Jim Rossignol
@rossignol.bsky.social
Writer. Makes games, books.
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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If you’re still on X because you think it’s “where the conversation is”, it isn’t.
Ofcom’s Online Nation Report 2025 shows X is no longer a mainstream platform in the UK. Fewer people use it, engagement is tiny, and harm is concentrated.
🔗 tinyurl.com/OfcomON
🧵Here's what the data says ...
Ofcom’s Online Nation Report 2025 shows X is no longer a mainstream platform in the UK. Fewer people use it, engagement is tiny, and harm is concentrated.
🔗 tinyurl.com/OfcomON
🧵Here's what the data says ...
January 3, 2026 at 12:23 PM
If you’re still on X because you think it’s “where the conversation is”, it isn’t.
Ofcom’s Online Nation Report 2025 shows X is no longer a mainstream platform in the UK. Fewer people use it, engagement is tiny, and harm is concentrated.
🔗 tinyurl.com/OfcomON
🧵Here's what the data says ...
Ofcom’s Online Nation Report 2025 shows X is no longer a mainstream platform in the UK. Fewer people use it, engagement is tiny, and harm is concentrated.
🔗 tinyurl.com/OfcomON
🧵Here's what the data says ...
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Steam Page: store.steampowered.com/app/2530870/...
If you want to make my day, please drop a wishlist! Thank you :)
If you want to make my day, please drop a wishlist! Thank you :)
GARBAGE COUNTRY on Steam
Garbage Country is a post-apocalyptic exploration sim from the creator of Cloud Gardens and Kingdom: New Lands. Drive across a handcrafted wasteland. Repel waves of enemy bots in tense tower-defense b...
store.steampowered.com
June 9, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Steam Page: store.steampowered.com/app/2530870/...
If you want to make my day, please drop a wishlist! Thank you :)
If you want to make my day, please drop a wishlist! Thank you :)
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AI is a direct threat to our livelihoods as well as the future of our professions, not because AI is capable of doing any of the work, but because our industries will use the threat of AI to make us all increasingly precarious. Uncertain futures and worse working conditions.
December 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
AI is a direct threat to our livelihoods as well as the future of our professions, not because AI is capable of doing any of the work, but because our industries will use the threat of AI to make us all increasingly precarious. Uncertain futures and worse working conditions.
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Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...
January 2, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...
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Is there any precedent for powerful people claiming that a nonsentient process has a personality behind it that only they and their fellow experts can understand and speak for and it knows everything and can do anything and wants to help and also it will destroy us if we dont give it what it wants
January 2, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Is there any precedent for powerful people claiming that a nonsentient process has a personality behind it that only they and their fellow experts can understand and speak for and it knows everything and can do anything and wants to help and also it will destroy us if we dont give it what it wants
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This set of observations is produced by my scrolling Reddit and otherwise listening to people talk about "how to write."
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
December 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This set of observations is produced by my scrolling Reddit and otherwise listening to people talk about "how to write."
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
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Countries that pride themselves on their long history of democracy and openness, like the UK, may be reluctant to take Romania’s approach to dealing with Russian interference, but governments need to be tackling the problem as a matter of extreme urgency. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Georgescu barred from Romanian vote in final court ruling
Calin Georgescu loses a bid to overturn a ruling barring him from participating in next May's vote.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Countries that pride themselves on their long history of democracy and openness, like the UK, may be reluctant to take Romania’s approach to dealing with Russian interference, but governments need to be tackling the problem as a matter of extreme urgency. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Show me how you draw / paint horses 🐎
Happy Year of the Horse, folks 💙✨
Happy Year of the Horse, folks 💙✨
January 1, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Show me how you draw / paint horses 🐎
Happy Year of the Horse, folks 💙✨
Happy Year of the Horse, folks 💙✨
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I spent my New Year's Eve making a very weird Enterprise
January 1, 2026 at 9:49 AM
I spent my New Year's Eve making a very weird Enterprise
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Everything DIE for $15! That's:
- The massive corebook
- A map-based scenario about previous lovers (the "Ex-Crawl")
- Couple's therapy as an explicit wargame
- Ersatz Yu-Gi-Oh
- 6 other scenarios ranging from upsetting to innovative to upsettingly innovative
- The massive corebook
- A map-based scenario about previous lovers (the "Ex-Crawl")
- Couple's therapy as an explicit wargame
- Ersatz Yu-Gi-Oh
- 6 other scenarios ranging from upsetting to innovative to upsettingly innovative
DIE RPG Bundle
Adventurer! This new DIE RPG Bundle presents DIE, the tabletop roleplaying game from Rowan, Rook, & Decard based on – rather, created in parallel with – the DIE Image Comics series (20 issues,…
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January 1, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Everything DIE for $15! That's:
- The massive corebook
- A map-based scenario about previous lovers (the "Ex-Crawl")
- Couple's therapy as an explicit wargame
- Ersatz Yu-Gi-Oh
- 6 other scenarios ranging from upsetting to innovative to upsettingly innovative
- The massive corebook
- A map-based scenario about previous lovers (the "Ex-Crawl")
- Couple's therapy as an explicit wargame
- Ersatz Yu-Gi-Oh
- 6 other scenarios ranging from upsetting to innovative to upsettingly innovative
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Apparently the new Andor Season 2 issue of Journey Planet just dropped, for which I did the cover art. I painted this before seeing the second season. Still can't resist those John Berkey vibes. www.journeyplanet.org/journey-plan...
#StarWars #Andor
#StarWars #Andor
January 1, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Apparently the new Andor Season 2 issue of Journey Planet just dropped, for which I did the cover art. I painted this before seeing the second season. Still can't resist those John Berkey vibes. www.journeyplanet.org/journey-plan...
