Jess at Dissent Games
@dissentgames.bsky.social
Games about protest, games on birthday cards, and games co-created with schools. Based in Reading, UK. I’m Jess. (*waves*) I might also post about books, UK politics, and Quakers. www.dissentgames.com
Packing up copies of The Smugglers’ Secret. It’s a story-based, text-heavy, cold case adventure puzzle in an envelope.
Basically, imagine a whodunit and an escape room had a baby.
So much fun to design! 🎲✂️
Basically, imagine a whodunit and an escape room had a baby.
So much fun to design! 🎲✂️
November 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Packing up copies of The Smugglers’ Secret. It’s a story-based, text-heavy, cold case adventure puzzle in an envelope.
Basically, imagine a whodunit and an escape room had a baby.
So much fun to design! 🎲✂️
Basically, imagine a whodunit and an escape room had a baby.
So much fun to design! 🎲✂️
Rule 101 of small print run game design: do not design things which take FOREVER to assemble.
On the plus side, it looks fabulous.
🎲✂️
On the plus side, it looks fabulous.
🎲✂️
November 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Rule 101 of small print run game design: do not design things which take FOREVER to assemble.
On the plus side, it looks fabulous.
🎲✂️
On the plus side, it looks fabulous.
🎲✂️
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As policymakers meet at #COP30 in Brazil, #cleansteel must move up the agenda. We propose a new approach: diplomacy focused on market creation.
Report: Making Clean Steel Competitive in International Trade
🔗 www.scurveeconomics.org/publications...
@iges-en.bsky.social, @regassistproj.bsky.social
Report: Making Clean Steel Competitive in International Trade
🔗 www.scurveeconomics.org/publications...
@iges-en.bsky.social, @regassistproj.bsky.social
Making Clean Steel Competitive in International Trade: A Positive-Sum Agenda for Policy and Diplomacy | S-Curve Economics
www.scurveeconomics.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
As policymakers meet at #COP30 in Brazil, #cleansteel must move up the agenda. We propose a new approach: diplomacy focused on market creation.
Report: Making Clean Steel Competitive in International Trade
🔗 www.scurveeconomics.org/publications...
@iges-en.bsky.social, @regassistproj.bsky.social
Report: Making Clean Steel Competitive in International Trade
🔗 www.scurveeconomics.org/publications...
@iges-en.bsky.social, @regassistproj.bsky.social
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We are thrilled to have been selected as a partner of the EEIST Project to have our video shown at the UK Pavilion throughout COP!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqHg...
#cop30 #climate
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqHg...
#cop30 #climate
EESIT | Showcased at the UK Pavilion, COP30
YouTube video by UK COP Pavilion
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We are thrilled to have been selected as a partner of the EEIST Project to have our video shown at the UK Pavilion throughout COP!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqHg...
#cop30 #climate
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqHg...
#cop30 #climate
New game design 🎲✂️ just gone on Kickstarter! This is my super quick no-frills Christmas KS. I have a puzzle treasure hunt kit for kids, and a story-based cold case puzzle for teenagers/adults. The puzzle hunt can also come as PDFs only!
Delivered in the UK by 1 December. Yes, really.
Delivered in the UK by 1 December. Yes, really.
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
New game design 🎲✂️ just gone on Kickstarter! This is my super quick no-frills Christmas KS. I have a puzzle treasure hunt kit for kids, and a story-based cold case puzzle for teenagers/adults. The puzzle hunt can also come as PDFs only!
Delivered in the UK by 1 December. Yes, really.
Delivered in the UK by 1 December. Yes, really.
Do you like puzzle games? Would you like to be the backer who pushes this Kickstarter across the line? www.kickstarter.com/projects/min...
Interstellar Adventures: A cooperative puzzle adventure
An out of this world cooperative adventure! Answer a mysterious signal from the unknown in this escape room inspired, tabletop game 🚀
www.kickstarter.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Do you like puzzle games? Would you like to be the backer who pushes this Kickstarter across the line? www.kickstarter.com/projects/min...
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The energy transition can seem like a daunting challenge: how can we transform the polluting machines in so many parts of our economy in such short order?
