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jess. award-winning TTRPG designer as @jumpgategames.itch.io jewish lesbian. marxist. freelancing available. scifi author, stories in @clarkesworldmagazine.com. she/her ☭
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🚀🏨 EPISODE ONE of IMMANENCE with JAM & GARBAGEFACE 🏨🚀 a thousand years in the future, three travellers wake from stasis on a ship. why did they leave earth? where are they going? do aliens know what puppets are? what's galactic pickleball? does being in cryosleep make yr tummy hurt? let's explore.

RECORD PRODUCTION MONTH 2025 ENDING EXACTLY AS IT SHOULD: HECTICALLY peopleyoumeetoutsideofbars.bandcamp.com/album/the-on... ten songs from five years with two breakups (& that which broke) recorded entirely feb 24 - 27 bc the rest of the month was a mess 🖤🖤🖤

this trailer (abt GAY MECHA YEARNING) is SO cool & showcases what a unique AP @foliopod.bsky.social is. the way satah weaves these solo recordings into conversation is SO cool. also: this series has an all-time quote. "the lesbianism is both relevant and vital" is like. my life motto.

have you heard about my good show

It’s time for the Milk Hotel to choose a side

this trailer (abt GAY MECHA YEARNING) is SO cool & showcases what a unique AP @foliopod.bsky.social is. the way satah weaves these solo recordings into conversation is SO cool. also: this series has an all-time quote. "the lesbianism is both relevant and vital" is like. my life motto.

SERIES TRAILER: youtu.be/_QwqMoks5ss

We're approaching 24 hours on Dracotrophication, and we've nearly hit 25% of our goal. To celebrate, we're going to highlight the amazing people who will make this game a reality! (Also - if you haven't yet, back our slutty, slutty dragon game...) www.backerkit.com/c/projects/y...

huh i wonder if this post is somehow related to a couple of posts short days ago where someone (who was that again??) was saying "finally this friday you'll get to hear me going off the rails abt the sensuality of mech repair"

BRAIN SURGERY, SENSUAL. Come on you know you want to click!!

I posted the second update for Going For Broke's crowdfunding campaign today! It's about—bizarrely, of all things—getting back into wargames in 2018. And more specifically, how the release model of making rules available for free online played a pivotal role. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

In a world ruled by a cruel tyrant with the ability to take away your humanity on a whim, it is art and community that help us persevere. Check out Voices in the Wood, and Actual Play about a young radio host as he connecting with those impacted by the horrors of the world. youtu.be/YNKTtnFNMRo?...

This show was incredible to be part of!’n

Are we limiting how we think about Actual Play as an artform by describing it as fiction? What happens if we frame AP as nonfiction first, fiction second? Some thoughts about AP, Party of One, and what nonfiction-first AP might look like in our latest newsletter: buttondown.com/partyofonepo...

cool & thought-provoking post!!! def feels related to ongoing convos & confusions i have abt the State of Actual Play, which i often feel like a bit of a stick in the mud abt. "does [actual play] actually like TTRPGs? does it trust them? does it engage with games as a participant in the story?"

Oh, man. The arbitrary goal of breaking $5k on Out of Orbit is SO CLOSE I can taste it. I only need 4-6 more backers to crack that number. Would make my day! #ttrpg #zinemonth #ttrpgcommunity #zinequest

we're graphing. we're charting.

looking at a bunch of recent TTRPG physical edition covers ... am i the only one who still believes in the value of taglines

We are thrilled to announce that submissions to Rainbow Roll Fest 2025 are OPEN! You can submit your project now through March 31st on our FilmFreeway page: filmfreeway.com/RainbowRollF.... Important information and links in the replies!

On May 10, 1933, Nazis burned the library of The Institute for Sexual Science. The Institute was founded by Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld. Its community clinic pioneered healthcare for queer, trans, & intersex people. The Institute was targeted & attacked as part of a Nazi government censorship program.

controversy has to be one of the top 10 worst things to be embroiled in

You: They did the math. Me: ᵀʰᵉʸ ᵈⁱᵈ ᵗʰᵉ ᵐᵒⁿˢᵗᵉʳ ᵐᵃᵗʰ You: What was that? Me: Nothing. Me three hours later in a whisper: ᴵᵗ ʷᵃˢ ᵃ ᵍʳᵃᵛᵉʸᵃʳᵈ ᵍʳᵃᵖʰ

the thing about TTRPGs is that there's soooooo many talented people working on them and it's so hard that there's only so many that can be involved in a given project!!!

I had such a great time chatting with @diceexploder.com about pregens, shared language, and storymaking on this episode. I yapped a lot, so really kudos to Sam for being a good host and directing conversation, and managing to edit all that down into something listenable in a reasonable timeframe :p

New Dice Exploder! @ehronlime.bsky.social and I talk about Mule, one of the four characters from Last Train to Bremen by @seaexcursion.itch.io. I love Mule almost as much as I love pregens. We get into the strength of specificity, meme charts, and pregens as a language for talking about a game.

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Dracotrophication is coming to Backerkit in less than a week! @youarebeheld.bsky.social and I are so excited to make this dragonfucker game of hungry dragons and flighty maidens - go give it a follow to get updated when we launch!

trying to organize contributors to a crowdfunder like

Disney+ is also on the BDS Priority Targets list so yes, you should absolutely cancel your Disney+ subscription and put that money somewhere else!

Less than three hours left on the Kickstarter for our #ttrpg Crucible of Aether! We've already hit stretch goals, including a printed intro adventure, a story from @jessfromonline.bsky.social and an online character creator! Just one left: VTT support! www.kickstarter.com/projects/366...

Have you subscribed to @thehearthmag.bsky.social yet? The first issue comes out in just over two weeks, and I’m thrilled to be contributing a scenario for Spire! Please support a small indie RPG publisher and help them reach their pre-launch goal of 50 annual subscribers! ko-fi.com/prairiedrago...