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Matthew Rodela
@muse-and-mettle.bsky.social
Designer of Twisted Trumpets, now available from Play to Z Games!
https://www.playtozgames.com/game/twisted-trumpets/

Making games with a musical twist.
✅️ First sale of first published game.
✅️ Signed my first copy of my own game.
✅️ Attended the biggest board game convention in the world.
✅️ Feeling exhausted, excited, and greatful.

@playtozgames.bsky.social

#spielessen #twistedtrumpets #boardgames
October 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The guys at @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social took some time out of their busy schedule of launching Galactic Cruises to support my humble little pipe-building game. Look how far we've come fellas!
October 24, 2025 at 4:49 AM
All set up and ready to demo Twisted Trumpets at Essen! Come check it out at booth 5F115.

#playtoz #spielessen @spielessen.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I'm looking for anyone interested in interviewing me about my upcoming game Twisted Trumpets which is being published by Play to Z Games and will be available to purchase at Essen and in retail shortly thereafter.
September 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Having fun taking some shots of my upcoming game. I have one pre-production copy of it to do with what I want until it releases sometime this fall. What should I do with this guy besides admire it with the lens?
August 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Love seeing the photos of #TwistedTrumpets being demoed at #Gencon this weekend! I couldn't be there, so I'm living vicariously through your photos. If you see it, snap a photo for me!

Photo credit: Isaac Hirschfeld

@playtozgames.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 1:33 AM
It's starting to feel real!
February 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Tied for first place in the ProtoTank event at #tantrumcon!

Got some great feedback on Djembe and I look forward to heading that advice to take the game to the next level!
January 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Prepping Djembe to pitch at the ProtoTank event at #tantrumcon. Wish me luck!
January 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Kicked off #tantrumcon with "Jesus Take the Wheel" and "Casino Fromage", both great unpublished games looking for a good home.
January 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Holiday games with the family included Only Murders in the Building, Middle Ages, and Wyrmspan. All were fun, though Wrysmpan was a little too complex for my parents to wrap their heads around, they were good sports about it as we helped them through their turns.
December 26, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Artie and I are excited to dig into this new book!
December 25, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Quite enjoyed my first play of HiFi. It's a puzzly game with a unique shared tableau and great table presence! #boardgames
December 16, 2024 at 4:11 PM
RIP Jerry. Hopefully kitty heaven is full of nothing but board games you can sprawl across!
December 10, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Thanks @amanpossessed.bsky.social for the great candid shot of folks playtesting Time Jam! It was great to see players so in love with the theme and invested in the mechanisms. If publishers can get over the connection to real-world music stars, I think this one has a good shot at going somewhere!
December 9, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Finished up some quick and dirty sell sheets for my two closest-to-finished games and now to finish packing for my bright-and-early 7:30 AM train to Philly. #paxubound
December 6, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Was literally crying laughing playtesting Red String Theory by @backwardscapgames.bsky.social, a cooperative word-association party game where the end result is a conspiracy-theory-esque cork board. So fun.
November 22, 2024 at 4:46 AM
Say hello to Arturo "Artie" Rodela, aka Scruffy Muffin.
November 21, 2024 at 3:21 PM