More Fun With Games

As Cymera Festival continues to mature, we are seeking enthusiastic and committed individuals to bring new ideas and knowledge to our board.

Experience in running or programming a book festival is not needed: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/join-the-board

Digitally altered image of Edinburgh in the future, a flooded area is straddled by the North Bridge which has a Lighthouse, wind ship, wind mill etc text says 'Next stop Nor' Bridge followed by New Nor' Loch. Disembark here for The Castle, Half Mile and The Remnants.. Mind the gap between Ferry and Lighthouse

Here's something from the #future 'Next stop #Nor'Bridge followed by #NewNor'Loch. Disembark here for #TheCastle, #HalfMile and #TheRemnants.. #MindTheGap between #Ferry and #Lighthouse' last and definitely not least did I mention the #book has gone in a #TimeCapsule in the #NorthBridge #Edinburgh!

Cropped detail image of black and white drawing View of the North Bridge and Robert Adam's Register House, c.1800 J Donaldson and J Phillips - scanned from a facsimile of an old print A Perspective View of the Bridge and Register-Office Edinburgh, c.1800 it has detail of the side of the bridge with arches, small human figures in bottom right and a digitally added giant tambourin playing monkey in one of the arches in the centre

I did all the #collage #CutAndPaste #art #remixing #publicdomain images with my own #drawings & #photos here's something from the #past a close up of a section from A Perspective View of the Bridge and Register-Office Edinburgh, c.1800 see if you can spot what I added 😀

Gilt picture frame edge to pic with hackground pattern repeated image of The old North Bridge,bfrom the west, with Calton Hill in the background, in 1829 Thomas Hosmer SHEPHERD (c.1810 to c.1842) "NORTH BRIDGE CALTON HILL &c FROM THE BANK OF SCOTLAND", from Modern Athens then a title of Absacus Universale Ludus Mutante then 3 columns % Argaxian and Bridge Bricolage with numbers and words depending on column acting as an rpg rosetta stone style translation device

I also made an #Absacus Universale Ludus Mutante #rpg rosetta stone style translation device if you like it let me know! #Argaxian #StewBum #Gallous #Reekin #Glaikit #GangTaeFreuchieAnFryMice

Sepia toned image of old Edinburgh likely City of Edinburgh Thomas Annan, c. 1856 - in or before 1866## with Scott Monument, National Art Gallery, North Bridge and Waverley Bridge etc, digitally added to picture is monsters and magical creatures around various places and diagonally across picture in black typewriter font is Fir Fae Eyes Only

My #game #dossier is a series of #story & #adventure prompts for role playing games & playful creative provocation suitable for anyone seeking #stimulation, #FirFaeEyesOnly a #TimeTravel #trip through #Edinburgh past to future with #fantastic #fae #magic twists mixed with real #history #ttrpg #rpg

Image of headshots of story authors and readers for North Bridge Edinburgh anthology launch event

Hey tomorrow I'm part of the #NorthBridge: Where We Travelled #Book #Launch #Celebration
Sat 25 Oct 2025 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Charteris Centre, EH8 9RR #Edinburgh courtesy of the amazing @jedapearl.bsky.social Tickets www.tickettailor.com/events/jedap... come along, buy a book I wrote a #Game for it!

Image for event at Ancient Robot Workshop,, mechanical hand top left in black on orange, then diagonal text banner bottom left saying Monthly Meetup, centre and right is the name Alysa Thomas and text in white saying Building Accessibility into each stage of tabletop design and picture of white female with glasses, greenish fringe and smile

#MFWG looking forward to the #Accessibility in #Tabletop #Game #Design event tonight with #AlysaThomas at #AncientRobotWorkshop in #Leith #Edinburgh #Scotland more info and tickets ancientrobotworkshop.co.uk#events #TTRPG say hi if you see us there

