jenn martin is trying
@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
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I cannot nuke copilot from orbit off my work computer because of permissions and it's creating a hostile work environment.
December 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I cannot nuke copilot from orbit off my work computer because of permissions and it's creating a hostile work environment.
Got some Real Good News in my email this morning and I actually cried happy tears
December 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Got some Real Good News in my email this morning and I actually cried happy tears
I got a little ahead on proofreading today and I'm going to bed before 11pm, much better than yesterday!
December 7, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I got a little ahead on proofreading today and I'm going to bed before 11pm, much better than yesterday!
I need to go to bed, but my brain has been fighting it for an hour. Revenge bedtime procrastination got me again.
December 6, 2025 at 5:35 AM
I need to go to bed, but my brain has been fighting it for an hour. Revenge bedtime procrastination got me again.
This is the best idea I've ever had and if you do this you have to tell me about it.
Run two competing games of The Climb by @jmstar.bsky.social and see who gets to the summit fastest and who doesn't come home.
December 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This is the best idea I've ever had and if you do this you have to tell me about it.
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Let's do a giveaway for my new #Apollo11 bootprint hoodies! 🚀
Enter for a chance to win a #bootprint hoodie! Available in 5 colors. ✨
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Enter for a chance to win a #bootprint hoodie! Available in 5 colors. ✨
💫 How to participate:
1) Follow me
2) Enter here sciencesocks.com/giveaway
3) Like & repost
🚨 P.S. Hoodies for sale here:
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🔭🐡🧪🎨
December 3, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Let's do a giveaway for my new #Apollo11 bootprint hoodies! 🚀
Enter for a chance to win a #bootprint hoodie! Available in 5 colors. ✨
💫 How to participate:
1) Follow me
2) Enter here sciencesocks.com/giveaway
3) Like & repost
🚨 P.S. Hoodies for sale here:
sciencesocks.co/products/apo...
🔭🐡🧪🎨
Enter for a chance to win a #bootprint hoodie! Available in 5 colors. ✨
💫 How to participate:
1) Follow me
2) Enter here sciencesocks.com/giveaway
3) Like & repost
🚨 P.S. Hoodies for sale here:
sciencesocks.co/products/apo...
🔭🐡🧪🎨
Just printed out the 25/26 Year Compass booklet!
I do this every year and it's a lovely way to remember what I did this year and give myself support for next year.
yearcompass.com
I do this every year and it's a lovely way to remember what I did this year and give myself support for next year.
yearcompass.com
YearCompass
YearCompass | The booklet that helps close your year and plan the next one.
yearcompass.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Just printed out the 25/26 Year Compass booklet!
I do this every year and it's a lovely way to remember what I did this year and give myself support for next year.
yearcompass.com
I do this every year and it's a lovely way to remember what I did this year and give myself support for next year.
yearcompass.com
Finally, someone acknowledges BPG's *unhinged* back catalog!
In all seriousness, it's a very good review of Desperation, and I hope it means more people will check out the game. I helped make the Roll20 version and I'm very proud of it!
In all seriousness, it's a very good review of Desperation, and I hope it means more people will check out the game. I helped make the Roll20 version and I'm very proud of it!
"I adore #Desperation. It's proof, as if it was needed, that designer @jmstar.bsky.social is an absolute legend, a titan of the tabletop scene. And together with the rest of the team at publishers Bully Pulpit, they've put together like, a gothic narrative train set." - @itsquinns.bsky.social
Quinns Quest Reviews: The Boxed RPG Special!
YouTube video by Quinns Quest
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Finally, someone acknowledges BPG's *unhinged* back catalog!
In all seriousness, it's a very good review of Desperation, and I hope it means more people will check out the game. I helped make the Roll20 version and I'm very proud of it!
In all seriousness, it's a very good review of Desperation, and I hope it means more people will check out the game. I helped make the Roll20 version and I'm very proud of it!
Also I mildly shamed a semi-famous ttrpg white guy who I will not name. What a thrill
Highlights from PaxU:
Teaming up with @segedy.bsky.social & @nathanblack.com
Friends who stopped by the booth to say hi (including @shervyn.bsky.social, who I sadly missed)
The Mushulu, Dim Sum Garden, Terakawa Ramen & Elixr coffee/tea/pastries
Selling 18 copies of my weird goose game!
