Ross Thompson
Director of Marketing @ Atomic Mass Games | Often found playing games, painting miniatures, travelling to conventions and hitting friends with sticks | he/him
- Over the past few days, we've added a bunch of new job postings into the Tabletop Game Jobs FB group. Companies are hiring for marketing, project management, events, design, graphic design, convention work and more. www.facebook.com/groups/Table...
- Jessica Fisher also shares the openings on their website Gameosity, which you can find here - www.gameosity.com/category/jobs/ As always if you are looking for work in the tabletop game industry or are a publisher looking to promote your upcoming roles, please check out the group.
- Today is for galactic conquest! Time for Twilight Imperium.
- Reposted by Ross ThompsonI like to think that I ruin Bluesky like I ruin all social media platforms.
- One of the coolest things about working at Atomic Mass Games was getting to see all the art and working with iconic characters. The art team absolutely knocked these out of the park and can't wait to see those cosmic characters hit the tabletop.
- Bold power deserves bold design and our amazing artists delivered. Explore the vibrant, celestial illustrations behind Adam Warlock, Moondragon, and Quasar in today’s art feature. A new cosmic chapter begins here. ow.ly/NPUy50Y4r3O
- Reposted by Ross Thompson"A wizard is never late, nor is she early. She arrives precisely when she means to." I am thrilled to let y'all know I'm joining #WotCStaff as a Game Designer for the Dungeons and Dragons team! This move starts a new chapter in my life and I am so excited to see what adventures await me 💜
- History will not be kind to this administration.
- Magic: The Gathering draft and Mario Kart 64. Fantastic Friday evening.
- Working through a few more emails, but just wanted to say Thank You to everyone who commented and reached out this week. I am incredibly thankful for all the kind words, positive support and connections for this next phase in my professional career. Thank you, it means more than you know.
- Reposted by Ross ThompsonFlats! (Still chipping away whenever I can find the time) #WarhammerCommunity #SpaceMarines #Warhammer40k
- Was going through my inbox this week and realized I never shared a fun podcast interview from back at Chicago Toy & Game Week. I sat down with Aarin and Max from the Innovation World Young Collaborators Podcast series, which was a fantastic chat. www.buzzsprout.com/1589629/epis...
- They asked about working in the industry, with licenses and playing games, which made for a great interview. There are a few other tabletop industry folk as part of this series from ChiTag & People of Play last year.
- Great game session of Shotguns & Sorcery at the UCSD MAVERiC Center. Good to catch up with folk from Tavern Tales SD and Ladies of D&D too. Already staring to plan some of the SDCC Night Market event with the UCSD TTRPG Entrepreneurship Program. Looking forward to an exciting event this year.
- Had a great podcast interview this morning with LFG Con. Really nice to talk with their crew about tabletop marketing and can't wait for their second year gaming convention later in 2026 here in SoCal.
- Just wrapped up this months GAMA Board Meeting too. Really nice to hear from all the different divisions as we gear up for GAMA Expo in March. Looking forward to Expo. Going to be some great panels, meetings and catching up with industry folk.
- Waking up this morning to the flurry of messages and comments from my departure post and just blown away by all the kind words and thoughtful messages. Truly thank you. Taking a leap is always makes things a bit anxious, but looking forward to see where this path goes.
- Board game industry people moves: - Ross Thompson leaves Asmodee’s Atomic Mass Games - Druid City Games brings in ex-Incredible Dream marketing director Ilya Ushakov - Ross Connell joins Mantic from North Star Games boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
- What a nice write up from Mike at BoardGameWire. Great to be included with such good folk too. It is exciting to see Ilya Ushakov and Ross Connell make their moves to new companies. Love seeing great people working with good companies!
- With a new year, comes new changes. I've enjoyed my time with Atomic Mass Games over the past two years, but I've made the decision to start on the next chapter. 🎲🧵
- We have accomplished so much, with the relaunch of Star Wars: Legion and all the releases for Marvel: Crisis Protocol & Star Wars: Shatterpoint. The team here at Atomic Mass Games is filled with incredibly passionate people working to bring the power of play & hobby to tabletop miniatures wargaming.
