Detailed and illustrated on a "Nomad" character sheet, a cuddly space mouse named "Lamia" is brandishing her starpike like a club.
During Session 0 of a game I'm running for the two boys we're staying with at the moment, @ipiluni.bsky.social drew up this character portrait.
For those who don't know, Mistlings got added to Jump Rangers because of Ipiluni's passion for anthropormorphic mice!
#TTRPG #gamedev
Sitting on a grey surface, four translucent, purple, and sparkly 8-sided dice. All of them are numbered in engraved lettering painted with white enamel, using the distinctive, very '80's, sci-fi "digital alarm clock" font that Tenny continues to develop for Jump Rangers.
Finally!
I've just placed an order with Q Workshop, the world's most friendly purveyor of dice, for custom Jump Rangers math rocks! It'll be a few months before I get them, but we'll doing give-aways and Ko-fi bonuses as soon as we do!
Would you like to know more? ko-fi.com/jumprangers #TTRPG
Today's a day for screenwriting consultations, but I'm meeting with a publishing advisor tomorrow - my second big step towards getting Jump Rangers: A Game Called Conquest into your hands!
The rewrite's about 2/3 done, and big things are coming!
-T
Whether we're writing big, serious dramas or children's animation, this is the core of how we engage an audience.
This is the things that film, television, and theater needs to do that games do not, and it's the key to writing good game adaptations as well!
If you don't know whether the work we do makes a difference in times of social unrest and hardship, this is where the conversation starts for me.
Happy Halloween, Rangers! Be the hero you were born to be, today and every day!
Making myself necessary to the #TTRPG community is definitely the part of this process that I'm struggling with!
I'll get it licked, for sure.
If there's anyone out there who doesn't see how goals like this get practiced through #gamedev, please ask me!
What we do matters so, so much.
This is literally why "they don't make them like they used to."
Yes, we will 100% be talking through how to adapt without falling into the age-old trap of "the book was better."
Of course, I'm proud of my stories as writer... but the fact that I keep working as an SD is because I'm good with YOUR stories!
Come check this out!
#ttrpg #gamedev #scriptsky #film
If you have a world that needs adapting, now's the time to talk!
The best thing for Jump Rangers right now is to stabilize the living situation. If you're ready to start developing your transmedia, please DM for some rock bottom rates! If that's not you, please share this around!
#ttrpg #gamedev
Today, the next step in realizing the potential of Jump Rangers begins with surviving.
If anyone out there needs a game or a novel adapted to TV or film, there's nobody better! There's nobody cheaper, either!
Drop me a line at @tennysonestead.bsky.social if this is you!
If you're wondering how I write movies, this is it! #scriptsky #writersky #filmsky
With a goofy smirk, Tennyson E. Stead engages you with the social media mastery of a seasoned influencer in spite of his social anxiety and his disdain for selfies.
Right now, I'm working on an illustrated, kid-friendly #TTRPG corebook release and a kid-friendly Jump Rangers novel with kids as protagonists.
Which one, do you think, you'd pick up first? Which one would be more likely to get you involved?
#writersky #gamedev #writing
There is so much experience and knowledge packed into these videos. If you're interested in screenwriting, this is a fantastic place to start - and it's FREE!
In a poorly focused selfie, Tennyson and Ipiluni stick their tongues out at the camera.
Happy #IndigenousPeoplesDay from Ranger HQ!
Days like today, we remember the code. Specifically, think about the Brave Rule, the Good Rule, and the Hard Rule.
Leave nobody behind.
Give your power to others.
Do what nobody else can do.
