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❄️❄️❄️ jess ❄️❄️❄️
@jessfrom.online
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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hi 🦋! i'm jess, also known as @jumpgategames.bsky.social!

i'm a #TTRPG 🎲 writer, designer, & editor, and fiction author! i've made games (🔗s in 🧵) such as:
- I Have the High Ground
- going rogue 2e
- PLANET FIST

i'm also open for freelance work in the aforementioned categories! more info ⬇ 🧵!
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For @samsorensen.bsky.social's #OVER/UNDER I created WEATHERVANE, an in-universe themed combat simulator. Using it, our faction was able to predict the outcome of any battle with a high degree of confidence. It helped us price mercenary contracts and go into any combat knowing the expected outcomes.
November 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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I cannot stress how much WEATHERVANE won the game for Tempest. Like, I was able to take win/loss statistics, casualty predictions, and squad costs, and accurately price war contracts' % gross profit. #over/under never saw a Hot War from Tempest and WV proved it would have been *brutal*.
For @samsorensen.bsky.social's #OVER/UNDER I created WEATHERVANE, an in-universe themed combat simulator. Using it, our faction was able to predict the outcome of any battle with a high degree of confidence. It helped us price mercenary contracts and go into any combat knowing the expected outcomes.
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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hire will as an editor. they're smart & kind & know how things work & know how to present information in a way that is actually useful at a table & they'll just make ur game better. i've seen it happen in projects i've been involved in in other capacities & you can see it TOO on UR PROJECT xoxox
planning a zine quest project? does it have words and sentences? is it a game, an adventure, or both? i'm available in 2026 for new editing projects, so hire me to make you sound good! feel free to get in touch here or elsewhere to chat about what i can do for your project.
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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planning a zine quest project? does it have words and sentences? is it a game, an adventure, or both? i'm available in 2026 for new editing projects, so hire me to make you sound good! feel free to get in touch here or elsewhere to chat about what i can do for your project.
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON LETS GO. OLDHEADS KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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you should buy this album of songs written by taiko montgomery in #over/under because they're incredible & also i am on one of them!!! this one!!!!! i'll probably post all of mine some time this week too but for now: wowowowowowow
The Rise of Dawn (Feat. Satah), by Taiko Montgomery
from the album Under the Dream
taikom.bandcamp.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 AM
"Is Worf the Klingon equivalent of a Chasid" - the greatest thread in the history of forums, locked by a moderator after 12,239 pages of heated debate
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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RIP Baudrillard you would have loved this shit
New uncanny valley unlocked: inflatable corn maze for urban fall fests.
November 9, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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November 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
November 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Jess is a PHENOMENAL warden and has been living the Dream in #over/under as one of the most effective bosses for almost a month. This is an insanely good deal if you want to play Mothership run by a real pro.
ANNOUNCING: i'm now available for pro-GMing w/ StartPlaying—play with an AP performer & award-winning game designer!

🎲 Mothership "A Pound of Flesh" sandbox campaigns weekly Mon @ 3pm ET
🎲 Mothership "Gradient Descent" one-shot Tue 11/25 @ 2pm ET
🎲 PLANET FIST one-shot Thu 11/20 @ 3pm ET

🔗s ⬇️🧵!
November 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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ANNOUNCING: i'm now available for pro-GMing w/ StartPlaying—play with an AP performer & award-winning game designer!

🎲 Mothership "A Pound of Flesh" sandbox campaigns weekly Mon @ 3pm ET
🎲 Mothership "Gradient Descent" one-shot Tue 11/25 @ 2pm ET
🎲 PLANET FIST one-shot Thu 11/20 @ 3pm ET

🔗s ⬇️🧵!
November 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Pagliacci you say? Fascinating, I myself have never heard of this--he's a Clown you say? And you hear he's funny? I would love to hear more of your thoughts, or any specific feedback about him if you have it. Which jokes landed. Just curious. Excited to learn more about this guy for the first time.
August 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Jess is an incredible GM and I think this is a very cool opportunity
ANNOUNCING: i'm now available for pro-GMing w/ StartPlaying—play with an AP performer & award-winning game designer!

