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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Jim Rossignol
@rossignol.bsky.social
· Dec 15
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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As someone who edits 1-2 publishing agreements a week, whenever a funding agreement from a successful developer trying to share the wealth passes my desk they tend to include some of the best and most equitable terms I have ever seen. An unseen positive trend in the industry at the indie level!
Meet the unconventional publishers trying to unfuck the games industry: aftermath.site/indie-game-pub...
February 6, 2026 at 6:18 PM
As someone who edits 1-2 publishing agreements a week, whenever a funding agreement from a successful developer trying to share the wealth passes my desk they tend to include some of the best and most equitable terms I have ever seen. An unseen positive trend in the industry at the indie level!
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Get this occult action thriller ttRPG for 1-7 people. Perfect if you enjoy playing powerful undead revenants embroiled in breakneck action, interpersonal drama, and occult investigation. Soundtrack by @mollynoise.bsky.social and human-made art by @stregawolf.art. Jump in now for early bird deals!
Coming soon: The Thunder Perfect Mind
An Occult Action Thriller Tabletop RPG
www.kickstarter.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Get this occult action thriller ttRPG for 1-7 people. Perfect if you enjoy playing powerful undead revenants embroiled in breakneck action, interpersonal drama, and occult investigation. Soundtrack by @mollynoise.bsky.social and human-made art by @stregawolf.art. Jump in now for early bird deals!
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If you are baffled by why the jury refused to convict the Palestine Action defendants, it's because – unlike them – you didn't hear the actual evidence. You heard what the media wanted you to know.
Here, I explain what the jury learnt from the trial: jonathancook.substack.com/p/barristers...
Here, I explain what the jury learnt from the trial: jonathancook.substack.com/p/barristers...
Barrister's powerful speech at Filton Trial reminds jury of its right to defy judge
Starmer and the media need convictions to justify Palestine Action's proscription as a terrorist group. Rajiv Menon KC spells out to the jury why it is a vital last defence against government tyranny
jonathancook.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:21 PM
If you are baffled by why the jury refused to convict the Palestine Action defendants, it's because – unlike them – you didn't hear the actual evidence. You heard what the media wanted you to know.
Here, I explain what the jury learnt from the trial: jonathancook.substack.com/p/barristers...
Here, I explain what the jury learnt from the trial: jonathancook.substack.com/p/barristers...
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I may delete this because it’s a bit spicy but it shouldn’t be lost on us that games being turned into TV is essentially harvesting the stories written by those who don’t have union representation or healthcare with WGA by those that do. Our stories are good enough for TV but the writers aren’t?
February 6, 2026 at 1:59 AM
I may delete this because it’s a bit spicy but it shouldn’t be lost on us that games being turned into TV is essentially harvesting the stories written by those who don’t have union representation or healthcare with WGA by those that do. Our stories are good enough for TV but the writers aren’t?
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Excellent @nytimes.com opinion piece offering both pragmatic and morally compelling reasons why Spain has chosen a different path than many other Western societies in addressing immigration and migration countering the despicable #maga narrative : www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
Opinion | I’m the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Excellent @nytimes.com opinion piece offering both pragmatic and morally compelling reasons why Spain has chosen a different path than many other Western societies in addressing immigration and migration countering the despicable #maga narrative : www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
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To give my American followers an idea where we're at in Europe: last night I watched an item on the main Dutch serious political analysis program about how some German local governments have fully switched away from Microsoft, and how the Dutch government should also decouple from American services
February 5, 2026 at 5:18 PM
To give my American followers an idea where we're at in Europe: last night I watched an item on the main Dutch serious political analysis program about how some German local governments have fully switched away from Microsoft, and how the Dutch government should also decouple from American services
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One by one, Europeans mentioned in the Epstein files who still hold political office are beginning to resign or are being forced out of office.
Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.
Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.
February 3, 2026 at 2:39 PM
One by one, Europeans mentioned in the Epstein files who still hold political office are beginning to resign or are being forced out of office.
Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.
Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.
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Alex Burghart MP has now called for a review of the circumstances around the award of Palantir's £240m defence contract, and asked why Mandelson's visit to Palantir's offices in Washington was kept off the books while the company was being represented by his firm, Global Council.
🔴‘Peter Mandelson’s Fixing of Keir Starmer’s Visit to Spytech Firm Palantir Raises Serious Questions’
Palantir was represented by a lobbying firm founded by Mandelson, Iain Overton and Max Colbert report
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...
Palantir was represented by a lobbying firm founded by Mandelson, Iain Overton and Max Colbert report
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...
'Peter Mandelson's Fixing of Keir Starmer’s Visit to Spytech Firm Palantir Raises Serious Questions'
Palantir was represented by a lobbying firm founded by Mandelson, Iain Overton and Max Colbert report
bylinetimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Alex Burghart MP has now called for a review of the circumstances around the award of Palantir's £240m defence contract, and asked why Mandelson's visit to Palantir's offices in Washington was kept off the books while the company was being represented by his firm, Global Council.
Starmer — a prosecutor with a huge majority, coming in after years of sleaze and mendacity — could have weaponised the corruption of his opponents to incredible advantage. Instead he will be ruined by the living avatar of corruption in his own party. To not see that coming is a serious skill issue.
February 4, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Starmer — a prosecutor with a huge majority, coming in after years of sleaze and mendacity — could have weaponised the corruption of his opponents to incredible advantage. Instead he will be ruined by the living avatar of corruption in his own party. To not see that coming is a serious skill issue.
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Border Riding is a game about boundaries, exploring how arbitrary borders can create long-lasting divisions between communities.
Lavishly illustrated and printed on Ordnance Map material meaning it’ll survive through anything.
Get yours @ peregrinecoast.press/products/bor...
