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
https://jesseross.com
https://trophyrpg.com
https://hedgemazepress.itch.io
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Jesse Ross
@jesseross.com
· Oct 19
Hi, I’m Jesse and I make tabletop RPGs. You might know me from my games Trophy, Girl Underground, R’lyehwatch, Sunset Kills or others (hedgemazepress.itch.io). I like smallish games where the mechanics reinforce the theme. I’m also a designer and illustrator and I do most of my own art and layout.
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Minnesota has the mandate of heaven
January 13, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Minnesota has the mandate of heaven
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Mentioned it in a comment elsewhere, but this is well worth checking out for the dungeonheads.
I had someone play it after they died in the B/X playtest of my dungeon A Tomb of Twins and it’s so much fun to have a character pop back up as a ghost after dying.
hedgemazepress.itch.io/bx-ghost
I had someone play it after they died in the B/X playtest of my dungeon A Tomb of Twins and it’s so much fun to have a character pop back up as a ghost after dying.
hedgemazepress.itch.io/bx-ghost
B/X Ghost by Hedgemaze Press
An undead class for retro games
hedgemazepress.itch.io
January 12, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Mentioned it in a comment elsewhere, but this is well worth checking out for the dungeonheads.
I had someone play it after they died in the B/X playtest of my dungeon A Tomb of Twins and it’s so much fun to have a character pop back up as a ghost after dying.
hedgemazepress.itch.io/bx-ghost
I had someone play it after they died in the B/X playtest of my dungeon A Tomb of Twins and it’s so much fun to have a character pop back up as a ghost after dying.
hedgemazepress.itch.io/bx-ghost
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Let your players keep playing after they die you cowards
💀 𝕿𝖍𝖊𝖒 𝕭𝖔𝖓𝖊𝖘!💀 I needed a skeleton class for an up-coming game, so I fleshed one out. Went from 1st level Skeleton to 8th level "Death Knight" also provided OD&D Stronghold elements; And some fun optional 4th level titles: icastlight.blogspot.com/2026/01/skel...
SKELETON: A BX Class With A Bone To Pick
Ha ha! Burn! Preamble: For reasons, I realized I might need to allow players to be Skeleton PCs. I've seen undead classes before that march ...
icastlight.blogspot.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Let your players keep playing after they die you cowards
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I'm very proud of this book. It was a lot of work, scattered over a few years. A ton of thought went into it. Damn sure not bidding to be the new hot OSR clone, I just wanted my house rules and setting in a book I could whip out and use when I feel like it. I achieved the goal. [pats self on back]
#BPPB
Classes included in this book: Fighter, Wizard, Cleric, Thief, Botten (machine people), Lizz (little lizard people), Elf, Dwarf, and Skeleton Warrior.
I don't always play #OSR, but when I do I do it like this.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Classes included in this book: Fighter, Wizard, Cleric, Thief, Botten (machine people), Lizz (little lizard people), Elf, Dwarf, and Skeleton Warrior.
I don't always play #OSR, but when I do I do it like this.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
January 12, 2026 at 1:05 AM
I'm very proud of this book. It was a lot of work, scattered over a few years. A ton of thought went into it. Damn sure not bidding to be the new hot OSR clone, I just wanted my house rules and setting in a book I could whip out and use when I feel like it. I achieved the goal. [pats self on back]
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folks, I'm happy to announce my new updated portfolio site!!
🔸https://ddbtorres.carrd.co/ 🔸
go check it out if you enjoy my work!
and share with your art director friends too
🔸https://ddbtorres.carrd.co/ 🔸
go check it out if you enjoy my work!
and share with your art director friends too
January 9, 2026 at 9:18 PM
folks, I'm happy to announce my new updated portfolio site!!
🔸https://ddbtorres.carrd.co/ 🔸
go check it out if you enjoy my work!
and share with your art director friends too
🔸https://ddbtorres.carrd.co/ 🔸
go check it out if you enjoy my work!
and share with your art director friends too
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Join us tomorrow night as Tony & @aaronmfking.bsky.social welcome @megueyb.bsky.social & @lumpley.bsky.social on to our 1st episode of Show Me Your Moves!
Show me your moves is a year long exploration of life & design through PbtA Moves!
Join us at 8p et Twitch.tv/TonyPlusOne
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Show me your moves is a year long exploration of life & design through PbtA Moves!
Join us at 8p et Twitch.tv/TonyPlusOne
1/2
January 7, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Join us tomorrow night as Tony & @aaronmfking.bsky.social welcome @megueyb.bsky.social & @lumpley.bsky.social on to our 1st episode of Show Me Your Moves!
Show me your moves is a year long exploration of life & design through PbtA Moves!
