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jane beswick-wright

@martiancrossbow.itch.io
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RPG designer | naarm/melbourne she/they | ♿️🏳️‍⚧️ | not on here very often Check out my blog: martiancrossbow.substack.com Contact Email: hello @ martiancrossbow.com

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jay Dragon is unstoppable @jdragsky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
buying a funko pop is a lifelong commitment! they often live for decades, if not centuries, and they often outlive their owners
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jane beswick-wright @martiancrossbow.itch.io · 24/09/2026
The Black Box, my first multi-session Mothership module, is now available to buy on itch! Explore Red Sands L&K, a remote compound responsible for story many of the galaxy's supernatural items. It comes with a custom soundtrack, if that sweetens the deal. martiancrossbow.itch.io/the-black-box
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The Black Box by Jane Beswick-Wright
An intrapsychological extraction mission for Mothership RPG
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jane beswick-wright @martiancrossbow.itch.io · 15/09/2026
That's it I'm sick of indesign I'm buying affinity for my next module.
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jane beswick-wright @martiancrossbow.itch.io · 12/09/2026
I sort of suspect that GMs and players don't need to be told this. I've never met an RPG player who was at all afraid to homebrew, hack, scrap or reinterpret. Whenever I'm designing I just assume that's something that will happen, I never waste my breath granting permission.
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jane beswick-wright @martiancrossbow.itch.io · 07/09/2026
Everyone go play this fucking game.
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Brendon @brendonbouzard.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Erika Lee Sears @erikaleesears.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Pink eraser #sketchbook
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Sorry it just occurred to me that there may be people who haven’t seen clip from the Quibi show where Rachel Brosnahan plays a woman dying because of her golden prosthetic arm and I needed to fix that
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jane beswick-wright @martiancrossbow.itch.io · 30/08/2026
ah. i forget that when you do too much audio work in one day it corrodes your psyche. oops.
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jane beswick-wright @martiancrossbow.itch.io · 30/08/2026
When I make my own website I'm tempted to have one that looks like this. But I think it's best to show off my typography skills in a more conventional way. More people should be making websites like this tho.
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jane beswick-wright @martiancrossbow.itch.io · 27/08/2026
they're filming a jennifer's body sequel which means nothing else matters now. im quitting my career this is now a jennifer's body 2 updates account.
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lou-ellen (fear and louthing) @louceph.com · 05/08/2026
Lethal Company
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jane beswick-wright @martiancrossbow.itch.io · 21/08/2026
omggg there was a technical issue with my email all week that i thought was the registrar's fault but it was actually my fault. dozens of voice actors weren't able to email their auditions because of this. I eventually started accepting DMs so hopefully everyone got to submit anyway :(
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Digital Poppy Poppy Zone @poppyzone.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Excited for Avengers Doomsday? Here's the ONE piece of media you NEED to see before you sit your bum down in the cinema: das-kunstkollektiv.itch.io/hungerwinter
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HUNGERWINTER by Das Kunstkollektiv, Mia Cain, Digital Poppy
The hunger. The hunger...
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jane beswick-wright @martiancrossbow.itch.io · 14/08/2026
why does pinterest feel so janky? was the website always this sluggish?
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jane beswick-wright @martiancrossbow.itch.io · 13/08/2026
There are 48 hours left to back The Black Box on Kickstarter. This 2-3 session adventure comes with in-world paper and audio handouts and a custom soundtrack. Deluxe backers will also receive a prequel short story and a designer's commentary edition. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...
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The Black Box: A Mothership RPG Adventure
An intrapsychological extraction mission
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Matt Colville? @mattcolville.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The video game version of "movies that are produced, not written." Games that are produced, not designed. www.productionalchemist.com/p/inever-see...
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I Have Never Seen a Game Fail Because the Artists Were Too Slow
AI is optimising the cheapest part of production
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Solar eclipse coming up so here’s one of my favourite maps
Top is a map of the US with “Google search volume for “eyes hurt” April 3 to April 10 2024” with a hot line running from Texas north east through to Maine.  The bottom map shows the path of the total solar eclipse which runs in a lone from Texas through to Maine
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jane beswick-wright @martiancrossbow.itch.io · 07/08/2026
Having a decent art budget is actually so freeing. I can start talking to people I've had my eye on for ages.
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konbu @konburice.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
🦋 #lifeistrange #pricefield
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jane beswick-wright @martiancrossbow.itch.io · 03/08/2026
If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky
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András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I unreservedly apologise for YOUR MISTAKE
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jane beswick-wright @martiancrossbow.itch.io · 03/08/2026
critical role should have live musical accompaniment
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jane beswick-wright @martiancrossbow.itch.io · 28/07/2026
using my email has been so much less awful since i got a more professional setup and started organizing it properly. i used to hate email so much.
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Brielle 💖 @briellebear.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I really hate the “I don’t owe anyone anything” mentality because we actually owe each other and this planet a lot. You don’t have to be selfless all the time or burn yourself out but you should be kind and helpful and compassionate to the best of your ability. We need to care about each other more
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jane beswick-wright @martiancrossbow.itch.io · 28/07/2026
youtu.be/bCS-bB8mqCM?... Latest video by @txwatson.com is really quite good.
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I really just don't think the AI thing matters in the long run to be honest
YouTube video by T.X. Watson
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jane beswick-wright @martiancrossbow.itch.io · 26/07/2026
being a (video) gamer and an RPG designer is so stupid bc all your professional contacts have you on discord and they can see how much time you waste playing bad video games.
