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Tom Jensen

@composertom.bsky.social

Composer and wargame designer. Composer for Blackheart, RED ECHO, REKKR, the Ruins of Calaworm, and Outer Ring MMO - www.tom-jensen.com Designer of Missile Threat, War by Sail, Lacquered Coffins, Hind & Seek, Ukraine 2022, Ostfront, etc.

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never hire a game designer to be your interface designer

21.10.2025 08:21 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Alim Qasimov & Fargana Qasimova & Morgenland Chamber Orchestra
YouTube video by Morgenland Festival Osnabrueck Alim Qasimov & Fargana Qasimova & Morgenland Chamber Orchestra

Extraordinary vocal control - INTENSE traditional Azerbaijani music - the subtlety, expression, execution. Very classy!

19.10.2025 09:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very classic safe room sound. Love writing some safe room themes in this retro style- awesome challenge!

19.10.2025 08:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

oooof πŸ«₯ hope you all enjoyed PAX :)

16.10.2025 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
How Genocide Happened

How Genocide Happened

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

13.10.2025 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 9139    πŸ” 3598    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 87
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>history book starts listing exact qtys of aircraft and armored vehicles by type & variant

#ww2 #wargames #history

10.10.2025 04:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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are you even texturing properly if you don't put elaborate signatures in the unused bit of the UV

millenia3d.net/lqwip/lq_enf... for uncompressed if you wanna peep them pixels

07.10.2025 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 156    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh that's awesome! good to meet a fellow rules writer.
Can you give me a quick run down of roughly how they work? I'm guessing you read a bunch of history about the period and then tried to come up with ways of representing it simply?

07.10.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks awesome!
how do you find the rules? looks like a good scale for ancient naval battles

07.10.2025 05:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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War by Sail rules:
Took me 9 months to research and playtest. My partner thought I was nuts entering in all the stats for like 1200 ships and adding up the points values on a calculator... nowadays I use excel for points values🀣
www.wargamevault.com/en/product/2...

07.10.2025 04:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Some more photos from last game. Next game (this time using the War by Sail rules) will be much more balanced. It's a fairly simple but accurate system. Ships take time to be worn down, and (generally) don't just magically sink in 1 turn. Each dice you roll is an actual gun on the ship too!

07.10.2025 04:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Played some age of sail wargames last month, and I'LL DO IT AGAIN this month. This time playing my War by Sail rules. Last time we used Osprey's Fighting Sail, but they're pretty whack... French 1st rates literally sailing rings around British 1st Rates. Physics doesn't work like that πŸ˜‚

07.10.2025 04:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah it definitely accentuates those missiles deploying, but idk Obi Wan has been in danger the whole time... just now he's in - more danger?

04.10.2025 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rewatching the #StarWars #prequels - noticed this scene doesn't have any music - anyone have any idea why? seems like the kind of place where generally they would have some action score. Did they not have time to score it, or was it a deliberate choice not to have music? #filmmusic #music

04.10.2025 11:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

CURSED reply

02.10.2025 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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autumn in my art πŸ‚

29.09.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3191    πŸ” 381    πŸ’¬ 63    πŸ“Œ 7
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spooky hallway atmosphere

19.09.2025 10:58 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Hell yes my friend

19.09.2025 04:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Love this style!!

18.09.2025 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Artwork by @pigsbliss on twitter its a very unusual art piece of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully from the tv show the X files xfiles it features both agents standing at someone's doorway she is holding her fbi badge and he has his hands in his pockets their eyes are unusually placed its amazing art

Artwork by @pigsbliss on twitter its a very unusual art piece of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully from the tv show the X files xfiles it features both agents standing at someone's doorway she is holding her fbi badge and he has his hands in his pockets their eyes are unusually placed its amazing art

18.09.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 9434    πŸ” 2336    πŸ’¬ 71    πŸ“Œ 46
BWV 244 - Wiewohl mein Herz in TrΓ€nen schwimmt
YouTube video by choeuradb BWV 244 - Wiewohl mein Herz in TrΓ€nen schwimmt

One of the most gorgeous sections.... jaw-dropping, succinct, with the Oboe D'amore providing accompaniment. They don't make em like this any more! (Literally no one uses Oboe D'amore any more)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l-d...

18.09.2025 05:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Bach MatthΓ€us Passion St Matthew BWV 244 Philippe Herreweghe
YouTube video by Felices Cantus Bach Clavier Bach MatthΓ€us Passion St Matthew BWV 244 Philippe Herreweghe

Today's Listening (probably last month's listening!?)
Bach's St Matthew Passion. Fell in love with this ever since it was in our music history class many years ago. Bach's passions are sublime masterpieces, especially when played on period instruments!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou_m...

18.09.2025 04:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Publish it on drivethruRPG. All you need is a PDF and people can buy it and you can do printed books on demand. Pretty painless setup. I publish on wargame vault (drivethru for wargames) and was surprised when my first games (very basic word files) started to sell. I quickly upped my art/cover game🀣

17.09.2025 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
a concrete facade wall, with waffle slab structures and occasional square holes

a concrete facade wall, with waffle slab structures and occasional square holes

a gothic ceiling with books on the walls and ornate tracery in the vaulted segments. there are lilac colored lamps hanging from the walls and celling

a gothic ceiling with books on the walls and ornate tracery in the vaulted segments. there are lilac colored lamps hanging from the walls and celling

a grey stone castle overgrown in moss and vines, with a metal door in the shade

a grey stone castle overgrown in moss and vines, with a metal door in the shade

an otherworldly scene looking into the top of a black hole with a glowing orange accretion disc. various rock islands, and a massive stone sword, hover millions of miles above it, presumably in orbit

an otherworldly scene looking into the top of a black hole with a glowing orange accretion disc. various rock islands, and a massive stone sword, hover millions of miles above it, presumably in orbit

misc screenshots from various texture tests and experiments in Quake

17.09.2025 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 961    πŸ” 206    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 3

wow! congrats!!

15.09.2025 03:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Time to play some card games!

Wait a second... I can't read Persian... πŸ˜³πŸ€”πŸ‘€
#cardgames #gaming

14.09.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Acrylic painting, Lammermuir Hills, 2015 or thereabouts

Acrylic painting, Lammermuir Hills, 2015 or thereabouts

14.09.2025 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1145    πŸ” 162    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 3
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Menu is now fully responsive for the Play/Quit options. There are two Background Screens (designed by @edjiearts.bsky.social), depending on whether you have an active game that you can continue, or whether you're about to embark into a fresh adventure.
#gameDev #roguelike #ruinsOfCalaworm

13.09.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes

12.09.2025 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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the emperor from star wars is wearing a hooded robe and smiling at the camera . ALT: the emperor from star wars is wearing a hooded robe and smiling at the camera .

RIP in Peace, and also welcome to the fold

12.09.2025 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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