Join us at 8p et Twitch.tv/TonyPlusOne
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Show me your moves is a year long exploration of life & design through PbtA Moves!
Join us at 8p et Twitch.tv/TonyPlusOne
1/2
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Today is the final day you can grab two months of a Rascal subscription at $1/month! Strap in for another year of tabletop journalism once the team returns tomorrow.
Help us continue growing and biting even more ankles in 2026!
www.rascal.news/yippee-ki-ya...
Help us continue growing and biting even more ankles in 2026!
www.rascal.news/yippee-ki-ya...
Rascal News
Rascal is a tabletop roleplaying game and culture outlet striving to sustainably publish voicey journalism that is compelling, deeply-reported, and fearlessly honest. We’re also a little cheeky
www.rascal.news
January 5, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Today is the final day you can grab two months of a Rascal subscription at $1/month! Strap in for another year of tabletop journalism once the team returns tomorrow.
Help us continue growing and biting even more ankles in 2026!
www.rascal.news/yippee-ki-ya...
Help us continue growing and biting even more ankles in 2026!
www.rascal.news/yippee-ki-ya...
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Not only do we have @kierongillen.bsky.social, but our other stretch goal authors for this anthology are @thebadspot.bsky.social, @lincodega.com, and @lackingceremony.bsky.social!! This TTRPG cast is stacked :) Get notified when the kickstarter goes live!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fir...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fir...
January 4, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Not only do we have @kierongillen.bsky.social, but our other stretch goal authors for this anthology are @thebadspot.bsky.social, @lincodega.com, and @lackingceremony.bsky.social!! This TTRPG cast is stacked :) Get notified when the kickstarter goes live!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fir...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fir...
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Coming soon on Kickstarter
Rulebook cover: Peter Mullen
Mission booklet cover: Jacob Fleming
Rulebook cover: Peter Mullen
Mission booklet cover: Jacob Fleming
January 3, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Coming soon on Kickstarter
Rulebook cover: Peter Mullen
Mission booklet cover: Jacob Fleming
Rulebook cover: Peter Mullen
Mission booklet cover: Jacob Fleming
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As always, there's no time like the present to wear a crown of ancient bones, disappear into a mysterious fog, and become a reason the old forest north of town is considered haunted.
December 13, 2025 at 3:22 AM
As always, there's no time like the present to wear a crown of ancient bones, disappear into a mysterious fog, and become a reason the old forest north of town is considered haunted.
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Today we launched a brand-new podcast! The Lands Remaining Podcast tracks the development of The Lands Remaining TTRPG. The first episode is straightforward enough: What is The Lands Remaining?
Listen below or wherever you get podcasts.
Please re-post!
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/the-lands-re...
Listen below or wherever you get podcasts.
Please re-post!
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/the-lands-re...
January 1, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Today we launched a brand-new podcast! The Lands Remaining Podcast tracks the development of The Lands Remaining TTRPG. The first episode is straightforward enough: What is The Lands Remaining?
Listen below or wherever you get podcasts.
Please re-post!
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/the-lands-re...
Listen below or wherever you get podcasts.
Please re-post!
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/the-lands-re...
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Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
January 1, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
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Were 90s kids clamoring for a Batman cartoon with 1930s Art Deco aesthetics? Is that what the market demanded? Or did some really smart creative people have a vision and make a genre-defining hit that sustained 20 years of TV shows? If you want success look for vision, not just metrics.
January 1, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Were 90s kids clamoring for a Batman cartoon with 1930s Art Deco aesthetics? Is that what the market demanded? Or did some really smart creative people have a vision and make a genre-defining hit that sustained 20 years of TV shows? If you want success look for vision, not just metrics.
🐙🌊🏄♂️ This is amazing! 🤩
I ran several charity games this year, most notably @jesseross.com and @jaymeantrim.bsky.social 's game, R'lyehwatch, where we raised over $250 this year for charities through @startplaying.bsky.social charity initiatives with a returning group of lifeguards!
December 31, 2025 at 3:06 AM
🐙🌊🏄♂️ This is amazing! 🤩
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Your local librarian here to say that it’s great if you read lots of books this year, alright if you read barely anything, that audiobooks, romance and graphic novels are all valid formats and genres, and that some authors suck but we’re still not stopping you from reading them.
December 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Your local librarian here to say that it’s great if you read lots of books this year, alright if you read barely anything, that audiobooks, romance and graphic novels are all valid formats and genres, and that some authors suck but we’re still not stopping you from reading them.
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My End of Year video is on the "Golden Age of Indie RPGs," from roughly 2010 to 2025. I start with Apocalypse World's release, work through the Google+ Era, and follow design lineages and historical events that have impacted the hobby up through 2025.
