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@jessfrom.online
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jess. award-winning TTRPG designer as @jumpgategames.itch.io. jewish lesbian. marxist. scifi author, stories in @clarkesworldmagazine.com. she/her ☭

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jess @jessfrom.online · 12h
i recall a number of details from that game, and my only other memory of that entire birthday party is that one of my friends brought a him a gift in HUGE box, filled with packing peanuts, buried within which was exactly one (1) black plastic spatula. which is. extremely of the era.
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jess @jessfrom.online · 12h
freshman year of high school, a friend threw a birthday party all-nighter, and spontaneously at midnight decided to run D&D 3.5e for us (i'd never played). we rolled up characters on Redblade, printed them out, then did a dungeon crawl until who-knows-when o'clock.
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marika 🔞🪳🤍 @tsukumojuku.idcrisisangel.ca · 18h
good post
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jess @jessfrom.online · 18h
opposed due to its association with "racially inferior" "Ostjuden" in Eastern Europe.) so countering with "nuh-uh, modern hebrew wasn't used as an artificial tool to support zionism" is like...also a problematic misrepresentation of history.
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jess @jessfrom.online · 18h
existed as a spoken language in Palestine prior to the first aliyah, and it intentionally was meant to sever jews from their cultures of origin in order to reduce association and feelings of connection with left-wing diaspora movements (and specifically in opposition to Yiddish, which early Zionists
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jess @jessfrom.online · 18h
i mean, on the one hand, crediting it to punctuation & assuming that a different choice of language would have prevented colonialism is obviously bunk. but as for the comment under the QT...modern hebrew was *explicitly* a colonial project. it does not have continuity with the Hebrew that
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satahshanks the kale gay cat 🛸 @posatahchips.gaygothvibes.online · 21h
basically i'm finally fully dragging the show into my cinematic wheelhouse & you're all coming with me.
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This Should Be A Game! @thisshouldbeaga.me · 21h
Our next double-feature: ROLLIN' WITH IT 🛼 The mechanical mailbag is open from now until the end of October!! Watch our upcoming movies & submit a related TTRPG idea (a thematic dice mechanic, overall elevator pitch, module, table...) & we might discuss it on the pod! 🔗 forms.gle/n3eBBJbT6HeQ...
This Should Be a Game Double Feature: Rollin' With It: Xanadu & Rollerball
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Playtest Material Magazine @playtestmaterial.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Playtest Material Issue One is out now: playtestmaterial.org/playtest-mat...
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Playtest Material Issue One: An RPG Is Like...
Read the full magazine today.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
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satahshanks the kale gay cat 🛸 @posatahchips.gaygothvibes.online · 22/09/2026
person 1: what are u trying to say
person 2 sends an image of a hand pointing into a dark void
person 2: go here 
person 1: in the vault under the pyramid casino on june 6 1984?
person 2: go in the vault under the pyra
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Ben // foresight studio @foresightstudio.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Super excited that The Firmament is officially a Kickstarter Project We Love!! And I put together a new banner image featuring some previews of the card designs. Follow the campaign & see more at ttrpg.fund/firmament!
The banner for a kickstarter page for a game called The Firmament. A book floats on the left side of the image against a glowing, grimy gradient with a faint grid overlaid on it. The book features a large white hand reaching up toward the title at the top. On the right side of the image, four tarot cards fall from above, glowing faintly. The most obviously visible one features three eyes looking different directions. The title of the game is written in white text across the bottom of the image.
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Dillin Apelyan - Bob the Builder's #1 Guy @superdillin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One of the best parts of One Shot is that listeners can pick and choose which ones sound interesting to them and just hop between those. But, rss feeds don't really make that easy or digestible so this was my way of hopefully making this easier to do!
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jess @jessfrom.online · 29/09/2026
cannot tell you how blessed i still feel to have such a kickass cast play my game, truly such a joy & honor!!!
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Matt Caulder (They/He) @mattcaulder.com · 29/09/2026
I caught up on Realis this morning and thought about what I should listen to next... AND LIKE A SHOT I REMEMBERED THIS HAPPENED ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!
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Angel 🩵 ¡VIVA MÉXICO! @cutestpatoot.itch.io · 29/09/2026
In light of being laid off, I’ve reopened my commissions for game design consults, as well as added new slots for layout, illustration & adventure writing! I’m an award winning game designer with credits across beloved systems like KOBOA, QUEERZ, Alchemistresses & more! ko-fi.com/c/94aec52063
ko-fi.com
45 minute Game Design Consultation Session
Commission available on Ko-fi.com
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Lone Archivist @lonearchivist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bookings now open for logo / brand design, editorial layout, crowdfunding graphics, and more! Hit the CONTACT button on lonearchivist.com.
