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Jesse Ross

@jesseross.com

I design and develop experiences that bring people together. Creator of Trophy, Girl Underground, and other fine roleplaying games. Minnesotan and DFLer | he/him https://jesseross.com https://trophyrpg.com https://hedgemazepress.itch.io

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Minnesota is the Canada of the US, so I'll take it!

04.03.2026 20:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ruin: An Anthology of One Shot Incursions for Trophy A collection of 14 new incursions for Trophy Gold and Trophy Dark.

We've hit all our stretch goals for our TTRPG anthology!! 20 new one shot incursions for Trophy! We're not going to be printing a lot of extra books so be sure to get in on it now or you'll be sad later! www.kickstarter.com/projects/fir...

03.03.2026 19:54 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

I had a wild day and I've been quiet because it's been a bit overwhelming! We hit our goal and then some! There's still lots of time to help us get to our last stretch goal for our Trophy Anthology, featuring @premeemohamed.com and @quinnblackwell.bsky.social :D

02.03.2026 06:00 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Me and @lincodega.com are a stretch goal for this. hope it hits. It’s my folk horror tom bombadil incursion.

01.03.2026 19:13 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Tons of amazing people involved in this, both in the core project (already funded!) and the stretch goals (sprinting towards unlocking!)

Go back it and have a horrific time (complimentary)

01.03.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This week in a celebration of our fair state, we played Butter Princess by @oxsago.bsky.social! Hubristic, deeply flawed attendees at the Minnesota State Fair conspired and squabbled to steal the 90-pound butter bust portrait of the fair’s pageant queen, Princess Kay of the Milky Way. Huge fun!

26.02.2026 17:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

More Trophy incursions arriving in a matter of days!

25.02.2026 16:14 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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BEASTS An Animorphs-Inspired Powered by the Apocalypse TTRPG about animal-morphing teen soldiers

BEASTS is live!

BEASTS is a Powered-By-The-Apocalypse Tabletop RPG about teenagers with the power to transform into animals fighting a secret war against secret invaders.

Come back the project and help make it a reality! Share this post and spread the word!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/lat...

24.02.2026 16:08 πŸ‘ 128 πŸ” 96 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 23
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The Princess & The Dragon An official fantasy adventure for the Perils & Princesses TTRPG

"The Princess & The Dragon" is the latest TTRPG adventure for the gritty and pretty Perils & Princesses. Written by @dhowl37.bsky.social, writer of the Ennie-nominated "Sweet Revenge," This freaky friday forest crawl is packed with high fantasy adventure and fairy tale antics. Live on Kickstarter.

24.02.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

since I am not done Alysa Liu-posting, here she is making heart hands at the trans flag because she rules

23.02.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 3224 πŸ” 568 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 5

Over $500,000 raised for Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota already. Let's see how high we can get this.

22.02.2026 08:47 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
TUMULUS 06

TUMULUS 06

Tumulus 06 "Hammer a nail in the coffin." will begin shipping in March!

This issue is packed with tabletop game design inspiration involving vampires, ghosts, and the dangerous undead. And a haunted house generator! βš°οΈπŸ’€

Be sure 06 is one of your selected issues: www.exeunt.press/shop/p/scm-t...

23.02.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

My philosophy is that anything can be breakfast food if you eat it at breakfast time.

23.02.2026 14:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I've got two!

trophyrpg.com/system/

rlyehwatch.com/srd/

Each of them also comes in a plain text version, which should make word counting easier.

23.02.2026 13:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If anyone else wants to totally make my day with a nice quote about my work I’m not gonna say no <3

20.02.2026 21:17 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A hand holding a zine "Earthly Beings" by Munkao and Elizabeth Gimbad. 
This is an art zine with some research writing in it.

A hand holding a zine "Earthly Beings" by Munkao and Elizabeth Gimbad. This is an art zine with some research writing in it.

Sharing a little of my 2nd art zine β€” Earthly Beings, which is now available at heycentaur.com.
It contains a fair bit of art I’ve done in 2024, as well as some research stuff.

20.02.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 66 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

This is an incredible deal!

20.02.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Centaur Games Centaur Games

*Reposts appreciated”

My webstore heycentaur.com is finally up!
This took so many months of labour (mostly my partner’s), but it is all ready and running.
Physical copies of Kala Mandala are now available, shipping to most of the world.

18.02.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 241 πŸ” 163 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 16
Quinns Quest Reviews: Public Access!
Quinns Quest Reviews: Public Access! YouTube video by Quinns Quest

New Quinns Quest video!! πŸ“ΊπŸ‘»πŸŒ΅

Public Access by the Gauntlet is razor sharp, powerfully strange and enormously thought-provoking. My players are still daydreaming about our campaign, even though it finished six months ago. I think your players will too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLrr...

17.02.2026 15:45 πŸ‘ 435 πŸ” 119 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 37
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Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop

And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below πŸ₯Ή)

RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless

17.02.2026 11:29 πŸ‘ 4404 πŸ” 1784 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 105
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Coming soon: Public Access Analog Horror Mystery TTRPG From the creator of Brindlewood Bay and The Between, Public Access is a roleplaying game inspired by analog and found footage horror!

Public Access is coming to Kickstarter in March. We want to give this game the best possible chance, so please sign up for prelaunch and help spread the word!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/gau...

16.02.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
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😭😭😭 a community member just handed this off to a patroller in our neighborhood

15.02.2026 17:29 πŸ‘ 1575 πŸ” 331 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 45

Hey tabletop gamers, if you bought or were considering buying this bundle but got overwhelmed by the number of games to sort through, have I got the spreadsheet for you!!

All 1,074 games tagged as "physical" sorted by play style, with language, engine, and genre notated to the best of my ability:

14.02.2026 17:42 πŸ‘ 525 πŸ” 410 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 6
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On it. But first...

12.02.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 124 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

It ain’t over til Minnesota has ICE’s battle flag

12.02.2026 14:18 πŸ‘ 3581 πŸ” 670 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 39

Happy birthday! In my experience, you're bound to end up with the Weather Augury ("There's a storm coming... I can feel it in my bones") feat sooner or later, so might as well take it now!

12.02.2026 13:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Say fuck you to ICE and get a fuckton of games in the process!
Seriously, I got the bundle and it's *48 pages* of stuff made by the bestest people 🀩

I dare you to get the bundle and not find something you like. Can't be done.

11.02.2026 18:15 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I love this project and I love that one of my elected officials has been leading it. Seeing the organizing and on-the-ground safety work of @jasoncomix.bsky.social as well as several Minneapolis city council members has really stretched my imagination about what elected public service can look like.

11.02.2026 05:33 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Keep! It! Going!

10.02.2026 23:05 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The unofficial Minnesota state motto: "Who do you think you are?"

10.02.2026 15:23 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0