Jumpgate Games

Chiron's Doom: You're on the latest expedition into a weird alien structure that tore apart all your predecessors. I Have the High Ground: A pre-duel warmup of melodramatic threats, slashing wit, cape flourishing, and smouldering tension. Insatiable Cravings: The Monster's Admirer is making a meal for the Monster, as the Monster decides whether to make a meal of the Admirer. Million Dollar Soulmate: A millionaire looking for love has found – well, someone – who brings out either the best or the worst in both parties, and you don't know which until the endgame. A Modern Prometheus: A scientist uses dark forces to animate a creature; you both play to see which of you is a monster. Retired: The Ordinary Life of a Former Supervillain: After a couple of decades of mayhem and robbery, you just want to live your ordinary life. Why won't the world leave you alone?! Stealing Your Heart: You are two young people in the Regency period looking for love. Or is one of you, in fact, a Scoundrel?

you also get all these other amazing games—which would usually total up to $55 worth of TTRPGs! pick up a copy of it while you still can. also makes a great late Valentine's Day gift!

Bundle for Two 4 Sweetheart! – er, we mean, adventurer! Just in time for Valentine's Day, this all-new Bundle for Two 4 brings you our fourth fresh-faced assortment of tabletop roleplaying games for two players. Lure ...

just 1 day left to grab this Bundle of Holding with of 7 duet TTRPGs for just $9.95, including my game I Have the High Ground ⚔️!

want a quick, no-prep 2-player TTRPG about the (oft-though-not-necessarily romantic) tension of pre-duel banter? check it out!

🔗: bundleofholding.com/presents/For...

You can once again find I Have the High Ground over at Tabletop Bookshelf!

Tom has been such a longtime supporter of the game, it's a great way to pick it up if you've been curious about this 2-player no-prep game about the duel of banter & posturing before a showdown!

BACK IN STOCK: I Have The High Ground Premium Set from @jumpgategames.itch.io @jessfrom.online

Let’s face it: dueling is sexy. But do you know what’s sexier than combat? That slower, higher tension duel that occurs before any damage is done—before any blow is even struck. buff.ly/cqkUr5Y

Coming soon: The Thunder Perfect Mind An Occult Action Thriller Tabletop RPG

Get this occult action thriller ttRPG for 1-7 people. Perfect if you enjoy playing powerful undead revenants embroiled in breakneck action, interpersonal drama, and occult investigation. Soundtrack by @mollynoise.bsky.social and human-made art by @stregawolf.art. Jump in now for early bird deals!

i also have:
- experience managing large teams of contributors
- experience with editing & sensitivity reading
- a unique background in web dev & familiarity with game & scripting engines like Unity & Inkle

i'm a jack-of-all-trades with the ability to wear many hats and work across teams!

the covers for my games going rogue 2e, PLANET FIST, and I Have the High Ground, as well as games i contributed to freelance, like Orbital Blues, Astroprisma, and Triangle Agency, as well as my contact information and Jumpgate Games logo

hi folks! i'm looking for full-time remote work in game design! my specialty is tabletop games (i've both self-published and contributed to award-winning & bestselling TTRPGs) but i've also written for jam-winning video games!

is your company hiring? get in touch & i can send my portfolio!

my calico cat noodle making a silly pose

my cat noodle in her carrier at the vet

my beloved cat Noodle is at the vet & needs $1300 in diagnostic testing for a potentially life-threatening health issue

i've put all 5 of my TTRPGs on sale for $20, including the award-winning going rogue 2e & bestseller I Have the High Ground—any support is appreciated

🔗: itch.io/s/179078/hel...

with just 1.5 HOURS left in the itchfunder, we are $100 from the stretch goal to do an improved layout before we print the trifold!!!

just 25 purchases (or 6 community copy bundle purchases!) would push us over, so check it out ASAP!!!

ONLY 7 HOURS LEFT TO BACK THE ITCHFUNDER BY BUYING A COPY! JUST $200 FROM OUR UPGRADED LAYOUT STRETCH GOAL!

also, not jewish, or jewish & worried it'll go over your head? don't worry, the included "Player's Guide for the Perplexed" is a whole separate (plain) PDF dedicated to explaining the joke!

This is so fucking funny and so damn good. No one is doing it like @jessfrom.online

this is amazing lol

PART THREE IS OUT PART THREE!!!!

Our musical-improv One Shot of Last Train to Bremen continues!

We're doing a live-listen in the One Shot discord tomorrow night, but the episode is up for you to hear now!

I feel like there is a not insignificant number of heritage and museums folks who might find this exciting....

Jumpgate Games Winter Sale 2025 by Jess Levine | Jumpgate Games A bundle by Jess Levine | Jumpgate Games, $25.00 for 4 games

still figuring out if insurance will cover it, but in the meantime it'd mean the world if you'd consider:

1. picking up my latest game "The Vatican Stole the Menorah and We're Going to Steal Back": jumpgategames.itch.io/tvstmawgtsib
2. or a 20% bundle of all my other games: itch.io/s/176257/jum...