#StarWars #Andor
#StarWars #Andor
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Painting showing a group of the giant marine reptile, Ichtyotitan. Like the modern but unrelated whales they rivaled in size, these animals likely migrated to the same shallow seas over millenia to give birth, and there are fossil beds of close relatives that also support this behavior! #paleosky
August 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Painting showing a group of the giant marine reptile, Ichtyotitan. Like the modern but unrelated whales they rivaled in size, these animals likely migrated to the same shallow seas over millenia to give birth, and there are fossil beds of close relatives that also support this behavior! #paleosky
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Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
January 1, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
Doesn't seem like that much of a mystery. Most of the voting intention flight has been to Lib Dems and Greens. This means most people who might vote Labour have an interest in at least the appearance of liberal values, which tis not anti-immigration, anti-protest, anti-trans, anti-education policy.
Glad the FT is asking the question. Even if I’m not convinced they found a compelling answer.
I get that Starmer & Reeves are unpopular, I really don’t understand the extent of the dislike.
www.ft.com/content/1995... ‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
I get that Starmer & Reeves are unpopular, I really don’t understand the extent of the dislike.
www.ft.com/content/1995... ‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
Allies concede the prime minister and chancellor have made mistakes yet the level of disdain towards them is still striking
www.ft.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Doesn't seem like that much of a mystery. Most of the voting intention flight has been to Lib Dems and Greens. This means most people who might vote Labour have an interest in at least the appearance of liberal values, which tis not anti-immigration, anti-protest, anti-trans, anti-education policy.
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When people say NYE is always an anti-climax, they are clearly not referring to having dinner inside the Crystal Palace iguanodon, which is obvs the best thing ever
Well, if it’s 31 December, it’s... yes, of course: 172nd anniversary of the dinner Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, creator of the Crystal Palace dinosaurs, gave for 21 leading academics and other VIPs inside the Iguanodon
December 31, 2025 at 9:50 AM
When people say NYE is always an anti-climax, they are clearly not referring to having dinner inside the Crystal Palace iguanodon, which is obvs the best thing ever
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It's only a murder of crows if there's probable caws
September 20, 2023 at 10:50 PM
It's only a murder of crows if there's probable caws
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Blood In The Margins is dark academia, Wretched & Alone style. You and your friends killed someone on campus. Now you're journaling about who they were, why they had to die, and how you're covering it up while investigators close in.
https://loottheroom.itch.io/blood-in-the-margins
https://loottheroom.itch.io/blood-in-the-margins
Blood In The Margins by Chris Bissette
Dark academia, wretched & alone
loottheroom.itch.io
December 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Blood In The Margins is dark academia, Wretched & Alone style. You and your friends killed someone on campus. Now you're journaling about who they were, why they had to die, and how you're covering it up while investigators close in.
https://loottheroom.itch.io/blood-in-the-margins
https://loottheroom.itch.io/blood-in-the-margins
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Here's your free RPG for #FreeRPGDay:
You are a housecat. Whenever you attempt to pull a fast one on your humans, roll 1d6.
1: Spectacular failure; what do you destroy?
2-3: Marginal failure; what do you destroy?
4-5: Marginal success; what do you destroy?
6: Critical success; what do you destroy?
You are a housecat. Whenever you attempt to pull a fast one on your humans, roll 1d6.
1: Spectacular failure; what do you destroy?
2-3: Marginal failure; what do you destroy?
4-5: Marginal success; what do you destroy?
6: Critical success; what do you destroy?
June 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Here's your free RPG for #FreeRPGDay:
You are a housecat. Whenever you attempt to pull a fast one on your humans, roll 1d6.
1: Spectacular failure; what do you destroy?
2-3: Marginal failure; what do you destroy?
4-5: Marginal success; what do you destroy?
6: Critical success; what do you destroy?
You are a housecat. Whenever you attempt to pull a fast one on your humans, roll 1d6.
1: Spectacular failure; what do you destroy?
2-3: Marginal failure; what do you destroy?
4-5: Marginal success; what do you destroy?
6: Critical success; what do you destroy?
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Getting to Net Zero is cheaper than letting the planet burn. Twice as cheap in fact.
If we do nothing, climate change will cost us 15% of global GDP. Getting to Net Zero limits those costs to 7%.
If we do nothing, climate change will cost us 15% of global GDP. Getting to Net Zero limits those costs to 7%.
December 31, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Getting to Net Zero is cheaper than letting the planet burn. Twice as cheap in fact.
If we do nothing, climate change will cost us 15% of global GDP. Getting to Net Zero limits those costs to 7%.
If we do nothing, climate change will cost us 15% of global GDP. Getting to Net Zero limits those costs to 7%.
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‘A world of disorderly notions, picked out of his books, crowded into his imagination.’
July 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
‘A world of disorderly notions, picked out of his books, crowded into his imagination.’
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People who have turned down OBEs, MBEs etc: Roald Dahl, JG Ballard, Aldous Huxley, Francis Bacon, Henry Moore, Robert Graves (twice), Lucien Freud, LS Lowry, Benjamin Zephaniah.
December 30, 2025 at 11:12 AM
People who have turned down OBEs, MBEs etc: Roald Dahl, JG Ballard, Aldous Huxley, Francis Bacon, Henry Moore, Robert Graves (twice), Lucien Freud, LS Lowry, Benjamin Zephaniah.
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Politicians are terrified of an electorate they think is far more authoritarian and angry and right wing than it actually is, because they are out of touch because the literal media - the thing that mediates between public and polity - is corrupted
December 30, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Politicians are terrified of an electorate they think is far more authoritarian and angry and right wing than it actually is, because they are out of touch because the literal media - the thing that mediates between public and polity - is corrupted