Pic of stage at Games talks live, screen front centre, overhead ornate scrollwork on ceiling, speaker and lectern to picture right, white popup banner with sponsors logos to the far right, orangey reddish lighting

Pic of stage at Games talks live, screen front centre, overhead ornate scrollwork on ceiling, speaker and lectern to picture right, white popup banner with sponsors logos to the far right, orangey reddish lighting

Pic of stage at Games talks live, screen front centre, overhead ornate scrollwork on ceiling, speaker and lectern to picture right, white popup banner with sponsors logos to the far right, orangey reddish lighting

Pic of stage at Games talks live, screen front centre, overhead ornate scrollwork on ceiling, speaker and lectern to picture right, white popup banner with sponsors logos to the far right, orangey reddish lighting

As usual the @scotgamedev.bsky.social #GamesTalksLive were excellent, still time to catch them in #Glasgow tonight and online! sgda.co.uk/gtl for more details. Amazing speakers, including pals @gothbosscat.bsky.social @petergreeves.bsky.social #Games #Scotland #Scottish #VideoGames #GameDev

Pictures from immersive art exhibition hooded figure with white cross mask in front of altar with crucifix, candles on it and stained glass behind it, graffiti on altar

Stained glass window with red anarchy symbol with eye in middle

Jesus with thumbs up and text 'God is not dead he lives in the cloud'

Stained glass window with Adam and Eve looked over by drone

#MFWG was EXPOS3D – #Immersive #Art Exhibition in #Edinburgh by @TREVORJONESART became a #godhood avatar, giving #benediction #blessing on until Friday afternoon #free tickets/info www.trevorjonesart.com/expos3d/ recommended #AR #Surveillence #Privacy #Painting #StainedGlas #Drones #Sculpture #AI

GAconf, IGDA-GASIG. Advancing accessibility for disabled players. Hybrid online & Archer Hotel, Redmond. September 29th - 30th 2025. TIGA awards winner, CIPT awards winner, MCV Develop awards finalists, EN awards winner, Business Awards UK winner.

GAconf kicks off a week today! 🎉

Two days of talks & networking, celebrating & learning from advances in the field of game accessibility.

Sept 29th-30th, in-person in Redmond, free to attend online.

Have you got your ticket yet? registration & info at gaconf.com!
#gamedev #indiedev #a11y

Web page for the Scottish Games Developers Association Games Day in Dundee as part of DICE Europe purple background with text saying Games Day at the Big Real and information about attending mostly white text with some colour and mixed font sizes https://www.sgda.co.uk/gamesday

Team #MFWG are en route to #Dundee for #GamesDay as part of #DICEEurope looking forward to a very interesting lineup on the banks of the Silvery Tay and to meeting some new folks (say hi if you see us) and catching up with friends! #SGDA #Games #GameDev #Scotland #Scottish

Tabletop Scotland banner in entrance, hand drawn art style dragon left and elf right, meeples and board game artwork all around, blue and white balloons all around artwork with large blue soft toy dice with white spots interspersed around, me with black jeans and sneakers, red tabletop Scotland t-shirt, thumbs up, baldy beard with face mask and sunglasses, red tiles under foot, white tiles overhead and glimpse of trade hall in background

Assorted prototype board games, paper cut out pieces, counters and cards WIP from the Tabletop Scotland Game Jam

Sign on table with number 9 and text saying roleplaying-games, Liminal, Seasons of the Sun campaign Worm Moons and Mad Hares and Mayhem Oh My! and ABS

Red dragon coming out of stone wall created out of foam by Mythical Creations

#MFWG
@tabletopscot.bsky.social
much cool stuff (Mythical Realms beastie!) running #Liminal #ttrpg scenario (returning players!) & helping with the #GameJam kudos to
@philipgharris.bsky.social
for hosting & running with aplomb some very impressive entries this year, roll on next year! #Games

