Makenzie De Armas ✨🐉

sometimes you just gotta panic-make some quiche, y’know?

my life has just been permanently altered by the Japanese 7-11 tamago sando

nothing will ever be the same again 🥚

It has been an absolute honor working alongside Chris these past few years. He is brilliant, wise, and whimsical in the best of ways. I wouldn’t be where I am without him. 💖

Thank you for teaching me how to be a good steward for this wonderful game, Chris. We’ll make you proud!

If you’ve ever wanted to listen to me ramble about game design for 30+ minutes, now’s your chance!

Kyle is a brilliant person and dear friend. For those that can, we invite you to help him get back up and recovering. <3

I found out after we watched the episode and I had to lie on the floor for a bit

everyone else: talking industry and community

me, in the b-roll: just happy to be there 🥰

A screenshot of the thumbnail of CNBC’s latest Make It video: How Dungeons & Dragons helped bring in over $1 billion. The thumbnail shows Makenzie gesticulating behind an elaborately carved DM screen as she leads a game of D&D.

oh hey, who’s that in the CNBC thumbnail?? 👀👀👀

oh it was amazing!! just…DEEPLY not what I expected from the Pac-Man episode lol 😅

ah, Secret Level, the animation anthology with an episode dedicated to everyone’s favorite classic rogue-like, sci-fi, body horror game…

…Pac-Man.

we were watching Without a Recipe and my partner called Grant O’Brian “Mean Keith” and I’ve been laughing about it ever since 😂

…what if I said I will be in LA at the end of this month? 👀👀👀

A photo of a gray and white ceramic dinner plate with Thanksgiving dinner on it: stuffing, roasted red onions and Brussel sprouts, and a pork chop topped with an apple and onion sauce. There is a glass of bubbly pink drink next to the plate.

happy thamksgibin

(I only burned myself once)

Makenzie stands proudly in front of a black step-and-repeat with the gold D&D 50th anniversary logo displayed on it. She is wearing black shorts and a blue and white retro cropped hoodie with the D&D ampersand embroidered on the left chest.

A photo of the 2024 D&D Player’s Handbook alt cover and credits page. Scattered on the credits page is a set of red, black, and gold dice, with one d20 displaying the D&D ampersand.

an incredible belated post, but hey—better late than never!

proud to be here. proud of my work. proud of this incredible game. ✨

Makenzie is dressed in a Figment cosplay, with a lavender wig, orange curved horns, dappled lavender overalls over a pink long sleeve, and orange dragon wings. She’s laughing as she’s climbing on top of Matthew, who is wearing a Dreamfinder cosplay. Matthew is dressed in blue pants, red vest over a white button down with cuffed sleeves, and a top hat with golden goggles.

IMAGINATION TIME 🌈💜🧡✨

HAPPY BIRTH!!! (hopefully I’ll get to see you around the con to say it in person too 😅)

Now that I'm not about to commit a murder (run in with white trash, sleep is restorative), let me say some words about why the Meet and Greet is important.

"You're preaching to the choir, Pam."

Am I, though? I heard some white folks were upset that there was no Meet and Greet for white people.

I HAVE MADE A CRITICAL ERROR

due to a scheduling mishap, I am unable to attend the POC Meet & Greet tonight at Big Bad Con. 💔 However, I will be around the convention Saturday and Sunday, so PLEASE feel free to chat with me then if you see me!

A screengrab of Makenzie with her hands against her cheeks, staring wistfully into the distance. Next to her is text quoting her: (wistfully) “I love mayonnaise.”

Hello hello! I’m Makenzie De Armas, Game Designer for #DungeonsAndDragons 🐉

I worked as a developer for the 2024 Players Handbook and worldbuilder for Critical Role. I’m also an alumnus of Forbes 30 Under 30 and the creator of Asteria, D&D’s first canonically autistic hero! Come say hi! 💖

hellooooooooooooooo

sometimes being the party tank means soaking up damage

and sometimes it means being the one to go into a bag of holding for a stealth mission because you have the highest CON 😂

so…who will be at Big Bad Con??? 👀👀👀

Read the Foreword to the book here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WQ_DclimCmJGvp2Ysat6foYWoA1yD9x_oqPK9n7NH_o/edit?usp=sharing

The cover of Flee, Mortals! The MCDM Monster book, featuring a many-eyed monster taking on a party of adventurers.

A picture of a Bredbeddle, a headless giant with a huge axe who is cutting off a head of a human and attaching the head to their stump

A picture of a hobgoblin smokebinder, a hobgoblin transforming out of a smoke form to stab an unsuspecting human foe with a poisoned sword

Flee, Mortals! is out now in PDF! A bunch of folks worked SUPER HARD on this thing for the last two years. Go check it out! mcdm.gg/FleeMortals

Makenzie stares wide-eyed off to the side, holding her hands like claws. She’s sitting on a couch giving an interview.

hello I am a professional

An image sized for twitter with the the title of the panel Wrong Answers Only Bad Advice from Great DM's - Part Deux with headshots of the panelists in left to right order TheeDoctorB, myself, OboeLauren, Amelia Herbst, Makenzie De Armas and HTTPaladin. White text is on the bottom row with Friday - September 1st @ 6:00 pm ET Oriole Theatre, orange Take This Logo in lower right corner.

Wrong Answers Only – Bad Advice from Great DM’s ~ Part Deux | Friday 6:00pm ET – Oriole Theatre [Not Streamed AFAIK] with @theedoctorb.bsky.social moderating, me, @makenzielaneda.bsky.social @laurenurban.bsky.social Amelia Herbst & HTTPaladin