Hey, my friend and an amazing game designer, Jess Levine, just had her car wrecked overnight. If any of you can help her out then please do so, and get some of her excellent games whilst you're doing so!

Buy Jess' games and help her deal with some nightmarish car problems. You get to enjoy some cool times with your friends AND Jess gets to fix her car with less headache. Win-win.

Just picked this up - it's 93% to its goal of print copies too!

jumpgategames.itch.io/tvstmawgtsib

here's da development moodboard

if you’re a fan of I Have the High Ground, satah’s design consulting was absolutely critical to making that game what it is

if you’re looking for another 2-player TTRPG to try, go check out a new game from that very same designer!!!

satah is one of my fav designers out there and blackout is SUCH a cool game, i am SO glad it’s out and you should absolutely go get it immediately.

as always, satah’s ability to squeeze incredibly thematic TTRPG mechanics out of other mediums is unparalleled. blackout is SO clever & cool.

a page of someone frantically poetic tips for making blackout poetry & a page with a few scattered examples of said poetry

a page showing how blackout poetry fragments are used to help define who your character is

a spread about creating a shared history by interpreting blackout poetry, then going off to play independently by creating logs in reaction to further fragments you send & recieve

in blackout, your characters can communicate with each other thru letters, voicemails, dead drops... but you, as a player, can only communicate thru fragments of found poetry. interpret the poems you send & receive in logs & see how your stories diverge from their shared start satah.itch.io/blackout

blackout: an asynchronous found poetry journalling game for two people. playtest version. by wicked glitch games

two pages of the book. the first has a column of text that slowly splits into two columns of text with slight differences, describing how the characters' stories will start as one story, then diverge more & more. the second page has an explanation of blackout poetry & an example poem that reads "it looks like this"

two more pages of the book showing the process of creating phrases with blackout poetry

blackout is an (almost entirely) asynchronous journalling game for two players about redacting, interpreting, & straining against the confines of language. it's played by creating & communicating through blackout poetry. playtest version with community copies out now satah.itch.io/blackout

ever find yourself wishing Honey Heist was dreidel-powered and about stealing the Temple menorah from the Vatican Secret Archives? 🎲🕎✡️

well, that was a strangely specific thing for you to want, but luckily, i have the EXACTLY game for you, itchfunding now and you should check it out!!!

We’re now more than halfway to the itchfunder goal! Check out the game, and help make the print run a reality!

jewish? bored? nothing you want to see in theaters?

order some chinese food, pick up a copy of The Vatican Stole the Menorah and We're Going to Steal it Back, and lock in for a couple hours of the silliest ✡️ jewish TTRPG 🎲 you have ever played

I RELEASED A NEW TTRPG!! it's very silly & full of jewish shitposting!!

your attributes are "GREAT", "MIRACLE", "HAPPENED", and "THERE!", your progress clock is candles on a menorah, and these are the kind of tables i put in there.

if we do $613 in sales before Jan 1 i'll do a trifold print run!

And we're itchfunding a print run!

If we makes $613 in sales by 12 Tevet 5786 (January 1st 2026) we'll do a professional print run of the trifold available for sale!

Pick up the PDF for your party in the next week & help us make this a reality!

We've also got even *more* bits, dreidel-based resolution with a menorah-based progress clock, and more! Check it out on itch ASAP and pick up a copy, on sale for $4!

Obstacles שש. Your parents (angry) נש. Another heist crew הש. Some shmuck גש. Halacha שנ. The Vatican’s many tourists (angry) ננ. The Vatican’s labyrinthian layout הנ. The Vatican’s most powerful relics גנ. The Vatican’s security system שה. The entire conclave (angry) נה. The Papal Swiss Guard הה. The Vatican secret police גה. That guy from the Da Vinci Code שג. The Pope’s hat (angry) נג. The Popemobile הג. The Young Pope גג. The regular Pope

WHO ARE YOU? You’re one of a crew of Jews determined to break into the archives and take the menorah back. You have four attributes, each of which will be associated with a letter from the dreidel, representing how effective (or ineffective) you are when applying the associated methods of problem-solving. GREAT - Bravery, skill, prowess MIRACLE - Luck, divine favor HAPPENED - Forethought, planning THERE! - Kludging, improvisation Assign ג to what you’re great at, ה to what you’re good at, נ to what you can’t really do, and ש to what you regularly screw up. If you really trust in the Blessed One, spin a dreidel to assign them randomly—no repeats.

A perfect party game for your Jewish Christmas and/or goyish New Year party. No prep needed—we've got full tables of bits.

We've also got four dreidel-based attributes:

GREAT - Bravery, skill, prowess
MIRACLE - Luck, divine favor
HAPPENED - Forethought, planning
THERE! - Kludging, improvisation