Jim Rossignol
@rossignol.bsky.social
Writer. Makes books, games.
Co-founded Rock, Paper, Shotgun and Big Robot (Sir, You Are Being Hunted). Now: TEETH RPG, MILESHIPS. And https://oldmenrunningtheworld.com/
email: jim at big-robot.com
Co-founded Rock, Paper, Shotgun and Big Robot (Sir, You Are Being Hunted). Now: TEETH RPG, MILESHIPS. And https://oldmenrunningtheworld.com/
email: jim at big-robot.com
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How to get better at improvising - Old Men Running The World
You will get better at improvising.
oldmenrunningtheworld.com
Sometimes people ask me how to get better at improvising in TTRPGs and I shrug helplessly, saying "...uhhhhh.... Ummmm," and things like that.
To improve this response I rolled on a spark table and followed the prompt "write a blog post about it".
To improve this response I rolled on a spark table and followed the prompt "write a blog post about it".
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MILESHIPS is a narrative art book by Ian McQue ( @ianmcque.bsky.social ), a most splendid showcase of the artist's gorgeous illustrations & sketches. Hardcover, 190 pages. Explore more in my review - halcyonrealms.com/books/milesh...
January 9, 2026 at 2:29 AM
MILESHIPS is a narrative art book by Ian McQue ( @ianmcque.bsky.social ), a most splendid showcase of the artist's gorgeous illustrations & sketches. Hardcover, 190 pages. Explore more in my review - halcyonrealms.com/books/milesh...
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More Ride or Die deets!
- Paragon System (simplified from AGON).
- Systems for Races / Chases, Fights, and Heists.
- Newbie GM / Player friendly
- Series of adventures ("movies") to play through, with guidance to make your own.
- Paragon System (simplified from AGON).
- Systems for Races / Chases, Fights, and Heists.
- Newbie GM / Player friendly
- Series of adventures ("movies") to play through, with guidance to make your own.
January 8, 2026 at 11:21 PM
More Ride or Die deets!
- Paragon System (simplified from AGON).
- Systems for Races / Chases, Fights, and Heists.
- Newbie GM / Player friendly
- Series of adventures ("movies") to play through, with guidance to make your own.
- Paragon System (simplified from AGON).
- Systems for Races / Chases, Fights, and Heists.
- Newbie GM / Player friendly
- Series of adventures ("movies") to play through, with guidance to make your own.
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Our next crowdfunder!
Blades '68 grabs Blades in the Dark by the lapels of its woolen jacket and launches the game 100 years into the future!
New crews, new rules and subversive acts of radical revolution await you under the light of an artificial sun.
Sign up here:
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
Blades '68 grabs Blades in the Dark by the lapels of its woolen jacket and launches the game 100 years into the future!
New crews, new rules and subversive acts of radical revolution await you under the light of an artificial sun.
Sign up here:
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
January 8, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Our next crowdfunder!
Blades '68 grabs Blades in the Dark by the lapels of its woolen jacket and launches the game 100 years into the future!
New crews, new rules and subversive acts of radical revolution await you under the light of an artificial sun.
Sign up here:
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
Blades '68 grabs Blades in the Dark by the lapels of its woolen jacket and launches the game 100 years into the future!
New crews, new rules and subversive acts of radical revolution await you under the light of an artificial sun.
Sign up here:
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
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This should honestly be a legal requirement for discontinued products.
Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of bricking them
Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of bricking them
Bose speakers un-bricked
buff.ly
January 8, 2026 at 3:20 PM
This should honestly be a legal requirement for discontinued products.
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Odious Hoots
www.findagrave.com/memorial/819...
www.findagrave.com/memorial/819...
Odious Jacob Hoots (1897-1977) - Find a Grave...
Father: Jacob Hoots Mother: Pinky Rush
www.findagrave.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Odious Hoots
www.findagrave.com/memorial/819...
www.findagrave.com/memorial/819...
