Hello, I'm Jellyfishlines


Irving Benitez (he/him) AKA Jellyfishlines, is a queer, trans masculine, multi-disabled, and Mad TTRPG designer, Actual Play Game Master, podcast host and co-host, performer, and poetry writer from the Appalachian region of NE Ohio.Some of his best known TTRPG work includes A Witch, A Gallows Bird, a Wretched & Alone Game and Rumor Mill: A System Agnostic TTRPG Mechanic and Tool. Haunt//Haunting//Haunted – Irving's 36 word game about place, memory, and grief – was the first game he published in 2025.His current Games In Progress include Saltwater & After..., a Descended from the Queen game about living life to the fullest, loss, grief, and how we bear the weight of memory and A Farewell to Light, a Carta game where the player enters an eldritch, ever-shifting cave in order to find their loved one trapped in the earthen tunnels.You can contact Irving for work by emailing him at [[email protected]].As for his poetry, Irving has been published in Ghost City Review, The Bitchin' K, Voidspace Zine, and has forthcoming work in Wishbone Words.

Headshot by KP11 Studios

AP Work Highlights


These are just some of my highlights in the TTRPG AP Space! For my full list of credits, go here or click the button below!

2024:
Forthcoming October: Candide Apollonaire - The Magician in Candela Obscura: The Circle of Wires and Whispers for Roll for Wishes/Make A Wish Foundation
Forthcoming October: Eoghan “Macdara” Killough - The Vox in Absurdia on Record of the Realms DMV WeekSeptember: GM for Jackalope RUN/Jackalope GRIT on Pantsless Tables - Pantslight Charity Stream for StarlightAugust: Vero in The Dark Tower of Cabilar GM'd by Jason Cordova Part 1, Part 2, Part 3August: Dallas Ashdown in Game Master Mondays Burnt Creek: A Call of Cthulhu miniseries
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Forthcoming August: Facilitator for Eyes on The Prize stream fundraiser for Medical Aid for Palestinians (Organized by Poorna)May: Clement on The Heart Is A Dungeon Podcast Season 2 Episode 3: A Campfire Near FairyMarch: Moonlark in Tales From The Tables Studios Palestinian Aid Fundraiser2023:
Oct-Dec: Vonley Hale Rogers in Zeal Zaddy's Slaunchwise to the Mountain: An Old Gods of Appalachia TTRPG Stream

Podcasts


Co-host on Flyleaf to Endsheets with W.D. Smith
>SPOTIFY
Keeper on Playback Static: A Public Access Actual Play Podcast
>ACAST
>APPLE PODCASTS
>PATREON
UPCOMING:
Ghoulfriends Podcast - I Saw The TV Glow
2024 APPEARANCES:
> Episode 5 of Tal Talks TTRPGs
> Clement on The Heart Is A Dungeon Podcast Season 2 Episode 3: A Campfire Near Fairy

About Jellyfish


Irving Benitez (he/him) AKA Jellyfishlines, is a queer, trans masculine, multi-disabled, and schizoaffective TTRPG designer, Actual Play Game Master, podcast host and co-host, AP performer, and poetry writer from the Appalachian region of NE Ohio.Some of Irving's favorite moments with games includes seeing a players "lightbulb moment" when a game mechanic finally clicks, especially when a player only knows one or two games.Irving's dedication to the craft of game design includes the following core tenets:1. You must uplift your peers as creativity only thrives when we all thrive. Create with your peers, talk with your peers, befriend your peers, hug, laugh, dance, and hold your peers close. Eventually, you might even find a family in some of them and you won't remember how it happened.2. Be in solidarity with all marginalized people the world over. As a queer designer, Irving stands for the liberation of people from the chains that are colonialism, authoritarianism, and fascism.3. Make games that give agency to the player(s) and help lighten the load on a Game Master. Input from everyone at the table and make everyone have a better time than they otherwise would. It helps erase the "adversarial GM" stereotype and when everyone at the table has fun, it's an incredible and life changing experience.4. Don't defang your work for anyone. This goes double for creators of marginalized identities.5. You must stay vigilant and love one another. It's the only way we survive.

Favorite Systems I've played


ALIEN RPGApocalypse KeysCall of Cthulhu 7e (Pulp and Classic)Monster of the WeekOld Gods of Appalachia (Cypher System)Orbital BluesPublic AccessSlayersThe One RingThirsty Sword Lesbians

Friends and Favorite Creators


These are some Friends and Favorite Creators! Go support them!Apochromatic UnlimitedLogan the GMW.D. SmithZeal ZaddyRah RahJuicy GarlandImprov and RPG

Contact


Curious about my work?Want to hire me for an Actual Play Livestream or Podcast, Playtesting, Podcasts Interviews, or TTRPG writing?Want to buy some of my work or support me?Click any of these links below to get in contact with me!