- Getting to work with all of our partners across the Asmodee space, from Group, distribution and studio has been an incredible experience. I am very thankful to have been able to work with so many fantastic people around the world and grateful for those relationships.
- Looking forward to seeing where this takes me. Thank you to everyone at Atomic Mass Games and Asmodee and Ill see you around!
- Long line to get into the park, but time to enjoy the day! First visit of the year.
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[This post could not be retrieved] - Stopped by the game shop on lunch break to pick up a box of the new Magic: The Gathering set. Looking forward to some drafting tonight with friends. Love how Wizards partnered with Jim Henson for the marketing on this release.
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- Reposted by Ross ThompsonIf you have a steady stream going OR TTRPG streams already planned and want to integrate an anti ICE charity component but don't know where to start, let me know and I can send you my team fundraiser with the resources I'm sharing with the team I want fundraising to be as accessible as possible
- Very glad I took the time over the holidays to unplug and refresh, but now that we are already in January, its been panel and convention prep. Been working on the panels for D4/WonderCon, along with the panels I'm running at GAMA Expo. Going to be some great programming for those events.
- Getting started early on San Diego Comic-Con panels and actual plays too. Already had some fun conversations with folk and looking forward to seeing what will get lined up this year.
- Reposted by Ross ThompsonHi! I'm Chris, I sculpt Space Dwarf minis like it's still 1994. ontosgames.co.uk
- Reposted by Ross ThompsonHey #PortfolioDay! I'm Jasper, a fantasy illustrator from Aotearoa. I'm available for work in the coming months and would love to do some bookish work. 📨 emisart.draws@gmail.com 🎨 jaspermillerart.com
- Reposted by Ross ThompsonHowdy #PortfolioDay! I am a writer and editor, mainly in original comics & IP! I write a monthly webcomic called The Witch Wolf and have a short story coming out this year in The Mighty Nein: Stories Untold. 🌕: thewitchwolf.org 📚: Claire Draper @auliterarymgmt.bsky.social
- Reposted by Ross ThompsonHey, guess what: buriedgiantstudios.com
- Reposted by Ross ThompsonI have an important announcement. Kyle and I are going to be leaving Leder Games to start a new venture. It has been an honor to spend the past eight years working with them. We wish them all the best of luck, and cannot wait to show you what we are working on next. ledergames.com/blogs/news/a...
- Reposted by Ross ThompsonHello #portfolioday! I'm Sam, freelance illustrator and artist on various Games Workshop tabletop roleplaying games. I'll add to my thread through the day. I'm booked up for the next little bit, but am open for work a little later in the year, and my waitlist is also open.
- Reposted by Ross ThompsonHello #portfolioday 💙 I'm Julia, a freelance illustrator and art teacher from Germany! I do a lot of work for TCGs and TTRPGs, like Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons&Dragons, Humblewood and Daggerheart. 🌍 juliametzger.net 📧 julianatmetzger(at)gmail.com
- Reposted by Ross ThompsonTwo asks for y'all: 1. I am filling up my leisure docket with solo RPGs, so please recommend me cool titles to check out. Bonus points for weirder and/or newer games. 2. Reorganizing my Bluesky lists; tag designers, publishers, critics, smart tabletop people I should be following. Much obliged!
- Reposted by Ross ThompsonI will never ever ever ever ever get over the feeling of getting to hold my games in my hands! Soothwardens QuickStart coming soon with the help of @plusoneexp.bsky.social 👀
- Just updated the Tabletop Game Jobs group tonight with around 27 new job openings, across the board from design, event management, marketing, graphic design, crowdfunding, logistics and more. Tabletop Game Jobs FB Group - www.facebook.com/groups/Table...