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jess @jessfrom.online · 29/09/2026
both inside and outside the text of the games & supplements, sometimes explicitly & sometimes implicitly, it's so clear how contributors are pouring in the joy, excitement, & fondness they have for these games into their works, and i consider myself so SO lucky to get to witness it & then print it!!
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jess @jessfrom.online · 29/09/2026
one of the beautiful things about printing 2 games over a half-decade old to print with GGR & bringing in contributors who have worked on or played them for years is the outpouring of love that goes into the project. it's SO wonderful to see contributors bringing all those feelings in.
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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
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jess @jessfrom.online · 29/09/2026
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO TRUE BESTIE
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[INDIE ALERT]✊🏾🏳️‍🌈🎮🎲 @christheechampion.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
Afternoon Repost! Don't Forget ✨️ Wishlisting makes a huge difference for the devs. 🔃 Reposts/follow make a huge difference for me. Here's a link to the trailer since Bluesky won't let me upload today. youtu.be/zY2pmgQY6xw?...
youtu.be
I Combined Mirror's Edge with Titanfall (UE5)
YouTube video by Carlcadium
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satahshanks the kale gay cat 🛸 @posatahchips.gaygothvibes.online · 28/09/2026
HOW CUTE ARE THESE AHHHH THE REAL DECK OF CARDS IS GONNA BE SO BEAUTIFUL 😭
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Dillin Apelyan - Bob the Builder's #1 Guy @superdillin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
One Shot: Last Train to Bremen took home the award for Outstanding Drama, and I was awarded the William Dufris "Those Who Dare, Win" Achievement Award yesterday and I wrote a big sappy post about it on the pictures app. I'm feeling very good and warm. www.instagram.com/p/Dd1alTwEf6...
An octagonal glass award with the red new jersey webfest laurel in the center. Award titled William Dufris "Those Who Dare, Win" Achievement Award. an oblong glass award with the red new jersey web fest laurel in the center. Award titled Outstanding Drama in the Actual Play category.
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James D'Amato @oneshotrpg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I am so proud of Dillin and what he is doing with One Shot and within the industry generally. He is a good guy who tries hard to make good art and good spaces. I welcome every recognition and celebration of Dillin anf his accomplishments.
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jess @jessfrom.online · 28/09/2026
Diskette did the original crowdfunder printing of I Have the High Ground! they were incredible to work with, even under terrible circumstances (a full-on flood of the office!!) if you're an I Have the High Ground fan, considering signing up to be notified about the upcoming fundraiser/anthology!!
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Diskette Press @ A2CAF @diskettepress.com · 28/09/2026
Hey Diskette Fans! This is your first notice that we're putting together a fundraiser anthology for a new Riso. Sign up here for launch info. More details to come in the coming weeks, this is gonna be a good one. diskettepress.com/pages/belove...
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Beloved! A Riso Fundraiser Anthology
Help Diskette Press get a new Risograph by picking up a new anthology featuring work by artists you know and love.
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jess @jessfrom.online · 28/09/2026
i'm learning so much
Connection with Moog Inc.

Moog Music is often confused with Moog Inc., partly because they were both founded at approximately the same time by cousins. In April 1950 Bill Moog (cousin of Robert Moog, inventor of the Moog synthesizer) applied for a patent for the electrohydraulic servo valve (later called a "Moog Valve"), a device to control hydraulic pressure for fine control of actuators. The US patent 2625136 was issued in January 1953.[3] The company he founded subsequently became Moog Inc., now a major international defense and aerospace manufacturer.
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Astreia @redoubters.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
rip annie dillard
One of the things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. The impulse to save something good for a better place later is the signal to spend it now. Something more will arise for later, something better. These things fill from behind, from beneath, like well water. Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes.
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leo 🦈 @darlingthresher.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
we could hit 400 before the end of the month. it could happen... you never know. tell ur friends. get perforated today
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jess @jessfrom.online · 27/09/2026
🎵 The Eagles — No More Walks in the Wood 🎵 #jesslistens www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYEk...
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No More Walks in the Wood
YouTube video by Eagles - Topic
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My Name is Grant @mynameisgrant.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Tapping my forehead three times as I set my encryption key to the product of single-digit primes. They’ll never think to check those.
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jess @jessfrom.online · 27/09/2026
oooooooooh this is very interesting
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jess @jessfrom.online · 27/09/2026
if you play only limited (my favorite format) you are truly spared from this entirely, and it's so much worse than you could imagine. commander is the only format where if your deck accidentally does better than you expected, you have to apologize for winning the game. and that's just the start.