Today we’re launching our report "First build, then break: a policy framework for accelerating zero-carbon transitions".
Today we’re launching our report "First build, then break: a policy framework for accelerating zero-carbon transitions".
October 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The energy transition can seem like a daunting challenge: how can we transform the polluting machines in so many parts of our economy in such short order?
Today we’re launching our report "First build, then break: a policy framework for accelerating zero-carbon transitions".
Today we’re launching our report "First build, then break: a policy framework for accelerating zero-carbon transitions".
Unsurprisingly, it was an interesting experience. A week later and I’m not sure my eardrums have fully recovered. (Another reason why I am not a teacher.)
This week in 🎲✂️ I’ve been making a very large board.
Tomorrow I’ll be using this board with 60 children. It’s going to be an interesting experience…
Tomorrow I’ll be using this board with 60 children. It’s going to be an interesting experience…
October 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Unsurprisingly, it was an interesting experience. A week later and I’m not sure my eardrums have fully recovered. (Another reason why I am not a teacher.)
This is my “I have 10 minutes and some paper” prototype. 🎲✂️
October 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This is my “I have 10 minutes and some paper” prototype. 🎲✂️
Today I’ve been mainly writing a front page for a fictional local newspaper. This is part of my escape room style puzzle!
October 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Today I’ve been mainly writing a front page for a fictional local newspaper. This is part of my escape room style puzzle!
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“Winning is getting to a point where Daybreak feels possible”
We were honoured to have Matteo Menapace as our special guest at Playfest London this year, giving a talk on co-designing Daybreak and answering questions on his experiences. 1/3
#BoardGameDesign 🎲✂️ #BoardGames #BoardGameSky
We were honoured to have Matteo Menapace as our special guest at Playfest London this year, giving a talk on co-designing Daybreak and answering questions on his experiences. 1/3
#BoardGameDesign 🎲✂️ #BoardGames #BoardGameSky
October 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“Winning is getting to a point where Daybreak feels possible”
We were honoured to have Matteo Menapace as our special guest at Playfest London this year, giving a talk on co-designing Daybreak and answering questions on his experiences. 1/3
#BoardGameDesign 🎲✂️ #BoardGames #BoardGameSky
We were honoured to have Matteo Menapace as our special guest at Playfest London this year, giving a talk on co-designing Daybreak and answering questions on his experiences. 1/3
#BoardGameDesign 🎲✂️ #BoardGames #BoardGameSky
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We're here on BlueSky to bring you a clearer view of the #cleanenergy transition.
Follow us for analysis that informs action on that low-carbon transition, using economic concepts and tools consistent with the context of rapid innovation and deep structural change.
#climatechange
Follow us for analysis that informs action on that low-carbon transition, using economic concepts and tools consistent with the context of rapid innovation and deep structural change.
#climatechange
October 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
We're here on BlueSky to bring you a clearer view of the #cleanenergy transition.
Follow us for analysis that informs action on that low-carbon transition, using economic concepts and tools consistent with the context of rapid innovation and deep structural change.
#climatechange
Follow us for analysis that informs action on that low-carbon transition, using economic concepts and tools consistent with the context of rapid innovation and deep structural change.
#climatechange
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🦚 It's live!! 🦚
Grab both a copy of Fetching Feathers & D.O.T for only £25 (save £4) and the option to pick up for free from UKGE26!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/unf...
Grab both a copy of Fetching Feathers & D.O.T for only £25 (save £4) and the option to pick up for free from UKGE26!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/unf...
Fetching Feathers & D.O.T
Attract fancy flocks to your seasonal sanctuaries in Fetching Feathers & Duel with a Difference in D.O.T.
www.kickstarter.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🦚 It's live!! 🦚
Grab both a copy of Fetching Feathers & D.O.T for only £25 (save £4) and the option to pick up for free from UKGE26!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/unf...
Grab both a copy of Fetching Feathers & D.O.T for only £25 (save £4) and the option to pick up for free from UKGE26!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/unf...
This week in 🎲✂️ I’ve been making a very large board.
