Speculative praxis

@kierancutting.bsky.social giving the last talk of the day, ‘Rituals for building futures’

Next panel starts with Drew Fleshman talking about Disco Elysium.

Yames has transformed into an owl.

Chris Bisette rounds out the panel…

Yames, presenting online, maker of creepy video games…

Strange Horticulture, ‘a weird game about identifying plants’

The first session of the afternoon is a Creative Round Table, with @robdonkin.bsky.social, @stanwixbuster.co.uk and @loottheroom.bsky.social

Last paper of the panel from Zoheb Mashiur, Annalise Furlong-Muir and Holly Molander, ‘Tarot as a Resolution Mechanism’

Our next talk is from @rosgakori.bsky.social - ‘Laughter of the Thirsting Gods: Faith as a form of control in Warhammer 40,000’

Ingmar Vogelsand, ‘Retelling Hannover’s History with CthulhunMythos’

Next up, Rachael Gittins. And we get to play…

It’s only a game. Isn’t it? Great talk from @gamemagicarcana.bsky.social

I now want an Enochian Chess set…

Multiplatform 2025: Rituals of Play opens with a keynote from Dr Jeff Howard.

It’d be great to see you there!

Games Workshop Research Day 2025 — Manchester Game Centre We are pleased to announce that the Manchester Game Centre's second annual Games Workshop Research Day is taking place on Saturday 11th October 2025!

The Manchester Game Centre’s second Games Workshop event is coming… manchestergamecentre.org/events/2025/...

If I call this an acquisition for the #BloodBowl collection it feels a bit less like I’ve just bought a plastic bag...

Hi Gareth, if you drop me an email (p.wake@mmu.ac.uk) I’ll see what I can send over.

About half way in I was wishing I’d gone with the Reavers!

Here’s my attempt. The stripes nearly drove me mad!

Well remembered 👍

There’s a striking similarity between Jim and the pic of Jervis in the third ed rulebook which might underscore the dark elf link (wasn’t Jervis a DE coach?) but I also think that Jim’s forehead looks to have a bat shaped wrinkles!

Third edition is the first time I can find an image of Jim and Bob. They feature from 1st ed but I can’t think of any earlier fluff that describes them. Though now I want to check…

After almost two years of being half painted my #BloodBowl Dwarf team is finally done. Not much deviation from the box art but I’m pleased with how they came out.

Research in pictures #3. Today’s delivery is this appropriately Christmassy Games Workshop mail order flier from December 1996. #BloodBowl

It’s been a great day for #BloodBowl. A fun tournament in Lancaster (gnomes went 1/1/1) followed by an evening
painting this gnarly looking Minotaur for the my league team.

To my thinking it’s multiple things/places at once, with many different and shifting layers. Always in flux.

That was my thought too. Makes sense of what they find too.