- The Tabletop Game Jobs group is around 25k members now. If you are looking for work in the tabletop game space or going to be hiring soon. Check out the group! You can also find the same job posts on Jessica Fisher's Gameosity website too - www.gameosity.com/category/jobs/
- Reposted by Ross ThompsonHi! We're a woman owned business that specialises in 28mm miniatures of women! WW2 is one of our largest ranges, We're currently knee deep in Resistance Fighters for reasons at the mo but we have lots of troops. Here's some Soviets! www.BadSquiddoGames.com [ @handiworkgames.bsky.social backdrop]
- Reposted by Ross ThompsonI have had quite a few people reach out to me in regard to how they can help my charity efforts for what is going on in Minnesota and around the country in regards supporting Immigrants' rights organizations. This is a mini thread on how you can support my / @charittrpgs.bsky.social efforts
- Big pre-order announcement day for Atomic Mass Games! Lots of re-issues for Star Wars: Legion, a new scenario pack for Star Wars: Shatterpoint and Kang & armored suit characters hit the table for Marvel: Crisis Protocol.
- Time for SCA Caid Coronation!
- Reposted by Ross ThompsonNEXT WEEK!!! Come see it and get your tickets now folks! Available here: visionsandvoices.usc.edu/events/49898...
- Great time playing a one-shot of Matt Forbeck's Shotguns & Sorcery last night at the UCSD MAVERiC Center. Todd ran a fantastic session which threw us right into the noir setting for a great adventure. Really glad to see their team working to expand the TTRPG entrepreneurship program on campus.
- Reposted by Ross ThompsonCome find me in Community Row at @orcacon.bsky.social all weekend and take the Union Pledge!
- Deactivated my Twitter/X account this morning. I'd been meaning to do that late last year, but with how the platform made a huge surge to being all fake AI porn and essentially the 4chan community, it is completely garbage.
- Its unfortunate the discoverablity for creators and communication is gone. Ill try posting on Threads, but Ive found myself more active on LinkedIn funny enough. You can find my social accounts on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and BlueSky.
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- Reposted by Ross ThompsonMonthly gratitude for the people who help make the magic happen! 🖤
- Nice to get these put together and based up. Looking forward to the weather to clear up so they can get primed for painting. Going to be fun to paint up some Trench Crusade.
- Great to see the Ladies of D&D San Diego highlighted on the Gen Con website today! They just celebrated their 1-year anniversary and it is fantastic to see the community they are building continue to grow. Over 800+ members in their Discord and their events are selling out. Keep rocking it!
- Reposted by Ross ThompsonLittle life update (:
- Reposted by Ross ThompsonToday I was promoted at work. I am now a Principal Game Designer for Magic: the Gathering.
- Reposted by Ross ThompsonToday’s a big for MCDM! Thanks to everyone who made the Crack the Sun crowdfunding campaign a success! It’s gonna be magic! As of today, I’m no longer the Lead Designer of Draw Steel products, and I’m stepping into the role of Game Director of our next RPG, Crows. I can’t wait to play it with you.
- Reposted by Ross ThompsonNew year. New job. Hello @manticgames.bsky.social
- Great way to wrap up the holiday break last night with a fantastic D&D one-shot! Thank you @arcaneanthems.com for having us over to play in your world. It was fun to play a Dwarf Cleric and roll some dice.
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- Reposted by Ross ThompsonToday is the final day you can grab two months of a Rascal subscription at $1/month! Strap in for another year of tabletop journalism once the team returns tomorrow. Help us continue growing and biting even more ankles in 2026! www.rascal.news/yippee-ki-ya...
- Reposted by Ross ThompsonCheck it out it’s a Wizard holding a Wizard in the Wizards office
- Reposted by Ross ThompsonFreelance Additional Writer to Senior Game Designer 2017~2026
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- Been cleaning and sorting a lot this holiday. Funny how many bits & bobs end up in different places. Now to get these sorted and stored appropriately.