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Shady Inference 🌫️ @blot.city · 02/01/2026
You won't catch me posting matrix or terminator bits in relation to real-world AI deployment because that would constitute a reproduction and endorsement of the foundational marketing lie that these technologies ought to be conceived of as comparable to the "thinking machine" science fiction premise
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Per Janke @perjanke.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
“Aww look how cute these kids are playing, that’s so wholesome!” Our lore while playing:
An illustration of a group of survivors in worn down 1940ies clothing. 
They’re looting an overgrown tank while two of them take watch. 
It’s illustrated with black shadows and golden light
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jane beswick-wright @martiancrossbow.itch.io · 23/07/2026
Someone once told me that bluesky attaches a "rude" label to some accounts and suppresses them algorithmically. Not sure if that's true but if so I need to become "rude" asap. I crave it.
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Matt Colville? @mattcolville.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This first bit about the culture warriors having no impact on reality once the movie was out, is what I mean when I say "I worry folks might make the mistake of thinking the internet is real." As in, the rpg flame wars don't have anything to do with your table. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV3L...
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How The Odyssey Won The Culture War
YouTube video by The Rest Is Entertainment
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Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar just out there cutting everything down to their essence.
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jane beswick-wright @martiancrossbow.itch.io · 23/07/2026
Incredibly cool page from Time Without Tide. Gorgeous.
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jane beswick-wright @martiancrossbow.itch.io · 21/07/2026
even the calculator on windows 11 is shitty. lmao.
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jane beswick-wright @martiancrossbow.itch.io · 17/07/2026
My Mothership RPG adventure, The Black Box, is live on Kickstarter. Featuring illustration from @perjanke.bsky.social and Doggamia. Back the project here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...
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The Black Box: A Mothership RPG Adventure
Once the body enters the mind, all bets are off.
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jane beswick-wright @martiancrossbow.itch.io · 13/07/2026
Mothership people, I made a supplement for you! martiancrossbow.itch.io/stress-vents
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Stress Vents by Jane Beswick-Wright
A tool for Mothership RPG
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Per Janke @perjanke.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Some Agent Portraits I recently painted for an Impossible Landscape campaign #deltagreen
A collection of delta green agents. In the center is the delta green logo
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leo 🦈 @darlingthresher.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
They're here! Grab a physical copy of INFINITE REVOLUTION (with some minor external blemishes) for the lowest price I will probably ever offer them - $21 w INCLUDED SHIPPING to anywhere in the US, over 50% off retail. all proceeds go to medical care for my stupid disintegrated knee lol
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Discount Seconds Copies Available
Hello! I'm putting a limited number of heavily-discounted (over 50% retail) physical copies on sale via itch.io. These are physical copies of INFINITE REVOLUTION with cosmetic defects that made them u...
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jane beswick-wright @martiancrossbow.itch.io · 08/07/2026
time feels like its moving so slowly for me these days, but in a good way. is this what being busy feels like.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I don’t understand how people can run for office knowing they have insane baggage and/or crimes. Like I spent the entire campaign expecting AIPAC to somehow dig up my middle school livejournal fanfic account. I prepared my family for it. I’m still amazed it didn’t happen.
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leo 🦈 @darlingthresher.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
sophont game wishlist now. 200 on the horizon
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Get Ready for SOPHONT - Visceral Symbiotic Roleplaying
From Gwendolyn Clark - Get Ready for SOPHONT - Visceral Symbiotic Roleplaying
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IRANZYE ART @iranzye.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
My painting EVENING FIELD.
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jane beswick-wright @martiancrossbow.itch.io · 14/06/2026
I try my best to be a good listener to people who are bad at articulating themselves. You lose a lot of good ideas if you only pay attention to people who are good at speaking or good at writing.
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Lhuzie GET WINTRY SQUAMA! @strigarosa.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
As cool as it is to write a novella as a game, the more cool it is as a novella it comes at the expense of being a worse game.
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jane beswick-wright @martiancrossbow.itch.io · 11/06/2026
New blog post about finding the right game for your RPG group. Also includes my understanding of why so many RPG groups are so committed to 5e. open.substack.com/pub/martianc...
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You can't make everybody happy
How to pick the right game for your table
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Atlas Costa Aguilera @arca-de.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Worked with some amazing people to make “Exit, Pursued By a Dream” - a 92 page #mothership anthology zine inspired by Over/Under. theember.itch.io/exit-pursued... Super happy with how the cover came out, had my tablet zoomed in to the max for most of it lol.
Magenta and teal illustrated book cover of a space station city. Titled “Exit, Pursued By a Dream” by the Burning Hearts Collective.Magenta and teal illustrated book cover of a space station city in sketch form.Magenta and teal illustrated book cover of a space station city in its initial stages as a rough thumbnail idea.
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jane beswick-wright @martiancrossbow.itch.io · 04/06/2026
I'd love to write a Jubensha someday. I'll have to play a few first though!
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jane beswick-wright @martiancrossbow.itch.io · 04/06/2026
Just watched episode 11 of The Pitt, the one with the ICE agents, and it genuinely made me feel furious and miserable. Those thugs are all going to hell and God will never forgive them.
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Unitsix | Dark Fantasy Illustrator @unitsix.itch.io · 20/05/2026
Just dragging a sword
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jane beswick-wright @martiancrossbow.itch.io · 08/05/2026
My next Mothership project (not The Black Box, the one after that) is my first horror adventure where parts of it have been genuinely upsetting to write.
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