
Matt Ross
Matt Ross, aka Totally Not Panicking, is co-founder of Smashbash Miniatures and creator of the grimdark miniatures game Sun Rot.
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Sep 21, 2026
Interview with Matt Ross from Smash Bash and Sun Rot
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17:27AdamHOST
And then, and so when you first started, did you, um, Is that how it started? You were like, I'm going to get these manufactured and then fulfill them and sell them for people? Or did you decide you wanted to do your own thing? Or how did that kind of

Matt RossGUEST
The first Golden Demon they did online I like built this like really big thing and I thought it was really cool.
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32:52VinceHOST
Because even if you're a fighter, you're a barbarian in Dungeons & Dragons, 5th
Smashbash, Sun Rot, and Grim Dark with Matt Ross
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Matt RossGUEST
And so, you know, I thought like, hey, what's the what's the easiest way to kind of get people to have a tabletop role playing experience? And.

Matt RossGUEST
You know, the people who I made Sunrat for and who it's still for are people who have minis and boards that want people to play games that don't require you to do homework.

Matt RossGUEST
almost all tabletop role-playing games are homework games and many board games are homework games.
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EP 330 | We interview SMASHBASH
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8:13RyanHOST
Uh, but, um, what, what got you from Nurgle poxwalkers to I'm gonna mash all of this stuff together and make something that looks even more sick?

Matt RossGUEST
There, there were, there, I think there were, like, two sort of inflection points for me that, like, sort of brought me to this pl- to, that brought me here.

Matt RossGUEST
So, um, looking at all the different models, I was like, and, like, looking at the Games Workshop paint stuff, I was like, "This isn't quite...
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30:16RyanHOST
Um-
