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jenn martin is not trying so hard

@tenpenjenn.com

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

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jenn martin is not trying so hard@tenpenjenn.com · 20h ago

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 · yesterday

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.'

jenn martin is not trying so hard@tenpenjenn.com · yesterday

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 · yesterday

Our 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

jenn martin is not trying so hard@tenpenjenn.com · 2w ago

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 · 2w ago

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.

jenn martin is not trying so hard@tenpenjenn.com · 3w ago

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 · 3w ago

sorry 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.

jenn martin is not trying so hard@tenpenjenn.com · 2mo ago

It turns out Narrascope is a bunch of thoughtful and smart people talking about stories and games and now I'm thinking in seventeen different wonderful, interesting directions at once. It ruined my weekend productivity, absolutely $40 well spent.

jenn martin is not trying so hard@tenpenjenn.com · 2mo ago

I think this is box #6 so far this year and my first with a drawer. I love the colors (the gold cook cloth came with the kit and I had the purple paper and silver book cloth in my stash)! This was a class from Herringbone Bindery called Fancy Clamshell.

A collage of three images of a clamshell box made by Jenn. The box is covered in marbled paper in purple, silver and gold, with silver book cloth on the spine and gold book cloth on the fore edges. The top image takes up the full width, and shows the box open from the top. The tray on the right is divided and there's a drawer opened part way underneath it. The bottom left image shows the box closed and the bottom right image shows the spine and cover standing up.
jenn martin is not trying so hard@tenpenjenn.com · 2mo ago

I will never not be amused that the book titled Nine Space Games has, in fact, 10 games within its pages. I'm very excited for folks to get their hands on this book, Jason is very good at maximum fun in minimum time and it has sad robots!

Jason Morningstar@jmstar.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Final edits from the amazing and talented @tenpenjenn.com are done, and NINE SPACE GAMES, our collection of 10 interconnected one-hour sci-fi games, will soon be on its way to the printer with a lovely Paul-Schuitema-inspired cover by @plakruslar.bsky.social and layout by @julienlegault.bsky.social.

The index for NINE SPACE GAMES, which will be a 188-page book full of characters, places, and events, all interconnected, across ten playable games.
jenn martin is not trying so hard@tenpenjenn.com · 2mo ago

Artemis 3 having zero women crew feels deeply reflective of the current political moment in the US and I hate it. Yes, there are still women on the ground team, but relying on women while keeping them behind the scenes so men can have all the fame and glory is still misogyny.