Teaming up with @segedy.bsky.social & @nathanblack.com
Friends who stopped by the booth to say hi (including @shervyn.bsky.social, who I sadly missed)
The Mushulu, Dim Sum Garden, Terakawa Ramen & Elixr coffee/tea/pastries
Selling 18 copies of my weird goose game!
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Also I mildly shamed a semi-famous ttrpg white guy who I will not name. What a thrill
Highlights from PaxU:
Teaming up with @segedy.bsky.social & @nathanblack.com
Friends who stopped by the booth to say hi (including @shervyn.bsky.social, who I sadly missed)
The Mushulu, Dim Sum Garden, Terakawa Ramen & Elixr coffee/tea/pastries
Selling 18 copies of my weird goose game!
Teaming up with @segedy.bsky.social & @nathanblack.com
Friends who stopped by the booth to say hi (including @shervyn.bsky.social, who I sadly missed)
The Mushulu, Dim Sum Garden, Terakawa Ramen & Elixr coffee/tea/pastries
Selling 18 copies of my weird goose game!
November 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Highlights from PaxU:
Teaming up with @segedy.bsky.social & @nathanblack.com
Friends who stopped by the booth to say hi (including @shervyn.bsky.social, who I sadly missed)
The Mushulu, Dim Sum Garden, Terakawa Ramen & Elixr coffee/tea/pastries
Selling 18 copies of my weird goose game!
Teaming up with @segedy.bsky.social & @nathanblack.com
Friends who stopped by the booth to say hi (including @shervyn.bsky.social, who I sadly missed)
The Mushulu, Dim Sum Garden, Terakawa Ramen & Elixr coffee/tea/pastries
Selling 18 copies of my weird goose game!
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November 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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I wanted to highlight some of the weirder offerings we have at #paxunplugged!
I’ll start with Public Guest 5. It’s our solo TTRPG about living beneath an artificial menacing planet. You roll 2 dice once every real-world day until your world explodes. Until it does, you live your life well.
I’ll start with Public Guest 5. It’s our solo TTRPG about living beneath an artificial menacing planet. You roll 2 dice once every real-world day until your world explodes. Until it does, you live your life well.
November 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I wanted to highlight some of the weirder offerings we have at #paxunplugged!
I’ll start with Public Guest 5. It’s our solo TTRPG about living beneath an artificial menacing planet. You roll 2 dice once every real-world day until your world explodes. Until it does, you live your life well.
I’ll start with Public Guest 5. It’s our solo TTRPG about living beneath an artificial menacing planet. You roll 2 dice once every real-world day until your world explodes. Until it does, you live your life well.
Today: Packed as much as I could and tested negative! I also finished knitting a pair of fingerless gloves (with stash yarn, even! Please clap for me).
Tomorrow: Get to work early so I can check into my flight while not in the car.
Tomorrow: Get to work early so I can check into my flight while not in the car.
Today: hit page 299 out of 784 on proofreading
Tomorrow: covid test & pack for Pax
Tomorrow: covid test & pack for Pax
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Today: Packed as much as I could and tested negative! I also finished knitting a pair of fingerless gloves (with stash yarn, even! Please clap for me).
Tomorrow: Get to work early so I can check into my flight while not in the car.
Tomorrow: Get to work early so I can check into my flight while not in the car.
Today: hit page 299 out of 784 on proofreading
Tomorrow: covid test & pack for Pax
Tomorrow: covid test & pack for Pax
November 17, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Today: hit page 299 out of 784 on proofreading
Tomorrow: covid test & pack for Pax
Tomorrow: covid test & pack for Pax
I started reading House of Leaves, but it's been slow going reading before bed. I still don't know why 'house' is blue, and I haven't encountered any red text yet.
November 15, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I started reading House of Leaves, but it's been slow going reading before bed. I still don't know why 'house' is blue, and I haven't encountered any red text yet.
TODAY!!! 🐀❄️🍄🧶🥧🫖
We can finally share that…
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November 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TODAY!!! 🐀❄️🍄🧶🥧🫖
I am planning on being at my first PaxU this year, so long as my flights still happen! I'll be at the @bullypulpithq.bsky.social booth during the day, if you want to hear me talk about how much I love Desperation!
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I am planning on being at my first PaxU this year, so long as my flights still happen! I'll be at the @bullypulpithq.bsky.social booth during the day, if you want to hear me talk about how much I love Desperation!