🎲 Mothership "A Pound of Flesh" sandbox campaigns weekly Mon @ 3pm ET
🎲 Mothership "Gradient Descent" one-shot Tue 11/25 @ 2pm ET
🎲 PLANET FIST one-shot Thu 11/20 @ 3pm ET

🔗s ⬇️🧵!
November 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Jess is literally one of the best gms I've ever played with, cant recommend her enough
ANNOUNCING: i'm now available for pro-GMing w/ StartPlaying—play with an AP performer & award-winning game designer!

🎲 Mothership "A Pound of Flesh" sandbox campaigns weekly Mon @ 3pm ET
🎲 Mothership "Gradient Descent" one-shot Tue 11/25 @ 2pm ET
🎲 PLANET FIST one-shot Thu 11/20 @ 3pm ET

🔗s ⬇️🧵!
November 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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I played with jess dming one time and it was really fun. highly recommend
ANNOUNCING: i'm now available for pro-GMing w/ StartPlaying—play with an AP performer & award-winning game designer!

🎲 Mothership "A Pound of Flesh" sandbox campaigns weekly Mon @ 3pm ET
🎲 Mothership "Gradient Descent" one-shot Tue 11/25 @ 2pm ET
🎲 PLANET FIST one-shot Thu 11/20 @ 3pm ET

🔗s ⬇️🧵!
November 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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I'm thrilled to see EMBODIED EXEGESIS included in this amazing list of transfem literature! This is some incredible company to be in!!!
November 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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We've never played Apocalypse World on @friends-table.bsky.social, and yet I think it's pretty fair to say that the show (and a big part of my career) relies on its existence.

Couldn't be more excited for this new edition. And I already have multiple ideas around how we might play it...
November 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Amazing friend, and possibly the best GM I've ever had 🔥
Definitely would not pass up the opportunity to play in one of her games if I were you
ANNOUNCING: i'm now available for pro-GMing w/ StartPlaying—play with an AP performer & award-winning game designer!

🎲 Mothership "A Pound of Flesh" sandbox campaigns weekly Mon @ 3pm ET
🎲 Mothership "Gradient Descent" one-shot Tue 11/25 @ 2pm ET
🎲 PLANET FIST one-shot Thu 11/20 @ 3pm ET

🔗s ⬇️🧵!
November 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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hey nerds, come play with one of the best GMs out there
ANNOUNCING: i'm now available for pro-GMing w/ StartPlaying—play with an AP performer & award-winning game designer!

🎲 Mothership "A Pound of Flesh" sandbox campaigns weekly Mon @ 3pm ET
🎲 Mothership "Gradient Descent" one-shot Tue 11/25 @ 2pm ET
🎲 PLANET FIST one-shot Thu 11/20 @ 3pm ET

🔗s ⬇️🧵!
November 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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jess is an incredible game runner, teacher, and presence at the table--don't miss this opportunity to play!
ANNOUNCING: i'm now available for pro-GMing w/ StartPlaying—play with an AP performer & award-winning game designer!

🎲 Mothership "A Pound of Flesh" sandbox campaigns weekly Mon @ 3pm ET
🎲 Mothership "Gradient Descent" one-shot Tue 11/25 @ 2pm ET
🎲 PLANET FIST one-shot Thu 11/20 @ 3pm ET

🔗s ⬇️🧵!
November 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
ANNOUNCING: i'm now available for pro-GMing w/ StartPlaying—play with an AP performer & award-winning game designer!

🎲 Mothership "A Pound of Flesh" sandbox campaigns weekly Mon @ 3pm ET
🎲 Mothership "Gradient Descent" one-shot Tue 11/25 @ 2pm ET
🎲 PLANET FIST one-shot Thu 11/20 @ 3pm ET

🔗s ⬇️🧵!
November 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Yeah, I've got my own crowdfunding, but I can't not mention Apocalypse World 3e.

Apocalypse World is one of the most influential games to arise out of the innovative indie side of gaming. It's literally created a whole subsector of the industry: Powered by the Apocalypse. A 3e is huge news.
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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How influential is Apocalypse World?

This influential. (And I wrote this chart four years ago.)

www.designers-and-dragons.com/2021/11/02/t...
November 6, 2025 at 11:04 PM