Tom Jensen
@composertom.bsky.social
Composer and wargame designer.
Composer for Blackheart, RED ECHO, REKKR, the Ruins of Calaworm, and Outer Ring MMO - www.tom-jensen.com
Designer of Missile Threat, War by Sail, Lacquered Coffins, Hind & Seek, Ukraine 2022, Ostfront, etc.
Composer for Blackheart, RED ECHO, REKKR, the Ruins of Calaworm, and Outer Ring MMO - www.tom-jensen.com
Designer of Missile Threat, War by Sail, Lacquered Coffins, Hind & Seek, Ukraine 2022, Ostfront, etc.
War by Sail rules:
Took me 9 months to research and playtest. My partner thought I was nuts entering in all the stats for like 1200 ships and adding up the points values on a calculator... nowadays I use excel for points values🤣
www.wargamevault.com/en/product/2...
Took me 9 months to research and playtest. My partner thought I was nuts entering in all the stats for like 1200 ships and adding up the points values on a calculator... nowadays I use excel for points values🤣
www.wargamevault.com/en/product/2...
October 7, 2025 at 4:09 AM
War by Sail rules:
Took me 9 months to research and playtest. My partner thought I was nuts entering in all the stats for like 1200 ships and adding up the points values on a calculator... nowadays I use excel for points values🤣
www.wargamevault.com/en/product/2...
Took me 9 months to research and playtest. My partner thought I was nuts entering in all the stats for like 1200 ships and adding up the points values on a calculator... nowadays I use excel for points values🤣
www.wargamevault.com/en/product/2...
Some more photos from last game. Next game (this time using the War by Sail rules) will be much more balanced. It's a fairly simple but accurate system. Ships take time to be worn down, and (generally) don't just magically sink in 1 turn. Each dice you roll is an actual gun on the ship too!
October 7, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Some more photos from last game. Next game (this time using the War by Sail rules) will be much more balanced. It's a fairly simple but accurate system. Ships take time to be worn down, and (generally) don't just magically sink in 1 turn. Each dice you roll is an actual gun on the ship too!
Played some age of sail wargames last month, and I'LL DO IT AGAIN this month. This time playing my War by Sail rules. Last time we used Osprey's Fighting Sail, but they're pretty whack... French 1st rates literally sailing rings around British 1st Rates. Physics doesn't work like that 😂
October 7, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Played some age of sail wargames last month, and I'LL DO IT AGAIN this month. This time playing my War by Sail rules. Last time we used Osprey's Fighting Sail, but they're pretty whack... French 1st rates literally sailing rings around British 1st Rates. Physics doesn't work like that 😂
Rewatching the #StarWars #prequels - noticed this scene doesn't have any music - anyone have any idea why? seems like the kind of place where generally they would have some action score. Did they not have time to score it, or was it a deliberate choice not to have music? #filmmusic #music
October 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Rewatching the #StarWars #prequels - noticed this scene doesn't have any music - anyone have any idea why? seems like the kind of place where generally they would have some action score. Did they not have time to score it, or was it a deliberate choice not to have music? #filmmusic #music
September 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Tinkering with cover designs for an upcoming wargame series on special forces and insurgents. Co-op stealth campaign, maybe imagine Rangers of Shadow Deep set in the cold war... Vietnam, Soviet-Afghan War, Burma, LRDG... #wargames #coop Idea is to be rules light, with simple flowchart-ai patrols
September 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Suggest your melodies below, and I will fugue you up
September 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Suggest your melodies below, and I will fugue you up
If you see this, quote with a (tiny) tank. 1/300
August 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
If you see this, quote with a (tiny) tank. 1/300
More crazy cat scans...
August 18, 2025 at 8:15 AM
More crazy cat scans...
My threads reposts:
>genocide
>genocide
>HANDY MICROSOFT EXCEL TIPS!
>genocide
>trump pooing his pants on live TV
>genocide
What a time to be alive 😨 At least I know how to use SEQUENCE now
Also here are some scans of our cat Ayla. Scanning an object in motion can create unusual results...
>genocide
>genocide
>HANDY MICROSOFT EXCEL TIPS!
>genocide
>trump pooing his pants on live TV
>genocide
What a time to be alive 😨 At least I know how to use SEQUENCE now
Also here are some scans of our cat Ayla. Scanning an object in motion can create unusual results...
August 18, 2025 at 8:14 AM
My threads reposts:
>genocide
>genocide
>HANDY MICROSOFT EXCEL TIPS!
>genocide
>trump pooing his pants on live TV
>genocide
What a time to be alive 😨 At least I know how to use SEQUENCE now
Also here are some scans of our cat Ayla. Scanning an object in motion can create unusual results...