If you donate food/money/time to a food bank or to help folks who didn't get SNAP benefits, I want to mail you a print copy of my goose game!
DM me your address and what you donated (I don't need receipts) and the goose will be on its way!
International is ok! I have a dozen to send out! HONK
DM me your address and what you donated (I don't need receipts) and the goose will be on its way!
International is ok! I have a dozen to send out! HONK
November 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
If you donate food/money/time to a food bank or to help folks who didn't get SNAP benefits, I want to mail you a print copy of my goose game!
DM me your address and what you donated (I don't need receipts) and the goose will be on its way!
International is ok! I have a dozen to send out! HONK
DM me your address and what you donated (I don't need receipts) and the goose will be on its way!
International is ok! I have a dozen to send out! HONK
I love my AuDHD teenager so much, and also I don't know what to do with the frustration of offering a solution I know will solve his problem, only for him to answer "I don't wanna do that."
He will continue to flail about it, and I guess I will, too.
He will continue to flail about it, and I guess I will, too.
October 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I love my AuDHD teenager so much, and also I don't know what to do with the frustration of offering a solution I know will solve his problem, only for him to answer "I don't wanna do that."
He will continue to flail about it, and I guess I will, too.
He will continue to flail about it, and I guess I will, too.
I'm doubtful replaying Myst will cure my depression*, but I won't know unless I try, right?
(*not actual depression, but chronic illness/disability within late stage capitalism doesn't roll off the tongue quote as well)
(*not actual depression, but chronic illness/disability within late stage capitalism doesn't roll off the tongue quote as well)
What if... it was really cheap in the Humble Bundle?
To quote Sting: That's Synchronitcity.
www.humblebundle.com/games/myst-a...
To quote Sting: That's Synchronitcity.
www.humblebundle.com/games/myst-a...
The Myst and Riven Complete Collection 2025
Revisit the classic series of Myst and Riven games with this complete collection featuring remastered versions and all the many sequels, and support charity!
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October 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I'm doubtful replaying Myst will cure my depression*, but I won't know unless I try, right?
(*not actual depression, but chronic illness/disability within late stage capitalism doesn't roll off the tongue quote as well)
(*not actual depression, but chronic illness/disability within late stage capitalism doesn't roll off the tongue quote as well)
You had me at interface mystery adventure
Desktop Explorer tells a ghost story with a Windows 2000-inspired interface and expertly designed puzzles!
Desktop Explorer uses its Windows 2000-inspired interface to tell a ghost story · Thinky Games
Expertly designed and creatively utilized, Desktop Explorer's puzzles don’t seem likely to run out of steam.
thinkygames.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
You had me at interface mystery adventure
Hand bound copy of Spine by @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social
This game deserves the hardcover in cloth or leather treatment, but I don't have the materials and I wanted to start playing tomorrow, so coil binding it is!
Printed in signatures to feel a little fancy.
This game deserves the hardcover in cloth or leather treatment, but I don't have the materials and I wanted to start playing tomorrow, so coil binding it is!
Printed in signatures to feel a little fancy.
October 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Hand bound copy of Spine by @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social
This game deserves the hardcover in cloth or leather treatment, but I don't have the materials and I wanted to start playing tomorrow, so coil binding it is!
Printed in signatures to feel a little fancy.
This game deserves the hardcover in cloth or leather treatment, but I don't have the materials and I wanted to start playing tomorrow, so coil binding it is!
Printed in signatures to feel a little fancy.
Rereading this blog post by @sidneyicarus.bsky.social and thinking about what we miss out on by putting TTRPG Designers up on a pedestal and how design might make meaning in between the designer and players.
sidneyicarus.wordpress.com/2019/09/12/t...
sidneyicarus.wordpress.com/2019/09/12/t...
Textual Rebellion and the Rejection of RPGs
RPGs are Made of Text The intent of this piece is to break down what begins as a deliberately confusing thesis: “Historically, the text of tabletop RPGs has been viewed as more of a manual than a t…
sidneyicarus.wordpress.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Rereading this blog post by @sidneyicarus.bsky.social and thinking about what we miss out on by putting TTRPG Designers up on a pedestal and how design might make meaning in between the designer and players.
sidneyicarus.wordpress.com/2019/09/12/t...
sidneyicarus.wordpress.com/2019/09/12/t...