The Golden Age of Indie RPGs: 2010-2025
YouTube video by A.A. Voigt
youtu.be
December 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
My End of Year video is on the "Golden Age of Indie RPGs," from roughly 2010 to 2025. I start with Apocalypse World's release, work through the Google+ Era, and follow design lineages and historical events that have impacted the hobby up through 2025.
I just finished listening to @aavoigt.bsky.social’s massive overview of the indie TTRPG scene. Definitely worth checking out, and be sure to stick around until the very end for a sweet story by @megueyb.bsky.social and @lumpley.bsky.social.
youtu.be/dm0dnjbQzD4
youtu.be/dm0dnjbQzD4
The Golden Age of Indie RPGs: 2010-2025
YouTube video by A.A. Voigt
youtu.be
December 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I just finished listening to @aavoigt.bsky.social’s massive overview of the indie TTRPG scene. Definitely worth checking out, and be sure to stick around until the very end for a sweet story by @megueyb.bsky.social and @lumpley.bsky.social.
youtu.be/dm0dnjbQzD4
youtu.be/dm0dnjbQzD4
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December was a LOT, but I still managed to put the finishing touches on the PT-BR translation for one of my favourite games ever, the Codex Gold version of Trophy Gold!
It's out now on my Ko-Fi, free of charge, and it includes printer-friendly versions of the rulebook and all the character sheets.
It's out now on my Ko-Fi, free of charge, and it includes printer-friendly versions of the rulebook and all the character sheets.
December 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
December was a LOT, but I still managed to put the finishing touches on the PT-BR translation for one of my favourite games ever, the Codex Gold version of Trophy Gold!
It's out now on my Ko-Fi, free of charge, and it includes printer-friendly versions of the rulebook and all the character sheets.
It's out now on my Ko-Fi, free of charge, and it includes printer-friendly versions of the rulebook and all the character sheets.
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A lot of you know the games I've made, but there are surely many who don't. I wrote one in 2001 called The Pool that I almost never talk about, but I'm very proud of it. I'll tell you about it now, for giggles.
It's a "rules lite" game. It's a GM game. It is universal, generic, or non-setting. 1/5
It's a "rules lite" game. It's a GM game. It is universal, generic, or non-setting. 1/5
December 27, 2025 at 4:58 AM
A lot of you know the games I've made, but there are surely many who don't. I wrote one in 2001 called The Pool that I almost never talk about, but I'm very proud of it. I'll tell you about it now, for giggles.
It's a "rules lite" game. It's a GM game. It is universal, generic, or non-setting. 1/5
It's a "rules lite" game. It's a GM game. It is universal, generic, or non-setting. 1/5
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lol I cannot tell you how many times I've heard this. I feel fairly confident that I executed the best iteration of the World of Darkness Storyteller System. Feels good.
I have been annoying my partner non stop for two months now, every day calling Vampire Dark Ages 20th edition "the good one", and only today i connected "wait, that is the one @machineiv.bsky.social was the lead dev for" and it is so obvious now lmao.
Yeah, the good one.
Yeah, the good one.
December 27, 2025 at 1:45 AM
lol I cannot tell you how many times I've heard this. I feel fairly confident that I executed the best iteration of the World of Darkness Storyteller System. Feels good.
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From the publisher that brings you Sprigs & Kindling (that's me!), in collaboration with @jesseross.com and @pemetawe.bsky.social comes a new anthology of one shot incursions for Trophy! Sign up to be notified of launch 😄 www.kickstarter.com/projects/fir...
Coming soon: Ruin: An Anthology of One Shot Incursions for Trophy
A collection of 14 new incursions for Trophy Gold and Trophy Dark.
www.kickstarter.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
From the publisher that brings you Sprigs & Kindling (that's me!), in collaboration with @jesseross.com and @pemetawe.bsky.social comes a new anthology of one shot incursions for Trophy! Sign up to be notified of launch 😄 www.kickstarter.com/projects/fir...
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Watching THE GREEN KNIGHT again
April 22, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Watching THE GREEN KNIGHT again
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Speaking of TLR, we have a logo now! Courtesy of @jesseross.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Speaking of TLR, we have a logo now! Courtesy of @jesseross.com
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Sure, you know about Vancian Magic, but what about Jackian Magic? (Someone please finish this design.)
www.explorersdesign.com/jackian-magic/
www.explorersdesign.com/jackian-magic/
The Jackian Magic System
Experimental mechanics that combine Mausritter inventory, Tetris, and engine-building into an alternative Vancian magic system.
www.explorersdesign.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Sure, you know about Vancian Magic, but what about Jackian Magic? (Someone please finish this design.)
www.explorersdesign.com/jackian-magic/
www.explorersdesign.com/jackian-magic/
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