Robin D. Laws
@robindlaws.bsky.social
Writer, game designer, podcaster. Winner of the Diana Jones Award, 8 Gold and 5 Silver ENnies. Translated into 11 languages.
Ken and Robin Consume Media: Nouvelle Vague, an Obscure New Wave Gem, and The Brain Stealers
Ken and Robin Consume Media: Nouvelle Vague, an Obscure New Wave Gem, and The Brain Stealers « Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Ken and Robin Consume Media: Nouvelle Vague, an Obscure New Wave Gem, and The Brain Stealers
This chocolate cranberry stout is rich and sweet and tastes redolently of the Aeroplan points that paid for it
November 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This chocolate cranberry stout is rich and sweet and tastes redolently of the Aeroplan points that paid for it
Or since this is London, some might hand it off to their valets to have them do whatever is done with physical objects
November 24, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Or since this is London, some might hand it off to their valets to have them do whatever is done with physical objects
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All Star Wars Ranking Lists should be done while speaking like Yoda so it is extremely difficult to understand what the person's actual ranking is
November 24, 2025 at 11:22 PM
All Star Wars Ranking Lists should be done while speaking like Yoda so it is extremely difficult to understand what the person's actual ranking is
Thanks to a print buying wonderworking from @catthm.bsky.social, the @pelgranepress.bsky.social booth at Dragonmeet this weekend will have a surprise advance edition of a game very near to my heart. Be sure to leave extra room in your backpack.
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Thanks to a print buying wonderworking from @catthm.bsky.social, the @pelgranepress.bsky.social booth at Dragonmeet this weekend will have a surprise advance edition of a game very near to my heart. Be sure to leave extra room in your backpack.
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At dawn on the 26 Jan 1969 a very large panda head appeared on a chalk hillside in Laverstock near Salisbury. For years whoever carved it remained a mystery. Eventually some university students owned up to the stunt.
Having fallen into disrepair, the fading features are being overtaken by nature.🐼
Having fallen into disrepair, the fading features are being overtaken by nature.🐼
November 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
At dawn on the 26 Jan 1969 a very large panda head appeared on a chalk hillside in Laverstock near Salisbury. For years whoever carved it remained a mystery. Eventually some university students owned up to the stunt.
Having fallen into disrepair, the fading features are being overtaken by nature.🐼
Having fallen into disrepair, the fading features are being overtaken by nature.🐼
In 1785 King Ferdinand IV of Naples traded eighteen of the Herculaneum papyri for the same number of kangaroos.
November 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
In 1785 King Ferdinand IV of Naples traded eighteen of the Herculaneum papyri for the same number of kangaroos.
The use of magical curses in chariot racing, including by the competitors themselves, became such a problem that Theodosius I proclaimed a law against it in 389.
November 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The use of magical curses in chariot racing, including by the competitors themselves, became such a problem that Theodosius I proclaimed a law against it in 389.
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Starting a reaction thread on 13th Age 2E.
First, this is gorgeous edition, and it seems like a great upgrade and refinement of what already a really fun, smooth running game. /1
First, this is gorgeous edition, and it seems like a great upgrade and refinement of what already a really fun, smooth running game. /1
November 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Starting a reaction thread on 13th Age 2E.
First, this is gorgeous edition, and it seems like a great upgrade and refinement of what already a really fun, smooth running game. /1
First, this is gorgeous edition, and it seems like a great upgrade and refinement of what already a really fun, smooth running game. /1
Nov 22 in history
845 Nominoe of Brittany defeats Charles the Bald
1497 Da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope
1842 Mount St Helens erupts
1914 bombing of Ypres
1928 Ravel's Bolero premieres
1963 JFK assassinated
2025 Pope speaks into microphone
845 Nominoe of Brittany defeats Charles the Bald
1497 Da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope
1842 Mount St Helens erupts
1914 bombing of Ypres
1928 Ravel's Bolero premieres
1963 JFK assassinated
2025 Pope speaks into microphone
November 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Nov 22 in history
845 Nominoe of Brittany defeats Charles the Bald
1497 Da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope
1842 Mount St Helens erupts
1914 bombing of Ypres
1928 Ravel's Bolero premieres
1963 JFK assassinated
2025 Pope speaks into microphone
845 Nominoe of Brittany defeats Charles the Bald
1497 Da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope
1842 Mount St Helens erupts
1914 bombing of Ypres
1928 Ravel's Bolero premieres
1963 JFK assassinated
2025 Pope speaks into microphone
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November 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Sorry I can't come over after all I'm waiting for an Amazon page to load
November 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Sorry I can't come over after all I'm waiting for an Amazon page to load
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Excavation reveals 5th century Mayan games room with built-in patolli board
Ancient Maya game board with unique mosaic design discovered in Guatemala
Centuries before Monopoly, there was Patolli, a high-stakes Mesoamerican game of strategy and luck where players wagered crops and wealth as they raced their opponents around a cross-shaped board.
