jenn martin is not trying so hard
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Chicago-adjacent ttrpg designer (Dead After Dinner) & editor (Apocalypse Keys, The Zone & more), SFWA member and AFT/IFT 604 union member, people>profit | she/her tenpenjenn.com/links
Cards from #Aldsworth1811, the #DesperationRPG hack by @tenpenjenn.com. @jmstar.bsky.social recently played it and can report that it is very good. If you are a fan of the core game or all things Regency, this hack is for you! #TTRPGs #RPGs #gaming jennmartin.itch.io/aldsworth-1811
It may be corny to say, but I'm having an absolute blast playing Slugblaster 🐌🛹
you will encounter more opportunities in life to change the batteries on a smoke alarm than you will to run into a burning building and no one gives a shit you changed those batteries but it is still very important and why are you waiting on a burning building, know what i’m saying, it’s a metaphor
I made a paper doll Big Walker! I'd forgotten how great it feels to make someone small and silly just for fun!
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
shintigercurl@shintigercurl.bsky.social · last mo.RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
I'm too much a jenn-of-many-trades and too old to be an apprentice, but I do think a lot about the way we hand skills down to the next generation (or don't, as it were)
Hey that's me! These were really fun to write- the game is cool as hell! Also you are legally required to tell me about it if you run into Red Rook on your playthrough (it's in the fine print, really, really small, I swear!)
Tim Denee@olddog.games · last mo.AND, last but not least, three equally brilliant factions by the equally legendary @tenpenjenn.com. Underground printers, craft activists, and a killer ex-super-spy.
As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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Hand writing 66 flashcards for my Library Cataloging & Classification class has me questioning my life choices...
I do think I Was a Teenage Exocolonist is a very good game! Also while playing it I had a very painful emotional flashback & dissociated super hard for days after. I'm very aware it's meant to be played multiple times & playing again might improve my feelings around it but I simply will not.
Working on my relationship with my mom has meant digging up and wading through what feels like an ocean of loneliness I experienced as a kid. I find myself stuck in flashbacks of it almost every day. It sucks! I compartmentalized that shit for a reason!
Games You Should Play Before Playing Fiasco, in no particular order. * Play whatever you like * Even games that suck teach you stuff * Also play games that scare you sometimes * Distrust taste-makers * As a taste-maker I highly recommend Rusałka by Nick Wedig
I continue to love toner reactive foil 🖤
jenn martin is not trying so hard@tenpenjenn.com · 2mo agoBack on my artist box bs
This might be the most beautiful thing I've read in my life. What a privilege to be alive in 2026. ordinaryabundance.com
Ordinary Abundance
A walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new.
ordinaryabundance.com
I’ve thrown this at Austen scholars at @asecsoffice.bsky.social, at my students, at folks who don’t know Austen AT ALL, & memorably at the combined madcap glee of @nopunincluded.com @kierongillen.bsky.social @timclare.bsky.social. It’s the only game that led to wail in fury at my dearest friend. A+
Bully Pulpit Games@bullypulpithq.bsky.social · 2mo agoAldsworth, 1811 by @tenpenjenn.com is about five Regency women and the men they might marry - as ladies act to secure their futures in the countryside of Regency England, love is a luxury some cannot afford. It's all the crack! #TTRPGs #RPGs #games jennmartin.itch.io/aldsworth-1811
I have backed a lot of crowdfund campaigns and I know that shipping is expensive, but being asked to pay USD$70 to ship a game book, map & stickers (about USD$100) feels like a joke? I would pay USD$35 without grumbling! I don't understand why it's more than the base game cost!
I did get to play Big Walk tonight and it's very charming and literally just what I want in a video game
jenn martin is not trying so hard@tenpenjenn.com · 2mo agoI really want to play this game, but I need friends to play it with!
It doesn't matter how you play 9 Space Games, there's always a non-zero chance of character death and zero chance of happily ever after. @jmstar.bsky.social you aren't paying me for marketing copy anymore, but you can have this one for free.
jenn martin is not trying so hard@tenpenjenn.com · 2mo agoNot freeform as in Freeform Larp™️ (whatever that is lol), freeform as in 'play in 3rd person at a table, larp in 1st person, or somewhere in between, as your group chooses.'
Not freeform as in Freeform Larp™️ (whatever that is lol), freeform as in 'play in 3rd person at a table, larp in 1st person, or somewhere in between, as your group chooses.'
Bully Pulpit Games@bullypulpithq.bsky.social · 2mo agoOur newest release #NineSpaceGames is here. This versatile hardcover is packed with 9 freeform games that share a sci-fi universe and a set of rules, suitable for 3-6 players. The games are designed to be played as a #larp #TTRPG or however you like and ALL within an hour! bpglink.com/9spacegames
I really want to play this game, but I need friends to play it with!
House House@househouse.com · 2mo ago🔴🟡🔵 BIG WALK 🔴🟡🔵 Out now on Steam, Nintendo Switch 2, and PlayStation 5. Hooray!
Aaahhhhh one of my favorite authors (Becky Chambers) is coming to Chicago and I got tickets and I'm so excited!!!
I had a spectacularly bad work day yesterday and woke up at 3am this morning. Cute of Yesterday-Jenn to presume a corner had been turned. Therapy tomorrow is gonna be a full session 🫠
jenn martin is not trying so hard@tenpenjenn.com · 3mo agoI've caught up on some emails and work I've been unable to touch for weeks (depressive episode? lupus flare? smoke inhalation? late stage capitalism? all of the above? who knows!) and it's a nice change.
I've caught up on some emails and work I've been unable to touch for weeks (depressive episode? lupus flare? smoke inhalation? late stage capitalism? all of the above? who knows!) and it's a nice change.
This is really freaking cool!
Amanda Wyatt! Visconti@literaturegeek.bsky.social · 3mo agoYou can read & print any of my zines for free at ZineBakery.com/homemade; they're all CC licensed if you want to remix/build on any, too. Catalog of ~400 of other folks' linked & described zines re:culture, craft, tech, and/or justice is at ZineBakery.com too 📚
Changing my personal definition of useful from 'useful to the institution of capitalism' to instead mean 'useful to the fabric of society (myself & other humans and my connections to them)' has been pretty great! I highly recommend considering who you are afraid of not being valuable to.
the Mountain Goats@themountaingoats.bsky.social · 3mo agosorry to vaguesky but I saw someone whose work has meant quite a bit to me personally sharing that their accomplishments affirm, for them, only their own feeling of uselessness. In empirical fact when we feel useless it is an illusory feeling. we have to Internalize and know this.
Ai is a fake orgasm machine and the people who use it either can't tell or don't care
A video game is making my joint pain in my hands worse, but I'm going to continue playing Cairn because it's very good. www.thegamebakers.com/cairn/
Cairn
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I'll never do this good again 🤣 Anthropeum.com · Jun 21 2026 🟩🟨🟦🟩🟩🟩🟦🟦🟩🟩 83,481 · top 1% of players today!
Anthropeum
A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.
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