>genocide
>genocide
>HANDY MICROSOFT EXCEL TIPS!
>genocide
>trump pooing his pants on live TV
>genocide
What a time to be alive 😨 At least I know how to use SEQUENCE now
Also here are some scans of our cat Ayla. Scanning an object in motion can create unusual results...
I'm sure all my followers are strongly anti-genocide, but if you're a supporter of Israel, feel free to check out my threads reposts, where I am daily reposting the utter evil and horror inflicted by Netanyahu and those Israelis determined to exterminate Palestine:
www.threads.com/@tom_jensen_...
www.threads.com/@tom_jensen_...
August 1, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I'm sure all my followers are strongly anti-genocide, but if you're a supporter of Israel, feel free to check out my threads reposts, where I am daily reposting the utter evil and horror inflicted by Netanyahu and those Israelis determined to exterminate Palestine:
www.threads.com/@tom_jensen_...
www.threads.com/@tom_jensen_...
Really enjoying the Night Dive System Shock 1 remake, so much fun to explore, and been so long that I barely remember anything from the original.
Keep those fucking cyberspace sections away from me though, nearly quit on the last one. Nice they let you adjust the difficulty of those, but not in game
Keep those fucking cyberspace sections away from me though, nearly quit on the last one. Nice they let you adjust the difficulty of those, but not in game
July 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Really enjoying the Night Dive System Shock 1 remake, so much fun to explore, and been so long that I barely remember anything from the original.
Keep those fucking cyberspace sections away from me though, nearly quit on the last one. Nice they let you adjust the difficulty of those, but not in game
Keep those fucking cyberspace sections away from me though, nearly quit on the last one. Nice they let you adjust the difficulty of those, but not in game
Holy shit, your Quake brutalist jam map looks amazing!
Didn't know you did some sly Quake mapping 😅
Didn't know you did some sly Quake mapping 😅
July 9, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Holy shit, your Quake brutalist jam map looks amazing!
Didn't know you did some sly Quake mapping 😅
Didn't know you did some sly Quake mapping 😅
Cyberpunk Ukraine 2025
July 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Cyberpunk Ukraine 2025
#ImportantVideos here I demonstrate how to open a bottle with a roll of toilet paper.
Might win you a bet some day. #MacGyver #Beer #Ingenious #Ingenuity #gamedev #indiegame #gamedevelopment #composer
Might win you a bet some day. #MacGyver #Beer #Ingenious #Ingenuity #gamedev #indiegame #gamedevelopment #composer
July 1, 2025 at 6:53 AM
#ImportantVideos here I demonstrate how to open a bottle with a roll of toilet paper.
Might win you a bet some day. #MacGyver #Beer #Ingenious #Ingenuity #gamedev #indiegame #gamedevelopment #composer
Might win you a bet some day. #MacGyver #Beer #Ingenious #Ingenuity #gamedev #indiegame #gamedevelopment #composer
More music from #RuinsofCalaworm! - this time music for the Plateau of Leng: a soft snow falls, you trudge onwards, the eye glasses of your plague mask slowly crystalizing with ice from your own breath...
#indiegame #gamedev #gamedevelopment #gamemusic #indegamedev #music #mystery #NES #Snow
#indiegame #gamedev #gamedevelopment #gamemusic #indegamedev #music #mystery #NES #Snow
June 19, 2025 at 7:15 AM
More music from #RuinsofCalaworm! - this time music for the Plateau of Leng: a soft snow falls, you trudge onwards, the eye glasses of your plague mask slowly crystalizing with ice from your own breath...
#indiegame #gamedev #gamedevelopment #gamemusic #indegamedev #music #mystery #NES #Snow
#indiegame #gamedev #gamedevelopment #gamemusic #indegamedev #music #mystery #NES #Snow
A music demo I wrote way back for @ubadler.bsky.social's #Archrebel - the game has come a long way since this (4 years ago!) - check out the latest on his page!
#gamedev #gamemusic #indiedev #guitar #indiegamedev #gamedevelopment #gamemusic
#gamedev #gamemusic #indiedev #guitar #indiegamedev #gamedevelopment #gamemusic
June 11, 2025 at 10:56 AM
A music demo I wrote way back for @ubadler.bsky.social's #Archrebel - the game has come a long way since this (4 years ago!) - check out the latest on his page!
#gamedev #gamemusic #indiedev #guitar #indiegamedev #gamedevelopment #gamemusic
#gamedev #gamemusic #indiedev #guitar #indiegamedev #gamedevelopment #gamemusic
Richard was killed when his motorcycle collided with a truck in Central Otago in 2017, on his way back from the gun club (where he was the armorer). Pistols and ammunition sprayed all over the road as his panniers exploded.
