🔔 CBS NEWS(MAX) is officially cooked under Bari Weiss 🚨
Reposted by Matt Forbeck
They say there are no heroes any more.
I say there are.
I say there are.
I got knocked out of Whamageddon a week or so ago, but a couple nights later — when we had some extra family here for dinner — I heard the song come up on our kitchen speaker. Before anyone else noticed, I got up, slipped into the kitchen, and whispered "Next song" to save them all.
December 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
They say there are no heroes any more.
I say there are.
I say there are.
I got knocked out of Whamageddon a week or so ago, but a couple nights later — when we had some extra family here for dinner — I heard the song come up on our kitchen speaker. Before anyone else noticed, I got up, slipped into the kitchen, and whispered "Next song" to save them all.
December 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I got knocked out of Whamageddon a week or so ago, but a couple nights later — when we had some extra family here for dinner — I heard the song come up on our kitchen speaker. Before anyone else noticed, I got up, slipped into the kitchen, and whispered "Next song" to save them all.
Happy solstice to you all! Here's to longer and better days ahead.
December 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Happy solstice to you all! Here's to longer and better days ahead.
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BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
bit.ly
December 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
A kind mention from my friend Rem.
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT
Matt Forbeck is a prolific game designer/writer, having worked on major IPs like Marvel, Minecraft, Halo, Blood Bowl, Deadlands, and more
Co-founder of Pinnacle Entertainment Group, he has been nominated for 28 Origins Awards, has won 17, as well as 10 EnNies and a Scribe Award
Matt Forbeck is a prolific game designer/writer, having worked on major IPs like Marvel, Minecraft, Halo, Blood Bowl, Deadlands, and more
Co-founder of Pinnacle Entertainment Group, he has been nominated for 28 Origins Awards, has won 17, as well as 10 EnNies and a Scribe Award
December 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
A kind mention from my friend Rem.
Reposted by Matt Forbeck
In this week’s newsletter, I explain how Trump’s $1,776 payments is actually one of the most dangerous things he’s ever done. Armies loyal to a paycheck and not the government is how you get authoritarian overthrows of republics.
Trump’s ‘Warrior Dividend’ Might Be His Scariest Idea Yet
In this week’s Elie v. US, The Nation’s justice correspondent explores the authoritarian threat beneath Trump’s bonuses for military families. Plus, a case for getting rid of the Second Amendment.
www.thenation.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
In this week’s newsletter, I explain how Trump’s $1,776 payments is actually one of the most dangerous things he’s ever done. Armies loyal to a paycheck and not the government is how you get authoritarian overthrows of republics.
Reposted by Matt Forbeck
Trump’s DOJ and AG Pam Bondi are now breaking the law to protect powerful pedophiles. #TrumpEpsteinCoverup
December 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Trump’s DOJ and AG Pam Bondi are now breaking the law to protect powerful pedophiles. #TrumpEpsteinCoverup
Ah, this brings back some great memories! Thanks to @mikeselinker.bsky.social for putting that original White Heffalump Gift Exchange together. It was a blast. :)
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The Greatest Gift Exchange There Never Was…
If you’re a puzzle and game enthusiast, there are many dates and events to look forward to each year. There’s Free RPG Day, National Tabletop Day, the American Crossword Puzzle Tourname…
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December 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Ah, this brings back some great memories! Thanks to @mikeselinker.bsky.social for putting that original White Heffalump Gift Exchange together. It was a blast. :)
puzzculture.com/2025/12/18/t...
puzzculture.com/2025/12/18/t...