Tomorrow I’ll be using this board with 60 children. It’s going to be an interesting experience…
Tomorrow I’ll be using this board with 60 children. It’s going to be an interesting experience…
September 30, 2025 at 8:49 AM
This week in 🎲✂️ I’ve been making a very large board.
Tomorrow I’ll be using this board with 60 children. It’s going to be an interesting experience…
Tomorrow I’ll be using this board with 60 children. It’s going to be an interesting experience…
Puzzle adventure game (for ages 9-12) is in the final stages of design. Big playtest on Sunday. Actually, this will be the first playtest of all the pieces together.
September 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Puzzle adventure game (for ages 9-12) is in the final stages of design. Big playtest on Sunday. Actually, this will be the first playtest of all the pieces together.
New game thoughts! Rising like the tide.
September 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
New game thoughts! Rising like the tide.
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Our good friends from @dissentgames.bsky.social have launched and already funded the excellent Loose in the Library on Kickstarter!
Literary terrors in a cursed library, what's not to love!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dis...
Literary terrors in a cursed library, what's not to love!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dis...
Loose In The Library
Build a team of inspirational women from history and fiction to capture literary terrors in a cursed library.
www.kickstarter.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Our good friends from @dissentgames.bsky.social have launched and already funded the excellent Loose in the Library on Kickstarter!
Literary terrors in a cursed library, what's not to love!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dis...
Literary terrors in a cursed library, what's not to love!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dis...
Wooohooo, we’re at 100 backers on the Loose In The Library Kickstarter!
September 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Wooohooo, we’re at 100 backers on the Loose In The Library Kickstarter!
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This week's newsletter: Loose in the Library
We spoke with co-creator Jessica Metheringham of @dissentgames.bsky.social on pitting historically significant women against literary terrors, and dissenting through playing tabletop games.
thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/loose-in-t...
We spoke with co-creator Jessica Metheringham of @dissentgames.bsky.social on pitting historically significant women against literary terrors, and dissenting through playing tabletop games.
thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/loose-in-t...
Loose in the Library: The card game pitting robots from Mars against Ada Lovelace
Co-creator Jessica Metheringham on pitting historically significant women against literary terrors, and dissenting through playing tabletop games
thegenerationsgames.substack.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This week's newsletter: Loose in the Library
We spoke with co-creator Jessica Metheringham of @dissentgames.bsky.social on pitting historically significant women against literary terrors, and dissenting through playing tabletop games.
thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/loose-in-t...
We spoke with co-creator Jessica Metheringham of @dissentgames.bsky.social on pitting historically significant women against literary terrors, and dissenting through playing tabletop games.
thegenerationsgames.substack.com/p/loose-in-t...
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Yay! Well deserved! Check out my review and then head over to the crowdfunding campaign to get yourself a copy, if you think this game. 😀👍 tabletopgamesblog.com/2025/09/06/l...
September 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Yay! Well deserved! Check out my review and then head over to the crowdfunding campaign to get yourself a copy, if you think this game. 😀👍 tabletopgamesblog.com/2025/09/06/l...
Funded on Kickstarter! Woooo woooo!
September 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Funded on Kickstarter! Woooo woooo!
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Backed!
It’s on Kickstarter! Loose In The Library is finally live! Please do go check it out. We only need four more games backed to fund…
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dis...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dis...
September 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Backed!
It’s on Kickstarter! Loose In The Library is finally live! Please do go check it out. We only need four more games backed to fund…
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dis...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dis...
September 17, 2025 at 8:49 AM
It’s on Kickstarter! Loose In The Library is finally live! Please do go check it out. We only need four more games backed to fund…
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dis...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dis...
This photo is called: Where Is The Cumin?
It’s brought to you by gram masala. But not by cumin.
It’s brought to you by gram masala. But not by cumin.
September 17, 2025 at 8:46 AM
This photo is called: Where Is The Cumin?
It’s brought to you by gram masala. But not by cumin.
It’s brought to you by gram masala. But not by cumin.
I have eaten far far too much cake.
September 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I have eaten far far too much cake.