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jess @jessfrom.online · 27/09/2026
this is why drafting a cube of random bullshit is the world's best format
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jess @jessfrom.online · 27/09/2026
usually i describe myself as a “johnny among spikes” but for real, there is nothing that drives me to player cEDH over commander more than never wanting to undertake the truly impossible and endlessly frustrating task of rule zero conversations ever again
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jess @jessfrom.online · 27/09/2026
a bit of a self-own, but i don’t think i’ve ever felt quite as represented as a cEDH player as i do by the “Rule 0 Hater” player archetype in this @greensuitgirl.bsky.social video
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Heather Flowers (500FF DEMO OUT NOW) @hthrflwrs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
One of my favorite and most effective design patterns is "tell the player exactly what you're gonna do to them, then do it." You can be SIGNIFICANTLY meaner to the player if you simply tell them ahead of time that that's exactly what you'll be doing, and also the suspense of the warning is a delight
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jess @jessfrom.online · 26/09/2026
other author shouts here btw. every single one of them brought something wholly unique to this anthology and i really really cant wait for it to be out in the world. bsky.app/profile/jump...
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jess @jessfrom.online · 26/09/2026
i've now had the pleasure of reading the final or near-final manuscripts of every story in Look Up to the Stars and cant tell you how excited i am for y'all to be able to read them. they're so gorgeous. i feel so lucky to have such a talented batch of authors & editor on this book, like WOW.
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jess @jessfrom.online · 26/09/2026
stories without understanding the conditions and pressures in which they made. these movies are actively arguing with each other rather than collaborating, and they are arguing with the conditions within which they were produced and the audience that they were produced for.
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jess @jessfrom.online · 26/09/2026
the sequel trilogy is fascinating from the perspective of filmmaking & specifically franchise-making. i've never seen a collection of movies so distinctly marked by the environment in which they were produced. obviously this is true of every movie, but like, you cannot understand the arc of their
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jess @jessfrom.online · 26/09/2026
there is no trilogy. there are 3 movies.
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Heather Flowers (500FF DEMO OUT NOW) @hthrflwrs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The 500 FINGER FILLET Demo has reached 90 positive reviews!! Can we hit 100 by Monday? store.steampowered.com/app/4973880/...
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jess @jessfrom.online · 26/09/2026
like actual djarum ones—the line is called djarum bliss. they fucking rule tbqh. djarumbliss.com
djarumbliss.com
Djarum Bliss - Home
Escape into your moment with the same great clove taste and aroma you remember. Taste it to believe it and find your Bliss today!
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jess @jessfrom.online · 26/09/2026
do you know that they make tobacco free ones now
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satahshanks the kale gay cat 🛸 @posatahchips.gaygothvibes.online · 21/09/2026
nodding
a chart tracking the number of times a particular game is mentioned & a chart tracking how many times games that were mentioned more than once were mentioned. 48 games were mentioned once & 21 were mentioned more than once, with the majority of the latter being twice. the most mentioned games are realis & the quiet year with 4, mobile frame zero firebrands with 5, & fiasco & triangle agency with 6
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satahshanks the kale gay cat 🛸 @posatahchips.gaygothvibes.online · 21/09/2026
probs gonna do a fun in-depth one of these at the end of the year but i threw together some stats from the @thisshouldbeaga.me episode notes so far: - we've mentioned 1 game/module from 52 unique designers, 2+ from 10 more - 41 unique designers come up in 1 episode, 21 come up in 2+ episodes
a bar chart tracking unique games mentioned & the number of designers with that many games mentioned: 52 have 1 game mentioned, 9 have 2 games mentioned, 1 has 3 mentioned, & 1 has five mentioneda bar chart tracking how many episodes unique designers get brought up in: 41 designers are mentioned in 1 episode, 12 are in 2 episodes, 3 are in 3, 2 are in 4, 2 are in 6, 1 is in 7, & 2 are in 8
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Ben // foresight studio @foresightstudio.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Firmament is coming to Kickstarter October 27th!! A huge thank-you to the 150+ folks already following the campaign. Check out the pre-launch for more on what the crowdfund will support, and let me know what you want to see more of in the lead-up to launch! www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
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Update 1: The Firmament is coming to Kickstarter October 27th · The Firmament - Tarot TTRPG of Divinity and Desperation
Hello, everyone!I'll start with the headline: The Firmament is coming to Kickstarter October 27th. So what kind of game is it, and what can you expect from the campaign? Read on to find out! What...
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