Home page for https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/ 2025 blue logo of tri corner d6 dice with 2025 in white, all else in blue with meeple and a d20 and cards adorning top dice face and white text on blue background with details of the event in front of a full colour photograph of the trade hall with exhibitors and patrons wandering around TExt '5th to 7th September 2025 @ Royal Highland Centre Tabletop Scotland is a board game, card game and roleplaying game convention. Our convention is open to everyone, whether you are exploring the worlds of tabletop gaming for the first time or you are a long term tabletop gamer looking to celebrate your hobby at our convention. Our goal is to have something that interests everyone.' https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/product/liminal-worm-moons-and-mad-hares-and-mayhem-oh-my/ & https://tabletopscotland.co.uk/product/game-jam-friday-to-sunday/ are my events

Edinburgh skyline at sunset, city spires including Balmoral Hotel, Scott monument gothic rocket, Pentland Hills in background with cartoon hare silhouettes leaping over the hills and in the sky, quirky reddish text at top says 'Worm Moons and Mad Hares and Mayhem Oh My!' bottom right orange text says Seasons of teh Sun campaign and ABS.Ventures original photo is by Andrej Zeman https://www.pexels.com/photo/silhouette-of-buildings-during-sunset-5517172/ with alterations by @ABS

Team #MFWG will be @tabletopscot.bsky.social running the next in the Seasons of the Sun campaign Worm Moons and Mad Hares and Mayhem Oh My! tomorrow evening using #Liminal #rpg & helping with the #GameJam running all weekend #Edinburgh #TableTopScotland #ttrpg #Games #Scotland #Scottish

A woman with colourful hair stands in front of two black banners advertising Rookery Publications and behind a table set up with a boardgame (Dark Deeds).

Ca-caw!

The Rooks are installed at @cymerafestival.co.uk - swing by any time today for a demo of #DarkDeeds, or join us live - in person or online - at 7pm UK / 2pm ET / 11am PT - for our #InsideTheRookery celebrating 50 years of @chaosium.bsky.social with @lynneahardy.bsky.social and #StuartBoon

And games!

Power point on big screen on wall for the History & Games Lab at Edinburgh University presentation, central diamond with this info surrounded by images of people playing games, model castles. game books etc

A fantastic time at the #Scottish Historical #Heritage & Gamification workshop at the #EdinburghUniversity historyandgames.shca.ed.ac.uk Lab last week, lots to ponder and some great connections made between games designers, academics & industry. #Games #GamesDesign #History #Scotland #TTRPG #RPG

Flyer for The Future Imperative Megagame blue steel background, white strip diagonally across upper section, red text logo saying SociaLudo, text for game with sunlit letter and location and date detail at bottom Saturday 17th May 2025 University of Stirling

Team #MFWG are excited for The Future Imperative #megagame about humanity’s response to #climatechange this Saturday in #Stirling 'it draws on real-life science and climate challenges to explore what global action on climate change might look like' socialudo.org/tfi for more info #Games #Scotland

Screen grab from https://accessibility.day/ webpage white background and blue dot matrix symbolic world map on the right of page, info including ' Today is the 13th Global Accessibility Awareness Day! Thursday, May 15, 2025, marks the 14th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access/inclusion and people with different disabilities.' on page left

Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) - as accessibility.day pithily puts it 'The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access/inclusion and people with different disabilities' #Accessibility #GAAD

Transgender colors on heart on white background

Tapping the sign.

Urgh, yep just did this, if you have an ebay account you probably want to do this.