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Happy David Bowie’s Birthday
January 8, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Happy David Bowie’s Birthday
Something i enjoy each day is watching from my office window as my neighbour drags her dachshund along as it tries to see off passing cars, barking wildly and swivel-eyed with rage. It never calms down, never isn't pulling in some other direction to which the lady calmly plods on.
January 8, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Something i enjoy each day is watching from my office window as my neighbour drags her dachshund along as it tries to see off passing cars, barking wildly and swivel-eyed with rage. It never calms down, never isn't pulling in some other direction to which the lady calmly plods on.
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“In the woods where snow is thick, bars of sunlight lay like pale fire.”
(Catherine Mansfield)
🎨 Eyvind Earle
#wintersky
(Catherine Mansfield)
🎨 Eyvind Earle
#wintersky
January 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM
“In the woods where snow is thick, bars of sunlight lay like pale fire.”
(Catherine Mansfield)
🎨 Eyvind Earle
#wintersky
(Catherine Mansfield)
🎨 Eyvind Earle
#wintersky
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Warmups from today. More StellaStar explorations
January 7, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Warmups from today. More StellaStar explorations
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The Spanish version is “the left liberates, the right oppresses” and once I learned that, both screws and politics made more sense
the single line that has saved me the most hassle in my life is "lefty loosey righty tighty"
January 7, 2026 at 3:47 PM
The Spanish version is “the left liberates, the right oppresses” and once I learned that, both screws and politics made more sense
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Let's start the year with some gorgeous game recommendations.
Keep your eye on Mandrake by @failbettergames.com
The visuals are amazing!
#gameart #indiedev
Keep your eye on Mandrake by @failbettergames.com
The visuals are amazing!
#gameart #indiedev
January 6, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Let's start the year with some gorgeous game recommendations.
Keep your eye on Mandrake by @failbettergames.com
The visuals are amazing!
#gameart #indiedev
Keep your eye on Mandrake by @failbettergames.com
The visuals are amazing!
#gameart #indiedev
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Goddamn this is a good read:
“Free movement is a fantastic thing, and we should say it.”
“Free movement is a fantastic thing, and we should say it.”
We Need to Get Off The Defensive About Immigration
Free movement is a fantastic thing, and we should say it.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Goddamn this is a good read:
“Free movement is a fantastic thing, and we should say it.”
“Free movement is a fantastic thing, and we should say it.”
Could any policy they've so far rolled out actually have addressed this? What would they need to have done? Energy price caps? Wealth taxes that were really sold as the rich paying to fix the country?
With Keir Starmer focussing on the cost of living this week, our data shows the lowest net approval for the government's handling of the issue since we started tracking in Oct 2022
Well: 8% (-2 from Dec)
Badly: 85% (=)
Net: -77 (-2)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Well: 8% (-2 from Dec)
Badly: 85% (=)
Net: -77 (-2)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
January 7, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Could any policy they've so far rolled out actually have addressed this? What would they need to have done? Energy price caps? Wealth taxes that were really sold as the rich paying to fix the country?
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#CharacterCreationChallenge Day 3: Teeth by @rossignol.bsky.social & @marshdavies.bsky.social
Blog post: medium.com/@FionaKTHowa...
Buy the game here: teethrpg.itch.io
#TEETH #rpg #TTRPG #CharacterCreation
Blog post: medium.com/@FionaKTHowa...
Buy the game here: teethrpg.itch.io
#TEETH #rpg #TTRPG #CharacterCreation
January 6, 2026 at 10:21 PM
#CharacterCreationChallenge Day 3: Teeth by @rossignol.bsky.social & @marshdavies.bsky.social
Blog post: medium.com/@FionaKTHowa...
Buy the game here: teethrpg.itch.io
#TEETH #rpg #TTRPG #CharacterCreation
Blog post: medium.com/@FionaKTHowa...
Buy the game here: teethrpg.itch.io
#TEETH #rpg #TTRPG #CharacterCreation
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The BBC Charter Review public consultation is now open.
