Hey All!

First, if you've just joined, I'm really glad you're here (if you're tired of me saying that, you'll get even more tired as more people join). 

Second, I found out today that Jennell Jaquays, groundbreaking scenario designer in Tabletop RPGs and level designer in video games, is in the hospital with Guillain-Barré syndrome. If you can spare any support (or have the spoons to share this), please do. Back in the 1970s, when most people thought Keep on the Borderlands was cutting-edge, Jennell was crafting melodramatic explorations scenarios that drew from sociology, politics, and archeology. If you love games with factions, relationships, and poltics, Jennell was a pioneer. Pretty much every strang and thread of game design today owes her a debt. Jennell came out as trans and lesbian after leaving RPGs and married another legend: video game designer Rebecca Heineman.

Finally, I'm really looking forward to what you all will do in this jam. I've talked a little bit about what I'm working on over on the jam Discord server, and I hope you'll feel free to post here or join us there to let us know what you're working on, what support you need, and what excited you about queeness and horror.

We got our first submission last week (also for Jex Thomas's Iron Country Autumn jam). I'm really looking forward to seeing what YOU do.

Richard