@ipiluni.bsky.social #gohighandgofar #TTRPG #gamedev
Promotional graphic for the Tabletop Arts Fund 2026 Actual Play Grants. At the top center is the Tabletop Arts Fund logo, featuring a stylized book with a red d6 and yellow d10 on its pages, crossed by a pen and paintbrush inside a circle. The Text reads: 2026 Actual Play Grants “Open to any podcast or video actual play with at least three episodes released in 2025. Grants provide entry fees to all festivals in the 2026 Audio Fiction World Cup. Preference for all awards given to first-time festival participants and creators from marginalized backgrounds.” At the bottom, bold text states: Submissions close October 31, 2025 Link: https://apply.tabletoparts.fund/actualplay2026
Hey there! Couldn't help but notice that you haven't applied for the 2026 TTAF AP Grants yet. It's cool. I get it -- you've been busy. But why not take some time today to give your show a shot at being screened 'round the world?
apply.tabletoparts.fund/actualplay2026
Tenny is standing in Tomorrowland, wearing a dainty straw buckethat with a ribbon and bow on it.
Has anyone out there been playing Jump Rangers? Do you play it on the Jump Rangers ruleset, or do you use a more established #TTRPG engine?
Or have you taken the ruleset, and ditched the setting for something you already know?
How do you play the game? Please let me know!
Apart from anything else, learning this lesson is ESSENTIAL to game development!
#gamedev
Alien Isolation was released 11 years ago today!
And so it has been a year since a sequel was announced.
So it's a good day to make this oral history of the making of Alien: Isolation available to everyone. 🖖
While the fundamentals work differently in #gamedev, the value of sticking to our fundamentals as we work to diversify our culture is the same!
#TTRPG
Attention, #gaming community! Rebecca is a national treasure, and we all know how hard the gaming community tries to erase the influence of women in the industry.
Please, let's help! #pcgamer #gamedev
@slowblink.io Thank you for the follow! I'll start looking into this today! I bet there's a lot of people on @risingtide.bsky.social who could use some extra exposure for their game.
Based on greek battle armor, the design for the Hercules transforming fighter/robot was always meant to reflect the Herc's pugilistic approach to battle. As a robot, the Herc looks like a hand-to-hand fighter. As a fighter, it's obviously very heavy. In every respect the Herc is a brawler!
Jump Rangers has a transforming space fighter! The Hercules!
All our designs are built to be used far beyond the #TTRPG, and art director Federico Estevão was insistent that we not use the same transformation sequence seen in Transformers and Robotech, so this was an involved project for us! #scifi
While this has nothing to do with the story I wrote, this evocative screenshot of an ARGO MOLE in a gas cloud is evocative!
Hi, friends! Space madness!
I submitted a short story for the #StarCitizen Halloween contest, about the ghost ship Vara in the Hades System. If you like spooky sci-fi, please give it a read!
robertsspaceindustries.com/community-hu...
@jumprangers.bsky.social #scifi #gamedev #writersky
Are there any indie #TTRPG's that you're actively playing and supporting?
How did you get involved in those communities, if I may ask? #TTRPGsky
What we have:
- kid space rangers
- alien dinosaur empire
- robots
- pets
- transforming spaceships
- non-transforming spaceships
- the most fun #TTRPG gameplay
- so much stuff!
What we need:
- you!
The corebook is free! The exansions are $5 a month! Please, take a look: ko-fi.com/Post/TABLE-O...
In it's collapsed configuration, the gothic Saurian Dragon Spacefighter is a fast and powerful weapon built for ramming larger spaceships.
With it's wings open, the Saurian Dragon Spacefighter is a fast maneuverable dogfighter that's perfect for eliminating the enemies of the Saurian Horde in space or in the sky.
From art director Federico Estevão, the Saurian Dragon Spacefighter was the first look we managed to nail down for Jump Rangers.
With this ship, Federico managed to establish the look of the entire Saurian Horde as somewhat "Batman inspired," which never occurred to me, and it's perfect!
#ttrpg
Seems like a good time to remind you goofballs that everything I've written for the Jump Rangers #TTRPG Corebook is free to access and free to play!
It's the expansion stuff that I'm asking for help with... and the expansion stuff is very cool! Find out more, right here:
ko-fi.com/Post/TABLE-O...