Lavishly illustrated and printed on Ordnance Map material meaning it’ll survive through anything.
Get yours @ peregrinecoast.press/products/bor...
February 4, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Border Riding is a game about boundaries, exploring how arbitrary borders can create long-lasting divisions between communities.
Lavishly illustrated and printed on Ordnance Map material meaning it’ll survive through anything.
Get yours @ peregrinecoast.press/products/bor...
Lavishly illustrated and printed on Ordnance Map material meaning it’ll survive through anything.
Get yours @ peregrinecoast.press/products/bor...
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Current policy of pandering to xenophobes just not sustainable. But then we knew that.
Zero net migration would shrink UK economy by 3.6%, says thinktank
Jump of £37bn in budget deficit by 2040 would force government to increase taxes, NIESR predicts
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Current policy of pandering to xenophobes just not sustainable. But then we knew that.
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'for an estimated 4% of people, this mental imagery is weak or absent. When researchers ask them to imagine something familiar, they might have a concept of what it is, and words and associations might come to mind, but they describe their mind’s eye as dark or even blank.'
Many people have no mental imagery. What’s going on in their brains?
People with aphantasia are offering a window into consciousness.
www.nature.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:19 AM
'for an estimated 4% of people, this mental imagery is weak or absent. When researchers ask them to imagine something familiar, they might have a concept of what it is, and words and associations might come to mind, but they describe their mind’s eye as dark or even blank.'
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BTW I have a blog now, I’m part of the blogosphere.
So if you prefer, you can read this whole ramble in blogpost form, like it’s 2008:
blog.olddog.games/posts/the-vi...
So if you prefer, you can read this whole ramble in blogpost form, like it’s 2008:
blog.olddog.games/posts/the-vi...
February 3, 2026 at 1:50 AM
BTW I have a blog now, I’m part of the blogosphere.
So if you prefer, you can read this whole ramble in blogpost form, like it’s 2008:
blog.olddog.games/posts/the-vi...
So if you prefer, you can read this whole ramble in blogpost form, like it’s 2008:
blog.olddog.games/posts/the-vi...
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Games Workshop: You get those drawings of the heroes of our brand new toy range?
Will Rees: Sure did boss, real fuckin disgusting just like you asked.
GW: what
Will Rees: Sure did boss, real fuckin disgusting just like you asked.
GW: what
February 2, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Games Workshop: You get those drawings of the heroes of our brand new toy range?
Will Rees: Sure did boss, real fuckin disgusting just like you asked.
GW: what
Will Rees: Sure did boss, real fuckin disgusting just like you asked.
GW: what
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Here's all four covers I did for THE EXPANSE: A LITTLE DEATH
February 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Here's all four covers I did for THE EXPANSE: A LITTLE DEATH
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Another day, another whatever this guy is.
February 3, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Another day, another whatever this guy is.
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'Bring back the two-child benefit cap to cut the price of a pint by 5p' is actually a perfect Reform policy, though. Immiserate thousands of people for a meaningless stunt.
February 3, 2026 at 10:51 AM
'Bring back the two-child benefit cap to cut the price of a pint by 5p' is actually a perfect Reform policy, though. Immiserate thousands of people for a meaningless stunt.
Might have to ignore the infinite catalogue of horrors for a while and do some work, idk.
February 3, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Might have to ignore the infinite catalogue of horrors for a while and do some work, idk.
The UK deploying Ai in schools is the opposite of education! These are systems based around *not* learning skills. How are they not getting this! For fuck's sake.
*crazy pills .gif*
*crazy pills .gif*
February 3, 2026 at 8:45 AM
The UK deploying Ai in schools is the opposite of education! These are systems based around *not* learning skills. How are they not getting this! For fuck's sake.
*crazy pills .gif*
*crazy pills .gif*
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i know i've been pretty quiet but here's the result of my January: a totally handmade, fully-functional marionette created for a local winter-themed puppet show. she's called the Winter Maw & she'll eat you alive, just like real winter
February 2, 2026 at 9:37 PM
i know i've been pretty quiet but here's the result of my January: a totally handmade, fully-functional marionette created for a local winter-themed puppet show. she's called the Winter Maw & she'll eat you alive, just like real winter
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Reminder that "jaywalking" was literally made up by american car manufacturers to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrians. "Jay" was a slang term meaning "idiot" or "rube".
“Jaywalking is permitted in London. In 1966, the police tried to crack down on it, but gave up after three months.”
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Self-driving taxis are coming to London – should we be worried? | Jack Stilgoe
Waymo’s cars were first rolled out in San Francisco, but the English capital’s old roads, pelican crossings and jaywalkers may pose issues for AI, says science and technology professor Jack Stilgoe
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Reminder that "jaywalking" was literally made up by american car manufacturers to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrians. "Jay" was a slang term meaning "idiot" or "rube".
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“Jaywalking is permitted in London. In 1966, the police tried to crack down on it, but gave up after three months.”
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Self-driving taxis are coming to London – should we be worried? | Jack Stilgoe
Waymo’s cars were first rolled out in San Francisco, but the English capital’s old roads, pelican crossings and jaywalkers may pose issues for AI, says science and technology professor Jack Stilgoe
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:48 PM
“Jaywalking is permitted in London. In 1966, the police tried to crack down on it, but gave up after three months.”
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Revelation of corruption is the fundamental story of the past decade. We've had a continuous stream of evidence for how we're being exploited and betrayed. Citizens in democratic states should only vote for candidates who will tackle that evil. (And that ain't Nigel "invest in gold/crypto" Farage.)
February 2, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Revelation of corruption is the fundamental story of the past decade. We've had a continuous stream of evidence for how we're being exploited and betrayed. Citizens in democratic states should only vote for candidates who will tackle that evil. (And that ain't Nigel "invest in gold/crypto" Farage.)