Here's a picture of him, with me on the left and my brother on the right
Here's a picture of him, with me on the left and my brother on the right
June 6, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Richard was killed when his motorcycle collided with a truck in Central Otago in 2017, on his way back from the gun club (where he was the armorer). Pistols and ammunition sprayed all over the road as his panniers exploded.
Here's a picture of him, with me on the left and my brother on the right
Here's a picture of him, with me on the left and my brother on the right
Remembering my step-dad Richard, who discovered a new species of Turtle and named it after Terry Pratchett! what a legend. He's on the left, explaining the fossil to Terry when he visited us. Richard was quite a character -PhD in geology, loved hunting, shooting, motorcycles, red-socks and sandals.
June 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Remembering my step-dad Richard, who discovered a new species of Turtle and named it after Terry Pratchett! what a legend. He's on the left, explaining the fossil to Terry when he visited us. Richard was quite a character -PhD in geology, loved hunting, shooting, motorcycles, red-socks and sandals.
Discovered some videos of the #ruinsOfCalaworm soundtrack... never before posted for some reason.
Currently preparing a talk for a conference next month, and these will come in handy!
Viola played by Alan Starrett
NES Synths from tb Peach & SAC
#gamemusic #indiedev #gamedev #music #viola
Currently preparing a talk for a conference next month, and these will come in handy!
Viola played by Alan Starrett
NES Synths from tb Peach & SAC
#gamemusic #indiedev #gamedev #music #viola
June 5, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Discovered some videos of the #ruinsOfCalaworm soundtrack... never before posted for some reason.
Currently preparing a talk for a conference next month, and these will come in handy!
Viola played by Alan Starrett
NES Synths from tb Peach & SAC
#gamemusic #indiedev #gamedev #music #viola
Currently preparing a talk for a conference next month, and these will come in handy!
Viola played by Alan Starrett
NES Synths from tb Peach & SAC
#gamemusic #indiedev #gamedev #music #viola
A synergy of place and music - something just clicked, from back in October 2024
May 1, 2025 at 9:41 AM
A synergy of place and music - something just clicked, from back in October 2024
Meant to post these photos too - I think from Lost Battles.
One day I'd love to convert it to a traditional measure n' move wargame
One day I'd love to convert it to a traditional measure n' move wargame
April 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Meant to post these photos too - I think from Lost Battles.
One day I'd love to convert it to a traditional measure n' move wargame
One day I'd love to convert it to a traditional measure n' move wargame
What makes a man turn to grids? Lust for gold? Power? Or were they just born with a heart full of grid?
Honestly I don't know, it has pros and cons - maybe not bad for quite large scale games like battalion level or massive ancient battles. Rommel and Philip Sabin's ancient rules come to mind
Honestly I don't know, it has pros and cons - maybe not bad for quite large scale games like battalion level or massive ancient battles. Rommel and Philip Sabin's ancient rules come to mind
April 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
What makes a man turn to grids? Lust for gold? Power? Or were they just born with a heart full of grid?
Honestly I don't know, it has pros and cons - maybe not bad for quite large scale games like battalion level or massive ancient battles. Rommel and Philip Sabin's ancient rules come to mind
Honestly I don't know, it has pros and cons - maybe not bad for quite large scale games like battalion level or massive ancient battles. Rommel and Philip Sabin's ancient rules come to mind
Just 1 more day until #REPOSE is released! 👁🗨🔳💱💬
Here's another teaser from the soundtrack 🎵 - 30 seconds of ambient music feels like about 10 seconds of regular music 👀
#indiedev #indiegames #gamemusic #gaming #horror #ambient
store.steampowered.com/app/3002510/...
Here's another teaser from the soundtrack 🎵 - 30 seconds of ambient music feels like about 10 seconds of regular music 👀
#indiedev #indiegames #gamemusic #gaming #horror #ambient
store.steampowered.com/app/3002510/...
April 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Just 1 more day until #REPOSE is released! 👁🗨🔳💱💬
Here's another teaser from the soundtrack 🎵 - 30 seconds of ambient music feels like about 10 seconds of regular music 👀
#indiedev #indiegames #gamemusic #gaming #horror #ambient
store.steampowered.com/app/3002510/...
Here's another teaser from the soundtrack 🎵 - 30 seconds of ambient music feels like about 10 seconds of regular music 👀
#indiedev #indiegames #gamemusic #gaming #horror #ambient
store.steampowered.com/app/3002510/...