This is your chance to have a say on the BBC’s mission, governance, services and funding ahead of the next Charter period.
I’d encourage people to take part and help shape the future of the BBC. 👇
dcms.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
This is your chance to have a say on the BBC’s mission, governance, services and funding ahead of the next Charter period.
I’d encourage people to take part and help shape the future of the BBC. 👇
dcms.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
BBC Charter Review Public Consultation
The government is consulting the public to aid decision-making on the terms for the BBC Charter’s renewal and any changes needed to help the BBC to continue to serve the public.
dcms.eu.qualtrics.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:45 PM
The BBC Charter Review public consultation is now open.
This is your chance to have a say on the BBC’s mission, governance, services and funding ahead of the next Charter period.
I’d encourage people to take part and help shape the future of the BBC. 👇
dcms.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
This is your chance to have a say on the BBC’s mission, governance, services and funding ahead of the next Charter period.
I’d encourage people to take part and help shape the future of the BBC. 👇
dcms.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Wish I could internalize this
October 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Wish I could internalize this
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god help me someone asked what i'm looking for in short fiction. how do i say: horror but not like that, questions without answers, short, and fucking weird. the thing that makes good short fiction to me is that the final act of the story is in your head, not on the page
January 5, 2026 at 11:34 PM
god help me someone asked what i'm looking for in short fiction. how do i say: horror but not like that, questions without answers, short, and fucking weird. the thing that makes good short fiction to me is that the final act of the story is in your head, not on the page
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❌ "passed away" - vague, maudlin, passive
✅ "fell into shadow" - dynamic, exciting, implied Balrog
✅ "fell into shadow" - dynamic, exciting, implied Balrog
December 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
❌ "passed away" - vague, maudlin, passive
✅ "fell into shadow" - dynamic, exciting, implied Balrog
✅ "fell into shadow" - dynamic, exciting, implied Balrog
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#ttrpg people, do this!
anyway it's a new year, a year in which we plan* to release 4 (+ actually) issues, and so for the fifth year running I am on my hands & knees begging people to try sending us info about what they're working on, ideally 2-3 months before release
our inbox for all press releases is press@wyrd.science
our inbox for all press releases is press@wyrd.science
January 5, 2026 at 7:42 PM
#ttrpg people, do this!
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Yet another huge contract, awarded without any competitive bidding process, to Wes Streeting's favourite NHS supplier, the Hard Right US surveillance tech specialists Palantir, for military decision making capability.
Palantir lands biggest ever UK defense deal
The £240 million contract with the Ministry of Defence has renewed a debate about Britain’s dependence on American technology.
www.politico.eu
January 6, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Yet another huge contract, awarded without any competitive bidding process, to Wes Streeting's favourite NHS supplier, the Hard Right US surveillance tech specialists Palantir, for military decision making capability.
#ttrpg people, do this!
anyway it's a new year, a year in which we plan* to release 4 (+ actually) issues, and so for the fifth year running I am on my hands & knees begging people to try sending us info about what they're working on, ideally 2-3 months before release
our inbox for all press releases is press@wyrd.science
our inbox for all press releases is press@wyrd.science
January 5, 2026 at 7:42 PM
#ttrpg people, do this!
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Red Clay (3)
Digital painting
Digital painting
December 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Red Clay (3)
Digital painting
Digital painting
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Here might about midnight
Devils their matins spell
(Old old digital painting)
Devils their matins spell
(Old old digital painting)
December 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Here might about midnight
Devils their matins spell
(Old old digital painting)
Devils their matins spell
(Old old digital painting)
This. Obvious to everyone except the man himself, for some reason. (+anti-corruption.)
There are MANY issues with Starmer’s messaging. But I always thought this govts best and easiest bet was to become THE government of the rules and fair play. Led by a former lawyer, lean into fairness, equality, law and order, justice for workers, respect for international law.
January 5, 2026 at 9:18 AM
This. Obvious to everyone except the man himself, for some reason. (+anti-corruption.)