Theatre stage, wood surround and beams overhead, red drapes backdrop, projector screen in front with black amd white Conpulsion logo of owl style mage rolling dice, list of days sessions left and right on stage, 5 seated panellists talking on microphones

Sunday keynote @conpulsion.bsky.social 'Where are we going?' presenting some positive possibilities for the future chair @philipgharris.bsky.social & @discourseminis.bsky.social @gavininglis.bsky.social Ron Edwards @trevinyork.bsky.social

Conpulsion 2025 log, black and white, left a stylised logo of owl rolling dice then dates and location with name in large font and 'It's in the dice text'

The line-up @conpulsion.bsky.social this weekend is amazing Team #MFWG will be there, say hi if you see us #Edinburgh #rpg #Conpulsion #ttrpg #Games #Scotland #Scottish

Logo/flyer for the Games Accessibility conference their alt text notes #GAConf and IGDA-GASIG' top left, text, 'Advancing accessibility for disabled gamers. Hybrid online and Pullman St Pancras London April 14th - 15th 2025 ' Image had mostly black background except for on right where a wall style pattern in red and brown with a circle image with icons arrayed around the circle in rainbow colour sections superimposed over the top of the wall image. 5 x award winning logos arrayed bottom right

Looking forward to the @gaconf.bsky.social #Games #Accessibility #Conference next week tickets free for those attending virtually! Can't recommend this event highly enough! Amazing learning experience! We'll be attending online, please say hi in the Discord! More details here www.gaconf.com #GAConf

Logo for , purple background, orange dashes up left side of square, text in white saying I'm Attending, Games Talks Live in orange text with the Live large font then 1st April 2025 under that in white then Edinburgh in orange, text at bootom white See You There! Gamestalks.live in orange

Ain't no joke! (see what we did there..) looking forward to attending @gamestalkslive.bsky.social tomorrow in #Edinburgh, hopefully see some of you there! #Games #GameDev #Scotland #VideoGames #Scottish #GamesTalksLive

View of Scottish Parliament meeting room, 2 screens at back showing video feed, popup banner for Scottish games Week in centre, teardrop wooden table with microphones, lights and vaulted ceiling overhead. cameras around walls

You can also attend #ScottishParliament #Scotland #Games Ecosystem Cross Party Group scottishgames.net/2025/03/06/s... your chance to engage with #MSPs on #games #videogames #immersive #TTopRPG #BoardGames #GameDev open to everyone working in, around or interested in games across Scotland.

white background, large black text Action Plan! over a oil paint rainbow map of Scotland with text bottom right in black Scotland’s Games Strategy: Industry Consultation Drop In Sessions

Involved/interested in #Games in #Scotland then engage with scottishgames.net/2025/03/26/s... Zoom sessions over tnext fortnight or feedback directly to @scottishgames.bsky.social not just #videogames but #immersive #TtopRPG #BoardGames too #ScotlandsGameActionPlan have your say! #Scottish #GameDev

Image of mountains, hills and trees and a sky in varying shades of green, text up top left says Inspiration for Sustainable Greener Games to the right a fire watchtower and the colourful planet logo and text of igda Climate SIG

Tonight is the Green Game Design Launch Webinar by IGDA Climate Special Interest Group signup us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... more info www.greengamedesign.com #Games #GameDev #Climate #Green #GameDesign #Environment

Dark blue shades background with eldritch cold war symbols across page, typewriter style text top right, centre left and bottom right advising 'Transmission Incoming' & 'Standby for Operation Cauld Reekie' the website address for https://morefunwith.games/unveiled-espionage is also included

Transmission Incoming... Agents Initiate OPERATION: CAULD REEKIE - still some slots left at end of the week/weekend come play some 'spy-de and seek' - morefunwith.games/unveiled-esp... #UnveiledGames #UnveiledEspionage #Edinburgh #Games #Immersive #Espionage #Spies #OperationCauldReekie #CauldReekie

Edinburgh Skyline from Calton Hill, Photo by Adam Wilson on Unsplash and modified by More Fun With Games team, colour gradient changed to be almost negative, typewriter text in phonetic alphabet across top of skyline

Unicorn... November... Victor... Echo... Indigo... Lima... Echo... Delta... morefunwith.games/unveiled-esp... #UnveiledGames #UnveiledEspionage #Edinburgh #Games #Immersive #Espionage #Spies