phys.org
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Excavation reveals 5th century Mayan games room with built-in patolli board
Successfully installed my HP printer on the new desktop.
It's quiet.
Too quiet.
It's quiet.
Too quiet.
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Successfully installed my HP printer on the new desktop.
It's quiet.
Too quiet.
It's quiet.
Too quiet.
This happened a lot to magic swords with annoying personalities
An intentionally destroyed #BronzeAge #sword found in a burial at Blaubeuren-Asch. Bronze Age weapons deposited in burials were often bent or hacked into pieces before placed into the grave, in this way they 'died' with the owner. Dating 9th century BC.
📷 Landesmuseum Württemberg
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📷 Landesmuseum Württemberg
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November 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This happened a lot to magic swords with annoying personalities
Marjorie Taylor Greene is returning to her small town to rediscover the meaning of Christmas
November 22, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene is returning to her small town to rediscover the meaning of Christmas
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Hi @robindlaws.bsky.social - just read a book summary in the latest Friends of Arthur Machen newsletter about Erik Satie. I knew I recognised the name and he's in the 'people' bit of the Paris Yellow King book. Thought might be of interest.
Know Me To Be Your Superior in Everything—Erik Satie & the Metropolitan Church of Art of Jesus the Conductor (BOOK + FLEXI)
Order now to secure a limited-edition flexi-disc recording of Satie’s “Leit-motiv du Panthée” performed, as intended, as an accompaniment to a reading of Joséphin Péladan’s Le Panthée. This flexi-disc...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Hi @robindlaws.bsky.social - just read a book summary in the latest Friends of Arthur Machen newsletter about Erik Satie. I knew I recognised the name and he's in the 'people' bit of the Paris Yellow King book. Thought might be of interest.
When we get into Faraday cages they're like "finally some time off from all that people pleasing."
November 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
When we get into Faraday cages they're like "finally some time off from all that people pleasing."
Ken and Robin talk design by subtraction, thief turned detective Eugène-Francois Vidocq, recent fantasy film essentials, and telepathic Soviet dogs.
Episode 676: Always Want to Get Book « Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
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November 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Ken and Robin talk design by subtraction, thief turned detective Eugène-Francois Vidocq, recent fantasy film essentials, and telepathic Soviet dogs.
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Well this 2,600-year-old clay letter was a journey.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Well this 2,600-year-old clay letter was a journey.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
Researchers learn how loggerhead turtles sense magnetic fields by paying them to dance
Mystery of how turtles read their magnetic map solved—they feel the magnetism
Loggerhead turtles are able to sense Earth's magnetic field in two ways, but it wasn't clear which sense the animals use to detect the magnetic field when navigating using the magnetic map they are bo...
phys.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Researchers learn how loggerhead turtles sense magnetic fields by paying them to dance
The metaphor, when reached for comment, admitted to being “a wee bit heavy-handed.”
Fire forces evacuation from climate summit as talks reach critical stage
More than 50,000 people from nearly 200 nations are attending the COP30 gathering in Brazil.
www.politico.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The metaphor, when reached for comment, admitted to being “a wee bit heavy-handed.”
I'm unclear on what I'm supposed to do to celebrate International Men's Day so I guess I'll find a construction site to knowingly nod at
November 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I'm unclear on what I'm supposed to do to celebrate International Men's Day so I guess I'll find a construction site to knowingly nod at